CPA tax preparers would no doubt agree that despite their experience and preparations for tax filing season, every year brings unforeseen challenges. Having dealt with the vicissitudes of tax season, many of them sit down with the Tax Adviser questionnaire to assess how well their tax preparation software helped bring them through. This year, the survey yielded 3,544 responses from CPAs who prepared tax returns in 2017 for a fee. While their answers were largely consistent with those of previous years, they also yielded a few unexpected areas of consensus.
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