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PAYROLL Reviews For Your Firm Advanced Micro Solutions, Inc. — 1099-Etc, A-T-F Payroll 2011 OVERALL RATING BEST FIT Accounting professionals and small businesses who need a value-priced program for after-the-fact payroll & employment tax compliance, as well as firms who prefer locally installed applications to web-based tools. STRENGTHS • Good tool for year-end reporting & interim aſt er-the-fact payroll & tax compliance. • Electronic wage detail fi ling is sup- ported for more than 25 states. • Base price of $75/year & a full package at $405/yr including all Sage HRMS 2011 OVERALL RATING BEST FIT Companies who want a solid on- premises or third-party hosted payroll system with full HR management capabilities. STRENGTHS • Strong payroll capabilities, including support for U.S. & Canadian payroll. • Employee portal module (Sage Employee Self Service). • HR management a leader in the industry; includes support for e-mail alerts & confi rmations for changes to employee benefi t elections. • Integration supported with most Sage applications; data can be exchanged with other applications by exporting to Excel, Access or XML format. • Sage Employee Self Service appear- ance can be modifi ed to be consistent with company or fi rm branding. POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Web-based version not available; however, a hosted version is available through nGenX and Applianz. SUMMARY & PRICING Sage HRMS off ers a strong soſt ware solution that provides a number of options to manage payroll and HR functions in-house. Users of Sage HRMS are directly involved with new feature development, which helps ensure the products are up-to-date and off er new features that users really want/need. Pricing for Sage HRMS is dependent upon the number of active employees stored in the database and starts under $2,250. T is price level includes all the HR functionality and U.S. or Canadian payroll processing for up to 75 employees. Discount pricing is available to users enrolled in the Sage Accountants Network. ✔ On-Premises ■ SaaS ■ PRODUCT DELIVERY METHODS: ■ ✔ Hosted by Vendor modules (ATF payroll, tax tables, program updates & fi leable payroll tax forms) is a great value. • Imports from QuickBooks & Sage Peachtree and other systems using CSV & Excel fi les. POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS • Importing of timesheet data not supported. SUMMARY & PRICING 1099-Etc is a good fi t for businesses with small payroll loads or that only need to process year-end forms. T e program is intuitive to use and requires very lit le upfront training. Pricing is done per module with the complete system available for around $405. Pricing starts at $75 for the base package, which includes all W-2 and 1099 reporting. Additional modules include printing on blank paper via laser printer, aſt er-the-fact payroll, electronic fi ling and all payroll forms capabilities, each priced per module, starting at $75. All pricing is annual and not monthly, quarterly or per use. PRODUCT DELIVERY METHODS: ■ ✔ On-Premises ■ SaaS ■ Hosted by Vendor {FULL-SERVICE PROFESSIONAL} BASIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS REPORTING & MONITORING INTEGRATION/IMPORT/EXPORT HELP/SUPPORT N/A CLIENT SELF-SERVICE Read the full review of this product exclusively online at www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/10318295 800-536-1099 www.1099-Etc.com {DIRECT CLIENT/BUSINESS USE} BASIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS REPORTING & MONITORING INTEGRATION/IMPORT/EXPORT HELP/SUPPORT CLIENT SELF-SERVICE Read the full review of this product exclusively online at www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/10318223 800-424-9392 www.sageabra.com PenSoft Payroll Solutions—PenSoft Payroll Accounting Edition 2011 OVERALL RATING BEST FIT Accounting professionals who provide payroll processing for multiple clients and prefer an on-premises application. STRENGTHS • Drag-and-drop report modifi cation allows custom reporting, which can be saved for future use. • Unlimited number of users can access each company fi le simultaneously. • Export fi les available for QuickBooks & Sage Peachtree, or data can be imported/exported using Excel. • Supports complex requirements such as job costing, multiple shiſt diff eren- tials, Certifi ed Payroll & consolidated reporting. • No additional charge for processing multiple payroll in multiple states. POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Does not include due date tracking. • Employee portals & state electronic payments not supported. SUMMARY & PRICING PenSoſt Payroll Accounting Edition is an easy-to-use and -navigate payroll solution. With no additional charges to process multiple states or to have access to unlimited support, PenSoſt Payroll Accounting Edition may prove to be a 34 September 2011 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com cost-eff ective for accounting professionals. PenSoſt prices each edition as a calendar year subscription and is based on the number of employees in the largest company currently processed through the system. Initial pricing for PenSoſt Payroll Accounting Edition starts at $1,629 for processing unlimited clients each with less than 50 employees. Annual renewal pricing is slightly discounted for future years. PRODUCT DELIVERY METHODS: ■ ✔ On-Premises ■ SaaS ■ Hosted by Vendor {FULL-SERVICE PROFESSIONAL} BASIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS REPORTING & MONITORING INTEGRATION/IMPORT/EXPORT HELP/SUPPORT N/A CLIENT SELF-SERVICE FEATURES Read the full review of this product exclusively online at www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/10318177 888-736-7638 www.pensoft.com