Nino vs TaxAct

Choose Nino when you want more than this year’s return. A CPA on Nino’s team prepares and files your federal and state returns, handles tax planning all year, and builds your financial plan, for one flat annual fee. TaxAct is built to file a return; it does not include financial planning.

Yes. With Xpert Full Service, a TaxAct expert prepares your return, starting at $99 plus $69 for states. TaxAct excludes foreign filings, prior-year returns, local returns, and certain complex tax situations, and availability varies during the season.

It covers software calculation errors on self-prepared returns: TaxAct refunds its fees and pays the resulting tax difference, penalties, interest, and documented legal and audit costs, up to $100,000 in total.

Yes, by hand. CoinTracker’s guide has you download its Form 8949, enter the totals in TaxAct, and attach the PDF. Nino is built by the team behind CoinTracker, and our CPA team works from your CoinTracker tax reports directly.

Yes. TaxAct’s paid tiers start at $59.99 plus state, while Nino’s Advisor plans start at $3,600 a year. Nino’s fee covers a CPA who prepares your return, year-round tax planning, a financial plan, quarterly check-ins, and Ultra AI software.