coronavirus

what are irs faqs worth?

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not enough, says national tax advocate.

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the covid-19 crisis hit the internal revenue service pretty hard.

  • employees were sent home to quarantine.
  • entire operations were shut down.
  • most taxpayer-to-agent communication was impossible.
  • taxpayer assistance centers were shuttered.

more: the top six irs #fails this tax season (so far)
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complicating matters, congress passed a number of initiatives that the irs had to execute even as it was stripped down to the skeleton crew:
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accounting firms take billions in ppp payouts

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cpa firms grab the biggest slice of ppp loan payouts, accounting for 56% of the tax and accounting industry’s imperiled jobs. (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

thousands of tax prep shops, bookkeeping companies, cpa firms, and payroll services take emergency loans, promising to save over 200,000 jobs.

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some 6,610 tax, accounting, payroll, and bookkeeping firms have so far received millions of dollars in small business administration paycheck protection program loans, potentially saving over 210,613 jobs, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

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the leading borrowers have all been cpa firms – each collecting $5 million to $10 million against a promise to save 10,298 jobs, more than half of the entire industry headcount threatened by the pandemic-fueled economic crash.

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the top six irs #fails this tax season (so far)

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erin collins, irs taxpayer advocate
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sending out notices with expired deadlines? check.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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it’s been a hard year for everyone, from pauper to president to tax practitioners. the latter have been triple-whammied by the need to keep clients and employees healthy, the shifting rules and deadlines made to accommodate the lockdown and the staggering, stumbling service of the internal revenue … well, service.

more on tax season 2020: tax pros handling bigger share of e-filings | how covid has pulverized irs operations | the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | covid cuts accounting profits | why busy season may never be the same again | getting a handle on covid |

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let us pause to pity poor erin m. collins, who late last year landed a great new job: national tax advocate. she replaces nina olson, who held that position from 2001 to 2019, bowing out in the nick of time, leaving behind an impressive record of improvements in the american system of tax collection.
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the new covid-19 workplace: are you prepared?

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woman's hand with touchless soap dispenserhere’s a question: do you have to renew your lease?

by steven e. sacks

if you are a managing partner and are deciding when and how to reopen your office, keeping in mind the safety and well-being of your staff, what steps will you take? more important, do you know whose brains to pick to do the reopening well and properly?

more: how to create effective internal communications | profit is not a mission | confronting leadership: not such a bad thing | new opportunities for a ‘new normal’ | is trust elusive? | working remotely shouldn’t mean feeling isolated | how engaged are your employees?
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consider who your advisors should be: scientists, doctors, public health officials, interior office design professionals, air-quality professionals and architects.
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how covid has pulverized irs operations

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delays, postponements, system failures, shutdowns, and mounting backlogs.

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taxpayers who filed a 2019 paper return and are entitled to refunds may be in for a long wait, according to the first report to congress from the new irs watchdog.

more on the 2020 season: the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed
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the irs was forced to suspend the processing of paper tax returns, and as of may 16, it estimated it had a backlog of 4.7 million paper returns, says national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins, who succeeded long-time predecessor nina olsen just as the pandemic was ramping up.

although the irs is reopening some of its core operations, it is not clear when it can open and process all the returns sitting in mail facilities, the taxpayer advocate service reports.

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the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns

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data chartwhile tax professionals’ efiling pace remains stalled, diyers grow by 4 million.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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by beth bellor

with less than a month to go before 2020’s extended tax deadline, the grind continues.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed
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and the question is: where are 10 million tax returns that should have been filed by now by professionals?

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covid cuts accounting profits

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two views on tax season from texas: john lister and jonathan kaplow

a shift in the wrong direction.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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every business in the country, if not the world, is feeling the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. outside of the tech sector, the impact has been largely negative. every business is suffering. so, relatively speaking, the tax and accounting sector may be getting off easy.

more trends in surveys & research: seven ways covid has changed busy season | getting a handle on covid | covid crushes cpa business outlook |  is the worst over? 63% of small business say so | beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients | clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down | covid crushes rosey forecasts | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 | feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector | tax season pivots to covid rescue season | planning for the coronavirus recession | how accountants are coping with covid-19 |

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according to the latest data from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer, about 39 percent of firms are still expecting to see an increase in business, but overall optimism seems to be dipping even as the economy begins to reboot.

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prepping for post-crisis opportunities

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how to fight covid-19 ‘fear’ and ‘insecurity’

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crisis management strategies with jean caragher

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“we need to show more empathy than normal because there is a level of fear and insecurity going on,” jean caragher, ceo and founder of capstone marketing, says in this exclusive 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 video interview. “cpas can be those leaders to spread a calming influence.”

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