The system offers three levels of user permission--primary full-access, and basic for efiling, and the ability to mask Social Security numbers in printed forms or PDFs. A watermark that reads “Do not file” can also be added.

In addition, users can transfer data to amended returns with 1040X efile and they can make simple input field calculation with the company updating standardized formats of dates for consistency.

Intuit says returns are being loaded faster for clients with databases of up to 10,000 returns.

For ProSeries, Intuit described its change to its database as a database replacement.

Updates to ProSeries Tax Year 2020: It said better filtering options mean users can locate returns more quickly via column filters and search functionality.

ProSeries Basic has had print review added that can preview a return, giving users the ability to select only pages to be printed.

A new tax idea exchange has been provided so users can share ideas and receive updates on the status, whether under review, accepted, or implemented.

Intuit has added automatic time tracking by return for all tax types to Lacerte. That package has also received platform enhancements and database upgrades that Intuit says will help ensure higher quality and reliability.

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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