{"id":34082,"date":"2014-03-06t06:56:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-06t11:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=34082"},"modified":"2015-11-12t08:52:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12t13:52:45","slug":"new-survey-findings-tax-season-price-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/03\/06\/new-survey-findings-tax-season-price-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"new survey findings: tax season price wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

accountants scramble as competition surges for bread-and-butter tax work.
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by rick telberg<\/em>
\n卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/em><\/p>\n

pricing and fee pressures are surging as the hot-button issues this tax season, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.<\/p>\n

to be sure, late or unprepared clients remain the single biggest issue, with 48% of more than 500 practitioners surveyed in february citing it, followed by tardy 1099s and k1s at 35%. those metrics are little changed from last february.<\/p>\n

but this year, 31% of practitioners are complaining about pricing and fee pressures, which is triple the year-ago 10% figure.<\/p>\n

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related research<\/span>
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is the tax prep business topping out?<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>the number of filings by tax professionals appears to have slowed or even reversed.
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tax season metrics shift for the better<\/strong>: <\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0key indicators point to a better 2014 than 2013.
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practitioners plot fee-pressure countermeasures<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>competitors vie for clients on price and promises.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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