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Reviews For Your Firm W-2/1099 PREPARATION SOFTWARE Spokane Computer Inc – MAG-FILER 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.5 • Ofers service bureau option for BEST FIT entire reporting process Accounting frms managing yearend compliance for multiple clients • Per for ms T I N Ver i f icat ion before submiting STRENGTHS • Supports multiple import and POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS: • No built-in invoicing feature export formats AccountantsWorld After-the-Fact Payroll 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.75 • I nt e g r a t ion w it h A c c ou n BEST FIT tantsWorld suite Accounting firms that need to manage year-end compliance and afer-the-fact payroll for multiple POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Doesn't have built-in invoicing clients. capabilities AccountantsWorld provides STRENGTHS web-based solutions for accounting, • Web-based remote access • Multi-client views and dash- bookkeeping, live and afer-the-fact payroll, document management, boards Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189896 verifcation and batch printing on SUMMARY & PRICING With MAG-FILER, professionals blank paper or pre-printed forms. can manage the entire year-end www.SpokaneComputer.com reporting process for multiple clients. Te sofware supports federal and state e-filing for 1099s and W-2s. Other features include data Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11190009 website building, practice management and fnancial planning utilities. AccountantsWorld's payroll software includes W-2 and 1099 preparation and year-end compliance features. Tis review looks at their Afer-the-Fact Payroll ofering. afer-the-fact payroll solution that also allows users to e-fle. Pricing for the solution starts at $395 per year, for unlimited use within an accounting frm up to 75 clients and $4 for each additional client. www.AccountantsWorld.com SUMMARY & PRICING Afer-the-Fact Payroll is a complete American Riviera Software Corp. – Magtax Professional W-2/1099 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.5 • Prior year form printing and BEST FIT Firms managing year-end wage and e-fling in Professional Edition information reporting and fling for POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS multiple business clients. • Does not offer after-the-fact payroll STRENGTHS • No built-in invoicing function• Unlimited forms ality • QuickBooks integration • Support for various fle formats • Portals not available Avalara – AvaTax 1099 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.75 • Comprehensive mailing and BEST FIT fling service Accounting practices preparing and managing year-end compliance for POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS multiple clients. • Te system is designed for 1099 generation only, not W-2s STRENGTHS • Built-in error checking and TIN • No built-in client billing utility Validation EG Systems, Inc. – The W-2/1099 Filer 2013 OVERALL RATING 4.75 Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189853 SUMMARY & PRICING Magtax ofers two-way integration with QuickBooks and the ability to import and export data in various formats. Tere are no additional fees for e-fling and the sofware supports printing on both plain paper and pre-printed forms. The Magtax Professional Edition costs $299 for a five-user license, with upgrades costing $159. Te Standard Edition is $199 for a single-user license and upgrades cost $109. www.AmeriSoftcorp.com Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189861 needs of a business, with packages SUMMARY & PRICING AvaTax 1099 is Avalara's web-based starting at $500. 1099 preparation solution. The www.Avalara.com solution is completely web-based, eliminating the need for manual installation and upgrades. A completely web-based solution, pricing for AvaTax 1099 is scalable to the Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/11189864 • Batch fling and printing options BEST FIT Accounting practices managing • Supports multiple data formats year-end reporting for multiple • R e m o t e a nd l o c a l b a c k u p options available clients. can be added for $40 and support SUMMARY & PRICING Te W-2/1099 Filer system ofers for forms 940, 941 and 943 can be extensive reporting capabilities for added for $10. federal and state e-filing. Several www.W21099.com options are available for report POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS STRENGTHS generation and printing as well. • State, federal and local form sup- • Afer-the-fact payroll is ofered Pricing for the basic package starts as a separate solution port at $109, while laser engine printing November 2013 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com 29