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May 5, 2005 

Nelco’s Great Tax (www.taxforms.com) professional preparation software for individual and business compliance is offering several new features, a few new tools and more templates. New features and tools include a new refund calculator, a new e-file center and a Tax Planner add-on module for comparing “what-if” scenarios. Other additions to Great Tax for this year...…

May 5, 2005 

Tax preparation and real estate software developer HowardSoft (www.howardsoft.com) continues to increase its forms support, more than doubling last year’s number, and adding new ones as requested by customers. “Because we’ve doubled the amount of forms, our users will have the ability to prepare the most complex forms and e-file them, rarely having to prepare...…

May 5, 2005 

Intuit ProSeries (www.proseries.com) includes compliance modules for all tax reporting. In its newest release, ProSeries has added fiduciary reporting for AZ, CO, CT, GA, MI, MO, OK and VA, and streamlined downloading and installation of programs. The company has also improved efficiency of several key areas: New Speed Entry feature that remembers data that’s been...…

May 5, 2005 

Lacerte (www.lacertesoftware.com), an Intuit company, has introduced a new 1040 Tax Analyzer that assists in reviewing returns by comparing Schedule A and C against norms, offering reports and tax tips and providing a query tool to quickly find clients affected by new tax law changes. Additionally, a new Document Management System allows preparers to store...…

May 5, 2005 

Orrtax (www.intellitax.com) develops IntelliTax for Windows and IntelliTax Classic, the latter being a DOS-based program. For this tax season, the company has developed a stand-alone fiduciary reporting program and has added several new features to its Windows-based software, including the following: Central Reporting, which provides remote location data on e-filing and bank products directly from...…

May 5, 2005 

RCS TaxSlayerPro (www.taxslayerpro.com) provides a bundled, all-in-one tax preparation suite for professionals that includes individual and business compliance programs, including 1120, 1120s, 1041 and 1065, with all states. Nick Srott, director of sales for the company, noted that several enhancements are made to the program every year in an effort to keep up with customers’...…

May 5, 2005 

One of the newest products on the market, TaxAct from Second Story Software (www.taxact.com), is also providing significant updates to its capabilities and features this year, including support for filing to all states by January 31, 2004. “Our customers can prepare their clients’ federal and state returns sooner than ever before,” said Cammie Greif, VP...…

May 5, 2005 

TaxWise from Universal Tax Systems (www.taxwise.com) is a suite of individual and business compliance and e-filing software, as well as additional business tools that are available individually, bundled or as a pay-per-return system. Joe Angebrandt, VP of Professional Products for UTS, announced several new features for 2003, including a new Appointment Scheduler function that “will...…

May 5, 2005 

TaxWorks (www.taxworks.com) produces tax compliance software for 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120s and other entities, as well as fixed asset management and office management programs. Among new initiatives and software features for 2004, TaxWorks has set up a new customer relationship management division to “enhance the user experience,” said VP of sales and marketing, Lyle...…

May 5, 2005 

ACCPAC Advantage Series is an integrated modular suite of applications designed for the growing company that needs a complete accounting and operations solution. A well-designed user interface and tiered back-end database processing structure make this a very stable yet flexible suite. MODULES AVAILABLE/SCALABILITY – 5 Stars The Advantage Series of financial modules is available in...…

May 5, 2005 

ACCPAC offers its accounting applications in a highly scalable, highly modularized format, so the business can start small with just the modules it needs, then advance to a higher-end platform and add modules as its needs dictate. This provides a very flexible approach that is cost-efficient and easy to implement. MODULES AVAILABLE/SCALABILITY – 5 Stars...…

May 5, 2005 

Visual Bookkeeper Preferred Edition is A-Systems’ new product targeted at the mid-range business wanting a practical, bundled product that is easy to learn and use. After many years of offering its JobView product to the construction industry, the company is offering the core accounting functionality and features in a generalized suite, competing with the likes...…