{"id":94511,"date":"2022-02-22t22:18:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-23t03:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=94511"},"modified":"2022-12-22t00:40:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22t05:40:48","slug":"irs-under-covid-heroes-or-goats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2022\/02\/22\/irs-under-covid-heroes-or-goats\/","title":{"rendered":"irs under covid: heroes or goats?"},"content":{"rendered":"
agents resort to filing by forklift.<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/em><\/p>\n let us pause for a moment of kudos.<\/p>\n last year, the irs accepted a mission impossible. it wasn\u2019t just underfunded, understaffed, and underequipped but overloaded, overworked, and overdue.<\/p>\n more<\/strong> tax:<\/strong> two big (and obvious) ways irs could work with practitioners<\/a>\u00a0 | <\/strong>imagine a fully online irs<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0the real cost of interstate sales tax<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0irs at death\u2019s door?<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0beyond tax prep: the big cha-ching!<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0crisis at the irs<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0the irs\u2019s 10 biggest problems<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0fear and loathing for tax season \u201922<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0padar joins vc-backed tax fintech for banks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0covid chokes an already crippled irs<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0tax regs for the metaverse<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a010 steps to a superior tax department<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0accountants critical of competitor price-cutting<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0automate busy season with apps you already use<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0sales & use tax costs are higher than anyone thought<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0survey: nobody loves the wayfair decision<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0busy season forecast: more chaos<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0a woman named wanda leaves an ira nightmare<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0are you under-pricing your client accounting services?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0your best advice: get smart, get tech, get moving<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0worries for small business clients<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n pro members:\u00a0<\/strong>log in here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a02022世界杯足球排名 today<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n and then covid came back with a vengeance.<\/p>\n and then congress came to the rescue.<\/p>\n a forklift filing system<\/strong><\/p>\n it was really amazing\u2014even heroic\u2014that the organization kept functioning. staff got sick. facilities shut down. people went home. work processes had to be deconstructed and reassembled. the backlog of returns built up to the point of being stored in shipping containers, continuously loaded, unloaded, and reloaded with forklifts as agents searched for files behind files under files. at the start of the filing season, the service still had 11.7 million paper returns unprocessed from 2020. as late as october 16, 2021\u2014the end of the extended filing season\u201413 million returns still awaited manual processing along with 2.7 million amended returns.<\/p>\n congress tried to help taxpayers, but the cascade of legislation only complicated matters at the irs. the timeline was dizzying.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n among the new rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n these changes on top of the stress and pressures of the pandemic led to confusion and errors that led to more manual processing which led to delays that led to an increase in correspondence and attempted phone calls, all of which caused more delays, more stress, more backlog. just as taxpayers needed refunds to get them through desperate economic straits, they couldn\u2019t find out why their checks never came.<\/p>\n the delays, frustration, and confusion at the irs spilled over to congressional representatives and the taxpayer advocate service as taxpayers sought information and resolutions. the tas itself became overloaded and had to stop taking cases when when taxpayers desperately needed assistance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n the covid pandemic complicated but did not cause the fundamental problems underlying the dysfunction at the irs. nor is the pandemic an excuse. at this point, it\u2019s a reality, and it must be dealt with. the taxpayer bill of rights still stands. it is incumbent upon the irs, and the congress that oversees it, to make necessary changes. the tas has itemized a few:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n whether the pandemic is the new normal or not, the irs needs to recover, restructure, and get realistic. hats off to the heroes have kept america a going concern, but the new normal needs a new, improved irs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" agents resort to filing by forklift.<\/strong>\n
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