TaxCalc Reviews 253

TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.0

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Review summary

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Looking at 187 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the company's customer service and staff, highlighting their helpfulness, patience, and knowledge. Many people find the service excellent, describing it as simple, straightforward, and easy to use, making tasks like tax returns relatively easy. However, some people were dissatisfied with the response time, mentioning long waiting periods to connect with support or sales. A few other people also felt that the user experience could be improved, citing issues like the app freezing or the need for larger text for better readability.

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Customer service

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Staff

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Response time

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User experience

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Service

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I've been using TaxCalc for many years, sometimes doing as many as four tax returns for various family members each year. The user interface is a little dated and possibly confusing for new users, but... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Simple Steps makes filling in the self assessment relatively easy. Being able to make notes with each entry makes comparison year to year simpler. I had a problem with entering the very long name of... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I have used Taxcalc for at least 6 years and find it brilliant and simple and very helpful. I did have this year a lot of problems getting the software downloaded onto my laptop but the person at Tax... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Still love the tax and accounts product after 15+ years of using. Good to see the product expansions to Groups and Charities. Our only bug bear is with the Companies House Forms module which prevents... See more


Company details

  1. #12 of 12 best companies in Tax preparation software
  2. #18 of 19 best companies in Accounting Software Company
  3. #112 of 129 best companies in Software company

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Award-winning tax and accountancy software. TaxCalc is the complete tax, accounts and practice software suite trusted by over 11,000 accountancy firms in the UK.


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4.0

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

253 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I made two mistakes. 7 Stars.

I made an initial mistake ordering Making Tax Digital months too early so that it started in Tax Year 2025/26. They corrected that for me to be 26/27. I have now made a second mistakeon 1/4/26 by complaining that I couldn't view my software. They gently put that right. 7 Stars.

1 April 2026
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Support response times

Support queries were slow to be addressed unless chased. Even queries marked urgent took more than 24 hours for a response. If this is the norm, then client expectations need to be better managed. The responses received were however, very helpful and clear. Credit to Rob Povey in particular.

1 April 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just downloaded taxcalc 26

Just downloaded taxcalc 26. All my previous links for old files disappeared. When relinking file for 2025 it crashes but appear to have relinked when you reopen. Howvere, crashes every time you try to open 2025 file. Tried everything as suggested by support but nothing works as of yet. Had to wait 40 minutes just to get through to support line. I have used taxcalc since they started many years back, this is my worst experience. Not impressed with waiting times and the testing done before release of software.

1 April 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

TaxCalc support (Rob Povey in…

TaxCalc support (Rob Povey in particular) managed to sort my query out in a very timely manner and inform me on what the issue was and their plans to resolve it (CIC filing). Brilliant service!

1 April 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Phone answering is poor

The ordering was fine, however if you want to change to a new computer they make it look VERY hard. After a very long wait a tech support guy reassured me that what I wanted to do would work. He was great but too long to him about a TC created non problem.

1 April 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is my second review

This is my second review. The first one didn't get posted. Tried to order this year's software but the link didn't work. And last year changes were made to the font size. Not good. Ignored my request to increase the size.

30 March 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Sorry to hear that Sam - its unclear why you were unable to purchase - were you able to get access in the end?

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