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CCH holds about 45% of mid/large US practice-management share (CPAFMA 2026). ficary does not replace tax. We meet the practice layer first.
Nominative comparison, not a partnership. Firm sales open when this suite is in the product. Tax prep stays last. ficary has not earned SOC 2, ISO 27001, or a HIPAA attestation.
| Axis | CCH Axcess | ficary |
|---|---|---|
| Share | CPAFMA 2026: ~45% PM (28% Pfx Practice, 17% Axcess Practice) | New. We do not invent a share number |
| Tax / research | The fortress — Axcess Tax, Intelligence / Expert AI | Tax prep last (E7). §7216 first |
| Practice | Axcess Practice / Workstream | Firm CRM + work live; mail/portal partial |
| Price | No public per-seat list we will invent | Owner Free/Pro. Firm SKU when clickable |
| AI isolation | Marketed as inside-the-platform, SOC 2 | Protected SKU building. No cert claimed |
Choose CCH when tax prep and research are the buy. We will not demo against Expert AI on 1040s.
Tax, audit, and research gravity. If Axcess Practice and the tax modules already run the firm, that stack is the book of record for returns.
Choose ficary when workflow has already left Pfx/Axcess Practice and you still need books that close.
A ledger and leftover inbox they do not sell. Isolation as a dedicated database — not another module inside Wolters Kluwer.
Map a native CCH practice export. Clients first, then work, then time. Email is reconnected. Do not re-key a ficary workbook.
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Isolation and private inference: Protected SKU. No earned SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA badge. No client stories and no unpublished seat prices.
For practice workflow after a Pfx → Axcess move, that is the door. For tax prep, no.
CCH Axcess is the Wolters Kluwer practice and tax suite this page compares. We do not invent a second Wolters SKU.
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