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The TaxAct Incentive Program enrollment period has ended as of December 31, 2024. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Customer Support. Thank you for your continued partnership.

All services except “Send Submissions” will be unavailable for the MeF Production System on Sunday, December 22, 2024, from 12:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. We apologize for any inconvenience.

As we approach the end of the year, we want to remind you of an important update regarding e-filing business returns. Shutdown for “Send Submissions” only is scheduled to begin at 11:59 a.m. (noon) Eastern time, Thursday, December 26, 2024. Transmitters can continue to use the other service requests except “Send Submissions” until 11:59 p.m. […]

IRS Shutdown has begun on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, in order to prepare the system for the upcoming Tax Year 2024 Filing Season. Important Note: Only “Send Submissions” for 1040 (both State and Federal) will be affected by this shutdown, all other services such as “Get Acks” and all state services […]

TaxAct will be performing scheduled maintenance on 12/17/2024 from the hours of 11PM to 2AM, CST.  You might experience service interruptions during that time.

Tax Season Readiness Guide – TY24 Preparing for each tax season can be daunting. Not to mention a lot of work. But it’s okay, *deep breath*, TaxAct Professional has your back.  To help alleviate some of the stress that comes with prepping for the upcoming tax season, we’ve created a new & improved version of our […]

TaxAct will be performing scheduled maintenance on 11/06/2024 from the hours of 5AM to 8AM, CST.  You might experience service interruptions during that time.

The Tax Year 2o23 Refund Transfers Season came to a close on October 31st. Enrollment for Tax Year 2024 is open. The Tax Year 2024 season will open with Pre-Ack in January.  

TaxAct Professional has partnered with Drake Pay to enable our customers to accept payments securely and conveniently in the TaxAct Professional software. Visit our website to enroll in Drake Pay today! https://www.taxact.com/professional/integrated-payments Once enrolled and approved, you will be able to accept payments quickly. Invoicing, client payments, and reporting are all available now. Please contact […]

The Art of Properly Pricing Your Tax Services Recording and presentation materials from virtual event hosted in May of 2024. On May 23rd, we hosted a 2-hour Education Forum virtually, where Will Hamilton of SmartPath.co, presented on how to properly price your tax services to align with today’s unique environment. A special thanks to everyone […]

Free, Downloadable Tax Calendar May 2024 – April 2025 Being a tax professional is stressful, busy, and sometimes… just downright exhausting. Especially this time of year! That’s why TaxAct Professional believes it’s so important for our team to create helpful, free content that works to save you time and energy. As you begin to prepare […]

Save the Date: 2024 Conference and Event Season With Tax Day behind us… it’s time for tax preparers to shift their attention to extension season and preparing for TY24. And with that, comes attending conferences, webinars, and training courses to gather your required allotment of continuing education credits, and ensure that you’re up to date […]

We heard your feedback regarding TaxAct Professional’s Print Center, and our team has been working hard to implement these recommendations. We’re excited to announce that these changes will officially be available to you early next week. Feature Highlights: Print all (Filing,Preparer,Client) individual Copies at one “print” click. Print Preparer and Client copies Print from Client […]

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