Intuit has introduced the ability of ProConnect Tax to access transcripts via IRS Transcript direct access.
Available to ProConnect Tax users at no additional cost, the records can be accessed via a Transcripts tab added to the Client Profile screen in ProConnect. This will enable users to establish a connection to the Internal Revenue Service. They can provide client information and download the appropriate transcripts.
To use the features, preparers must have file Forms 2848 or 8821 for the client with the IRS to secure authorization. These need to be filed separately for each client and are not handled through the Intuit application.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
