CCH Axcess vs. Wolters Kluwer ATX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CCH Axcess
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Wolters Kluwer offers CCH Axcess, a modular cloud-based tax preparation, compliance, and workflow management solution.N/A
Wolters Kluwer ATX
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Wolters Kluwer offers the ATX Tax Preparation Software, presented as the easiest to use, most complete professional tax software for CPAs and Small Firms.N/A
Pricing
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CCH AxcessWolters Kluwer ATX
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
CCH AxcessWolters Kluwer ATX
Considered Both Products
CCH Axcess
Chose CCH Axcess
CCH offered a best-in-class product at a price point that was "reasonable", given the high volume of users in our organization and the immense number of tax returns we complete annually. We also already employ many other tools from the WoltersKluwer family of applications, …
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Not at all
the support for ATX is phenomenal
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Customer service is horrible for Axcess and getting bad for ATX. Wolters Kluwer has purchased these software products
Wolters Kluwer ATX

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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.9 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 7.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
CCH AxcessWolters Kluwer ATX
Likelihood to Recommend
5.3
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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10.0
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User Testimonials
CCH AxcessWolters Kluwer ATX
Likelihood to Recommend
Wolters Kluwer
This application is best suited for enterprise use cases. It interfaces with almost every other major platform at the enterprise level and is scalable to the nth degree. But that comes at a high price tag, given that it integrates with everything and is used relatively ubiquitously. Any recommendations that I would give on the platform would be based on enterprise applicability.
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Wolters Kluwer
I have been using ATX for at least 15 years. It is competitively priced for a part-time tax preparation firm like mine versus some of its competitors. The software is straightforward to use with very little training needed, and it includes the "paint by numbers" i.e. "interview" tax prep approach if desired (I virtually never use that as not needed, but it is a nice alternative for the more inexperienced preparer perhaps). I have found it to be pretty intuitive to use, and the file capability is very straightforward. I will continue to use it going forward, as while there are a couple of competitors that are slightly cheaper, certainly not enough difference to warrant changing software and again I'm overall pleased with the product despite the couple of areas that I commented are a bit clunky. Not a big deal. Overall good product.
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Pros
Wolters Kluwer
  • CCH Document - It's cloud based. The program is user-friendly and easily customizable.
  • CCH Tax - Relatively easy system navigation. It satisfies all our tax return filing needs.
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Wolters Kluwer
  • Calculation/preparation of personal tax return for individuals.
  • Calculation/preparation of small business tax returns, i.e., Schedule C for individual bus owners.
  • Electronic transmission of completed tax return to IRS and applicable states.
  • Preparation of summary letter and billing to tax clientele.
  • Modeling of pro forma tax results for succeeding years and prep of estimated tax payments needed.
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Cons
Wolters Kluwer
  • Customer support does not know their own product!
  • Rep for the company does not know their own product!
  • Hidden add-ons that they deceive prospect into believe is apart of the system.
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Wolters Kluwer
  • The preparation of the summary letter of the tax return module is a bit clunky but usable.
  • The preparation of the next year's quarterly estimates module, while automatic, is a bit clunky to override with more specific info versus what is automatically populated from the current year's return.
  • The print feature can be a little cumbersome getting to work on a local printer, resulting in some printing issues.
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Implementation Rating
Wolters Kluwer
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Wolters Kluwer
Just let it do the standard install. No issues whatsoever.
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Alternatives Considered
Wolters Kluwer
CCH Axcess was very comparable to Thomson Reuters. They are both large companies in their fields and have similar resources. We ultimately went with Thomson Reuters because we bundled with their other softwares for a better price and it makes sense to be with one company to deal with one customer support line.
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Wolters Kluwer
Turbotax is the most popular but not applicable if you are a tax preparer as it won't let you sign a tax preparer. Their tax prep version, Pro Series, is a bit more expensive, and I have found it not significantly different enough nor provide any applicable benefit to me changing. I also evaluated Drake tax prep software, but again, while it has some nice features, it could not justify the change effort compared to any incremental features I might use. ATX continues to offer the right product features for what I need at one of the cheapest costs.
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