Users will have what Intuit says is “unlimited access to live experts,” through the advisors that have been involved in TurboTax Live. Intuit also offers access to expert to QuickBooks Live.

The latest program is the latest move against relying solely on offering DIY products to customers.

“As we expand the QuickBooks Live portfolio, our focus is shifting toward providing more assisted services (do-it-with-me),” according to a post by Ted Callahan, director of partnerships and strategy.

The new service is designed for small businesses based in the United States—Sole Proprietors, Single-member LLCs, S Corporations, Partnerships, and Multi-member LLCs that use QuickBooks Online.

Callahan wrote that costs, which vary by entity and service type, start at $169 with payments required when taxes are filed.

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Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind