Software

March 27, 2012 

As tax season comes to a close, many taxpayers are looking for possible tax breaks to help lower their taxes. However, tax credits could potentially reduce a taxpayer’s tax bill dollar for dollar, says CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business and provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services.

Taija Sparkman

March 26, 2012 

Intuit—Lacerte Tax lacerte.intuit.com 800-765-7777     BEST FIT Small and medium size firms with a focus on medium complexity work and organizations reliant on other Intuit products, such as QuickBooks   STRENGTHS Easy, intuitive interface Licensing structure includes electronic organizers, trial balance modules and state electronic filing Strong integration with Intuit product offerings   POTENTIAL...…

March 26, 2012 

Thomson Reuters — GoSystem Tax RS CS.ThomsonReuters.com 800-968-8900 BEST FIT Firms requiring calculation power for complex business entity structures and support for entities processing multiple K-1s   STRENGTHS Ability to handle the most complex tax return structures Wholly web-based solution that is accessible from nearly anywhere Nice features to aid new users in learning proper...…

March 26, 2012 

Thomson Reuters — UltraTax CS CS.ThomsonReuters.com 800-968-8900 BEST FIT Firms of all sizes serving a wide variety of client types and who may use other products within the CS Professional Suite   STRENGTHS Strong integration with CS Professional Suite product lineup Available as a hosted solution Support for up to 4 monitor configurations   POTENTIAL...…

March 26, 2012 

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business — ProSystem fx Tax SaaS CCHGroup.com 800-739-9998   BEST FIT: Tax and accounting firms with a wide range of client complexity who need a top tier tax preparation product.   STRENGTHS Multiple platforms to choose from, including a state-of-the-art SaaS solution New interface should be familiar for users already converted...…

March 22, 2012 

As I evaluate the previous tax season, I honestly feel that it was one of the best ever for my firm—despite a few curve balls like the IRS allowing brokerage firms to delay delivery of 1099’s for nearly a month (talk about workload compression).

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

February 27, 2012 

eFileCabinet, Inc., a provider of enterprise content management solutions, recently released the eFileCabinet Online mobile app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Taija Sparkman

February 15, 2012 

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, has released its new web-based software, CCH Integrator, to aid in streamlining tax data collection, provision, research and compliance activity.

February 14, 2012 

Now that tax season is underway, many taxpayers may be wondering what’s the best approach to filing this year: to prepare their taxes themselves or hire a professional.

Taija Sparkman

January 25, 2012 

DocuWare plans to unveil new applications for BlackBerry 6, Android, and Windows Phone 7 operating systems at CeBIT 2012 in Hanover, Germany this March.

Taija Sparkman

October 3, 2011 

Column: Putting the i in Practice You may not have noticed, but there’s [another] gold rush going on. This time it’s about “apps” and the goal, like all land grabs, is to get there first and stake your claim. As usual, I’ll first spend some time looking at history to help refine our future vision....…

Gregory L. LaFollette

November 1, 2010 

With a tight economy and creeping growth causing more and more Americans to be more miserly in their spending or to at least budget more stringently, they often overlook a potential for significant savings. Or perhaps they don’t think about the potential until it’s too late. Unfortunately, the latter is likely the case because they…