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Does Your Tax Software Support Mobile Document Uploads?

Tax preparers, you regularly need clients to send W-2s, 1099s, receipts, and missing documents. For the client, taking a photo on their phone is a simple way to send over a paper form they already have in front of them. The important question is whether your tax...

How Data Analytics in Tax Software Improves Client Service

Tax preparer software holds information from each client's return. That history can tell you a lot about a client before tax season starts. Maybe they keep owing at filing. Maybe their income changed significantly from last year, or another part of their tax situation...

Meeting IRS Security Standards with the Right Tax Software

Tax software stores Social Security numbers, income records, bank information, and other sensitive client data. Federal rules require tax preparers to protect that information. Your professional tax software can help with some of those requirements. Knowing what the...

What To Automate in Your Tax Workflow (And What Needs Manual Review)

Tax software can take a significant amount of repetitive work off your plate during tax season. Importing a W-2 is one example. Why type every box yourself when the software can pull that data in directly? For other parts of a return, tax preparer software can surface...

How to Secure Accurate Tax Withholding and Reporting

Finding out at tax time that a client hasn't withheld enough is never a good situation. Now you have to explain why they owe more than expected and, in some cases, why there is an underpayment penalty too. The problem often starts months earlier. A client changes...