What key words are tax accountants searching for?

Posted by AccountingWEB on Jan 31 2011 3992 printer friendly

Intuit, the makers of, among other software, ProLine Tax Research, has agreed to share with our readers the most-sought-after tax research terms that accountants are searching for this busy season. Rather than presenting a boring bullet-pointed list in black-and-white, Intuit has cleverly brightened up the search array with this colorful tag sheet.

You probably know how these tags work, but for the uninitiated, the bigger the word, the more times people searched for it. Here it is - the most searched terms in ProLine Tax Research for the week of January 20-26, 2011:

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Even though any accounting auditor would tell you it seems like there are an awful lot of tax accountants out there, surely one-third of the country isn't made up of tax preparers, so it's rather startling news to learn that one-third of Americans like to do their taxes. Who knew?

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