{"id":58486,"date":"2019-03-13t08:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-13t12:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=58486"},"modified":"2019-03-19t12:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19t16:18:54","slug":"busy-season-early-confidence-turns-to-fear-and-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2019\/03\/13\/busy-season-early-confidence-turns-to-fear-and-frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"survey: busy season goes sour"},"content":{"rendered":"

february confidence melts under the harsh realities of march.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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february’s 36% positive ratings slide to only 30% in march, as negative ratings climb from 32% in february to 49% in march, even as the number expecting the same results as last year declined from 32% to 21% from one month to the next.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research<\/em><\/p>\n

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join the survey. get the results.<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

remember those heady, sunny, optimistic days of january? despite the government shutdown, cpas and tax practitioners\u2014more than a third of them, anyway\u2014foresaw a productive and profitable busy season. they saw a swelling clientele and revenues to follow suit.<\/p>\n

more on busy season: <\/b>tax refunds up 1.7%<\/a>|\u00a0 \u00a0lessons learned: how the federal shutdown hit busy season 2019<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0lessons learned: how the federal shutdown hit busy season 2019<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0refunds rebound, up 1.3% from last year<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0tax refund fury roils busy season<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0tax pro efiling drops 12.5% after shutdown<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

but then, apparently, something happened. the tides turned. the season soured. suddenly, as february turns to march, the responses to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer<\/a><\/span> readings are tipping into pessimism. join the survey. get the results.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

around the time the government shutdown was ending, 36 percent of respondents told us they expected a somewhat better or much better season. now, just a few weeks later, that number is down to 30 percent\u2014 a six-point drop in as many weeks.<\/p>\n

even expecting a season \u201cabout the same\u201d as last year turned out to be too optimistic for some. back when the season was just getting underway, 32 percent saw little change ahead, but now that more responses are in, that number has dropped by a third.\u00a0 their ranks are down to 21 percent.<\/p>\n

back then, only 32 percent sensed a worse season coming up. now it\u2019s\u2014yipes!\u201449 percent. those expecting a much worse year have more than doubled, from six percent to 14 percent today.<\/p>\n

what happened?<\/p>\n

well, it seems a lot of practitioners are getting clobbered by<\/p>\n