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    • 609 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-09-2021
      212 comments

      My clients are requesting FILLABLE organizers. Can you make this happen so we can stop with the paper organizers? The e-organizer is not something most of my clients can work with so a... Read more

      Status: Under review
    • 349 Votes
      Submitted by:
      01-23-2021
      19 comments

      Frequently our Tax Professionals need to access multiple years of Lacerte, generally for the same client. It makes no sense for a user, who is already signed in, to need to sign in mul... Read more

      Status: Implemented
    • 313 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-09-2021
      8 comments

      Have an option to set up a new tax return from the dependent screen. All the necessary information to create a new return is there except assigning a client number.

      Status: Under review
    • 291 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-22-2021
      44 comments

      Please consider a one page list of the documents and items needed from a client. Many clients do not need/want to complete the organizers. We want to give them a list of all the specif... Read more

      Status: Under review
    • 185 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-19-2021
      8 comments

      Please allow Partnership clients to be converted to S-corporations. Thank you.

      Status: Open for voting
    • 149 Votes
      Submitted by:
      03-25-2021
      5 comments

      Comparison report does not produce one for the state (in this case California). Suggest a comparison report for the state.

      Status: Open for voting
    • 129 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-05-2022
      11 comments

      Most supporting detail screens allow for negative adjustments which is sometimes need to move a value to another line. I don't need the total of all the supporting detail to be negativ... Read more

      Status: Needs more info
    • 126 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-09-2021
      8 comments

      PDF files printed by Lacerte are ridiculously large. A 1 page e-filing confirmation letter is 1 MB, which Acrobat can reduce down to 12k. When you have a lot of clients, and are emaili... Read more

      Status: Open for voting
    • 118 Votes
      Submitted by:
      03-11-2021
      1 comments

      Why not make our job easier by coding the "Final Distribution Box" into the same category as "delete next year" for 1099-R Pension pro-formas?

      Status: Open for voting
    • 92 Votes
      Submitted by:
      02-09-2021
      16 comments

      Prepare and e-file a “Superseded Original Tax Return”.

      Status: Open for voting
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