Quicko vs WISO Steuer

Quicko provides tools to file income tax returns, plan taxes, and track investments, with access on the web, iOS, and Android. Its tax features include an income tax return workflow, regime analyzer, advance tax calculator, and tax loss harvesting. Users can connect broker accounts, including Zerodha, Upstox, Groww, Angel One, Dhan, and 5paisa, to import investment data, view a portfolio, and track or share Tax P&L. For traders, Quicko classifies income as short-term, long-term, intraday, or F&O and automatically sets off and carries forward losses. It serves salaried individuals, investors and traders, freelancers and proprietors, NRIs, and solopreneurs, and offers matched tax experts to help prepare taxes. The Basic plan is free always and covers total income up to ₹12 lakh with one app connection. Essential costs ₹999 a month, billed as a one-time Single Pass, with a ₹24 lakh income limit and three app connections. Elite costs ₹1,499 a month, also billed as a one-time Single Pass, with unlimited total income and app connections.

WISO Steuer guides people through preparing and filing German income tax returns. Users can photograph wage statements and receipts for automatic recognition, and the software updates an expected refund estimate as information is entered. With consent, it can retrieve tax data such as wage-tax information from the tax administration. SteuerGPT answers tax questions in natural language, while Tax Banking can retrieve and categorize transactions when connected to a finanzblick account. Completed returns are sent electronically to the tax office using the official ELSTER interface. One license allows up to five returns, and eligibility is limited to people with unlimited tax liability in Germany. The software is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. A free test version allows all functions to be tried, with payment requested when submitting a return. The Vorteils-Abo costs €35.99 a year and renews automatically each November; Einzelkauf costs €45.99 a month, billed as a one-time purchase for a tax year. Buhl says data is stored on servers in Germany and protected with HTTPS and AES-256 encryption in transit and storage.