SURVEY: New Tax Law Inflicts New Pains on Busy Season Practitioners

Blame the clients.

By Rick Telberg
CPA Trendlines

Change and uncertainty are constants in the tax prep business, and this year’s busy season indicates no exception. This tended to be a good year, according to the annual CPA Trendlines Busy Season Barometer, with a majority of America’s CPAs foreseeing a better than average busy season.

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But 31 percent see themselves suffering a worse season. Their definition of “worse,” however, swung between two opposites. Mosty of it boiled down to clients – late, unprepared, annoying, questioning, fee-resisting clients.