tax season

why we all hate the tax code

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angry businessman with document shouting at somebodybut fixes are possible.

what are the top trends and issues this year?
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here’s something that almost all americans can agree on: the internal revenue code is too complex. worse: it’s becoming irrelevant.

more tax: how bullish are you this tax season? | accountants’ top problems for tax season 2023 | tax season 2023: better or worse? | tax: the procedural checklists your firm needs  |  stop tax return review shortcuts  |  offers in compromise aren’t for everyone  |  trump’s tax returns: read the originals here  |  survey: tax software favorite keeps crown

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how complex?

  • the code contains 9,834 sections.
  • many of the sections have detailed subsections.
  • on top of the code is a six-volume set of corresponding regulation.
  • many of the sections, drafted decades ago, are irrelevant to today’s world.

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how bullish are you this tax season?

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tax pros see gains in clients, revenue, and profits.

rosy scenario: 75% forecast increases in revenue per client. more work, or higher fees, or both?

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if the early results of the 2023 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer are any indication, tax practitioners can look forward to a lucrative year.

more tax season ’23:accountants’ top problems for tax season 2023 | tax season 2023: better or worse? | tax: the procedural checklists your firm needs  |  stop tax return review shortcuts  |  offers in compromise aren’t for everyone  |  trump’s tax returns: read the originals here  |  survey: tax software favorite keeps crown

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over 46 percent of respondents expect a five to ten percent expansion of clientele, and another 13 percent say theirs will swell by more than ten percent.

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how small firms can win the talent wars

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three young people working in an officegetting creative can bring in better talent and better clients.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

one afternoon, the partner group of our outsourced accounting practice met for a state of the practice meeting conducted by our director of outsourced accounting. our prior director left and we were looking for someone when one of our newbies asked if he could be considered.

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the 25-year-old had one year of experience, and we were chasing a controller-type person. the whole outsourced practice was in shambles. revenue was nil and any clients we had were unsatisfied.
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accountants’ top problems for tax season 2023

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as tax season gets underway, a lot to worry about.

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if you’re not worried as we plow into the busy season, you aren’t paying attention.

more tax season ’23: tax season 2023: better or worse? | tax: the procedural checklists your firm needs  |  stop tax return review shortcuts  |  offers in compromise aren’t for everyone  |  trump’s tax returns: read the originals here  |  survey: tax software favorite keeps crown

on the front lines: langworthy, expanding with 200 new clients.

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and if you are concerned, you’re not alone.

  • in van nuys, calif., steve glick came up with a new concern: “now the software companies—turbotax, intuit, etc.—are competing against their customers by preparing tax returns.”
  • gretl siler, at succentrix business advisors, in panama city, fla., has the problem everyone wishes they had, plus the one everyone wishes they didn’t. she says, “note that i am not having any problem with increasing prices or with competitors.  the problem is too many new clients and staffing… plus the irs is still terrible.”
  • to be sure, there’s bob langworthy, the founder of southern maine’s management accounting. he couldn’t name a single concern. “none!” he says. “we served 1,000 clients last year and already have more than 200 committed new clients this season.”

for 2023, the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer expanded the list of possible concerns, 24 in all, plus an “other” option. it’s our longest list ever, and accountants checked off each and every possible worry.

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tax: the procedural checklists your firm needs

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best practices for individual and business returns.

by ed mendlowitz
how to review tax returns: the field-tested update

ask a preparer who submits returns with errors, “is this the best you can do?”

better yet, have the reviewer ask the question before accepting the return for review.

more: don’t use eyes, use brain | stop tax return review shortcuts | routine is key to reviewing tax returns | seven types of tax return reviews
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ask yourself this question after you hear that a return was submitted for review that needed extensive corrections: “why am i letting the future of my firm depend on people who keep making errors on tax returns?”

comment: the future of your firm means your future wealth and your eventual financial security.

question for you: why do you put up with the pattern of continuous errors on tax returns?
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easy ways to avoid ‘done but’ tax returns

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meeting of six peoplechange mentality and ask better questions to eliminate bottlenecking.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

a project hung up in process is one where there is a disagreement between people involved in a project as to the status. for example, a client thinks he has answered your tax return questions, while you believe he has not. another example is when a tax return preparer believes a return is ready for review while the reviewer does not believe it’s ready.

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the result of a hung-up project is a dead project – one that’s not moving to completion.
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what i wish clients knew about tax liens

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equity is key.

by eric l. green
tax rep network

“i know i can’t sell the property because the irs has a lien for $80,000 it filed two years ago and there is not enough equity, and i don’t have the money to pay them.”

more: tax: explaining the bad news about canceled debt to clients | offers in compromise aren’t for everyone
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ever heard this? we do, on almost a weekly basis. there is a lot to unpack there, but to cut to the chase:

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tax: explaining the bad news about canceled debt to clients

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meet form 982.

by eric l. green
tax rep network

“what do you mean i have to pay tax on that debt? it was a debt, and they forgave it. the bank gave me a gift; i am pretty sure that is how it works.”

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all of a sudden, my client – who five minutes before told me they knew nothing about taxes – is now explaining to me, a tax attorney, that the canceled debt cannot be income and that a third-party bank obviously meant it as a gift.

sadly, it is not a gift; there was never any intent for it to be a gift. when either the bank or another creditor writes off that debt you owed, they are required to file a 1099-c to report the canceled debt to the irs so the lender can take the bad debt write-off. according to congress, the courts and the irs, the recipient now has income because they received value that they do not have to repay. in tax parlance it’s called an “ascension to wealth.”

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offers in compromise aren’t for everyone

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how much can the client pay?

by eric l. green
tax rep network

no irs program is more interesting yet misunderstood than the irs’s offer in compromise program. for taxpayers who owe money to the irs, between 15 million and 20 million of them, the thought that they can settle their back tax debt for less than the amount owed is an answer to many of their prayers.

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many people have seen the late-night television ads or heard the satellite radio spots: the taxpayer, who seems just like them, owed huge sums of money to the irs and was being abused by the callous tax machine when the advertising company came to the rescue and settled that tax debt for “pennies on the dollar.”

are these ads telling us the truth? can taxpayers really settle their tax debt for little to no money? the answer is yes, they can, but it depends upon their financial situation.

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