Training Cutbacks at IRS Hurt Everybody

What you get for $87 per employee.

By Rick Telberg
CPA Trendlines

What could be more frustrating than calling the Internal Revenue Service 14 times before finally getting through to an agent—and then the agent tries to answer your question by reading a script that doesn’t answer the question?

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Taxpayer frustration with IRS incompetence can serve to the advantage of tax practitioners, who by default become the only source of good information.