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The IRS quietly rewrote the ERC playbook again — here's what your clients haven't been told.
Buried in last week's procedural notice: a new look-back window, three changes to documentation standards, and a clear signal about what the agency thinks of every "ERC mill" still operating. We read the 47 pages so you don't have to.
Read this issue →Why TaxDome's pricing change is making firms reconsider Karbon.
We surveyed 312 firm owners on the switch. The migration costs are real — but so is the ceiling.
Read →The quiet shift to "fractional CFO" billing — and why it's eating bookkeeping.
The fastest-growing firms aren't selling tax prep anymore. They're selling something stranger.
Read →— Read across firms big, small, and stranger —
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