Vendor pricing · Tax preparation
Lacerte pricing in 2026: what each plan costs
US list prices for each plan, read from Intuit’s own pricing page on October 11, 2026, with what each plan covers and how the price has moved.
Lacerte plans and prices
| Plan | List price | Priced | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-per-return (Fast Path) | $813 a year | Per year (tax-year licence) | Annual licence for a single user; each return is charged per return on top |
| Create a custom plan | Custom quote | — | Bundles of individual or business returns, or unlimited returns; priced by consultation |
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 Lacerte pricing works
Lacerte is Intuit’s professional tax-preparation software for accounting firms, licensed annually.
An annual licence. Only one price is public: the pay-per-return licence, with each return charged on top of the annual fee. Bundles and unlimited plans are quote-only (“Create a custom plan”). Hosting is a separate add-on.
What to check before you quote a Lacerte price
A struck-through price sits beside a lower price
The pay-per-return price is shown as $813 struck through beside $599, and the page does not say which is the list price. StackWatch’s table shows the struck-through $813; treat $599 as a figure to check, and ask what the licence costs when you buy and at renewal.
Banner discounts are seasonal
Banners such as free extension returns or a percentage off bundles change seasonally. Treat them as temporary and not as list prices.
The three-year offer is a contract term, not a price
The page’s disclosures describe a three-year pricing offer that caps renewal increases under an auto-renewing contract. No percentage is stated, so ask for the terms in writing.
Only one price is public
The main offering (bundles and unlimited plans) sits behind a custom-plan card with no figure. Do not assume the pay-per-return price is what a typical firm pays.
What these prices do not include
To keep like-for-like comparisons, this page leaves out:
- Hosting and its discounts
- Per-return fees charged on top of the licence
- Deferred-payment and Pay-by-Refund terms
- The three-year pricing offer
Lacerte price history in brief
The Lacerte price history collects 13 dated data points from 9 sources, back to 2016. 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.
Next steps
- Price-increase cost calculator: see what an increase costs for a firm of your size.
- Professional tax software pricing compared (2026)
- Guides: reading pricing pages, annual vs monthly billing and more
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How much does Lacerte cost?
As of October 11, 2026, the Lacerte pricing page lists Pay-per-return (Fast Path) $813 a year; Create a custom plan is quote only. These are US list prices in US dollars, excluding tax, promotions and add-ons.
How is Lacerte priced?
An annual licence. Only one price is public: the pay-per-return licence, with each return charged on top of the annual fee. Bundles and unlimited plans are quote-only (“Create a custom plan”). Hosting is a separate add-on.
Has Lacerte raised its prices?
We have not found a dated price change for Lacerte. 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 Intuit’s own pricing page every day, and every historical figure is linked to its source on the price history page. How we verify prices