FYI Roberts, no I am not pitching software. If you read my post I was diplomatically trying not to say anything too extreme about TRX. For the record, I was lured by TRX after Orrtax succumbed, but thankfully I left them before the season even got started. I sensed that something was off kilter, and good thing I got away from them when I did. The point of my post was that I trying to see if anyone had any experience with Community Income Tax (CIT) AND whether CIT was associated with TRX, in which case I would not even waste my time considering them. Frankly I am not a fan of Taxwise (which CIT is offering) . Yes it is simple use software, but nothing can be taken for granted. Information may not automatically populate or calculate, as you might take for granted with other software. I used Taxwise two years after Orrtax for individuals, and ATX PPR for business returns.
Yes Roberts, well put regarding Drake. Drake is not forms driven. Personally, I prefer a forms driven brand of tax software. I have a friend who uses Drake and I assume he is well pleased with it. I have heard many wonderful things about the company. Yet Drake feels very foreign to me. To each his/her own.
I am comfortable with ATX (but liked them much more when they were owned by the originators, based in Maine I believe?). I like that they have nearly every form you can imagine. I began using ATX when they also went by the name Sabre. I nearly left after the 2012 debacle. Presently such tactics as hampering access to support for current or prior year purchased software by blocking use of the normal support phone line if you have not ordered the next year's software by November; the nuisance and nonsensical requirement to log in to the software if you are idle 20 or more minutes; problems even opening the program, these are matters that I don't like about ATX. These issues and the fact that price keeps going up gave me cause to give consideration to an alternative.