irs to speed up issue resolution

woman looking at tablet at outdoor tablea triad of good intentions.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

a lot of the backlog at the internal revenue service is because of simple errors that compound their own complications. arithmetic boo-boos too easily snowball into backlogs, bankruptcies and court cases.

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it might start off with a simple math error or misplaced deduction.
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irs sets milestones for radically new service

calendar pages turningwhat’s promised between now and the end of 2027.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

funded with $80 billion in new appropriations, the irs has laid out detailed plans for overhauling the service with better customer service, more online options and a modernized information technology system.

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it’s an ambitious – and necessary and long overdue – plan. can the irs pull it off?

we’ll know they can do it if they manage to hit the milestones they’ve set for the next few years. if they do, the united states may be on the road to a just and user-friendly system of tax collection.
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irs promises 12 customer service initiatives

illustrative flowchart of customer servicebut can it deliver?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the inflation reduction act, which increases the irs budget by $80 billion over the next 10 years, has already allowed the irs to write a new strategic operating plan for the years 2023-2031.

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but can the irs really accomplish what it plans?

if so, we could see a wonderful new tax collection agency that is fair, efficient, helpful, modern and serious about enforcement.
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clientele and revenues rising, but …

… is expansion cutting into profits?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

client rosters, revenue and profits all seem to be rising, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer – and rising more than expected.

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most impressive, and curious, is the radical rise in numbers of clients. for 22 percent of respondents, clientele has expanded by more than 10 percent. another 43 percent have seen increases of 5 to 10 percent. only 13 percent have seen any significant decrease.
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should tax preparers be certified competent?

four recommendations for congress.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

sad news for all you enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, attorneys, cpas and other trained, competent tax preparers: you wasted your time and money on education. it turns out incompetence isn’t illegal. there are no standards, no mandatory credentials. anyone can claim to be a tax preparer.

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best of all, when an incompetent preparer makes a mistake, it’s only taxpayers and the irs that suffer.
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have no fear, april is here

most early fears were unfounded. but not all of them.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the 2023 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy barometer has detected a clear sign that this year’s tax season is working out better than expected … or should we say better than feared?

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comparing the barometer’s early results with those near the end of the season, we see that the fears of many practitioners were unwarranted. the fears of february are quite different from the experiences of march.
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irs: let the sun shine in … and out

we need clear answers, not just an info dump.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

could the internal revenue service be a little more transparent?

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national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins thinks so, and her reasons go beyond mere functionality.
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survey: busy season looking good

how’s your busy season so far? some 59% report better than last year, with 18% calling it “much better.”

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some are raising fees and trimming unprofitable clients.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

as we get close to the end of the tax season, tax pros are telling us that for the first time in years, things are going pretty well.

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according to the late-march stats of the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer, with data streaming in from over 500 practitioners across the country, a heady 18 percent say this year is much better than last year, and another 41 percent acknowledge that this year is at least somewhat better.
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irs has big plans for its $80 billion

the cbo projects $180 billion more in revenues.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the irs has revealed its strategic operating plan for fy2023-2031, the period when the service will expend the $80 billion infusion granted by the inflation reduction act.

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the sop is big, but is it big in the right places?
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trump indicted. and, yes, there’s a tax angle

download the indictment (pdf)
download the indictment (pdf)

“the participants also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in furtherance of the scheme.”

read the indictment and the statement of facts for yourself

statement by district attorney

district attorney bragg announces 34-count felony indictment of former president donald j. trump

  • the charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. all factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court.

manhattan district attorney alvin l. bragg, jr. today announced the indictment of donald j. trump, 76, for falsifying new york business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from american voters before and after the 2016 election. during the election, trump and others employed a “catch and kill” scheme to identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. trump then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate state and federal election laws.

trump is charged in a new york state supreme court indictment with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

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can’t irs tax pro accounts do more?

profile of man shouting tax and other, starred-out wordsof course it can. here are five recommendations.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

in 2021, the irs rolled out its tax pro account program, a relatively quick response to the complications brought down by covid-19, not to mention the years of dwindling service brought down by congressional budget cuts.

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the purpose of tax pro accounts is to allow practitioners to perform basic services online for their clients.

unfortunately, the services enabled by the program were and still are rather limited. many of the services that individual taxpayers themselves can access online are not available to their tax accountants.
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hello? irs? anybody home?

pulling people off the phones: not helpful.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the latest results from the 2023 cpatrendlines busy season barometer showed a significant shift in practitioners’ main concern this year. it used to be “late or unprepared clients.”

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now “irs operations” has surged to first place, cited by 53 percent of respondents.

ouch, right? the agency charged with collecting taxes is the biggest problem for those who file tax returns for a living.
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taxpayer assistance centers need upgrade

portrait of an angry man yelling on the phoneeven if they get an appointment, taxpayers are limited to one issue.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

taxpayer assistance centers were a great idea that have somehow managed to stumble into quasi-dysfunctionality.

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ideally, taxpayers should be able to show up at a tac with their papers and count on good advice and assistance. they should even be able to have their paper returns scanned and filed electronically.

but no. inevitably, this, too, got screwed up.
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