Fixing the IRS: Tax Professionals Speak Out

“All it takes is money.” Sounds easy? Except for the politics.

By CPA Trendlines

Wow! We asked for it, and we got it: an avalanche of advice on how to fix the IRS.

CPA Trendlines has always received smart, candid, and often outspoken responses to our Busy Season survey—  thousands of tax preparers from sea to shining sea telling us what’s happening in their offices.

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But this year, halfway through the season, we asked a loaded question: How would you fix the IRS? The professionals in the trenches of tax prep know what the problems are and what to do about them. They also seemed a bit miffed (to put it mildly) that the solutions seem so obvious, yet the problems keep compounding.

Posted on March 4, 2019