Creative Solutions' Ultra Tax - A review

Ultra Tax is one of the Industry’s most trusted professional tax preparation products made use of by accountants world over. The product streamlines the various processes involved in tax practice workflow enabling companies to improve efficiency and productivity, saving time and costs involved. Available in over 200 modules, Thomson Creative Solution’s Ultra Tax can easily be integrated with the company’s suite for asset management, tax planning, professional accounting and productivity programs.

Thomson’s Ultra tax product suite makes use of the latest in technology, incorporating tools to enable various processes from electronic filing to paperless processing. The solution is also available with various web based tools like Web client organizers and 1040 Portals. These tools help Ultra Tax provide explicit service and enhance productivity, maximizing corporate profitability in the process.

Ultra tax CS can also be integrated cross product with other CS professional suite products like PPC Deskbooks, Tax Alerts and CheckPoint. This helps minimize time taken for data entry and tax processing activities, increasing efficiency and productivity.

The Ultra tax CS product is also available with a number of different modules to cover the gamut of taxation services. These include diagnostic tools, a depreciation module, efficient review tools and many more. Priced moderately at $6240, for a four user licensing, Ultra Tax CS may also be used on a pay-per-return basis.

With extensive features that help companies derive maximal benefits, the Ultra tax CS from Thomson is one of the best taxation suites to adopt among its peers currently offered in the market, making it one of the most trusted solutions adopted by thousands of customers world over.

Intuit's Lacerte - A review

How often has tax preparation been a cumbersome and pains taking task? With the increasing complexity in tax laws, Intuit’s Lacerte product line comes as a boon to professionals and part time tax preparers. Used by over 40,000 firms and ranked consistently among accountants and accounting firms as one of the leading tax solutions software, Lacerte is one of the undisputed market leaders in its segments.

Lacerte’s professional tax solutions cater to a wide range of target audience from beginners to part timers and even professional firms having multiple services all year long. The software provides a wide range of functionality and is equipped with tools and processes that help streamline workflow management, increasing productivity, efficiency and the corresponding profitability.

Lacerte professional tax solutions are available in various different editions each catering to a different market. Individual, partnership, corporate, fiduciary, estate, gift, exempt, benefit plans and state modules are some of the different editions available.

Intuit’s Lacerte professional tax solutions also focus on a number of features that help provide users an easy to use simplified taxation solution. Some of these features that enhance user benefit include:

• Focus on productivity by providing an easy to use interface, access to data, diagnostics and other tools


• Natural workflow design to provide easy access to forms, save time in review processes and match tax returns flow.


• Return review features to view forms in the same format as will be printed, automated reports, analysis, emails and clear visibility to support work sheets and statements.


• Diagnostics and error checking features


• Multi user support with exceptional performance.

These are but a few of the many features that make Intuit’s Lacerate suite of professional tax solutions easy to use and a productive option for companies, accountants and part time tax preparers.