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Reviews For Your Firm W-2/1099 PREPARATION SOFTWARE WageFiling 2013 2013 OVERALL RATING 4 BEST FIT POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS: Firms with a low volume of returns • Limited import options and wish to work completely online • Built-in billing and invoicing features not available STRENGTHS: WageFiling is a completely • Completely web-based solution web-based solution for fling W-2 • Complete print and mail services and 1099 forms, ofering pay-peravailable form fling. Users can sign up for Intuit EasyAcct Laser Link – W2/1099 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.25 BEST FIT POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS Firms that manage multiple write- • Limited import, ex port and up processes for their clients integration capabilities Intuit EasyACCT is a compreSTRENGTHS hensive write-up solution for • Easy interface and data entry accountants. It allows users to • Seamless integration with Lac- manage the processes for write-up, erte and ProSeries accounts receivable and payable, payroll, bank reconciliation, asset depreciation and financial IDMS, Inc. – Account Ability Tax Form Preparation 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.75 • Comprehensive reports BEST FIT Firms managing year-end compli- • Built-in document management feature ance and ATF payroll for multiple mid- to large-sized businesses POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Built-in billing and invoicing STRENGTHS features not available • Complete print and mail services available FormMagic, Inc. – Tax-Mate 1099 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.5 • Multi-client management tools BEST FIT Accounting firms working with • Built-in diagnostic tools large clients that need various POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS import and integration options • No built-in invoicing option STRENGTHS • Multiple options for importing SUMMARY & PRICING Tax-Mate provides complete manand entering data Tenenz – Laser Link – W2/1099 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.25 28 • Easy interface and data entry BEST FIT Practices managing year-end com- • Unlimited free e-fling pliance and reporting for multiple POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS small business clients • Functional, but somewhat limited import, export and integraSTRENGTHS tion capabilities • Functional, but somewhat limited import, export and integra- • No built-in invoicing feature • Not compatible with Windows 8 tion capabilities November 2013 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189937 free on the company's website and for 1099-Misc or W-2 forms are only pay for the number of forms $3.49 per form. Previous years they need. forms are available for $3.99 per form and corrections for $4.49 per SUMMARY & PRICING form. WageFiling doesn't charge for cuswww.WageFiling.com tomers to use their solution, however, there is a price for fling. Prices Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189888 reporting. It supports SUTA, 940, 941, W-2 and 1099 forms, automatically e-filing with the IRS. Users can also manage live and afer-the-fact payroll. accounting professionals to share information and data with their clients. Users who do not want the complete EasyACCT solution can purchase EasyACCT Write-Up Information Return System for SUMMARY & PRICING $299 which handles just the e-fling Te Professional version is available of W-2 and 1099 forms. for $1349. A client version is http://accountants.intuit.com available for $399, which allows Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189948 SUMMARY & PRICING Account Ability electronic year-end filing for multiple businesses, as well as comprehensive printing and mailing services. Licensing for Account Ability starts at $219.95, and each concurrent user license costs $35. www.IDMSinc.com Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11190022 agement, filing and printing services that include managing multiple clients and fling and printing federal and state forms. Tere are several batch printing options, giving users fexibility and greater control. The comprehensive Advisor version costs $310 per year for unlimited in-frm users. Prices for the other versions are: Print, $99; Print+, $155; and Transmital, $205. www.FormMagic.com Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189983 SUMMARY & PRICING Pricing for the Laser Link costs $59.99 and TFP, which prints only to pre-printed forms, costs $39.99. Pricing for the web-based electronic fling solution, www.eagleviewfling. com, is priced from $1.25 to $3.95 per form that is efled to the government and mailed to recipients. www.Tenenz.com