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Order Form for 2010 Editions

(for filing tax year 2009 returns in 2010 and tax planning thereafter)

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. (If you want to order 2009 Edition products instead, for filing amended returns for tax year 2008, click here instead.)

Lifetime Serial Number:

(required entry for all orders)

If you are not yet a registered owner of Tax Preparer, enter NEW above.
Name:
Address:
City: State: ZIP:
Permanent mailing address   Shipping address only (non-residential addresses recommended)
Phone required for express delivery:
Daytime phone (include Area Code):
Phone at shipping address (if different):
FAX (include Area Code):
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Versions
CD-ROM version (full-feature):
Requires Windows 95 or later (98, 2000, NT 4.0, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 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, 75MB free hard drive space, and an IRS-issued EFIN. You must also order an appropriate e-file transmission product, below.)
CAUTION: 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista require additional software. See home page for information on Windows 7 and Customer Service Memo CSTP0801 for information on Windows Vista.
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.
3½" floppy disk version (feature-limited):
Requires Windows 95 or later (98, 2000, NT 4.0, ME, XP, etc.). Includes Tax Preparer Control Panel but NO e-file and NO on-screen IRS documents.

Programs
These updates are designed for use in the 2010 filing season (for tax year 2009 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).
See our Comparison Chart for more detail on the differences among levels.

Standard Level
Professional

e-file ready (see below) and graphic printouts.
See our Comparison Chart for more detail on the differences among levels.

Premium Level
Professional

e-file ready (see below), 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

Check here if you e-filed last year and want to use the same billing information as you enter below. Otherwise, you must provide additional information to register for e-file for the next filing season by supplying the information on our on-line e-file Registration Form.

CAUTION: You must purchase e-file transmission software in order to e-file any returns, but this software will work only with Standard and Premium Level Tax Preparer software.

Form 1040 transmission software  
You must puchase one of these products in order to e-file any federal Form 1040 returns during the 2010 filing season.

e-file 1040 Silver

($5.95 per-return fee)
$45

e-file 1040 Gold

($2.00 per-return fee)
$295

e-file 1040 Platinum

(NO per-return fee)
$595
Form 540 transmission software  
You must puchase one of these products in order to e-file any California state Form 540 returns during the 2010 filing season.

e-file 540 Silver

($3.95 per-return fee)
$35

e-file 540 Gold

($2.00 per-return fee)
$195

e-file 540 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
Paper Tax Forms Guides
for 1040 returns:$29
for 1065 returns:$9
for 540 returns:$9

Paper User's Guide   Revised April 2009. Last printed in January, 2001, it now includes operating instructions under the latest Windows operating systems and complete details on the floating Tax Preparer Control Panel. Nearly 300 pages of general operating instructions. Fits in all HowardSoft loose-leaf binders (below).

$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 you request a different method, programs are shipped by 2-day express once released (typically mid-January) for $15.95 per program ($25.95 to Alaska, Hawaii, and Virgin Islands). U. S. Mail (Priority Mail) is $5.50. (Pre-release is shipped about 2 weeks earlier, omitting forms not yet completed, and gets you the final release fastest via on-line updating.)
Paper manuals are shipped by U. S. Priority Mail for $5.50, $9.95 for manuals plus binder.
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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Send completed form to:

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

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