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Order Form for 2009 Editions

for the current filing season, for preparing tax year 2008 returns
(and tax planning for 2009 and beyond)

If you want to order products for the next (2010) filing season instead (for preparing tax year 2009 returns),
click here for the Advance Order Form for 2010 Editions (with limited-time discounts on e-file).


Please be sure to read "Important Information about Ordering" first. It contains important details about the delivery schedule, on-screen documents, graphic printing, and professional e-file. Once you have completed this form, you can submit, print, or cancel the order with one of the buttons at the bottom of the form.

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Entry required for all orders.

If you are not yet a registered owner of Tax Preparer, enter NEW above.
Name:
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Permanent mailing address   Shipping address only (non-residential addresses recommended)
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Versions
CD-ROM version (full-feature)
Requires Windows 95 or later (98, 2000, NT 4.0, ME, XP, Vista, etc.). Includes Tax Preparer Control Panel for on-line updating and easy access to on-screen and printable IRS and HowardSoft documents. (To e-file you must have internet access, 32MB computer memory, and 75MB free hard drive space, and an IRS-issued EFIN via Form 8633.)
3½" floppy disk version (feature-limited)
Requires Windows 95 or later (98, 2000, NT 4.0, ME, XP, etc.). No e-file; no on-screen documents except Tax Forms Guide. (Limited DOS or Windows 3.1 version available only on special order. Call for details.)
CAUTION: 64-bit Vista NOT recommended. If you are using 64-bit Vista instead of the standard 32-bit Vista, see our Bulletin CSTP0801 for information on additional software you must have in order to run Tax Preparer.
Keep up-to-date during the tax season: We post updates on the web for FREE, quick, easy mid-season updating of the software you purchase here. You can request any posted update on disk instead for $15 per disk by contacting HowardSoft Customer Service.

Programs
These updates are designed for use in the 2009 filing season (for tax year 2008 returns) and tax planning thereafter. See "Important Information about Ordering" for more information on delivery schedule, on-screen documents, graphic printing, and professional e-file.

Economy Level
Individual

No e-file nor graphic printouts (except for main signature form). 1-volume (15 returns) limit.
See our Comparison Chart for more detail on the differences among levels.

Standard Level
Professional

Full e-file and graphic printouts.
See our Comparison Chart for more detail on the differences among levels.

Premium Level
Professional

Full e-file, graphic printouts, and expanded form set.
See our Comparison Chart for more detail on the differences among levels.
Tax Preparer (1040) $129
add $60 for pre-release
 $229
add $60 for pre-release
 $369
add $60 for pre-release
Partnership Edition (1065) $199 $289
(no e-file available)
 $399
(no e-file available)
California Supplement (540) $149 $189
$299

e-file

IMPORTANT: Check here if you plan to e-file any returns, even if you do not purchase any of the below e-file products. (We must register your e-file transmission software before you can use it.)
Form 1040 upgrades   Upgrade to reduce the standard $9.95 per federal return transmission fee to stated levels.

Upgrade to Silver

($5.95 per-return fee)
$45

Upgrade to Gold

($2.00 per-return fee)
$295

Upgrade to Platinum

(NO per-return fee)
$595
Form 540 upgrades   Upgrade to reduce the standard $5.95 per state return transmission fee to stated levels.

Upgrade to Silver

($3.95 per-return fee)
$35

Upgrade to Gold

($2.00 per-return fee)
$195

Upgrade to Platinum

(NO per-return fee)
$395
Bank products   Offer Quick Funds in which you earn commissions and have your preparation fess deducted automatically from your client's refund. CAUTION: You must sign up for bank products before the tax season starts. You cannot offer any bank products to clients if you have not signed up prior to the start of the tax season.

Bank Products Annual Sign-Up Fee

$49

Other Products

All guides are provided FREE for convenient on-screen viewing while Tax Preparer is running. Below products are only for those who also want professionally-printed 8.5 by 5.5 inch loose-leaf versions of these guides.
Paper Tax Forms Guides
Note: All manuals now include instructions for forms included only at the Premium Level. No separate supplement required.
for 1040 returns:$29
for 1065 returns:$9
for 540 returns:$9

Paper User's Guide   Nearly 300 pages of general operating instructions. NEW: Updated for newest versions of Windows.

$24

Loose-leaf binder   High-quality stitched gray binder - holds 1040 Tax Forms Guide (which now exceeds 700 pages, including Premium Level forms), or User's Guide plus 1065 and 540 Tax Guides.

 $9

Totals and Payment
Subtotal and sales tax Total dollar amount of merchandise (sum of all above amounts)
Sales Tax (8.75%, required for all California addresses)
Shipping  
Unless a different method is requested, programs are shipped by 2-day Express for $15.95 per program in the continental U.S. ($25.95 to Alaska, Hawaii, and Virgin Islands). U.S. Priority mail is $5.50.
Pre-release is shipped about 2 weeks earlier, omitting forms not yet completed and on-screen documents, and gets you the final release fastest via on-line updating.
Paper manuals are shipped by U. S. Mail (Priority Mail) for $5.50 and combined into a single shipment. (If binder is ordered in addition to paper manuals, they are all shipped together by U. S. Priority Mail for $9.95. If binder alone is ordered, it is shipped by U. S. Priority Mail for $5.50.)
Initial installation for the edition year must be from the disk we ship you, but all subsequent updates for the same year can be downloaded through the internet from our special Check for Updates web page.

Shipping method for programs:   2-day Express   U. S. Mail

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CAUTION: All credit card orders are charged when order received to expedite shipping when products are released.

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HowardSoft | P.O. Box 8432 | La Jolla, CA 92038-8432

Phone: (858) 454-0121 | FAX: (800) 24-TAXES | e-mail: sales@howardsoft.com