{"id":88988,"date":"2021-09-27t12:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-27t16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=88988"},"modified":"2022-10-22t14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22t18:19:00","slug":"survey-drake-takes-the-cake-in-tax-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2021\/09\/27\/survey-drake-takes-the-cake-in-tax-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"survey: drake takes the cake in tax apps"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>… overall. but it has some shortfalls.<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/em><\/p>\n the annual tax software survey of aicpa members was kind of special this year.<\/p>\n more tech: zoom tops microsoft teams for now<\/a> | time to buy a new laptop?<\/a> | office 365 users targeted in new phishing attack<\/a> | accountants are losing the technology race<\/a> |\u00a0 what\u2019s tops in laptops<\/a><\/p>\n exclusively for pro members. <\/span><\/strong>log in here<\/a> or 2022世界杯足球排名 today<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n why? because the tax year itself was kind of \u2013 to put it nicely \u2013 special.<\/p>\n covid-19 and congress were the culprits, of course. in a desperate attempt to keep the national economy afloat, congress passed retro(ouch!)active tax relief \u2013 the american rescue plan act \u2013 as the busy season was well under way. in general, the survey found, the apps got updated with impressive haste. the seven most popular products scored an average of 4.0 out of 5 for handling the retroactive change. drake scored highest with a 4.6, while proseries, ultratax cs and cch axcess tax tied for the lowest score, 3.8, which ain\u2019t so bad.<\/p>\n as for the features of each tax package, the survey found some jostling around in historical rankings and ratings.<\/p>\n the top seven<\/strong><\/p>\n seven products were in use by most practitioners. for obvious reasons, those designed for smaller firms were in more common use.<\/p>\n other packages \u2013 gosystem tax rs, intuit proconnect tax online, taxact, taxslayer pro, taxwise and turbotax \u2013 together added up to 11.3 percent of tax pros.<\/p>\n significantly, drake tax was the leader among sole practitioners, in use by 30 percent.<\/p>\n among the largest firms (over 500 preparers), cch axcess was most popular, in use by 35 percent.<\/p>\n overall: drake<\/strong><\/p>\n practitioners were generally satisfied with their software, giving all packages an average rating of 4.3 out of 5. none were much higher or lower.<\/p>\n the overall leader was drake tax, graced with a score of 4.6. drake was also admired for its price, ranking first at 89.8 percent. no surprise that 96.2 percent would recommend that product to someone starting a new practice.<\/p>\n but even the least appreciated, atx and proseries, weren\u2019t far behind at 4.2. recommendability, however, was 88.1 percent and 86 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n drake was unmatched in two areas: ease of update and installation, and ease of electronic filing, each garnering a respectable 4.8. other products weren\u2019t far behind, all scoring 4.1 or better.<\/p>\n the lowest scores for all products were in integration with other software and ease of importation of data. none of the products surpassed a mediocre rating of 3.5, and drake and proseries all but flunked at just 3.0 for integration and just over 3 for importation. the best scores, at or near 3.5, were for the bigger packages, cch axcess tax and ultratax cs.<\/p>\n top likes and dislikes<\/strong><\/p>\n drake got top-notch ratings for price, support and ease of use, all of which ring the chimes of new and small practices. but it got the fewest likes \u2013 about half of what other apps got \u2013 for the number of tax forms it comes with.<\/p>\n drake also lost out on accuracy, for which it was disliked by 6.1 percent. only atx was seen in less favor, at 11.8 percent. drake also held a distant lead (which is a bad thing) in dislikes for integration (39.8 percent \u2013 more than double most others), number of forms (22.2 percent) and tax research (39.2 percent).<\/p>\n the winners for fewest dislikes:<\/p>\n across the board, the features most disliked were<\/p>\n bottom line, the profession\u2019s leading produces of tax prep software are to be commended for their quick contribution to the covid-19 recovery, but with regard to certain features, they still have work to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" top seven tax software platforms rated and reviewed.<\/strong>
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