1.   Both companies have Web sites that offer tax preparation tips, tax advice and technical support for their products.

2.   Additional help with Personal Tax Edge, as well as tax tips and tax-saving strategies, is available from the company Web site at www.parsonstech.com.

3.   Each firm gets the same book of tax tips but a different cover.

4.   For tax tips, forms and general information, the obvious starting point is the IRS home page.

5.   Now in its fifth edition, this book has become a national bestseller of tax tips.

6.   The site also includes market news, legislation updates, tax tips and more.

7.   There are help lines for those who want to be comforted by a human voice, lists of frequently asked questions, tax tips and links to other sites.

8.   We provide several year-end tax tips.