will this be remembered as another “tax season from hell?”
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by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
the last time tax professionals slogged through a tax season from hell, it was 2008, the financial world was crashing into a million little pieces, and 1 in 4 accountants was reporting disastrous operations.
before that, long-timers might recall 1995, when the irs deployed a filing fraud crackdown that delayed millions of refunds.
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this year, with the irs opening the filing gates not until march 4, could 2013 become another one for the record books?
in the latest update to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer, topline findings include:
- the number of practitioners reporting a worse season this year, as compared to last year at the same time, is surging month to month.
- the top 15 issues causing concern, led by irs operations and software and technology problems
- verbatim reports from practitioners around the nation, including one who is seeing a 20% fee decline in his practice.
- how practitioners are responding to clients’ lack of understanding, including resorting to discounts.
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