Mike Block

Kea,

I previously posted on a few links the fact that TRX has a long term commitment with Redgear, Taxworks. This is being reinforced to me in that H&R Bloch who owns Redgear, Taxworks uses it exclusively in all company owned and franchise business returns. In addition this will be the only software product that TRX will be selling and supporting beginning in 2010! They are guaranteeing the price that you pay for all future purchases. They represent about 3 to 4 thousand members.

Mike Dubin

I have contrary H&R information. An H&R owned office manager said they use ATX exclusively for business returns.

I am surprised there are so few people interested in this opportunity to have their voice for enhancements potentially heard....

Hi there: I too am on the ATX Advisory Council, due to mentioning prior ProSeries and QuickBooks Council experience when signing up for ATX this year. My computer tax and accounting program use began in 1963 and 1968. Heavy Quicken use, and near full time QuickBooks use, began when they became available.

I am here now due to Ken. ATX wants an Advisory Council to increase user satisfaction (and revenue). I spent lots of time thinking about how to do this for Intuit (http://www.blocktax.com/Intuit_change.htm). My answer was to combine a forum like this (where we argue about what we want), with a poll (where we can see how many want each item). This often shows that what is very important to some is of no importance to many others. The poll should cover all topics, organized in related areas. It also can link to applicable message board sections.

The former Intuit CEO had the current CEO contact me, before the new hire reported to work. Intuit then created bad versions of my sites for QuickBooks and TurboTax. One thing sadly missing, which Intuit's founder initially wanted, was a way to contact contributors of ideas that took years to implement.

I will now gladly help the ATX Community add poll software, if others wish. Meanwhile, please keep a note sheet or Word file handy for suggestions, as you work. Many here, like Ken, know far more than I about what we need to make ATX better.

I still don't have a feel for what my baseline (no internet backups) Sprint use will be when I pull the cable plug. I only used it a few days last month and still managed 1.5 gig. I do also use the Sprint wi-fi server for a wireless print server. That's not going through the internet (or is it?). So that may be adding to my usage. If so, I'll probably go back to a wired print server. And it's not even the busy season. I may need other options.

This is a non-profit answer. Backup space can be as little as $27 a month for 100g, with a complete Citrix terminal server account. Citrix is 3 - 4 times as fast as Windows Terminal Server, with 73% less bandwidth. That is why Microsoft now rents CTS time. You can run ATX, Office, and all your other apps on it, with any computer (Windows, Linux, MAC), from any location. Never worry about backups, virus, malware, disk optimizing, hurricanes, floods, installs and much more. Add one or many new fully-configured users overnight.