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training cutbacks at irs hurt everybody

march 5, 2018

what you get for $87 per employee.

by rick telberg
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what could be more frustrating than calling the internal revenue service 14 times before finally getting through to an agent—and then the agent tries to answer your question by reading a script that doesn’t answer the question?

taxpayer frustration with irs incompetence can serve to the advantage of tax practitioners, who by default become the only source of good information.

irs e-filing stats approaching 2017 levels

march 4, 2018

by beth bellor

tax pros continue to increase their share of the market.

by beth bellor
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taxpayers are keeping the irs hopping.

even with six fewer days so far, the number of individual income tax returns filed in 2018 had nearly met 2017 levels by the end of week 4.
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tax pros keep gaining in 2018

february 25, 2018

by beth bellor

direct deposit ticks up, irs processing dips.
by beth bellor

beware the ez way out

february 15, 2018

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irs mulls new 1023-ez rules for 501(c)(3)’s.

by rick telberg
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it’s safe to say that cpa firms tend to love irs form 1023-ez, the simplified form for application for 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. introduced in 2014, the form was ez on the nascent, smallish not-for-profit and on the cpa trying to help them get started.

this easier version of form 1023 was a good and necessary idea. the irs was way backed up on approvals of the original application. approval was taking an average of 315 days. to the delight of do-gooders, wanna-be do-gooders, and outright frauds, virtually all 1023-ezs are approved in short order. approvals were and still are passed down in just a couple of weeks.

trouble is, a lot of those expedited approvals were for organizations that didn’t qualify for 501(c)(3) status.

irs #fails at online services spell problems for professionals

february 12, 2018

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unintended consequences: pushing low-end taxpayer-clients to tax professionals.

by rick telberg
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online accounts at the irs are a good idea, but maybe not as good as the irs would like to think – certainly not as good as a qualified tax preparer.

the taxpayer advocacy service has long called for online accounts. in 2016 they became a reality. unfortunately, for many, it has been a painful reality.

the migration toward online assistance – ideally automated online assistance – is a product of the severe budget cuts the irs has suffered. the service can’t afford personnel to man the phones or keep taxpayer assistance centers open.

but the budget cuts did not mandate a cut in the taxpayer bill of rights. taxpayers still have a legal right to quality service, confidentiality and a fair, just tax system.

can the irs improve its phone service?

february 9, 2018

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by rick telberg
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when the internal revenue service launched its “future state initiative” in 2016, it promised a new and admirable level of service. from then on, taxpayers could expect the same level of service when dealing with the irs as they get from a financial institution or a retailer. or, so it seemed.

such brave words for a brave new world of tax collection! alas, the promise of better service has not combined well with congressional cuts to the irs budget. the brunt of those cuts is felt at the interface of frustrated taxpayers and stretched-thin irs agents.

when clients face ‘unreal’ irs audits

february 6, 2018

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irs adopts confusing, misleading terminology. but it’s all very real.

by rick telberg
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tax professionals and accounting firms need to be aware that their clients may face two kinds of internal revenue audits: real and unreal.

really.

and it’s the “unreal” audits that are going to become more common. read more →

irs warns about private debt collectors for tax season 2018

february 5, 2018

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what accountants can do to help. and 20 other problems.

underfunded irs swamped with problems

february 2, 2018

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not a good way to start tax season 2018.

by rick telberg
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an angry and frustrated national taxpayer advocate nina e. olson has slammed congress hard in the taxpayer advocate service 2017 annual report to congress. after a series of irs budget cuts over the last several years, olson says she sees the daily consequences of reduced funding and the choices made by the agency in the face of funding constraints.

“funding cuts have rendered the irs unable to provide acceptable levels of taxpayer service, unable to upgrade its technology … and unable to maintain compliance programs that both promote and protect taxpayer rights,” olson says in her preface to the annual report.

“‘shortcuts’ have become the norm, and ‘shortcuts’ are incompatible with high-quality tax administration,” says olson, describing her agency as swamped with problems and inadequacies.

checklist: how to represent clients in 1040 audit and cp2000 issues

october 29, 2017

by michael rozbruch

bonus: get the 16-step checklist here. by michael rozbruch roz strategies the irs is aggressively going after taxpayers to recoup some of their lost revenue (lost revenue to the tune of $385 billion per year!) which means our clients are under … continued

refunds up, filings down at end of tax season 2017

may 1, 2017

by beth bellor

irs filing season data for week ending april 21, 2017

pros keep the edge in e-filings and some people just won’t give up paper.

by beth bellor
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a season of down notes for individual income tax returns ended the same way.

data for the week ending april 21, the week in which the filing deadline fell, was just released and it paints the same picture we’ve seen since january: overall returns and e-filings down, with refunds the only scant positives.
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with 4 days left, tax stats were still down

april 20, 2017

by beth bellor

chart of irs filing data for week ending april 14, 2017 — [click for larger image]

pros move ahead in e-filings.

by beth bellor
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with only days left to go in the 2017 tax season, the internal revenue service still was seeing most statistics land below 2016 levels.

according to data from the week ending april 14, the latest available, the only figures on the positive side remained total refunds and average refund per taxpayer.
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refunds edge up as tax season winds down

april 13, 2017

by beth bellor

pros hold on to 57% of e-filings.

by beth bellor
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the nationwide refund pool crept into positive territory, joining average refunds as the only statistics on the plus side.

the data are for the week ending april 7, the latest available.
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