The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.
The coronavirus slowdown has hit the IRS and tax professionals,
Pandemic or not, taxpayers are making many of the same blunders, according to tax professionals.
Even as they still have to deal with tax season, the service is tasked with handling much of the stimulus packages.
With new technology, new workflows, and plenty of hand sanitizer, preparers are ready for the disease.