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Thomson Reuters Enlarges PPC Tax Planning Guide

Thomson Reuters has added 15 chapters to the 2009 Edition of PPC’s Guide to Tax Planning Strategies, many designed to help CPAs implement strategies for dealing with current economic problems.

Topics covered provide advice that will help clients recover from a real estate foreclosure; fully utilize net operating losses; survive bankruptcy; maximize the deduction for fraudulent theft losses; minimize FICA and SE tax; realize the maximum proceeds from a proprietorship disposition; survive and prosper when employment is terminated; retain key employees during economic turmoil; and properly classify workers to avoid penalties and interest.

The  guide also includes updates to executive summaries, client letters, and practice aids to help clients minimize alternative minimum tax; maximize bonus depreciation;  utilize eligible tax credits; benefit from family limited partnerships; manage investment losses to reduce taxes; re-evaluate retirement prospects; and defer compensation.

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Intuit Rolls Out Research Services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- Intuit has turned to BNA to provide the engine for Intuit's ProLine Tax Research which integrates directly into its Lacerte and ProSeries professional tax preparation applications.

Lacerte and ProSeries input screens and forms are mapped to relevant answers for key research questions so that users do not have to toggle between tax applications and research resources. Practitioners can now capture a full-page view of research results and attach it to Lacerte or ProSeries returns enabling them to document decisions they make and keeping the data intact as a potential audit trail.

Annual subscriptions of $849 renew automatically after 12 months. Pay-per-return use will be available in the fall for $19.95 per research document. Profine is embedded in the 2009 tax year releases of Lacerte and ProSeries.
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Intuit to Rejoin the Tax Document Automation Fray

Intuit is apparently getting back into the booming tax document automation market with a new product called Intuit Document eSort.

The screen shot (after the jump), shows what we know Intuit is currently testing for a fall release.

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SpeedTax Launches FREE Sales Tax Compliance Risk Calculator

SpeedTax, Inc. has launched an online CPA Questionnaire that allows accounting professionals to determine their clients’ sales tax audit risk.

The (free) questionnaire was designed to educate clients  while collecting information about zones of risk that accountants can use to determine corrective action. Read more...

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