late and unprepared clients scored high, indicated by 41.6 percent of respondents. staffing issues, at 34 percent, was right up there, too. but the most common concern was security, privacy, and identity theft, checked off by 46.2 percent.
it isn’t often that one category of concern reaches the mid-40s. in 2016, “clients late or unprepared” is the only one that’s consistently up there, ranging from a low of 47.3 in 2016 to 59.3 percent in 2010. but generally, the numbers for that category have been improving.
irs funding in decline. ($ billions, inflation adjusted)
tax professionals feel the pain.
by rick telberg 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
people don’t often have much nice to say about the internal revenue service. but everybody seems to like what internal revenues pay for—the powerful military, the court system, the interstate highways, air travel safety, the control of disease, the prevention of pollution, national parks, health benefits for elected officials, and so much more.
without taxes, we don’t have a great country. we don’t even have civilization. and without the irs, we don’t have taxes.
despite the crucial importance of the irs, congress has reduced the service’s budget to the point where lost revenues may exceed (if they aren’t already) cost savings. and the problem can only get worse, professionals say, with a 14-percent budget cut next year, as reportedly planned by the white house. read more →
table shows reduction in irs geographic presence and employees since 2011.
by rick telberg 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
national taxpayer advocate nina olson, who heads the taxpayer advocate service, is citing three broad areas that congress should deal with if it hopes to avoid revenue catastrophe at the internal revenue service.
a few years ago the internal revenue service launched a belt-tightening overhaul it called the future state.
the changes were devised with good intentions. the service wanted to deal with taxpayers more through the internet and less over the phone or in person. it would also expect taxpayers to hire outside tax specialists to give them advice that the irs had once offered as a free service.
ideally, all of this would reduce the cost of collecting taxes. but the taxpayer advocate service soon warned that the changes would lead to more aggravation and less goodwill among taxpayers. less goodwill, the tas said, could lead to less compliance, which translates into less revenue to the united states treasury.
the irs heard the warnings and initiated a country-wide series of forums and a website dedicated to explaining the future state plan. irs representatives even went before congress to explain that the service was not eliminating all phone or personal contact with taxpayers.
national taxpayer advocate nina olson, who heads the tas, commended the irs on these outreach efforts, but she felt that the real problems had not been addressed. the plan failed to consider and incorporate the needs and preferences of people who are expected to voluntarily comply with their tax obligations, i.e., american taxpayers.
cpa firms with clients in coastal and southern border states may be most vulnerable to loss of immigrant economic activity.
economic impact of immigration, ranked by state. source: wallethub
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if there’s ever any massive curtailment of immigration into the united states, cpa firms in states along ocean coasts and in major metro markets may be the most vulnerable to losing prospective clients and future job candidates.
a new study of demographic trends nationwide finds that immigrants play an especially key role in economic growth on both coasts with california, new jersey, florida, new york and hawaii, ranking as the states with highest percentages of jobs created by immigrant-owned businesses.
the study, conducted by the personal finance advisory web site wallethub , further finds that california, new jersey, new york, delaware and massachusetts are where foreign-born people hold the greatest percentages of jobs in the fast growth technology science, technology and engineering fields.
meanwhile, new jersey, along with the district of columbia and its neighbors virginia and maryland, are where households headed by immigrants have the highest incomes.
suppose you could have president donald trump’s ear for just five minutes—just the two of you in the oval office, and him eager to hear and heed your advice…
what would you tell him?
floridian deborah budaj says, “i would discuss the timeline and plans for removing the burden of obamacare from businesses, and also from individual healthcare plans.”
martin j. rooney would like to see some assistance for the hoi poloi: “we need to find meaningful work for the non-college educated people. it may require some form of government subsidy and hence taxes may need to rise, but without work, the forgotten people have no hope. they are not participating in the u.s. dream.”
on the off-chance that he might call in a cpa for some pragmatic and unbiased counsel, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 asked just such a question in our survey on the presidential election of 2016. as it turns out, cpas are prepared for their summons to the oval office. they have opinions. they know what needs to be done. they aren’t necessarily in agreement, but if duty calls, over 1,000 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 members are prepared to proffer presidential pointers.
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a new study of demographic trends nationwide finds that immigrants play an especially key role in economic growth on both coasts with california, new jersey, florida, new york and hawaii, ranking as the states with highest percentages of jobs created by immigrant-owned businesses.
what would you tell him?