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If you're new to HowardSoft...

... get ready for fully-automated, interactive, and integrated -- not limited by the IRS forms. We're independent, accurate, knowledgeable, and responsive, but we don't charge an arm and a leg for it! To find out more, start with a Quick Tour of our flagship products, Tax Preparer® and Real Estate Analyzer®.


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Click Here for Spring 2009 HowardNews

Stimulus Bill gives big breaks
to individuals and businesses.


While the popular press publicized the big expenditures for infrastructure, health, education, and energy, the tax portion of the Stimulus Bill (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009) is wide-ranging. Signed into law on February 17, 2009, it includes a number of breaks, including a sweetened homebuyer credit for 2009 purchases that can be claimed on 2008 returns, tax-free unemployment compensation, extended depreciation breaks, above-the-line deduction for car purchases, enhanced EIC and education credits, and much more.


For details on this bill and the new importance of amended returns, see the Spring 2009 issue of HowardNews.

Surprising IRS delays impacted the entire tax season.


Even though the major tax bills were passed much earlier last year (no mid-December tax bills like the year before), and the IRS's posted schedule for release dates indicated that nearly all forms would be released by the end of the year, the notorious delays of last year were repeated by the IRS this year! As of January 5, nearly half the forms we support had yet to be released. Shortly after that, the IRS announced further delays in the processing of most returns with business credits until late February, and some were not released until early March. Form 3468 (Investment Credit) was not released until the end of March, but included revisions from the mid-February Stimilus Bill. (The IRS revised Form 5405 shortly after the Stimulus Bill wass passed, but returns taking advantage of the allowed 2008 deduction for 2009 purchases were not processed by the IRS until the end of March.) HowardSoft responded to these mid-season delays with software updates within 1 to 2 days of IRS changes!

Tax Forms and More

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We offer three levels for each Tax Preparer software package:

Click a level above for a list of features and forms built-in and fully-automated for that level. And to make sure you're not left behind at the beginning of the tax season, click here to ORDER ON-LINE.

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Get Ready for e-file

e-file is included with Standard and Premium Level CD-ROMs, but you must:

Except for unusual limitations imposed by the IRS, you can now e-file most returns ... even when the data does not fit on the IRS paper forms!

What's NEW for California?  Click here to find out!

We tell you the latest on mandatory e-file for preparers and the many forms we're adding.

This web site last updated June 16, 2009.