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April 23, 2008

Does the Ability to Download W-2s Give National Tax Firms an Unfair Competitive Advantage Over Independents?

Here is the question posed by independent tax preparer, Tom Leesburg of Florida:

Do you address downloading W-2's.  Do you address how the independents can compete with Jackson Hewitt downloading ADP W-2s and we cannot?  I use [tax software], their payroll company is ADP and they do not even know about downloading ADP W-2's. I have been asking for this for four years and I have found sites on my own, but the problem is the large companies unfairly competing by downloading or using the last paystub to file the return (claiming that they are downloading). Even turbotax is offering this service, what the average preparer is not aware of is that the ability to file from the last paystub is driving people to websites like TurboTax.

What are your thoughts?

Posted by Charles McCabe on April 23, 2008 at 07:06 PM in Tax Business Strategies |

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