February 26, 2019
Drake Software is the Smart Choice for Tax Professionals For over 33 years, Drake’s team of programmers, tax analysts, CPAs, and EAs has provided tax professionals the tools they need to grow their businesses. Each year, Drake processes more than nine million federal- and state-accepted returns, focusing on value, consistent excellence in federal and state...…
February 26, 2019
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December 2, 2011
888-667-8440 www.OfficeToolsPro.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Fit Firms using or considering the Office Tools Professional Practice Management 2011 system, who want to provide user-friendly portals to clients. Strengths Tight integration with Practice Management 2011 system Project management and file sharing Built-in client communication tools Customizable firm branding Good integration with outside programs Potential...…
December 2, 2011
800-441-3453 www.ShareFileCPA.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit Accounting practices wanting a simple, yet secure method of sharing files with clients and allowing them to upload files to the firm. Strengths Firm branding and the ability to place a login field on firm website Sharing of files two ways between client and firm Multiple...…
December 1, 2011
800-716-2558 ext. 100 www.cPaperless.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Fit Professional firms seeking a stand-alone system that will make it easy for their clients to send files to them, as well as securely share returns and other documents with their clients. Strengths Simple for clients and firms to use Strong security customization options Customizable...…
November 30, 2011
888-455-0183; www.atxinc.com 888-455-0182; www.taxwise.com 2012 Overall Rating 3.75 Best Firm Fit Firms using TaxWise or ATX that are looking for both a document management and automated tax document tool. It’s a good fit for high-volume retail firms that need a solution housed entirely on premises, especially those that will use the integrated electronic signature...…
November 29, 2011
800-200-7599 http://lacerte.intuit.com/products/tax-import http://proseries.intuit.com/products/tax-import 2012 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Firm Fit Firms using the Lacerte and ProSeries tax programs seeking to reduce the time spent on organizing source documents and data entry. Strengths The new Pre-Import Review feature provides a side-by-side view of electronic values and images from source documents. Direct download provides an easy...…
November 23, 2011
800-805-8582 www.sureprep.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Firm Fit Firms where more than one person is involved in the tax return preparation process with multiple levels of sign-off. It’s also a good fit for firms using the supported tax software who are willing to use SurePrep’s proprietary data-entry and SPbinder tools. Strengths SPbinder has...…
November 23, 2011
800-291-2136 www.copanion.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Firm Fit Firms that want a user-friendly solution for receiving an organized and bookmarked PDF of source documents, regardless of the firm’s tax and document management software. Firms using the supported tax software will benefit from the Populate product. Firms using the Drake professional tax software should...…
November 23, 2011
800-968-8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Firm Fit Firms using other applications of the CS Professional Suite. Specifically, a FileCabinet CS license is required for the labeling and organizing function. An UltraTax CS license is required for the data extraction and import into the tax software. Strengths Integration throughout the CS Professional Suite....…
November 22, 2011
6 Effective Tools for Tax Document Automation
November 22, 2011
800-739-9998 CCHGroup.com 2012 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Firm Fit Firms using other ProSystem fx applications to prepare individual income tax returns, as well as firms that want the OCR and organizing processes to run on premise with a fast turnaround time. Strengths With the right hardware and recommended scanning procedures, the OCR processing should...…
November 22, 2011
A little pre-tax season planning and preparation can go a long way.