TaxCalc Reviews 253

TrustScore 4 out of 5

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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

Consumers find customer service to be positive, with many praising the helpfulness and efficiency of support... See more

Staff

Customers had positive experiences with staff, highlighting their helpfulness and efficiency. Many reviewers... See more

Response time

People report ambiguous experiences with response times. While some customers praise prompt and quick... See more

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. Tax Preparation Software
  2. Accounting Software Company
  3. 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 3 out of 5 stars

Good software but support not always great

I love TaxCalc software but find that the support isn’t always that helpful

March 2, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Sorry if you have found that Christine - we always try to do our best to help even when the issue is outside of TaxCalc. Hoping that our response on Monday was able to clarify the issue.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Our issue was not resolved and we were…

Our issue was not resolved and we were promised a call back which did not happen.

March 2, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Sorry about that - I can see that our technical team contacted you at 2.26pm on the 2nd March - were you able to resolve the issue based on that?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No proper advice.

No proper advice.

March 2, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Sorry Sagheer - Checking our system I can see that we provided the details of the Companies House rejection notice - did that sufficiently explain the issue. Our support team maybe able to provide you with more advice about Companies House systems.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lots of unfixed issues - beware if planning to use

Lots of unfixed issues, which can happen to anyone so beware when using. Firstly, the software doesn't have audit trail - which is a basic requirement for softwares even those that are being used in house. When raised to support they simply say it's being developed.

Our first issue was not being to roll forward the 2024 tax return to 2025. We were told that our tcs file was corrupted - so nothing could be done. So we redid all our 2025 returns in tax calc - all good then submitted to HMRC. Few months later trying to access the submitted returns and it is not in the software. An hour with support and they don't know what happened to it. HMRC won't allow downloads if you use a software so we have just lost a filed return and have to spend HOURS redoing and resubmitting it - AND it could happen again as the team have no idea why its happening.

February 26, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Sorry Sujashini. This is a very rare case and it was unclear what had caused the data corruption.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Taxcalc had a problem with windows on…

Taxcalc had a problem with windows on my Pc.As a result I could not load it. I have been using Taxcalc for more than 10 years without any problems. Taxcalc needs to correct the issue with Windows. I can’t be the only one who had this problem. Please fix it before the 2025/26 deadline.

January 5, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Sorry to hear you had an issue this year - it looks as if you were able to make the appropriate submission though. We are working to solve what we believe caused the problem and it will fine for next year.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Not so good this time

I've been using taxcalc for a few years, but this year there was some error in the software that meant it crashed immediately upon opening. With the tax filing deadline approaching I appealed for assistance, having paid for the software but unable to use it. I eventually got the correct support (which involved me having to go deep into unknown recesses of my computer to rename taxcalc files) but this came after several messages that I sent via different means, reinstalling multiple times, and responses that were unhelpful and slow. It was a stressful experience.

January 31, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

We're very sorry to hear you had this issue - thank you for your feedback, it is taken on board.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Failure to send

Filled in all the info and it failed to send. Second year running. Used HMRC form and it went through first time

February 2, 2026
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Reply from TaxCalc

Thank you for your feedback and sorry you experienced that. I believe we have asked to see the return - please do send that through and we can investigate where the problem lies.

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