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Tax Prep Software Rankings

Paul Caron
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The Journal of Accountancy and The Tax Adviser have released the results of a survey of 9,776 of their readers to rank their tax preparation software:

  1. Drake Software:  4.439
  2. UltraTax CS (Thomson Reuters):  4.436
  3. Lacerte (Intuit):  4.43
  4. ATX 1040 Office (CCH):  4.34
  5. TaxAct 2009 Prparer's 1040 Edition (2nd Story Software):  4.33
  6. ProSeries Professional (Intuit):  4.31
  7. TurboTax (Intuit):  4.30
  8. TaxWorks (RedGear Technologies):  4.20
  9. ProSystem fx Tax (CCH):  4.20
  10. TaxWise Complete Tax and Accounting (CCH):  3.72
  11. GoSystem (Thomson Reuters):  3.55

About the Author

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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