{"id":16214,"date":"2011-12-05t17:31:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-05t22:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=16214"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:32:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:32:56","slug":"basic-1040-fees-flatten-at-233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2011\/12\/05\/basic-1040-fees-flatten-at-233\/","title":{"rendered":"benchmark 1040 fee flattens out at $233"},"content":{"rendered":"
rates up only $4 in two years for “main street” firms.<\/strong><\/p>\n most tax professionals will be charging an average of $233 for a typical itemized return this year, relatively unchanged since the beginning of the recession, according to a new survey of national society of accountants members.<\/p>\n the new $233 benchmark represents barely a $4 increase in the two years since the last biennial survey, when accountants posted a 10% advance from the 2007 poll, which followed a scant 2% gain from $201 in 2005.<\/p>\n the survey of nearly 8,000 tax preparers by the nsa found that the average fee for preparing an itemized form 1040 with a schedule a and a state tax return cost taxpayers only $233 this year. rates for non-itemized returns are also largely unchanged at $128 for a form 1040 and state return without itemized deductions.<\/p>\n