Lacerte - Product Review
November 01, 2021

Lacerte - Product Review

Aamir Raza | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Intuit Lacerte

Ram Associates is an accounting and Taxation firm, all our CPAs do use several software for preparing taxes for our clients across the US. Out of which Lacerte we use it for elite corp clients. One of the main features is a multi-user facility and batch filing can be processed to e-file extensions for multiple clients at once, avoids too many clicks, point of guidance feature, diagnostics feature is another addon. Signing has been made easy with Lacerte, they have integrated DocuSign. It saves a lot of turnaround time. And it also has K-1 transfer capability, where we can auto-import partnership and S-Corp data into a return. Overall the fast path rates are also not that costly.
  • K-1 transfer capability
  • Supports more than 5,700 tax forms - federal and all state forms
  • Year-round e-filing
  • 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.
  • Able to process client requirements faster
  • Docusign feature a big plus
  • Lacerte Diamond Passport fees is highly priced at 17.5K USD + fastpath additional per user. They could consider to bring down the cost so that it works out lucratively.
We have been using Proseries along with Lacerte. As I said, Lacerte is much easier and faster when compared with Proseries.

Do you think Intuit Lacerte delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Intuit Lacerte's feature set?

Yes

Did Intuit Lacerte live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Intuit Lacerte go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Intuit Lacerte again?

Yes

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.

Intuit Lacerte Feature Ratings

Sales and Use Taxes
8
Cross-border Taxes
8
VAT / GST Taxes
8
Energy and Fuel Taxes
9
Geolocation for Tax Assessment
8
3rd-Party Software Integrations
3
Tax Data Reporting
10
Compliance Administration Management
10
Tax Exemption Processing
9
Complex Tax Scenario Management
9