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May 4, 2005 

Mary Girsch-Bock The American Contractor from Maxwell Systems is a construction/contractor software product that contains a series of system modules designed specifically for construction companies and contractors. Pricing for our prototypical company is $14,373.70. This price also includes onsite training and the first year of software support. Modules – 4.5 Stars General Ledger, Accounts Payable,...…

May 4, 2005 

QuickBooks Premier Edition for Contractors is a financial program designed specifically for contractors. Cost for our prototypical company would be $499.95 for a single user with no support, $1,499.95 for five users with no support, or $3,500 for the Enterprise level, which includes a 10-user license and full support. Modules – 4.5 Stars Rather than...…

May 4, 2005 

The ProSystem fx Tax system from CCH Tax and Accounting has federal, state, city and county tax modules for individuals, business and other entity compliance. CCH also offers several ancillary add-on products for tax practices such as its ProSystem fx Practice practice management suite, Tax Notebook online organizers, ClientRelate research tools, and ProSystem fx Site...…

May 4, 2005 

The PPC Federal Tax Compliance Service (FTCS) is a collection of CD-ROM-based library research modules that includes nine PPC publications, Practice Aid Manager, Tax Cases and Rulings, IRS Letters Rulings, Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, IRS Publications, e-Form Federal and State Tax Forms, and a Current Developments CD. Through these research tools, PPC provides primary...…

May 4, 2005 

Tax Analysts offers several online tax research products that comprise its Tax Analysts Web Services, including the federal modules, Tax Notes Today, Tax Notes, Basic Federal Research Library and Complete Federal Research Library. The company also offers CD-based tools that include the Internal Revenue Manual Disc and OneDisc Research Library. The various modules of the...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 4, 2005 

800-945-8007 www.accpac.com Targeting mid-market enterprises with five to 100 users, ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2 supports all industries, with emphasis primarily in distribution and manufacturing. Multi-currency transactions are supported. Pro Series is written in Visual FoxPro, and source code is available. Financial and statistical accounts in the General Ledger (GL) may be up to 24 characters...…

May 4, 2005 

CCH’s MAS 90 from Best Software targets small to medium-sized companies with $2 to $25 million in revenue. It supports up to 10 users at one time. Companies that need more users or have greater processing demand can upgrade to MAS 200, a thin-client, client/server solution. The General Ledger (GL) supports financial and statistical accounts...…

May 4, 2005 

ProTargeting small to medium-sized companies, Bravo V35 from BravoSoft, LLC offers 12 modules that deliver good capabilities, a relatively low learning curve, and much future potential. Bravo can run remotely over the Internet or wide area network without Citrix or Windows Terminal Services. Using the included source code, you can extend Bravo. Pricing is not...…

May 4, 2005 

888-595-3818 www.elliott.com Targeting companies with $5 to $100 million in revenues, Elliott 7.2 from NETcellent Systems Inc. fits many industries. Its core strengths are distribution and light manufacturing. Built from licensed Macola Software, NETcellent expanded its capabilities significantly, building a hybrid GUI/text solution that is keyboard-fast and feature-rich. Elliott utilizes the Pervasive database. The General...…

May 4, 2005 

800-547-4179 www.southware.com Offering 30+ modules to companies with annual sales of $2 to $100 million, SouthWare Excellence Series (Excellence), Revision 9 from SouthWare Innovations, Inc. targets wholesale/distribution, retail, rental and services industries. Excellence supports over 600 hardware/operating system combinations, including Windows, Linux and Unix. Users can choose various databases, including Visual ISAM, C-ISAM, Microsoft SQL...…

May 4, 2005 

Real-Time Accounting (RTA) from UBCC delivers a solid multi-company solution. This GUI or text application runs in over 700 environments, from DOS, Unix and Linux to all flavors of Windows. It employs C-ISAM files with dynamic and lightning fast access. RTA also supports up to 10,000 simultaneous users. The General Ledger (GL) offers financial and...…

May 4, 2005 

EngaTargeting small to medium-sized companies across multiple industries, Certiflex Dimension (Certiflex) 8.0 from The Versatile Group (800-237-8435; www.certiflex dimension.com) delivers a core set of accounting modules plus vertical market applications. Certiflex supports up to 50 simultaneous users and requires a dedi-cated file server. The General Ledger (GL) offers up to 12 characters with up to...…