Tax Series vs TaxBandits

Tax Series is web-native corporate tax software for corporate income tax processes, with shared data used across tax work. Its modules cover worldwide provision reporting under ASC 740, corporate tax compliance, and BEPS reporting. Provision supports calculations under U.S. GAAP or IFRS. Compliance automates corporate tax calculations and population of forms including 5471, 8865, and 8858; BEPS supports Country-by-Country reporting and master and local files. Data Collector assigns packages to preparers, reviewers, and approvers and provides real-time project monitoring. Web Services supports two-way data transfer with client systems, data validation, and calculation triggers. A single database also supports planning, audit support, legal entity maintenance, tax calendar, and document management. The vendor describes the product as well suited to medium and large multinational corporate clients, and it supports U.S. corporate taxpayers and multinational corporations. Pricing is on request. Prospective clients can use it for a full tax cycle at no cost through a proof of concept, typically a 2–10 week process. After subscription termination, clients receive three months of read-only access to retrieve data.

TaxBandits provides electronic filing for payroll and employment forms, including 1099, W-2, 94x, ACA 1095, W-9 and BOI reports. It is aimed at business owners, tax professionals and service providers, and supports federal and state tax filing. Users can upload form data in bulk with CSV templates or provide completed W-9 PDFs for AI extraction of recipient information. Validation includes IRS business-rule and schema checks, TIN matching and USPS address validation. Listed integrations include Sage Intacct, Karbon, QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, FreshBooks, Zapier and an API. The API supports filing workflows for W-9, 1099, W-2 and TIN matching. TaxBandits says it is SOC 2 certified and encrypts stored and transmitted client data; accounts can enable authenticator-app two-factor authentication. Its Companion app for iOS and Android supports W-9/W-8 management, with unlimited collection free to use. Payroll plans start at $19 a month, with a 30-day trial listed. Annual W-2 and 1099 filings are excluded from payroll plans and cost extra; separate federal 1099 and W-2 filing is priced by volume, starting at $2.75 per form for the first 10 forms.