CCH Axcess™ Tax Essentials Features

With CCH Axcess Tax Essentials, your office software is hosted in the cloud, and it's included with every package. You no longer have to buy 3rd party cloud-hosting as an add-on to your tax prep software to be able to store files in the cloud.

You also don't have to worry about storing files on a server, or making sure that your network is maintained on a frequent basis. You can eliminate your IT maintenance costs since Wolters Kluwer does this for you with your CCH Axcess Tax Essentials package.

If there's something you can't find, or are you stuck with a specific feature, chances are that you might need some help. While other tax preparation software products charge for customer service, with CCH Tax Essentials customer support comes at no charge.

Leverage the Learning Portal for helpful videos, chat with our team of experts online, use the KnowledgeBase and/or online community, or simply call the call-center if you need assistance.

CCH Axcess Tax Essentials is designed specifically with the needs of smaller tax preparation firms in mind. Each package includes 1 - 5 and up to 9 user licenses to maximize effectiveness and minimize costs.

Switching tax software may seem like a steep learning curve, and perhaps you are wondering how do I make time to learn new software? Our team has made it as easy as possible for you to adapt new software with free of charge and Do-It-yourself style learning. Simply learn at your own pace via the extensive library of videos in the Learning Portal.

With CCH Tax Essentials, data is never stored locally. It is always stored in the cloud and off premises, managed by CCH and Wolters Kluwer.

Since your tax software is offered in the cloud, it will see frequent updates and bug fixes where and if needed.

Your software and the data within are only available to you and your firm's users only, ensuring the highest levels of keeping data confidential and secure.

With your data 'living' in the cloud, it is also stored on servers that are managed and maintained by Wolters Kluwer. There is no need to worry about purchasing storage space, keeping servers for storage purposes, or buying 3rd party cloud-hosting to thus ensure storage capacity.

Your data is stored in the cloud, offsite, and managed by Wolters Kluwer. In case of a natural or unforeseen disaster like a flood, hurricane, power outage because of a freeze or extreme heat, fire, or theft, your business will always stay online.

Because your data is stored in the cloud, you can rest assured that your business can keep running even if your office has become potentially inaccessible due to a disaster.

CCH Tax Essentials includes 1040 and 1040NR individual returns, and 1041 Fiduciary/ Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts. 1040 states are limited to 5 states with Pay-Per-State for additional states. There is no additional charge for 1040 and 1040NR returns, the 1041 form comes at $53.90 per authorization.

We've designed packages with a number of authorizations that makes the most sense for you and your firm. Take a look on the packages page for more detail, or you can buy now in the eStore.