{"id":58983,"date":"2019-04-08t12:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-08t16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=58983"},"modified":"2019-05-02t17:04:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02t21:04:59","slug":"fixing-the-tax-system-accountants-sound-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2019\/04\/08\/fixing-the-tax-system-accountants-sound-off\/","title":{"rendered":"fixing the tax system: accountants sound off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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respondents to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer<\/a> seemed a little optimistic earlier this year, but as the season staggers into april, tax practitioners are having second thoughts. suddenly, increasingly, the season looks bleak. now more and more respondents foresee a downturn in revenue and profit. fewer foresee a better year.<\/p>\n

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many blame the tax system in general and the irs in particular. it all boils down to politics. chris cooper, a certified financial planner in san diego, says.\u201cenact a flat tax or a vat, and eliminate taxing income and investments. then do away with the irs.\u201d<\/p>\n

respondents give plenty of reasons, but most often those reasons implicate the internal revenue service. it\u2019s hard to categorize the variety of complaints.<\/p>\n

gary price, managing partner of price & price, cpas, operating out of a suburb of houston, related an especially hellish experience.\u00a0\u201cthe irs needs a complete overhaul and\/or efficiency study as they are out of control,\u201d he said. \u201cthey need new and better systems and to hire more people or be more efficient. we have had the irs process amended returns as originals. they have also torn apart our 1045s and wanted signatures on historical tax returns used as attachments, etc. we have a number of clients still waiting on their 2016 (yes, 2016) refunds after proving their identity and contacting the irs many times; several have had to appear at irs offices and some are now having to contact their congressman.\u201d<\/p>\n

change starts at the top<\/strong><\/p>\n

charles napier, a cpa in el paso, has a solution: \u201cstart at the top and make sure it is non-political. examiners need to look for substantial compliance and stop using the \u2018gotcha\u2019 issues that exist. i believe that professionals should be assigned a \u2018mentor\u2019 or \u2018navigator’ inside the irs that deals consistently with you instead of the random walk we get now.\u201d<\/p>\n

brian blanton, principal of blanton & associates, llc, in carmel, ind., agreed that the change needs to start where the organization of the organization starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cchange starts at the top,\u201d says blanton. \u201cdetermine priorities and eliminate wasteful spending.\u00a0 there is no need to increase the irs budget. manage it like the business it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

from champaign, ill., dan setters of accounting plus tax solutions, inc., offers a good practical solution, recommending that \u201cirs employees should have some real-world experience dealing with taxpayers at the entry level. decisions appear to be made on the basis of the most difficult, uncompliant people, which drives the process to appear to be needing preparers to become the policing agents for the irs. it\u2019s important to get correct information, and those we work with desire accurate returns to pay what they owe, not what someone else thinks they should pay. all those due diligence checklist questions drive us to be less than forthright.\u201d<\/p>\n

brief suggestions<\/strong><\/p>\n

respondents also offered brief suggestions, some easily said, some easily done. among them:<\/p>\n