{"id":108940,"date":"2023-02-26t12:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-26t17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=108940"},"modified":"2024-08-07t23:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08t03:09:41","slug":"has-early-tax-season-optimism-peaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/02\/26\/has-early-tax-season-optimism-peaked\/","title":{"rendered":"has early tax season optimism peaked?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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tax practitioners were looking a bit optimistic last month, according to the early results coming in to the 2023 cpatrendlines busy season barometer.<\/p>\n

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but as the second wave of responses comes in, the early-bird optimism seems to be waning.<\/p>\n

what\u2019s happening?
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\nthe annual crunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

the first 110 responses showed an astonishing 67 percent expecting this year to be somewhat or much better than last year. \u201cbetter than last year\u201d isn\u2019t a high bar to clear, but still, for accountants hunkering down for the annual crunch, the results were surprisingly optimistic. barely 14 percent figured on any degree of worsening.<\/p>\n

but now another 100 or so have responded, and expectations seem to be tilting south. while those who expect no change are still hovering at about 18 percent, only 64 percent see improvement over last year.<\/p>\n

at the other end of the spectrum of hope, we see a slight increase in those who think business will get \u201csomewhat worse,\u201d edging up from just under 13 percent to just over 14 percent.<\/p>\n

the numbers for those fearing a \u201cmuch worse\u201d year remain small, though they jumped from just under 2 percent to just under 3 percent.<\/p>\n

so what\u2019s causing this hint of rain on the practitioner parade?<\/p>\n

it isn\u2019t concerns over the national economy. those numbers are pretty consistent.<\/p>\n

concerns for small businesses have nudged up, but only a bit. the main reasons for that concern:<\/p>\n