# E-file every return, and watch the IRS for every client

You finish the return. Then the waiting starts: for the signature, for the IRS answer, for the letter no one saw coming. Here, all of it is watched for you. Open an example now, with no sign-in, to see it.

## E-file in one step
When a return is done, it is locked as the exact copy that will be filed. One click sends it to the IRS and the state. Business, trust and estate returns go the same way. So do extensions and amended returns. If the return changes after the client signs, nothing is sent. Your preparer gets it back to look at again. See [every return your firm files](/tax).

## The client's identity is checked first
Before a client signs Form 8879 from home, they show a photo ID and take a selfie. That proves who is signing. Then they sign in the portal or on their phone. The signed form is kept with the return. You never mail a form and wait for it to come back. The ID check is kept with the form, in case anyone asks.

## The IRS answer comes back to you
Each return gets its postmark the moment it is sent. The IRS answer lands on the same return. If the IRS turns a return away, you see each reason in plain words. The return goes back to the queue to be fixed and sent again. You see every step, from the first draft to the IRS answer.

## Watch each client's IRS account
The client signs one form in the portal to let your firm see their IRS record. Then your firm pulls their transcripts on its own, through its own IRS account. Each record is checked again every day. You never ask a client for their IRS login, or for last year's return. Wage, account and return records all come in the same way.

## The IRS figures beside yours
Each transcript is laid next to your own return, line by line. A line that does not match stands out, with what to do about it. A new notice or a change in the IRS record shows up for your staff right away. So you hear about a problem before your client does. Your client never has to forward you a letter.

## When the IRS writes back
A notice from the IRS is matched to the right client and handed to the right person. The steps to answer it are laid out, from the first reply to an appeal. Each due date is counted for you and goes on the calendar. The client's transcripts and the filed return sit right beside the notice. So your staff answers fast, and on time.

## Answers that cite the rule
Ask a tax question and get an answer that points to the exact rule behind it: the tax code, the IRS rules or the form's own instructions. Open the rule itself in one click. A plain list shows what your firm can figure, file and watch this year, state by state. So your staff knows what is covered before the season starts.

## Records you can show
The filed return, its postmark, the signed form and each IRS answer are kept for you. Each transcript is kept just as it came from the IRS. They stay as long as the law asks. Your firm's e-file details and their end dates sit in one place. When someone asks to see your filing records, they are ready in minutes. Nothing is lost when someone leaves the firm. [Try the platform](/try?for=accounting) or [talk with us](/contact).