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what are irs faqs worth?

not enough, says national tax advocate.

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the covid-19 crisis hit the internal revenue service pretty hard.

employees were sent home to quarantine.
entire operations were shut down.
most taxpayer-to-agent communication was impossible.
taxpayer assistance centers were shuttered.

more: the top six irs #fails this tax season (so far)
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complicating matters, congress passed a number of initiatives that the irs had to execute even as it was stripped down to the skeleton crew:
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accounting firms take billions in ppp payouts

**cpa firms grab the biggest slice of ppp loan payouts, accounting for 56% of the tax and accounting industry’s imperiled jobs.** (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

thousands of tax prep shops, bookkeeping companies, cpa firms, and payroll services take emergency loans, promising to save over 200,000 jobs.

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some 6,610 tax, accounting, payroll, and bookkeeping firms have so far received millions of dollars in small business administration paycheck protection program loans, potentially saving over 210,613 jobs, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

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the leading borrowers have all been cpa firms – each collecting $5 million to $10 million against a promise to save 10,298 jobs, more than half of the entire industry headcount threatened by the pandemic-fueled economic crash.

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the top six irs #fails this tax season (so far)

erin collins, irs taxpayer advocate — collins

sending out notices with expired deadlines? check.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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it’s been a hard year for everyone, from pauper to president to tax practitioners. the latter have been triple-whammied by the need to keep clients and employees healthy, the shifting rules and deadlines made to accommodate the lockdown and the staggering, stumbling service of the internal revenue … well, service.

more on tax season 2020: tax pros handling bigger share of e-filings | how covid has pulverized irs operations | the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | covid cuts accounting profits | why busy season may never be the same again | getting a handle on covid |

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let us pause to pity poor erin m. collins, who late last year landed a great new job: national tax advocate. she replaces nina olson, who held that position from 2001 to 2019, bowing out in the nick of time, leaving behind an impressive record of improvements in the american system of tax collection.
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how covid has pulverized irs operations

delays, postponements, system failures, shutdowns, and mounting backlogs.

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taxpayers who filed a 2019 paper return and are entitled to refunds may be in for a long wait, according to the first report to congress from the new irs watchdog.

more on the 2020 season: the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed
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the irs was forced to suspend the processing of paper tax returns, and as of may 16, it estimated it had a backlog of 4.7 million paper returns, says national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins, who succeeded long-time predecessor nina olsen just as the pandemic was ramping up.

although the irs is reopening some of its core operations, it is not clear when it can open and process all the returns sitting in mail facilities, the taxpayer advocate service reports.

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covid cuts accounting profits

**two views on tax season from texas:** john lister and jonathan kaplow

a shift in the wrong direction.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

every business in the country, if not the world, is feeling the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. outside of the tech sector, the impact has been largely negative. every business is suffering. so, relatively speaking, the tax and accounting sector may be getting off easy.

more trends in surveys & research: seven ways covid has changed busy season | getting a handle on covid | covid crushes cpa business outlook | is the worst over? 63% of small business say so | beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients | clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down | covid crushes rosey forecasts | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 | feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector | tax season pivots to covid rescue season | planning for the coronavirus recession | how accountants are coping with covid-19 |

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according to the latest data from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer, about 39 percent of firms are still expecting to see an increase in business, but overall optimism seems to be dipping even as the economy begins to reboot.

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why busy season may never be the same again

**rachel wehr:** “a shoulder to cry on.”

how many of these new pandemic-related management strategies will become everyday habits?

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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cpas and tax practitioners tend to be a pretty sharp bunch. by their nature, they are good at analyzing a situation and figuring out what to do. and not just with numbers.

case in point: the covid pandemic. every firm in the world, from the big four in the big cities to the sole practitioners in their garrets and basements, has had to assess the situation and figure out what to do.

more trends in surveys & research: getting a handle on covid | covid crushes cpa business outlook | is the worst over? 63% of small business say so | beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients | clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down | covid crushes rosey forecasts | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 | feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector | tax season pivots to covid rescue season | planning for the coronavirus recession | how accountants are coping with covid-19 |

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the reports from practitioners across the country are coming in through the busy season barometer, which is serving as a central clearinghouse for sharing experiences and advice. the barometer would normally be wrapped up by now, but since busy season isn’t, neither is the barometer.

here are the top seven most common points: read more →

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getting a handle on covid

**views from the front lines:** victoria martin, elaine kovner, gary zeune

accountants show new signs of optimism as fears of covid chaos wane.

how to battle the coronavirus recession
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the turning of a terrible tide of covid pessimism has been neither quick nor clear-cut as the endless busy season of 2020 drags on, according to new findings and analysis from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.

more trends in surveys & research: covid crushes cpa business outlook | is the worst over? 63% of small business say so | beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients | clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down | covid crushes rosey forecasts | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 | feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector | tax season pivots to covid rescue season | planning for the coronavirus recession | how accountants are coping with covid-19 |

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the outlook certainly isn’t back to where it was in the sunny days of february. but hopes for a better year have edged up from 23 percent in april to 27 percent in may.

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avalara launches a.i. tool to streamline tax classifications

simplifies product classification and taxability determinations.

seattle-based avalara inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, is rolling out an artificial intelligence-based tax classification tool, designed to cut the time spent by avalara avatax users classifying products and taxability.

“the accurate classification of products and services has always been a bottleneck for customers in their tax compliance journey,” said sanjay parthasarathy, chief product officer at avalara. “by harnessing the power of ai and machine learning, we have not only accelerated the classification process by providing a solution that helps users arrive at the right tax classification quickly and efficiently without being a tax expert, but we have also made it more accurate.” read more →

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covid crushes cpa business outlook

top three takeaways: hiring outlook for next 12 months is bleak. 92 percent of businesses report being negatively impacted by pandemic. liquidity emerges as a top concern.

the cpa outlook index falls 50 percent since last quarter and now stands at 38, its lowest level since early 2009. (aicpa)

via aicpa

battered by repercussions from the covid-19 pandemic, business executives hold the most pessimistic view of the u.s. economy since the end of 2011, when the nation was still emerging from the lingering impact of the great recession, according to the second-quarter aicpa economic outlook survey.

the cpa outlook index—a comprehensive gauge of executive sentiment within the aicpa survey— fell 50 percent since last quarter and now stands at 38, its lowest level since early 2009.

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make your newsletter go zoom

how covid is creating a new channel to reach out and serve clients and prospects.

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newsletters aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. sure, they’re a nice way to touch base with clients, but what do they really accomplish?

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maybe it’s time to rethink the newsletter. the covid-19 crisis may be catalyzing a new way to

show clients you care
establish your expertise
give clients individualized information they really want
create the gestalt of a networked client community with your cpa firm at the center

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the new rules for online meetings

checklist: 36 do’s and don’t’s for conducting business, some learned the hard way.

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online meetings and conferences are the new way of doing business – so new that we still haven’t settled on protocols and etiquette.

more: the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 [survey results] | new rules: covid shifts m&a landscape | deciphering the sba’s new ppp loan forgiveness rules [new dates added] | retired cpa partners face pay cuts from covid-19
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it’s time we did.

we already have standards for in-person conferences. they’re so standard that we’ve never bothered to write them down. it goes without saying that we don’t go to meetings in our ratty bathrobes. we don’t bring our pets. we don’t have a significant other asking if we’re done yet.

we’ve been meeting via computer for only a couple of months, but certain protocols – certain do’s and don’ts – are already developing, based on research by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

you may have already noticed a few of the no-nos.

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is the worst over? 63% of small business say so

but 84% worry about a second wave of infection.

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as business owners across the country focus on getting back to business, 63 percent feel the worst is behind them when it comes to the impact of covid-19 on their operations, according to new research from a payroll agency that handles payrolls for 670,000 small- and medium-sized businesses.

more on the covid crisis: six ways accounting firms will never be the same again | retired cpa partners face pay cuts from covid | covid tests accountants’ entrepreneurial talents | deciphering the sba’s new ppp loan forgiveness rules [new dates added] |

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however, four in five business owners are somewhat or very concerned about a possible second wave of infection.

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