pros process 44% of tax e-filings

data chartrefunds top the $100 billion mark.

by beth bellor

with the traditional tax filing deadline back in place, it’s a good thing that the gaps between 2020 and 2021 data points are closing more each week.

more: tax professionals report tough slogging | busy season 2021 gets off to weak start
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the irs had received 55.7 million individual income tax returns as of march 5, the latest data available. this was down 18.1 percent from the same calendar week in 2020, but not an apples-to-apples comparison because the 2021 tax season began 18 days later. it had processed 49 million returns, down 24.7 percent, pegging the current processing rate at 87.9 percent.
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accounting jobs recovery slows

cpa firms and tax prep still down somewhat.

by beth bellor

unemployment edged down to 6.7 percent in november, but the accounting profession saw few of those gains, with its only upticks coming in the payroll services sector.

more on jobs: tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | new job cuts at cpa firms | covid job toll: tax & accounting cuts 17,500 employees | firms recall half of furloughed staffers | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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