Tax Software Vendors

[Dan]

Here are two places you can go on the web site to check out Tax Software Vendors:

1. http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jafa/sep2005/zaro_ex1.htm

2. http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2005/705/images/ex2p22.pdf

The first one is Exhibit 1: Tax Software Vendors and the second one is Exhibit 2: Ratings of Individual Tax Preparation Software.

I hope ATX is still around next year. I have tried a lot of tax software and to me it is the best because it allows you to enter information directly on the IRS forms. It also seems that the ATX software program is better than it used to be when I first used it in 1999. This will be my ninth year using ATX software and CCH needs to keep it going. It also shows you all the forms you have in the return at the top. If I had to change to another software, I might consider Drake software. I have tried Lacerte, ProSeries, Turbo Tax, TaxCut (which I think conflicts with ATX). I have used the online version of TaxAct but have never seen the forms when entering data.

[kcjenkins]

Thanks for that.

[Teri2414]

If anyone here also belongs to NATP they also send out an annual rating of software based on customers replies.

[taxwoman]

Many trade magazines do surveys all the time. However, sometimes I just don't trust them. Frankly, I think it depends on how many ads a vendor is willing to purchase in a magazine that helps that vendor's "good" rating. Usually, I think it's just better to talk to other people and find out what they're using and compare the good/bad points of the software.