{"id":109110,"date":"2023-03-02t11:59:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-02t16:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=109110"},"modified":"2024-08-07t23:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08t03:09:38","slug":"at-the-irs-short-on-staff-means-short-on-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/03\/02\/at-the-irs-short-on-staff-means-short-on-service\/","title":{"rendered":"at the irs, short on staff means short on service"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>guess who suffers?<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n it probably won\u2019t surprise the average tax practitioner to learn that in the american customer satisfaction index of federal agencies, the internal revenue service ranks dead last.<\/p>\n more: <\/b>tax pros offer advice for small businesses<\/a> | busy season barometer finds many cpas in transition<\/a> | marchternity: just say \u2018no\u2019<\/a> | news on irs is maybe sort of a little bit good<\/a> it accomplished the same dubious rank in forrest research\u2019s u.s. customer experience index of 221 companies and federal agencies.<\/p>\n two sad things about this: sad thing 2:<\/strong> though it\u2019s tempting, we really can\u2019t blame the people who work for the irs because there simply aren\u2019t enough of them to do the job.<\/p>\n who to blame?<\/strong><\/p>\n blame congress, the elected officials who set the federal budget. for the last 10 years, until just a few months ago, congress effectively reduced funding for the agency that brings in all the funding. despite growth in the economy, the population and the complexity of the tax code, current staff numbers are back where they were in the 1970s.<\/p>\n inevitably, service \u2013 and the quality of service \u2013 has been declining.<\/p>\n the rub<\/strong><\/p>\n and the situation is going to get worse quickly. over the next six years, an estimated 63 percent of irs employees \u2013 52,000 out of 83,000 \u2013 will become eligible to retire.<\/p>\n the shortage will start to change soon thanks to a $80 billion infusion recently authorized in the inflation reduction act. while that seems like a lot, it will be spent over the course of the next decade. but some 5,000 new customer service representatives will be hired as soon as they can be vetted, recruited and brought on board.<\/p>\n and there\u2019s the rub. how quickly can the irs bring people on?<\/p>\n not very, says national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins.<\/p>\n a very clogged bottleneck<\/strong><\/p>\n the problem, collins says in her annual report to congress, is a bottleneck at the irs\u2019s human capital office.<\/p>\n and a very clogged bottleneck it is. according to nta investigation:<\/p>\n given the need to ramp up the hiring process and the imminent retirement of so many staff, the hco needs to be especially efficient. but it seems that even with the additional funding of the inflation reduction act, the office may be incapable of improving itself.<\/p>\n the nta report said, \u201cone of the best ways to expedite the current hiring process is to allow the irs additional flexibilities in hiring that bypass some of the most time-consuming and frustrating parts of the hiring process.\u201d<\/p>\n the report offers several ways the hco could improve recruitment.<\/p>\n improving training<\/strong><\/p>\n but recruitment\u2019s just the start. once faster, better hiring is accomplished, collins says the irs needs to improve training. new employees can\u2019t start working on their first day. they need extended classroom and on-the-job training. irs university is supposed to be a state-of-the-art training program, but it has yet to be fully implemented. in fact, it doesn\u2019t even have a dedicated operating budget.<\/p>\n to get irsu up and running over the next five years, the irs would have to increase its $45 million per year training budget by an additional $90 million, plus a 10 percent increase each year.<\/p>\n better retention<\/strong><\/p>\n once recruitment and training are up to snuff, the irs needs to do a better job of employee retention. a single turnover is estimated to cost the irs $10,000. the nta commended the irs on recent efforts to enhance retention, but the results have not been good. in 2020, the irs retained 80 percent of employees with less than one year of service. in 2021, the percentage dropped to 70 percent.<\/p>\n american taxpayers have a legislated right to not just service but quality service. with service deficient and quality service a dream, collins called for more and reallocated funds, better management and planning, and full implementation of irsu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nsad thing 1:<\/strong> the irs ranks first in the number of \u201ccustomers\u201d it deals with, touching virtually every american directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n\n
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