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December 1, 2008
Notice the name change? Thomson Creative Solutions rebranded its UltraTax product. With more than 200 modules available for 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120S, 706, 709, 990, 5500 and state and municipal equivalents of these forms, UltraTax CS provides a comprehensive tax compliance system that can integrate with Thomson Creative Solutions’ suite of tax planning, asset...…
December 1, 2008
Payroll Relief AC from AccountantsWorld is a web-based payroll service bureau offering, offered through an ASP (Application Service Provider) model. This gives you the benefits of anytime, anywhere access and the ability to outsource the IT infrastructure and system administration responsibilities as a part of the solution. The charges for the sample firm defined on...…
December 1, 2008
UltraTax is the professional tax compliance suite from Creative Solutions (CSI), which also offers professional and client accounting applications, digital document management, practice management and an extensive array of web site services. All of CSI’s products feed to and from a common database, helping to ensure data consistency and automatically transferring it between various applications...…
December 1, 2008
Although primarily known for its fixed asset management and tax planning products, BNA Software produces two preparation solutions: BNA 706 Preparer and BNA 709 Preparer. The programs support the calculations and forms for federal estate and gift tax compliance, as well as calculations for all 50 states and D.C. Single-user licenses of the software cost...…
December 1, 2008
Orrtax Software Solutions offers individual preparation through its IntelliTax for Windows and corporate, S-Corp, partnership and fiduciary filing, through the IntelliTax SuperSystem. The company also produces a character-based version of its individual preparation software. Orrtax also offers several marketing packages and other productivity bundles. The business and individual versions of the software are sold separately...…
December 1, 2008
FastFund is a relatively young product (first released in 2000), but already boasts a nice feature set that includes integrated accounting, fundraising and payroll applications. Version 2 was released in June 2003 and is scheduled for another upgrade (version 2.1) by the time this article goes to print. New features in version 2 included a...…
December 1, 2008
CPAsites.com is a web site development solution for accounting firms that provides all design, creation, development and management of web sites and provides financial calculators, newsletters and additional updated content and tools. AUTOMATED CONTENT – 4.5 Stars CPAsites.com provides web sites with content ranging from several newsletters and a federal tax summary page, to a...…
December 1, 2008
Please fasten your seat belts. Use of a helmet is strongly advised. We have discussed platform-independence, but the owner of Accountant’s Relief offers us the promise of what they call the “anytime-anywhere world.” Desktop or Internet – you decide. The landscape called telecommuting and the remote office is about to evolve big time! Accountant’s Relief...…
December 1, 2008
Search is the New OS By Gregory L. LaFollette, CPA.CITP, Executive Editor From the January 2005 Issue& In the ’90s it was all about operating systems (OS). Microsoft led us through a dizzying parade of “new and better” OS, from all the flavors of DOS into Windows 3.1, 95, 98, SE, ME, NT, 2000 and...…
December 1, 2008
Exchange is the Microsoft server add-on that handles e-mail, shared calendars, shared contacts and to-do lists.
December 1, 2008
Outsourcing for Accounting Firms By Bob Wolff From the January 2005 Issue Accounting professionals face a crisis. One that, at worst, could mean the end of the accounting profession as we know it today. It’s not because software has taken away once common write-up and tax services. It’s not because of commoditization of professional services...…
December 1, 2008
Even an experienced Olympian wouldn’t run a marathon without staying in shape through the year and then stretching out for the event. And you wouldn’t plan a road trip from New York to California without having your mechanic perform a tune-up and thoroughly inspect your car. Well, that’s essentially what you’re doing if you jump...…