Review

June 11, 2014 

CCH’s sales tax compliance applications are priced based on a range of factors, including the number of entities, the number of returns, and the features purchased. Specific pricing is available upon request.

Brian Tankersley

June 11, 2014 

Avalara is a company that specializes in creating end-to-end solutions for helping organizations of all sizes comply with transaction-based taxes like sales and use tax, value added tax (VAT), and Canada’s GST/HST in over 100 countries, including thousands of state and local special tax districts within these countries.

Brian Tankersley

June 7, 2014 

Kashoo is a web-based micro-business application which describes itself as a tool for “real simple accounting” and “small business record-keeping.”  Users can connect Kashoo to bank and credit card accounts online, and transactions are imported into the application without data entry.  Payroll giant Paychex made an investment in the company in 2013 and now remarkets...…

Brian Tankersley

June 7, 2014 

Our review of SaaS accounting solutions has focused on tools to help manage a general ledger and create financial reports, but many self-employed individuals and micro-businesses need a more basic day-to-day solution to help them bill customers, track receivables, and manage projects. While many applications can meet the needs of this segment, including the lower…

Brian Tankersley

June 6, 2014 

Xero is a micro-business SaaS accounting platform which is well established in Australia and New Zealand, and was launched in the U.S. in 2012. The company has made significant investments in personnel to compete with other small business accounting software providers in the U.S. market, and has hired a long list of industry veterans to…

Brian Tankersley

June 6, 2014 

Wave Accounting is part of Wave Apps, which is a suite of free or low-cost apps for self-employed individuals and micro-businesses to accomplish traditional accounting tasks like billing customers, recording payments, writing checks, and downloading transactions from financial institutions.

Brian Tankersley

June 6, 2014 

Intuit QuickBooks Online was one of the first online small business financial management applications when it was launched in 2000. The application has expanded to include many new features over the years, and it is now available in more than 10 languages and 100 countries.

Brian Tankersley

June 6, 2014 

Intuit’s QuickBooks is a product most accounting professionals encounter during their careers, and there are a wide range of available versions of this solution.

Brian Tankersley

June 6, 2014 

Acclivity’s AccountEdge Pro 2014 is a U.S. small business accounting software application for both Windows and MacOS which originated as the U.S. version of global small business management system MYOB. AccountEdge is now available in three versions (AccountEdge Basic, AccountEdge Pro, and AccountEdge Cloud) with three localizations (U.S., Canada, and a generic international version). Acclivity…

Brian Tankersley

June 6, 2014 

Sage 50 Premium Accounting (U.S. Edition) is one of the most well developed accounting products included in this review. The application is more debit and credit oriented than some competitors, but retains forms for simple, quick data entry. Templated charts of accounts are available for more than 50 different industries, users can create their own…

Brian Tankersley

June 2, 2014 

Drake Software is a tax software solution designed for quick data entry and return processing. A unique aspect to Drake Software is the all-inclusive pricing model. This allows tax practitioners to process unlimited federal, state and electronic filing at a known, fixed rate with no additional function modules to purchase. Drake’s software system includes built-in…

Steven M. Phelan

May 12, 2014 

BASIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS – 5 Stars FUND E-Z is easily installed in just a few minutes, and potential users are able to download a 30-day demo from the website for a trial run.  A recent redesign offers users an easily navigatable ribbon-style menu similar to the ribbons found in the Microsoft Office products.  Fully customizable,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock