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Drake Tax pricing in 2026: what each plan costs
US list prices for each plan, read from Drake Software’s own pricing page on October 11, 2026, with what each plan covers and how the price has moved.
Drake Tax plans and prices
| Plan | List price | Priced | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Tax Pro | $2,375, $2,695 or $3,145 a year | Per year (tax-year licence) | Several price points by return count and single- or multi-user licence; current prices, with a higher retail price struck through that applies from Dec. 1 |
| Drake Tax 1040 | $1,895, $2,075 or $2,325 a year | Per year (tax-year licence) | Several price points by return count and single- or multi-user licence; current prices, with a higher retail price struck through that applies from Dec. 1 |
| Pay-Per-Return | $379.99 a year | Per year (tax-year licence) | 10 individual returns included; extra individual returns $49.99 each and business returns $74.99 each |
| Drake Tax Online | $299.99 a year | Per year (tax-year licence) | First user included; $99 for each additional user; individual returns $49.99 each and business returns $74.99 each |
Prices read from the vendor’s pricing page on October 11, 2026. StackWatch reads this page every day and has done so on 30 days since September 12, 2026. “Priced” says what the figure is charged per.
How Drake Tax pricing works
Drake Tax is tax-preparation software for accountants, licensed per tax year in several editions (Tax Pro, 1040, pay-per-return and Online).
An annual licence per tax year. The price depends on the product, on how many returns the licence includes (unlimited or a capped number) and on whether it is single-user or multi-user. Pay-per-return products include a set number of returns, and extra returns are bought separately.
What to check before you quote a Drake Tax price
Every price sits beside a struck-through higher price
Each product shows a struck-through retail price with an asterisk, and a footnote reading “Retail price effective Dec. 1”, beside a lower current price. Quote the lower number as today’s price, and ask Drake what you will pay if you buy after Dec. 1. Other vendors’ struck-through prices mean something different (a list price beside a promotion).
The page is a configurator
The same product appears at several price points by return count and by single-user or multi-user licence, so one product name can show different prices. Pick the combination that matches your firm and do not compare the lowest figure for one product with the highest for another.
Pay-per-return covers 10 returns, not unlimited use
Additional returns are bought separately, so work out the cost per return before comparing it with an unlimited licence.
Prices are labelled for a tax year
The whole page rolls over each year, so check the tax-year label before quoting a price.
What these prices do not include
To keep like-for-like comparisons, this page leaves out:
- The Practice Essentials bundle add-on
- Per-return top-ups beyond those listed
- Hosting
- Extra users on Drake Tax Online beyond the listed fee
Drake Tax price history in brief
The Drake Tax price history collects 13 dated data points from 7 sources, back to 2018. Tax-software prices are reported by different publishers with different package definitions, so the history page keeps each publisher’s figures in separate tables and does not subtract one from another.
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How much does Drake Tax cost?
As of October 11, 2026, the Drake Tax pricing page lists Drake Tax Pro $2,375, $2,695 or $3,145 a year (several price points by return count and single- or multi-user licence; current prices, each shown beside a higher struck-through retail price that Drake says applies from Dec. 1); Drake Tax 1040 $1,895, $2,075 or $2,325 a year (several price points by return count and single- or multi-user licence; current prices, each shown beside a higher struck-through retail price that Drake says applies from Dec. 1); Pay-Per-Return $379.99 a year; Drake Tax Online $299.99 a year. These are US list prices in US dollars, excluding tax, promotions and add-ons.
How is Drake Tax priced?
An annual licence per tax year. The price depends on the product, on how many returns the licence includes (unlimited or a capped number) and on whether it is single-user or multi-user. Pay-per-return products include a set number of returns, and extra returns are bought separately.
Has Drake Tax raised its prices?
We have not found a dated price change for Drake Tax. The figures on this page are prices reported by the sources shown, and the vendor’s own page was last checked on October 11, 2026.
Where do these prices come from?
They are read from Drake Software’s own pricing page every day, and every historical figure is linked to its source on the price history page. How we verify prices