Can’t IRS Tax Pro Accounts Do More?

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By CPA Trendlines Research

In 2021, the IRS rolled out its Tax Pro Account program, a relatively quick response to the complications brought down by COVID-19, not to mention the years of dwindling service brought down by congressional budget cuts.

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The purpose of Tax Pro Accounts is to allow practitioners to perform basic services online for their clients.

Unfortunately, the services enabled by the program were and still are rather limited. Many of the services that individual taxpayers themselves can access online are not available to their tax accountants.