Understanding User Access for ProConnect Tax

A lot of people have left Intuit for greener pastures and a lot of people have left those greener pastures for Intuit.  Depending on the complexity of the returns that you do Drake is economy priced so you could add that to your list of other softwares to review.

I received the Amazing changes 🎉‼️ email for ProConnect for which I have been doing about a dozen 1041s, saving a few bucks rather than include them as PPR with my ProSeries returns.  The Big News is that I can pay an extra $99 to do what again?  Oh, $99 to be able to access "ProConnect’s powerful features" such as ... printing and efiling those returns now. Thanks but no thanks.

@APC2 

Intuit has consistently rolled out price increases annually.

And you should be doing the same thing in your practice.

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@APC2 wrote:

our small business is losing money.

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An extra $99 a year is causing your "business" to lose money?  If your "business" is not profitable, it seems like you need to make changes to your business or it may be a "hobby".

I agree, I absolutely HATE the "subscription" method and I HATE Intuit, but if an extra $99 is causing you to "lose" money, I think you need to adjust your business practices.

There are many alternative software products to try out.  Drake, ATX, OLTPro, TaxActProfessional, TaxSlayer are among the more common and lower cost products.  But don't mistake "lower cost" as "better for your business". If a software cost less money but takes more time and/or has more problems/errors, it could end up REDUCING your business profit due to more time (for example, being able to prepare fewer returns due to more time to enter things or deal with problems).