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September 5, 2014 

Accountants love numbers, but they also love to slash the numbers in a budget as much as they enjoy adding them. Unfortunately, two of the areas usually cut are marketing and public relations because they are often perceived as overhead expenses in which the return on investment (ROI) is hard to prove.

September 5, 2014 

3680 www.accountantsworld.com Website Relief by AccountantsWorld is a website building solution that integrates into the AccountantsWorld Power Practice suite of web-based applications. The service has been online since 2002 and currently boasts about 2,400 websites for accountants and tax preparers. Typical sites have about 20 pages, and can consist of a maximum of 40 pages,...…

September 5, 2014 

CS.ThomsonReuters.com Thomson Reuters offers a suite of software products and services for tax and accounting professionals, including the Web Builder CS website building service. Thomson Reuters has offered website building services designed specifically for tax and accounting professionals for over 10 years. With more than 2,500 firms currently using Web Builder CS, Thomson Reuters has...…

September 5, 2014 

6281 361-884-1500 www.1099Express.com Designed as an annual reporting system, 1099 Express provides support for producing and filing all 1099 variations, plus forms 1098, 1096, 5498, W-2G, and the new IRS forms 1099-K, 3921 and 3922 including recipient copies and electronic filing capabilities for state and federal entities. The vendor also offers a service bureau option...…

September 5, 2014 

5615 866-999-1366 www.AccountantsWorld.com AccountantsWorld offers a suite of web-based and installed accounting and client service programs for professional accountants, including two payroll and income reporting-related systems. The company’s Payroll Relief is a web-based live multi-client payroll processing and compliance system, and was reviewed in our September issue (available online at www.CPATechAdvisor.com/go/2963). The company’s other system,...…

September 5, 2014 

1712 Tenenz 800-888-5803 www.tenenz.com Tenenz has long been known as a supplier of tax forms, folders, newsletters, organizers and other paper-based supplies for tax and accounting professionals. However, the company also offers software for year-end information reporting and tax estimating. The company’s two W-2/1099 products are Laser Link (for preparation of forms W-2 and 1099...…

September 5, 2014 

1747 WageFiling.com 361-884-1500 www.wagefiling.com The completely web-based WageFiling.com system offers simple filing for small businesses with lower volumes of W-2s and 1099s, allowing users to easily log in and enter data, electronically file to federal and states, and then generate recipient copies. WageFiling.com can be used directly by small business entities or by professionals managing...…

September 5, 2014 

5559 800-292-2962 www.cyma.com The CYMA payroll solution is an on-premise installed, full-featured payroll solution. It is not intended to manage general HR functions. For this year’s payroll review, CYMA fits our “Full-Service” payroll model, and can also fit within our “Direct Client/Business Use” group. As a full-service solution, it allows professionals to manage all of...…

September 5, 2014 

5430 800-732-9464 www.redwingsoftware.com CenterPoint Payroll is a client/server installed payroll system. The CenterPoint program is a full payroll solution that performs necessary live payroll functions such as direct deposit and tax form preparation and is not intended to manage general HR functions. For this payroll review, CenterPoint fits our “Full Service” model of payroll systems,...…

September 5, 2014 

800-968-8900 cs.thomsonreuters.com In addition to the CS Suite of professional accounting, payroll, tax and practice management applications, Thomson Reuters offers myPay Solutions, a service bureau-style outsourced payroll option for accounting firms who wish to play a role in their client payroll activities without managing the actual processes. For the purposes of this review, myPay Solutions...…

September 5, 2014 

800-968-8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com Thomson Reuters Accounting CS Payroll if a full-featured payroll processing solution that can be installed on a local network or be hosted by Thomson Reuters (web-based). This system is built for firms that provide payroll processing services to their clients and is not intended to be used by in-house HR departments. For the...…

September 5, 2014 

5754 877-868-8012 www.SurePayroll.com SurePayroll is a full-featured web-based payroll solution focused on providing payroll services to multi-employers and single employers. Either a practitioner or a single employer may purchase this web-based service. For the purposes of this review, SurePayroll fits our “Referral/Outsourced” payroll model if used directly by a client, or the “Partially Assisted” model...…