The history of Paychex’s success is an awesome case study of achieving entrepreneurial success in America. The company was founded in 1971 by B. Thomas Golisano with just one employee and $3,000. Over the next 33 years, the company grew to become one of the premier payroll and HR service providers in the country with […]
Founded in 1983, PenSoft is a privately held company based in Newport News, Virginia. The company has grown an average of 30% per year since 1990. They have approached the market by offering their payroll package in separate industry-focused versions for distribution, restaurants/hotels, distributors/ manufacturers, accounting and healthcare. The PenSoft system is designed for use […]
SurePayroll provides a Custom Payroll Service designed to handle companies with 100 or fewer employees for accountants wishing to offer service bureau style payroll to clients. SurePayroll is a privately held company located in Skokie, Illinois. Their customer base has grown to over 10,000 businesses, with payroll payments totaling in excess of $2.5 billion in […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A relatively new addition to the budgeting and forecasting software market is three-year-old Plan Guru from New Horizon Technologies (www.nhorizontech.com). This very inexpensive product ($99) is available in versions for professionals, forecasters and consultants, offering slightly different feature sets for each depending on their traditional needs. Available features include projections, forecasts and budgeting, cash flow […]
Palo Alto Software (www.paloaltosoftware.com) produces several planning modules for financial management and business planning, including Business Plan Pro and Cash Compass, both of which are available in CPA versions. Business Plan Pro offers more than 400 sample business plans, thousands of industry profiles and Excel-style financial tables. It also offers financial spreadsheets that include sales […]