Drake Zero - Drake Portals Setup

Article #: 17522

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

 


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Web1040 and Drake Zero logo

Important  Drake Zero and Web1040 will be sunset in 2025. Drake Tax Online is our new web-based software. See Drake Tax Online - Overview for details.

Drake Portals is able to be integrated with your Drake Zero account.

Firm Setup

To set up your Drake Zero to use Drake Portals, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your Drake Zero hub.

  2. Click Tools > Drake Portals Setup.

  3. The window refreshes. Click Link Account. Follow the prompts to log in to your Drake Portals account (if required).

    Image showing the Link account option under Tools > Drake Portals setup.

Tip  If the account needs to be unlinked at any time, click Unlink Account.

Taxpayer Setup

After you have linked your Drake Zero and Drake Portal accounts, you can configure the taxpayer access by:

  1. Launching the return.

  2. Going to Tools > Drake Portals.

  3. Selecting either Search for a portal account or Create a new portal for this taxpayer and follow the prompts.

    Image showing the search for portal account option.

    Image showing the create a new portal account option.