Intuit Lacerte vs. Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine

Intuit Lacerte

Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Intuit Lacerte	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Intuit Lacerte is an Income Tax Compliance system, providing forms, tax planning support, as well as document management and document storage.	$400
Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	The Symmetry Tax Engine (STE) is a payroll processing and tax calculator for building or enhancing a payroll platform, increasing compliance and accuracy, and eliminating manual processes.	N/A

Pricing

Intuit Lacerte

Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine

Editions & Modules

Lacerte REP (Fast Path Only): $400
Lacerte 200 - Federal 1040: Contact for pricing
Lacerte Unlimited Modules: Contact for pricing

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Intuit Lacerte	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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	Intuit Lacerte	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine

Features

Intuit Lacerte

Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine

Type of tax

Comparison of Type of tax features of Product A and Product B
	Intuit Lacerte 8.5 Ratings 8% above category average	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine - Ratings
Sales and Use Taxes	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Cross-border Taxes	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
VAT / GST Taxes	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Energy and Fuel Taxes	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Tax Reporting & Compliance

Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Product A and Product B
	Intuit Lacerte 9.7 Ratings 21% above category average	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine - Ratings
Geolocation for Tax Assessment	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
3rd-Party Software Integrations	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Tax Data Reporting	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Compliance Administration Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Tax Exemption Processing	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Tax Document Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Complex Tax Scenario Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Intuit Lacerte	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine
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Enterprises	ADP SmartCompliance Score 8.6 out of 10	ADP SmartCompliance Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Intuit Lacerte	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Intuit Lacerte	Symmetry Payroll Tax Engine
Likelihood to Recommend	Lacerte helps to serve a great variety of clients and businesses, it has over 5,700 forms. It also supports multi-state, K-1s, and more. It suits for power users with high business inflow. Its useful for a CPA who is processing a high value firm or individual with zero errors. The error diagnostic feature covers more than 25k error checks. This is less applicable to CPA's whose are managing regular individual 1040 routines. Incentivized AR Aamir Raza IT consultant Read full review	No answers on this topic
Pros	Continually updates when bugs are found or tax law change Live customer suppprt Listen s to customer to improve product E-signature to get signed forms from remote customers Organizers for customer to complete on paper or electronic Tax appointment scheduling within the program and recurring for future appointments Client invoices by form Trial balance from accounting software to save time on business data entry Incentivized Joni Terens Enrolled agent Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	The updates from IRS to Lacerte need to be improved, so far so good. Reporting needs to be improved. Feature like sorting categories. scorp/ind/non-profit Tax summaries can be improved - like the differentiation between rental income & expenses. I trust this feature would be a great help. Incentivized AR Aamir Raza IT consultant Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Lacerte customer service has been great. They are very knowledgeable about the product and can help resolve problems quickly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	I’ve heard other tax preparers talk about their software and their likes and dislikes. When I offer to show them Intuit Lacerte most are blown away by what it does. One preparer used ProConnrct online tax (also by Intuit), and she loves how easy Intuit Lacerteis to use. She said having live support (not chat) to actually be able to show issues and work through them was great. Both programs use the same calculations, but the extras (trial balance, organizers with prior year data, invoicing, scheduling, filters, etc) are what makes Intuit Lacerte the best! Incentivized Joni Terens Enrolled agent Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	It has helped meet overall business goals. Gives you the ability to add in and purchase only what you need. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
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