I don't do much return preparation, but I am starting to do some additional work and want to add it as a value add, but not with every client. My primary knowledge area is state and local, so the return prep I take on will be heavy on the state and local issues (allocations, different types of income, etc.).
I'm generally familiar with Thomson Reuters' offerings in other areas, so my inclination is to go with ultra tax because it seems to be very customizable. However, it's obviously expensive if I'm not preparing tons of returns.
So I was looking at Drake Tax, which seems interesting, but I'm a bit concerned about what it can do on the state side. Does anyone have any guidance/advice here? The ability to not have to pay a huge amount up-front seems nice, but I may need to be able to handle complex things. If I go with Drake and the software doesn't support what I'm trying to present on the returns, how easy/possible are overrides?