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Is the IRS Winning the Battle Against Identity Theft?

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It’s hard to tell.

By Rick Telberg
CPA Trendlines

The good news: Identity theft is down.

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The bad news: There’s a lot of identity theft.

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Half of E-Filings Go Through Tax Pros

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IRS filing data for week ending March 2, 2018Direct deposits down from their usual range.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines

With a full month of tax filings in the books, there aren’t any surprises.

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By the end of week 5 on March 2, the IRS had received 61.2 million individual income tax returns, up 0.1 percent from the same period last year. It had processed 59 million, down 0.1 percent.
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Training Cutbacks at IRS Hurt Everybody

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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?

SPECIAL REPORT – Fixing the IRS: IRS #FAILs at Online Services Spell Problems for Professionals | Tax Accountants Fill the Breach of a Failing IRS | Beware the EZ Way Out | Can the IRS Improve Its Phone Service? | When Clients Face ‘Unreal’ IRS Audits | IRS Warns about Private Debt Collectors for Tax Season 2018  | Underfunded IRS Swamped with Problems | IRS in Retreat from Communities | Military Personnel Face New Battles at Home: The IRS | As New Economy Surges, IRS Falls Further Behind | Is the IRS Winning the Battle Against Identity Theft? | IRS Mulls Raising Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls  |

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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.

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IRS E-Filing Stats Approaching 2017 Levels

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Chart of IRS filing data for the week ended Feb. 23, 2018Tax pros continue to increase their share of the market.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines

Taxpayers are keeping the IRS hopping.

MORE ON TAX SEASON:  Tax Accountants Fill the Breach of a Failing IRS | Artificial Intelligence Gets a Boost with Tax Reforms | New Tax Law Roils Busy Season 2018 | Beware the EZ Way Out  | IRS #FAILs at Online Services Spell Problems for Professionals
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Even with six fewer days so far, the number of individual income tax returns filed in 2018 had nearly met 2017 levels by the end of week 4.
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