Over my many years buying things I have learned that a really good tool can last many lifetimes and a really poor tool may only be good for one use. Lacerte is a tool that does the job I want done with minimal effort (most of the time) and I believe it is worth the extra cost to keep this very sharp tool. If you can find an "off the shelf" bit of tax software that makes you happy and does the job with minimal effort, then use it. Each time I try a new software, I long for the one that makes me really comfortable doing my job, i.e. Lacerte.

I have used a very early CCH software that was an abominable disaster. I currently use or play with ProConnect Tax, ProSeries and ProSystems FX, and Tax Act and yet I am still here with Lacerte. (Maybe I did drink the Kool-Aid!)