Oh Baby! Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 After 14 years with ATX, I may finally be done. I need to switch to a tax program that is 100% web based. I need to be able to access my software anytime, anywhere and not worry that if my server crashes, I will have to spend hours in busy season restoring all my info from backups. Plus, I purchase a new computer every three years or so which means that I have to re-install my tax software for the last 6 years and restore all of my tax returns for the last 6 years, since I generally keep my client info for 6 years. Anyone know of a good tax software that is web based? Quote
Lee B Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 I have kept my eye on the various cloud based tax programs and as far as I know, there isn't a good one out there. I demoed Intuit Tax Online last year and it was so painfully slow that it was unuseable. Quote
rfassett Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 I used ProSystem fx's Access (their cloud based software) last year and wasn't all that impressed. Quote
Jack from Ohio Posted March 31, 2015 Report Posted March 31, 2015 I will not investigate, nor will I ever use a cloud based ANYTHING for my tax business. Too much risk. Period. 7 Quote
joanmcq Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 I looked at Ultra Tax after 2012. Too pricey in either of it's iterations. 1 Quote
Richcpaman Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 Jack has the reason I won't go there. Who knows who has your data in the cloud? It not that much work moving computers. I let the tech guys do it now. That is why I want CD's with my software, not these "one time license downloads" Rich 1 Quote
joanmcq Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 I won't go there for the same reason. 2 Quote
Terry D EA Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 Me neither. Look at what happened to Turbo Tax this year. Quote
Jack from Ohio Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 "Cloud convenience" is highly overrated, and extensively embellished in advertising campaigns. I have my business and client information on MY server, and no where else. I have adequate backup protocols that will survive any calamity and do NOT use an online backup service. I feel the same way about online backup as I do Cloud Tax Software. 1 Quote
Abby Normal Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 That is why I want CD's with my software, not these "one time license downloads" Rich Rich, I just backup my install files. CrashPlanPro gives my unlimited storage and besides a 500GB backup is tiny now that hard drives are now in TB. Quote
Pacun Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 I am with Jack on this one. I would not use the cloud unless that was the only choice. What I did on my computer was to install 2 years and the prior year coming, then I keep the old, slow computer just in case I need to go back to prior years. Only the first year, I had the need to open my old computer. Next year, I will buy another computer and I will install only 2013, 2014 and 2015 and keep this computer just in case I ever need to go back to it. Quote
Lion EA Posted April 1, 2015 Report Posted April 1, 2015 If you were looking at UT, then look at ProSystem fx. I like it a bit better and was able to negotiate MUCH better deals. (Think Ultra Tax had bad problems last year and poor support, but haven't heard anything bad this year.) And, if you are interested in cloud-based, there's the cloud version Axcess from CCH which is very, very new so, hopefully, getting better every year. I'm out in the boonies so lose internet with some frequency (used to lose power, but finally installed a generator last fall, yea!) so haven't explored Axcess yet. My backups are are removable hard drives and not in the cloud. 1 Quote
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