{"id":109402,"date":"2023-03-12t14:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-12t18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=109402"},"modified":"2024-08-07t23:09:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08t03:09:35","slug":"cant-irs-tax-pro-accounts-do-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/03\/12\/cant-irs-tax-pro-accounts-do-more\/","title":{"rendered":"can\u2019t irs tax pro accounts do more?"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>of course it can. here are five recommendations.<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n in 2021, the irs rolled out its tax pro account program, a relatively quick response to the complications brought down by covid-19, not to mention the years of dwindling service brought down by congressional budget cuts.<\/p>\n more: <\/b>hello? irs? anybody home?<\/a> | taxpayer assistance centers need upgrade<\/a> | tax pros offer advice for small businesses<\/a> | has early tax season optimism peaked?<\/a> | why the irs is still doing data entry by hand<\/a> | accountants\u2019 top problems for tax season 2023<\/a> the purpose of tax pro accounts is to allow practitioners to perform basic services online for their clients.<\/p>\n unfortunately, the services enabled by the program were and still are rather limited. many of the services that individual taxpayers themselves can access online are not available to their tax accountants. to be truly useful<\/strong><\/p>\n for tax pro accounts to be truly useful, it should allow practitioners to:<\/p>\n lack of a hub<\/strong><\/p>\n the limited functionality of tax pro accounts is reflective of a similar problem that extends across online irs services \u2013 a lack of a hub where taxpayers can click forward to whatever they need to do.<\/p>\n individual taxpayers can access such tools as<\/p>\n unfortunately, these and other services all require separate logins and don\u2019t allow much if any crossover. the result is confusion, frustration, exasperation, disappointment, anger and wasted time. president biden recently referred to that wasted time as a \u201ctime tax\u201d generated by the unwieldy tax code and irs inefficiencies.<\/p>\n wouldn\u2019t it be nice if all these tools and options could be accessed at one central hub for each taxpayer, maybe even linked to their tax practitioner\u2019s tax pro account?<\/p>\n such a dream is not beyond the reach of technology.<\/p>\n national taxpayer advocate erin m. collins has commended the irs for its gradual updates to online accounts but says that it could still install improvements.<\/p>\n taxpayers have been increasingly logging in to their accounts, but they still don\u2019t use them much. in 2022, 63 percent more taxpayers \u2013 \u201cunique visitors\u201d \u2013 accessed their accounts than in 2021. but 74 percent of them didn\u2019t complete any actions other than viewing basic account information.<\/p>\n still no bola<\/strong><\/p>\n those numbers could be substantially higher \u2013 which means lower backlogs and bottlenecks elsewhere \u2013 if a) taxpayers could access more services through their accounts, b) they knew what they can do with an account and c) they were informed of recent upgrades to the account system.<\/p>\n the nta also slapped the irs on the wrist for not expediting implementation of its planned business online account (bola). the irs blames the delay on complexity, budget and resources. it hopes to roll out an early version in the current fiscal year, but it will only allow business taxpayers to view and manage tax record authorizations related to the income verification express service.<\/p>\n once funding from the inflation reduction act arrives, the irs will accelerate deployment of additional functions, such as reminders for upcoming tax returns, information on due dates, payment options and document uploading. until a more robust bola system is implemented, businesses are unlikely to make much use of it.<\/p>\n recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n the nta made five related recommendations to the irs:<\/p>\n
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\nwhile tax pro enables tax practitioners to retrieve certain authorizations and clients\u2019 tax accounts, it does not offer such basics as secure messaging, document upload and chatbots.<\/p>\n\n
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