Busy Season 2015: Vexed by Regs, CPAs Dismayed at Congress

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By CPA Trendlines Research

The U.S. tax system has become so complex and dysfunctional that even professional tax practitioners are bitterly frustrated and angry – outrage that’s been boiling over in the CPA Trendlines Busy Season Barometer.

This year accountants are talking about staff problems, client problems, overload problems and Affordable Care Act problems. But the anger with new forms and regulations isn’t stopping there.

“All reason has gone out the door,” says a CPA in Montrose, Colo. “I have been preparing tax returns for over 35 years. There has never been a tax season like this one – and there will never be another one like it.”