Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Taxpayers make online: 6 suppliers in comparison

The fastest way to make your tax return online is with apps or on Internet portals. We compare six providers!


Elster Smart


The advantage of the online solution is clear: you can get started right away - without annoying downloads and installations. The only exception is that if you use the official Elster Smart from the tax authorities, you must first copy your certificate file to your mobile device. Basically, tax services do not function differently from the desktop control software - only you enter the data into the cloud and do not store it locally on your PC.


TaxGo and wage tax Compact


First enter your tax data. An assistant will guide you through the forms. If you want to pause, you can save your data. Once you have entered all the numbers, the software checks your data for errors. Once you have completed the form wizard, you can have your tax loss or the amount that you get refunded already times. Then you decide whether to send your tax return via Elster or print it out and send it to the post office.


SmartControl.com


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WISO tax web


The advantage of the Elster transmission: It makes the official less work, your tax is therefore drifted faster. If you report an extraordinary charge for the first time or if your tax-relevant circumstances have changed, you should also submit the appropriate supporting documents when submitting the tax return. This saves inquiries from the Office and thus time. Typical examples of changed circumstances would be the cost of relocation due to job change, double household management, or the setting up of a home office.


Elster Smart brings the official portal of the tax offices on tablet and smartphone. The practical: You can save the certificate file directly to the Elster online portal on the smartphone. To do so, log in to the online portal, go to Manage account, and select Transfer to Smartphone. Then you have to copy the file to the iPad or your Android tablet using the USB cable and iTunes. Schwuppdiwupp lands the certificate file on your iPad or Android device, and you always have it with you and can access the Elster online portal anywhere and make your input in the interface known from the web.



SteuerGo derives taxpayer from form field to form field by taxation. In doing so, the software lifts the same scorer, in order to draw attention to errors in the data input. What you save on taxes is immediately displayed when entering the data. If you are finished by filling in, you can also display additional control tips, which are adapted to your control case. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us directly by e-mail, live chat or by phone with our taxpayer service. The usage fee of EUR 24.95 only applies if you send the tax return to the tax office. You can have the approval checked by SteuerGo. The program is also available in English and Polish.


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Payroll Compact is similar to the version of TaxGo. Both solutions come from Forium GmbH from Berlin, but are available only for the web and not as an app.


Smartsteuer.de is not only aimed at employees, but is also the right software for freelancers because you can create a revenue surplus invoice (EÜR) directly in Smartsteuer.de. Also at Smartsteuer.de you are guided from field to field. Even taxplaces open up the sometimes mysterious concepts of tax evasion by means of small help texts, which are displayed at the edge. Smart tax also immediately shows tax savings or additional payments. In addition, the cloud solution scores with many tips on taxpay possibilities. The smartCheck finally checks your tax case for problems, inconsistencies and possible optimizations. New at Smartsteuer.de is that customers can communicate with one another: auf steuerfrage.de or directly in the application there is a community that answers questions from other users.


Checking and optimizing your data, submitting tax returns and checking your tax assessment are the four steps you need to take to get the 2017 tax with the WISO Tax Web cloud solution. But before you enter, the program shows you at first glance what has changed for 2017 for tax purposes. You are guided through the form fields step by step. If you want to save a form, WISO Steuer Web directs you to incorrect data. If you have entered all the tax-relevant data, you can end up reviewing the data again and get tips, which could be deductible. If the tax authority receives from the tax office, WISO checks whether there are differences between the results of the financial data and the results of the WISO tax software.


Lesetipp: Checklists for accounting and taxes


Then take a look at the database with sample templates for appeals. WISO Steuer Web scores with the most comprehensive template database in this comparison. And WISO still has an ace in the cloud: WISO does not only run as a web application. The license is valid for both PC and Mac as well as for the tablet app (iOS and Android) and the web service www.steuer-web.de. True to the motto "pay once, use everything". Your data is synchronized through a common online account - the buhl: account - so all devices are always on the same footing.


Tax code


Taxpayer could have been developed by financial officials. The design follows the green and gray of the steering forms. Text and links are small, the form fields are formulated in tax terms. The form assistant will try to explain what the fields mean and what you have to enter - with changing success. An EÜR - cracking point in many web control solutions - you have to create outside the control fox service. You can only enter your economic assets-AfA. Under the menu item Control Calculator you can see how much money you have to pay back or pay. Your taxpayer does not check whether your financial officer has calculated correctly. There are also no templates for appeals.


ElsterSmart is the right solution for all those who want to communicate their financial situation to the financial authorities and not to anyone else. In comparison, it offers less help. Taxpayer, TaxGo and LohnsteuerCompact offer you everything you need as an employee for the tax declaration. If you are self-employed or have a business, you should register with WISO Steuer Web or Smartsteuer.


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