Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for TaxSlayer Pro. Tax program name TaxSlayer Pro Vendor name TaxSlayer Pro Telephone 888-420-1040 E-mail address sales@taxslayerpro.com Web site taxslayerpro.com Price on Federal 1040 $895 Is this an increase from last year? By how much? No Renewal price $795 (Early renewal
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Tax Software Survey: TaxWise Complete Tax and Accounting
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for TaxWise Complete Tax and Accounting. Tax program name TaxWise Complete Tax and Accounting Vendor name CCH Small Firm Services Telephone 800-775-9473 E-mail address Eriana.Rivera-Rozo@cchsfs.com Web site taxwise.com Price on Federal 1040 $3,625 (includes e-filing, all tax modules, all states, accounting
2009 Tax Software Survey
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Tax Software Survey: Drake Software
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for Drake Software. Tax program name Drake Software Vendor name Drake Software Telephone 800-890-9500 E-mail address Sales@drakesoftware.com Web site drakesoftware.com Price on Federal 1040 $1,395 (with early season discounts as low as $995) Is this an increase from last year? By
Tax Software Survey: GoSystem
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for GoSystem. Tax program name GoSystem Vendor name Thomson Reuters Telephone 800-968-8900 E-mail address CS.Sales@ThomsonReuters.com Web site cs.thomsonreuters.com Price on Federal 1040 Starting at $2,900 Is this an increase from last year? By how much? No Renewal price Starting at $2,900
Tax Software Survey: ProSeries Professional
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for ProSeries Professional. Tax program name ProSeries Professional Vendor name Intuit Inc. Telephone 800-934-1040 E-mail address APD_Sales@intuit.com Web site www.proseries.com Price on Federal 1040 $1,399.00 Is this an increase from last year? By how much? Yes, $100.00 difference Renewal price Same
Tax Software Survey: TurboTax
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for TurboTax. Tax program name TurboTax – for Individual Consumer Use Vendor name Intuit Inc. Telephone 800-624-8384 E-mail address Submitted via TurboTax.com Web site Web site www.turbotax.com Price on Federal 1040 $74.95 Is this an increase from last year? By how
Tax Software Survey: ATX 1040 Office
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for ATX 1040 Office. Tax program name ATX 1040 Office Vendor name CCH Small Firm Services Telephone 800-728-9776 E-mail address sales@atxinc.com Web site www.atxinc.com Price on Federal 1040 $635.00 Is this an increase from last year? By how much? No Renewal
Tax Software Survey: TaxSimple
Click here for a PDF of detailed survey responses for TaxSimple. Tax program name TaxSimple Vendor name TaxSimple Telephone 973-989-8955 E-mail address jvora@taxsimple.com Web site taxsimple.com Price on Federal 1040 $100 – $695 Is this an increase from last year? By how much? No Renewal price $100 – $695 State
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Windows 7: The Good and Not-Quite-So-Good News
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Blogging for a Better Tax Practice
Some CPA tax practitioners find they are able to garner new clients and better maintain ties with existing ones by blogging on tax topics. Beyond providing an electronic soapbox, they say, a blog can be a powerful way to disseminate information to existing clients while revealing to prospective ones the
Psst! Click (or Mouse Over) Here for a Hot Tip
Q: You know those little identifying messages that pop on the screen when I hover my cursor over some icons? Is there some way I can create a similar feature in Word or Excel so readers can get more information about some material in the document or financial statement? A:
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