busy season management

stuck at home right now? here’s 100 good ideas to relieve the stress

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how’s covid-19 impacting your busy season?
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by sandi leyva, annie tao, marjory rase, and cutter slagle

i wanted to help my staff blow off some steam this week, so i asked them to come up with some tasks that we can all do while we’re sheltering in place and doing our thing to flatten the curve.

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if your kids (or you) are already asking, “are we there yet?” here are some ways to distract them. read more →

tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed

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data chart
week ending march 27

self-preparers, website visits and average refunds the only bright spots.

by beth bellor

the year-to-year gap in professional tax preparations continues to grow, stretching past 2.9 million in this oddest of seasons.

more: tax pros trail by 908,000 returns | tax pro irs filings lag by 532,000 | tax pro e-filings lag by 512,000 returns | tax pros kick into high gear
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the irs had received 90.6 million individual income returns, down 2.4 percent from the same period a year ago, as of the week ending march 27, the latest data released. it had processed 87 million returns, down 3.6 percent.
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tax pros trail by 908,000 returns

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data chart
week ending march 20

e-filing pace lags 2.2% from year-ago, but professionals hang on to market share.

by beth bellor

coronavirus has changed much of society as we know it, but taxes remain a certainty.

more: tax pro irs filings lag by 532,000 | tax pro e-filings lag by 512,000 returns | tax pros kick into high gear | slow start for tax pro e-filing | data points down as tax season opens | the fight for new tax clients
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total returns, e-filings and average refunds are up, although tax pros are e-filing slower than last year.
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keep these tax clients while you have the chance

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portrait of an angry man yelling on the phone21 reasons they switch firms.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

clients have many choices, including the choice of a tax preparer. every new client an accountant gets is because that client left – fired – their previous accountant.

more: what’s not to like about tax season? | can your reviewers answer these 10 questions? | 5 small leaks that can sink a tax season | one can’t-skip touch for tax season | 3 steps to tax season happiness
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so why do clients leave? here are 21 good reasons why they should: read more →

three ways to step up in uncertain times

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coronavirus crisis opens new opportunities to serve.

by sarah johnson dobek

in the late hours of march 11, president trump instructed the treasury department to defer tax payments without interest or penalties for certain individuals and businesses negatively impacted by covid-19 pandemic, commonly known as coronavirus.

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as many individuals and businesses grapple with the possibility and effects of illness, travel bans, quarantine, and economic distress, accounting professionals have a unique opportunity to step up as proactive advisors.

here are three ways you can help your firm and help your clients through uncertain times.

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survey: confronting coronavirus chaos

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preparing for the new paradigm of economic and medical realities.

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today’s commentators (clockwise from top left): martin, zacarias, finning, simms, bowers, collins

https://www.research.net/r/busy20econby 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

cpas are hunkering down for a quadruple-whammy as the covid-19 pandemic slams society and the economy. information is tenuous and changing.

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more: tax season turns ugly under coronavirus | lessons from the trenches of tax season | coronavirus rattles tax season | more firms falling behind | accountants cautiously bullish on the economy
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no one knows for sure what’s going to happen, but in the tax & accounting industry, four things are pretty certain:

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tax pro irs filings lag by 532,000

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data chart
week ending march 13

self-prepared up by 5 million.

busy season barometer:
bracing for the coronavirus recession
join the survey. get the facts.

by beth bellor

even as coronavirus races across the globe, tax professionals appear to be gaining ground on busy season 2020.

more: tax pro e-filings lag by 512,000 returns | tax pros kick into high gear | slow start for tax pro e-filing | data points down as tax season opens | the fight for new tax clients
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at last count, tax practitioners handled more than half of efiled returns, though that’s still behind last year by 532,000 returns. self-prepared returns are up by 5 million as taxpayers race to collect their refunds.

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in these turbulent times, leaders must lead!

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www.g005e.comsix things you needed to start doing yesterday.

by allan koltin

in the face of this unprecedented global pandemic, leaders must lead! we need to fill our days with talking to our people, clients, and our families and engaging them in the reality of the situation while at the same time stressing the positive things going on.

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i was on a call this morning with a client and i was sharing how wonderful it was to have all three kids back home (they would have been studying abroad, at college, or going to high school) and how nice it was to have family dinners together again. i was also sharing the positives with the kids that their grandparents were healthy, safe, and getting calls from so many family members and how important this was to them. as i was walking the dogs this morning it occurred to me that i heard birds chirping and that i had been “so busy being busy” for the past four decades that beautiful sounds like this or the smell of the morning air were never on my mind. at a deeper level, and to equate it to a sporting event, i feel like the proverbial “scoreboard” has malfunctioned and there is now a new way to keep score, and it is becoming the new normal.

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the scourge of shoddy tax preparers

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man staring at pile of paperworkcongress needs to step in … and make it stick this time.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

are you a shoddy tax preparer? we doubt it.

more: tax season turns ugly under coronavirus | lessons from the trenches of tax season | coronavirus rattles tax season | the irs needs more to get more | more firms falling behind | does irs need a practitioner services division?
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pro membership in 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 demonstrates a certain commitment to professionalism – an understanding that tax preparation isn’t just a means of making money. it’s a responsibility and an obligation to do the job well.
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coronavirus culture-shift hits accounting firms

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transitioning to a virtual firm requires more than the right technology: it requires new thinking about how your firm works.

by jess coburn
applied innovations

as the coronavirus situation intensifies, it is becoming more and more apparent that we must become increasingly flexible and innovative in how we approach our day-to-day lives. nowhere is it more evident than in how we run our tax and accounting firms.

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the coronavirus crisis requires a total re-evaluation of how we conduct our business. for those firms with employees – as opposed to sole practitioners – it is critical to consider going fully remote during this time. it makes sense from a health standpoint and also from a business survival perspective. it’s important for employees to remain healthy and to be able to conduct work, especially during these busy times which involve tax filing deadlines and inevitable extensions.

it’s also important to recognize that families are being impacted due to school and daycare closures, requiring employees to be at home to care for them.

all of that said, the move to a fully remote status requires a culture shift. for many cpa firms and other professional services organizations, this is a major adjustment.  read more →

10 things not to say during tax season

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older man with finger on lips and other hand out in "shush" gestureeliminate excuses.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

tax season is a busy time and preparers sometimes neglect to get something outside of tax prep done. needless to say, clients don’t want to hear it. and your firm may miss some valuable opportunities.

more: what’s not to like about tax season? | can your reviewers answer these 10 questions? | 5 small leaks that can sink a tax season | one can’t-skip touch for tax season
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here are a bunch of phony reasons why some things don’t get done…
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