Tax Pro E-Filing Off 2.7% from Last Year’s Pace
Average refunds down 1%.
By Beth Bellor
IRS
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The Biggest Reason Fraudsters Run Rings around the IRS
IRS chases the wrong returns, delaying refunds, wasting resources.
By CPA Trendlines
Let’s have a pity party! You’re invited.
Let’s pity the Internal Revenue Service for having to identify fraudulent tax returns and taxpayer identities.
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Let’s pity the taxpayer whose tax return gets flagged as fraudulent—or her stolen identity that doesn’t.
And let’s pity the tax preparer stuck between the legitimate taxpayer and the fumbling, under-funded, well-intentioned bureaucracy of the IRS. READ MORE →
Tax Professionals File 38 Million Returns
More than DIY’ers, but still behind last year’s pace.
By Beth Bellor
1.6 Million Tax Clients Gone Missing?
Opening days show accountants filed only 40% of IRS intake. Blame the shutdown.
By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines
The IRS might have rushed into action as soon as the government shutdown ended, but it still is feeling the effects as all filing statistics remain on the downside two weeks in.
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As of the week ending Feb. 8 – the latest data available – the Internal Revenue Service had received 28.8 million returns, down 6.9 percent from the same week in 2018. It had processed 27 million returns, down 10.2 percent, for a processing rate of 93.8 percent.