{"id":95690,"date":"2022-03-17t22:07:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-18t02:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=95690"},"modified":"2022-12-22t00:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22t05:40:28","slug":"irs-the-new-tax-season-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2022\/03\/17\/irs-the-new-tax-season-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"irs tops list of busy season problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
forget covid. the underfunded, understaffed, underequipped, underappreciated, misunderstood irs is the top problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/em><\/p>\n it probably won\u2019t surprise you that the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer identifies irs operations as the biggest problem tax practitioners face today. in fact, we\u2019ve never seen such widespread agreement among respondents\u2014an astonishing 80 percent of them.<\/p>\n more in tax:\u00a0<\/strong>shut down the tax charlatans<\/a> | tax pros preparing 46 percent of e-filings<\/a> | eight quick, easy ways to fix irs filing<\/a> | for a few: why busy season 2022 beats 2021<\/a> | a tax season worse than 2021?<\/a> | 16 traits of the best tax clients<\/a> | six fixable problems at the irs<\/a> | irs under covid: heroes or goats?<\/a> | irs launches 2022 season with \u201cstrong start\u201d<\/a> | two big (and obvious) ways irs could work with practitioners<\/a> | 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><\/p>\n pro members:\u00a0<\/strong>log in here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a02022世界杯足球排名 today<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n that consensus indicates that there really is a problem at the irs. it\u2019s underfunded, understaffed, underequipped, and, at this point, underappreciated and misunderstood.<\/p>\n the real problem is that the problem is creating problems. irs staff can\u2019t keep up with correspondence, yet the computers, even though working off an operating system that dates back to the kennedy administration, keep churning out moot notices and undeserved penalties.<\/p>\n mark e. rowe in new boston, texas,\u00a0 suffering a \u201csomewhat worse year\u201d so far, nails that particular problem rather well. \u201csignificantly increased workload expected,\u201d he tells us. \u201ccontinued erroneous notices to clients from the irs expected, exclusion from e-filing due to irs processing delays.\u201d<\/p>\n an anonymous respondent expressed a similar sentiment, telling us, \u201ci have a small client load, but dealing with the irs and irs erroneous notices is becoming a major headache and it\u2019s very time consuming to even get through to the irs, let alone deal with them and the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n the age-old problem<\/strong><\/p>\n staffing issues were the second most common concern, touching 44 percent. (this doesn\u2019t include a practitioner who got a \u201cstaff infection\u201d in his knee, which was not a common complaint.)<\/p>\n despite the prevalence of reported staff problems, nobody has much to say about it. presumably, it\u2019s the age-old problem of finding qualified accountants and keeping them happy despite long hours, face masks, and remote offices.<\/p>\n the crunch<\/strong><\/p>\n the third most common problem\u2014half as common as the irs problem yet still big\u2014is \u201cclients late or unprepared,\u201d a headache for 41 percent of respondents.<\/p>\n accountants haven\u2019t had much to say about their clients, maybe because there\u2019s nothing new about clients showing up on april 14 with shoeboxes full of receipts, statements, canceled checks, and mouse droppings.<\/p>\n or, as one respondent puts it, \u201cthe crunch\u2014late receipt of info from clients feb. 15 to april 15\u2014unreasonable timeframe.\u201d<\/p>\n marie drew, a sole practitioner in cincinnati, expresses some sympathy for her clients.\u00a0\u201ci deal with very small businesses and sole props with under $500,000 in revenue,\u201d drew says. \u201cthe complexity of being in business is really getting out of hand for these folks.\u201d<\/p>\n no wonder they\u2019re late, right? and no wonder they need a tax professional.<\/p>\n too many clients<\/strong><\/p>\n one anonymous respondent, the manager of a small practice, has a different kind of client problem, one which pops up a few times in the survey.\u00a0\u201ctoo many clients,\u201d the respondent says. \u201ci know that shouldn\u2019t be a problem, but we are at capacity with current clients, and other cpas are jumping ship right and left. we have stopped accepting new clients.\u201d<\/p>\n obviously, that practitioner\u2019s problem is another practitioner\u2019s opportunity.<\/p>\n late paperwork<\/strong><\/p>\n related to the late-client issue is the fifth most common problem\u2014late or erroneous k1s, 1099s, etc., a problem with 31 percent of respondents.<\/p>\n the fourth most common problem relates to clients and the irs: dealing with economic recovery services, such as ppp, eidl, erc, etc.<\/p>\n tony coladonato, of coladonato, cpa, serving businesses in greater philadelphia, is feeling the pinch from both those sides, reporting that his main problem is \u201creconciling advance child tax credits between irs records & clients.\u201d<\/p>\n and an anonymous respondent somewhere out there in the trenches of tax prep shared a similar notion: \u201cpotential legislation concerns. erc implications will result in filing delays and waiting in erc refunds may cause cash flow issues. staffing may cause longer lead time in getting projects completed.\u201d<\/p>\n the other big issues:<\/p>\n \u2022 tax code and reg changes: 29 percent\n
\n\u2022 covid: 28 percent
\n\u2022 the general economic situation: 26 percent
\n\u2022 new workflows or processes: 21 percent.
\n\u2022 new pricing and fee pressures: 21 percent.
\n\u2022 security and privacy: 21 percent
\n\u2022 tech\/software problems: 19 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"