As your strategic partner in business, CCH is ready to help you meet all federal and state mandates tax e-filing. We understand this may be a new area for you, and as a premier provider of electronic filing services, we are ready to help you meet the challenge. Due to recent federal and state mandates, expertise in corporate e-filing is a must. As an IRS Authorized e-filing software provider, ProSystem fx Tax saves you hours of the administrative legwork e-filing requires. You’ll experience immediate productivity gains from the Electronic Filing Status System – with real-time acknowledgement of returns – including instructions to find errors when returns are rejected. Enjoy the convenience and time savings of being able to do everything online – anytime, anywhere.
Trends in E-Filing
Expected changes on the corporate e-filing horizon include more state mandated e-filing. You’ll see the IRS requiring more e-fileable forms every year, especially for the most difficult and sophisticated returns. ProSystem fx Tax will meet your every e-filing software need, and combined with our unmatched customer support, will bring you enormous gains in productivity and profitability.
Since corporate e-filing is a significant cost-saver to taxing authorities, you’ll see more mandates from these taxing authorities, resulting in additional administrative tasks for preparers. CCH is proud to bring you the .NET-based Electronic Filing Status System, which addresses the workflow changes necessitated by e-filing software. By using this system, you can significantly reduce the amount of administrative time you spend on tax e-filing of returns.
Experience Immediate Productivity Gains
With ProSystem fx Tax and the Electronic Filing Status System, you'll find that you:
- Save hours of administrative legwork.
- Experience immediate productivity gains.
- Enable clients to get their refunds faster than by paper filing.
- Get an electronic receipt from the IRS, ensuring that the taxpayer's return has been filed.
- Reduce your printing and mailing costs associated with paper filing of returns.
- Move your practice towards a digital office.
- Comply with state mandates.
- Take advantage of IRS's e-services.
ProSystem fx Tax includes a new Electronic Filing Status System that gives you an unprecedented level of customer support for tax e-filing. With this web-based feature, you can…
- View and check the status of all your returns.
- Release returns to taxing authorities.
- Stop processing of a return in its early stages.
- View separate statuses for federal and multiple-state tax e-filings.
- Customize your views with the unique filter.
- Easily export all views to Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets.
- Process refund anticipation loans to speed refund payments to your customers.
ProSystem fx Tax provides you with e-filing software customer service that you won’t find anywhere else in the industry. Some of the tools we offer you include:
- Downloadable corporate e-filing instruction guides in PDF format explain topics such as 1120 and 1120S Consolidated Returns, attaching PDF files to returns, and filing electronically.
- Downloadable ProSystem fx Tax program updates made available between regular CD releases ensure that you are as current as the IRS in e-filing compliance.
- Forms Release Status brings you up-to-the-minute actual or projected release dates, by product, for each federal and state form.
- Frequently Asked Questions, product news alerts, and “How To” instructions answer questions about installing, configuring, and using ProSystem fx Tax products.
- Product Compatibility and Certifications provide important standards between ProSystem fx Tax and a wide variety of popular software, hardware, and peripherals.
What Are IRS e-Services?
E-services is a suite of web-based products that will allow tax professionals and payers to do business with the IRS electronically. These services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any computer with an Internet connection. Currently, the following products are available:
- Registration
- Preparer Tax ID Number Application (PTIN)
- Interactive Taxpayer ID Number Matching (TIN)
What about IRS Premium e-Services?
IRS offers premium e-services for professionals who e-file over 100 returns. Only approved IRS business partners, such as corporate e-filing tax professionals and payers, will be eligible to participate. These services include:
- Disclosure Authorization
- Electronic Account Resolution
- Transcript Delivery System
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