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AES-256 SSN encryption · identity verification up to NIST IAL2 for 8879 · IRS Pub. 4557-aligned WISP tooling
$0/envelopeunlimited e-signatures8879 → e-signedfields auto-placed< 1 dayfrom signup to branded portalUp to IAL2identity checks built into signing
Drop in an 8879 — the fields place themselves, ready for IRS-compliant e-sign with identity verification. Or drop any fillable form — nothing leaves your browser.
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Your whole firm. One flat price. No demo call.
Practice software charges per seat and hides the price behind a sales call. FinishTax is one flat monthly price for the whole firm — published right here, no call required.
Shared clients. Synced documents. One login for the whole firm.
Up to five preparers work the same pipeline on the Small Firm plan — assign clients, hand off tasks, see the same deadlines. Adding your seasonal hire adds $0.
E-sign 8879s with identity verification built in.
A step-up identity ladder inside the signing flow — up to a government ID + selfie check at NIST IAL2, IRS-accepted for remote 8879s. You choose the rung per envelope. Unlimited envelopes on every paid plan, $0 each, no DocuSign bolted on.
A branded portal your clients can actually use.
Upload, e-sign, message, and pay under your logo and colors — from any browser or phone, no app to install. Live in under a day.
And the rest of the toolkit — included, never an add-on:
Not a feature tour — the real app, screen by screen, following one example client from first hello to filed-and-paid. Meet Maria Rivera.
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She joins your book — at no extra cost.
Maria is one of 52 clients on the account. On a flat firm price, adding her — or your seasonal hire — is $0. No per-seat math, ever.
52 clients · one flat price
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She sends everything herself — in Spanish.
Maria opens her firm-branded intake and completes it in Spanish. One toggle flips every question — no separate site, no translator, no phone tag.
Intake in Español, one toggle
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Her documents land in one organized place.
W-2, 1099-INT, 1098 — all filed under Maria, ready the moment you open her file. Nothing buried in your inbox, nothing to chase down.
Every document under one client
04
She fills out the organizer for you.
Her 2025 tax organizer comes back answered, so you start the return with the whole picture instead of a shoebox of receipts and a game of email tag.
13 of 18 answered
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You send the 8879 — signed with ID verification.
You choose the identity rung per envelope, up to a government ID plus a selfie at NIST IAL2, right inside the signing flow. IRS-accepted for remote 8879s, with no DocuSign bolted on and $0 per envelope.
Gov ID + selfie · up to IAL2
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Her return unlocks when the invoice clears.
Maria's final 1040 stays locked behind her invoice. She pays in the portal, it downloads — you never hand over a return you haven't been paid for.
Locked until the invoice clears
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And your whole book stays on one calm dashboard.
Every client, every deadline, and exactly what needs attention today — the one screen you keep open all season long, instead of five tabs and a spreadsheet.
What needs attention today
That's the whole season — one client, one flat price, one place. See what it costs ↓
Send any tax form. Watch it fill itself.
Pick a form from the built-in library — 8879, W-4, W-9, I-9, W-4P, VA-4, 8821 — or upload any fillable PDF. FinishTax detects every field and places it for you, labeled "Social security number," not "f1_05[0]".
Seven official forms ship in the library, ready to send.Auto-detect places every field — with human-readable labels.
The same engine powers employee forms — W-4s, I-9s, W-9s — in bulk. Your client signs with a guided walkthrough that won't let them miss a field, and bulk send fans one template out to up to 50 recipients — each getting their own copy.
I prepare tax returns at a small firm. This January I'll be at the same desk you will — printing an 8879 that should have come back signed a week ago, watching the drop-off pile grow while the phone rings.
FinishTax started as our own fix: one screen that showed which clients were missing documents, which returns were stalled on a signature, and who hadn't paid. I write software, so I built that screen. Other preparers saw it over my shoulder and asked what it was.
Shopping for practice software as a buyer left me with a short list of standing refusals — they're the point of the product:
No per-seat pricing. The whole firm works under one flat price.
No sales-gated pricing. Every price is public, in dollars.
No envelope meters. E-signing is part of the plan, not a tab running against April.
No annual lock-in. Month-to-month, cancel from inside the app.
And honestly: there's no native mobile app yet — clients use the portal from their phone's browser — and we're new. That's exactly why the free tier and month-to-month billing exist: run a season through FinishTax, and if it doesn't hold up, walk away having risked nothing but an afternoon.
The first ten firms get FinishTax for $39 a month for as long as they stay — the price never changes. And the founder does your setup with you, personally: client import, portal branding, your first e-sign envelope.
Ten spots, honestly counted. When they're gone, they're gone.
Everything the big tools do — for a fraction of the price
3 preparers on TaxDome: ~$174 a month. Here: $79 flat.
Pricing as of April 2026 from each vendor's public site. Figures vary by firm size and plan — the point is that you're stacking subscriptions when one would do.
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.
Free for up to 3 clients — no credit card, no time limit. Every paid plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
The questions every preparer asks before switching.
Is the e-signature IRS-compliant for Form 8879?
Yes — you choose the identity check per envelope, from an emailed one-time code up to a government ID + selfie check at NIST IAL2, the rung IRS-accepted for remote 8879 signing. Unlimited envelopes on every paid plan, with no per-send fees.
Is FinishTax really free?
Yes — completely free for up to 3 clients with no time limit and no credit card required. You get task management, document checklists, and the dashboard at no cost. File uploads and unlimited clients require a paid plan.
Can I migrate from TaxDome / Canopy / spreadsheets?
Import your client book from CSV in minutes, brand your portal, and send your first organizer the same afternoon. No 6–8-week onboarding project.
Do my clients need to install anything?
No. Clients get a link to your branded web portal — upload, e-sign, pay, and message from any browser or phone. Nothing to download on your end either: FinishTax runs entirely in the browser.
Where is my data stored? Is it secure?
Your data is stored in encrypted cloud storage on every plan, including free. Social Security Numbers are encrypted by FinishTax with AES-256-GCM before they reach the database; see our Security and Privacy Policy pages for details.
How does the payment processing fee work?
When clients pay invoices via Stripe through FinishTax, we charge a small platform fee on the transaction (5% for Solo/Firm, 2.5% for Agency), on top of Stripe's standard fees. If you collect payments outside FinishTax, there's no fee.
Can my team use it together?
Yes — the Small Firm plan ($79/month) supports up to 5 team members with a shared client pool, task assignment, and a team activity log. The Agency plan supports unlimited team members. Billing is per-account, not per-seat.
What happens after the 7-day trial?
Pick a plan or drop to the free tier. No lock-in, cancel anytime — and Settings → Export Data gives you a full JSON backup of your clients, tasks, documents, and activity whenever you want it.
Why isn't FinishTax per-seat?
Because hiring a second preparer for the season shouldn't raise your software bill. Per-seat pricing taxes you for growing, during the exact months you can't avoid adding help. FinishTax is one flat price for the whole firm — $79 a month whether two people sign in or five.
Who builds FinishTax?
A working tax preparer at a small firm — FinishTax started as the firm's own fix, not a pitch deck. Read the letter above, or the full version on the About page.
Put three clients in. That's the whole pitch.
No demo call, no contract, no six-week setup project. If FinishTax doesn't make next season lighter, walk away having risked nothing but an afternoon.
