Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) today announced that its Professional Products Group, which develops and markets professional tax preparation software including the Lacerte product line, is introducing two new products for the 2001 tax season. Lacerte NetTaxÒ and Lacerte Tax Planner extend Lacerte's offerings beyond traditional tax preparation services and continue Lacerte's mission of delivering innovative tax management solutions to the tax professional.
"We are taking Lacerte software to a new level of integration and functionality that will help our more than 35,000 Lacerte firms to do their jobs faster, more efficiently, productively and economically," said Allen Harris, vice president, Professional Products Group, Intuit. "This is an exciting time for tax professionals because now more than ever before they will have the electronic tools to help them manage their practice more effectively while enhancing client service and support."
- Lacerte NetTax® is a new Lacerte innovation that will allow anytime, anywhere access to Lacerte programs via the Internet. Now, Lacerte users will be able to access their Lacerte applications in the office, at home or from the road. Lacerte NetTax requires virtually no installation and customers will further benefit by having access to the very latest version of the program each time they log in. Taxpayers' data will reside on Lacerte's servers, enabling professionals to access any client's return whenever and wherever they choose. Customers also have the option of moving taxpayer data to or from their local desktop system for added security. Access to Lacerte NetTax is granted only to authorized users through a highly secure login process.
- The powerful new Lacerte Tax Planner product will seamlessly integrate with the Lacerte tax program to help professionals project their clients' future tax data under multiple scenarios. It will generate professional reports that will help clients make sound financial decisions regarding their tax liability. The Tax Planner will allow up to 10 years of projections; multiple scenarios per year; instant calculations of tax liability; activity-by-activity import for data from Lacerte tax program; creation of custom statements, fields and global notes; and dynamic graphing utility for customized graphs.
Availability and Support
Lacerte NetTax, and Tax Planner for the 2001 tax season will be available in January 2002, but are available for advance order now. Lacerte NetTax products require Microsoftâ Internet Explorer 5.0 and the company recommends its customers have a broadband connection such as DSL, cable modem or T-1 line.
Lacerte offers industry-leading customer support, with extended hours and weekend availability during tax season. All support services, including data conversion, are included in the price of its products. In addition, Lacerte offers integrated e-mail support 24 hours a day, which not only allows professionals to send questions to service technicians via email, but also allows them to attach a copy of the tax return file so the issue can be reviewed and responded to immediately.
Tax professionals can obtain a free Lacerte evaluation kit by calling 1-800-765-7777. Professionals may also participate in a free TeleSeminar that will walk them through the Lacerte evaluation in their own office (via conference call). Information about Lacerte tax programs is also available at www.lscsoft.com.
About Lacerte
With nearly 25 years in business, Lacerte has developed a reputation for delivering industry-shaping innovations, comprehensive products and providing quality support to tax professionals. As a premier professional tax software provider, Lacerte products are designed to provide tax professionals with easy-to-use solutions that seamlessly integrate functions to avoid redundancies, are customizable, provide tracking and network functionality and handle in-depth calculations to make preparing even the most complex tax returns easier.
