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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bloomberg Tax

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABloomberg Tax is a tax management and automation software suite supporting corporate tax research, calculation, and compliance.N/A

    Canopy

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACanopy is tax practice management software from Canopy, Inc., with accounting functionality designed for tax professionals and their customers. It includes tax resolution analytics, automatic IRS form population, client management, transcript delivery and reporting, custom service workflows, penalty abatement, casework/client engagement tracking, client portals, and billing and invoicing capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
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    Bloomberg
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    Canopy, Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    67%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
    Type of tax
    Comparison of Type of tax features of Bloomberg Tax and Canopy
    Feature
    Bloomberg Tax
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Canopy
    9.8
    3 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Sales and Use Taxes8.02 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Cross-border Taxes10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    VAT / GST Taxes10.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Energy and Fuel Taxes00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Tax Reporting & Compliance
    Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Bloomberg Tax and Canopy
    Feature
    Bloomberg Tax
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Canopy
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Geolocation for Tax Assessment9.02 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    3rd-Party Software Integrations8.01 Ratings2.06 Ratings
    Tax Data Reporting9.02 Ratings9.63 Ratings
    Compliance Administration Management9.02 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Tax Document Management8.01 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Complex Tax Scenario Management8.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Tax Exemption Processing00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
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    TaxJar
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    Medium-sized Companies
    LOVAT
    Score10 out of 10
    LOVAT
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    CCH® SureTax®
    Score7.5 out of 10
    CCH® SureTax®
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bloomberg TaxCanopy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bloomberg
    The fixed asset software is very advanced for software in general, but it is limited to accounting (GAAP and Tax) fixed assets. Would love to see a more IT user friendly software allowing IT personnel to use a gun to scan the servers and computers, etc. This wouldn't necessarily be a fixed asset as many computer items are too small dollar wise, but it would be a useful feature for IT and accounting to track IT assets by locatoin, user, departmetn, etc. and would be company wide. Another software needed is for company contracts with an ability to send out emails for notifications that a given contract is coming due. Obviously, this would be for contracts and leases but is also useful for accounting and would involve the whole company as there are contracts for rentals, equipment, service maintenance agreements, capital leases, IT contracts, etc.
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    Canopy, Inc.
    If you want to have an all in one solution for managing you clients (from sales lead to loyal client) this is the answer. We rarely have to use other systems to take a client from a lead to completing their taxes or representation case. It's also given us the freedom to switch our business model to focus on value added pricing and shift to be an advisory focused firm. If you want to pump out hundreds of returns and don't care about managing your clients on a long term basis because you're a quantity over quality shop, you may not find value in the software.
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    Pros
    Bloomberg
    • Research
    • Chart Creations.
    • Help narrow down or identify the exact issue you have.
    • Customer Support through the help line.
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    Canopy, Inc.
    • As TheCPATaxProblemSolver, Canopy is a great timesaver in helping me complete IRS Offer In Compromises. An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is an IRS program that allows taxpayers to settle their liabilities for less than the full amount owed.
    • I use analytics contained in the state-of-the-art Canopy tax resolution software to calculate smart recommendations based on each unique case to arrive at the best solution and prepare successful cases.
    • Canopy tax has an all in one practice management software. It features Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Document Management, Workflow Management, as well as Billing and Invoicing
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Bloomberg
    • Better outlay of the depreciation section, rather see periods vertically, then horizontally. The periods are difficult to move through when you need to see many months in the past or vice-versa.
    • Would love to see an ability to mandate certain fields when creating an asset as every company is different.
    • Would love to see each field have the ability to have it's own pick list, and the pick list that does exist needs to be larger to allow for a longer list rather than just 8-10, then the rest are hidden so you have to move to section 2 to see that continuing list.
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    Canopy, Inc.
    • Connectivity with Outlook for email tracking - the connection is sometimes lost and there is no notification. You just look for your email trail and there is nothing.
    • Electronic signatures for multiple contacts on one document with some fields being optional would be a great help.
    • Being able to see contact transcripts in the client record view versus just the transcript screen would be more efficient.
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    Usability
    Bloomberg
    Overall, it is a good value for the money we pay for it, and it helps our tax process.
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    Canopy, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Canopy, Inc.
    We had to contact the company many times because of the problems we were encountering. They were not helpful in any way
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    Bloomberg
    I think it is a superior product with more features.
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    Canopy, Inc.
    Canopy works efficiently for all the companies, more so the CPA firms and other programs have no such advancement. The existence of an individualized client portal from Canopy is a remarkable step. Canopy records the due dates for a project and checks them when they are near or notifies the user.
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    Return on Investment
    Bloomberg
    • Allowed for very smooth audits
    • User friendly, allows for documentation to be stored, very useful
    • Good audit trail to see what happened.
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    Canopy, Inc.
    • We have eliminated our admin position as our tasks are more streamlined.
    • We can support a year-round client demand breaking the season-to-season cash cycle.
    • We're looking to become 100% remote/virtual helping clients all over the country/world within the next 12 months due to this cloud solution.
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