Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
September 5, 2014
Intuit — QuickBooks Premier Contractor 2011
877-683-3280 http://quickbooks.intuit.com The Choose an Edition option utilized by QuickBooks has gained popularity in recent years. Choosing an edition when installing QuickBooks provides users with the required chart of accounts necessary to properly run their business type. QuickBooks also continues to add new features to each annual release, keeping QuickBooks fresh. While not suitable for...…
September 5, 2014
CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business — ProSystem fx Scan
800-739-9998 CCHGroup.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit Firms who want to control all aspects of the tax document automation process Organizations who use other ProSystem fx applications in their individual tax preparation process Firms who process more than 300 individual tax returns using ProSystem fx Tax Strengths One of two products in this review...…
September 5, 2014
CCH Small Firm Services Scan&Fill
888-455-0183 – www.atxinc.com 888-455-0182 – www.taxwise.com 2011 Overall Rating 3.5 Best Fit TaxWise and ATX customers who would like to implement automated tax document filing. Tax & accounting firms, especially those with high-volume, that need a solution housed entirely on premises. Automated sorting & filing of documents in the document management system is impressive....…
September 5, 2014
Thomson Reuters — Source Document Processing
800-968-8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit Firms who use the related Thomson Reuters applications (FileCabinet CS and UltraTax CS). Note: FileCabinet CS is required for labeling and organizing. UltraTax CS is required if firms want to take advantage of the data extraction feature. UltraTax CS users who have clients with significant securities trades...…
September 5, 2014
Sage Software — Sage Timberline Office
800-628-6583 www.sagecre.com 2011 Overall Rating 5 Best Fit Sage Timberline Office is designed to meet the needs of mid-sized to large contractors and construction-related businesses. Strengths Extensive list of add-on modules Integrates with the Sage CRM product Provides 250 user-defined data fields for more comprehensive data tracking Comprehensive selection of estimating modules...…
September 5, 2014
Intuit, Inc. — Tax Import for Lacerte & ProSeries
800-200-7599 http://lacerte.intuit.com/products/tax-import/ http://proseries.intuit.com/products/tax-import/ 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit Lacerte Tax and ProSeries Tax Professional users who would like to reduce time spent entering data into the tax application. Strengths Innovative 1099DropOff.com website is easy to remember, and facilitates direct download of tax information from financial institutions. Client application integration into the tax software...…
September 5, 2014
RedGear Technologies — ArkWorks
800-230 -2322 www.arkworkspro.com 2011 Overall Rating 5 Best Firm Fit Due to the scope of features and functions, ArkWorks can be deployed in both small and medium size firms to serve as an enterprise document management system. If you use the TaxWorks tax preparation software, ArkWorks is a natural first choice. Strengths Intuitive...…
September 5, 2014
SurePrep — 1040SCAN PRO, 1040SCAN Organize
800-805-8582 www.sureprep.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Fit Firms where more than one person is involved in the return preparation process. Organizations willing to use SurePrep’s proprietary SPBinder documentation tool. Practitioners who are comfortable using paraprofessionals to handle the majority of the data input associated with a client. Strengths Guides and certification process designed...…
September 5, 2014
Industry Specific Software — Construction Manager
800-735-6176 www.iss-software.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Fit Well-suited for small to mid-sized construction companies, Construction Manager contains solid financial capability along with an excellent array of job management features. Strengths Cost Management module maintains job leads, tracks all types of client contact & maintains detailed history on all clients Historical estimating option...…
September 5, 2014
Copanion Inc. — GruntWorx Populate
800-291-2136 www.copanion.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit While the GruntWorx Gather, GruntWorx Organize, and GruntWorx Trades services create files that are compatible with almost any tax application or document management tool, the GruntWorx Populate tool integrates fully with GoSystem Tax RS, ProSystem fx Tax or UltraTax CS. Strengths Firms can process as few...…
September 5, 2014
Office Tools Professional — Practice Management 2011
661-951-9200 www.officetoolspro.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Firm Fit Practice Management 2011 is best suited for firms with five to 10 users. Office Tools Professional also serves more than 100 offices with 15 to 60 users. Strengths Integrated suite of office productivity tools (document storage, contact management, time & billing, project management, scheduling) Reporting...…
September 5, 2014
CYMA Job Cost Accounting
800-292-2962 www.cyma.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit Well-suited for mid-sized general construction companies who require solid job cost functionality and tracking without specialized contractor features like equipment management or dispatch. Strengths Scalable, modular design Customizable eDesk interface for central navigation Strong job cost functionality System automated billings Allows any document to be...…