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AuditMaster

AuditMaster Will provide you with many benefits in your companies efforts to produce audit trails. This product will provide you with extensive security measures to protect your data. Additionally, access to data is restricted and all changes are recorded providing accountability. AuditMaster will log every database event to provide you with a detailed audit trail. Logging of information such as:User ID, Network Station ID, time and date of editing, application, database edited, and table type
Client OS
Windows
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Assure

Fastpath Assure is the number one selling segregation of duties compliance tool for Dynamics. Developed in conjunction with Certified Internal Auditors, Fastpath Assure is delivered with built-in audit intelligence that allows the user to get real information, quickly.
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INTERAC Public Accounting System by Intersoft Systems

The INTERAC Client Accounting suite is much more than just an accounting system. It is a tightly integrated, flexible, user friendly suite of accounting and management applications which will enable your team to become even more productive and responsive to your clients. The INTERAC core accounting applications are easily tailored to accommodate the needs of a variety of businesses. Multi-company / Multi-division configuration; Consolidated and comparative financial reporting; Payroll supports
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Windows
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ProSeries Professional

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ProSeries software is created by tax professionals: over 190 tax experts, including Certified Public Accountants and Enrolled Agents, spent more than 240,000 hours last year developing and testing ProSeries products for accuracy and speed, ensuring you get the quality of software you need to properly run your accounting business. Pro Series is tailored for small to medium tax practices, to help them provide high quality tax return services. Available in both Professional and Basic editions, you
Client OS
Windows
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Audit Management System

Effective risk management and compliance with government regulations are driving the need for ongoing auditing. For companies that are regulated by the FDA or are following quality standards such as ISO 9000/14000, regular audits are essential to reduce the risk of non-compliance. However, audit management is becoming increasingly challenging, given the growing complexity of businesses and the number and types of audits that need to be conducted. Companies are fast realizing that point solutions
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XPert Write-Up

Xpert Write-up sets the standard for write-up software in today’s market. Easy-to-use, fast, and efficient data and journal entry screens provide you with a powerful write-up solution. Xpert can accommodate virtually any type of client and satisfy your needs regardless of the size of your practice. Xpert Write-Up’s After The Fact Payroll provides payroll history and generates W2, 1099, 940 and 941 forms as well as various state unemployment forms. Run stand alone or integrated with XPert
Client OS
Windows
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MoneyMinder

MoneyMinder is designed to help you or your treasurer get more work done in less time, thereby optimizing your organizations efficiency. This product will help you manage your organization with ease, by allowing you to enter transactions, reconcile accounts and generate reports in a fast and accurate manner. All reports are very intuitive and easy to understand, making sure your volunteers don’t get encumbered or discouraged with technical jargon. The Internet based nature of this product will
Client OS
Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Client Writeup for the CPA

Client Writeup for the CPA designed for the CPA or bookkeeping service to enter and print financial statements for their monthly clients. A demo is available on the web site. It is fully functional except for a few options.
Client OS
Windows
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The Accountant's Partner

The Accountant’s Partner has been specifically designed with the accounting and tax professional in mind. The software provides for a centralized location for the daily administration of the services your firm renders, the time consumed in performing these tasks, and the preparation and maintenance of invoices and receivables. In addition, TAP supplies its users with a place to keep contacts, prospects, letters, notes, appointments, messages and much more. The software provides automatic
Client OS
Windows
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Basic Bookkeeping

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Basic Bookkeeping is designed for small business owners and not accountants. This product is intuitive and makes bookkeeping quick, easy, and affordable. This product is perfect for small businesses including sole proprietors, partnerships and S-corporations. Basic Bookkeeping allows you to customize your data entry by using data folders. Each folder can store income and expense data for a business, division within a business, or an individual. Basic Bookkeeping is linked to OWL Simple Business
Starting Price
$49 (perpetual license)
Client OS
Windows
Deployment
On-Premises
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Client Write-Up by PC Software Accounting

PC Software Accounting, Inc.’s Client Write-Up for Windows stands out for its comprehensive accounting features, including full GL, financial reporting, bank reconciliation, after-the-fact payroll, tax interfaces, and payroll compliance reporting. It offers optional job costing, an integratable Computer Checkbook system, and the ability to print and e-file payroll reports such as W-2s and 1099s.
Client OS
Windows
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Pentana Checker

The core module for performing an automated audit is Pentana Checker, an automated questionnaire system that has been designed to significantly improve and simplify the process of otherwise laborious and time consuming management of audit steps. Fast and intuitive, Pentana Checker is capable of interactive tailoring, allowing you to automate audit programs, control questionnaires and other checklists.
Client OS
Windows
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Accountant's Drill

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Improve and diversify your analytics capacity and consulting service with Accountant’s Drill. Your tasks as an accountant are varied and many. You are the specialist to whom business people turn for advice concerning company financial issues. This puts you at the heart of the business decision-making process. To meet the challenges today’s business world presents, you need tools that are both powerful and simple to use. Accountant’s Tools puts them at your fingertips! Accountant’s Drill’s
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$105/month
Client OS
Windows
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Jazzit

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Use copy components to add Jazzit PEG Checklists into your existing CaseWare files. No need to start new CaseWare files to add your Jazzit Checklists. Jazzit packages (Fundamentals, PEG Checklists, and SCORE) are now compatible with CaseWare Working Papers 2018. Jazzit templates can be installed and updated centrally. There is no need to install on every workstation. Jazzit PEG Checklists Video Overview ;; and Primary Features ;. ; Jazzit SCORE and Primary Features ;. ; Jazzit Fundamentals Video
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Starting Price
$495/year
Deployment
On-Premises
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Audit Analytics

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ACL’s audit analytics suite of software products is the preferred solution for data extraction, analysis, and fraud detection year-over-year in The Institute of Internal Auditors software survey. Audit professionals in 94 of the Fortune 100 turn to ACL solutions to improve the productivity of their audit teams, to increase coverage for more comprehensive audits, and to identify fraud, errors, and anomalies in support of regulatory compliance and operational efficiencies. For 20 years, ACL has
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AccountExact

AccountExact is a comprehensive Account Management and Bookkeeping solution specifically designed to suit an Accountant/CPA’s office. AccountExact offers seamless integration with ClientExact ‘ a client side payroll and write-up solution, and provides customizable templates for inventory/ bill/ invoices/ statements/ customer/ vendor to suit your business needs. AccountExact features a client side file cabinet feature for fast access to forms/reports and facilitates e-filing support to a host of
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APEX

APEX has been designed based on close analysis of complex audit management scenarios in reputed Audit Institutions. APEX enables you to assess risks organization wide. Inbuilt reports and dashboards highlight high priority areas and help you to assign audit resources in keeping with the prioritization. APEX tracks audit entities in various ways including the sectors they belong to, the risks they are subjected to and also based on the audits they have undergone and the results of past audits.
Client OS
Windows, Web
Deployment
Cloud Hosted
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Arbutus Audit Analytics

Designed for audit, risk, and compliance professionals, Arbutus Audit Analytics represents the very best in audit software and data analysis technology. Based on 25 years of audit software innovation and development, Audit Analytics has become the choice of leading audit and data analysis professionals. Important considerations include: Fastest performing audit software see: benchmark tests vs competition ; Compatible with your current tools, minimizing your conversion costs; Familiar interface,
Client OS
Windows
Deployment
On-Premises
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ATX Trial Balance

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ATX Trial Balance is a powerful accounting tool that eases the task of reconciling and adjusting client book balances, preparing business tax returns and generating standard financial statements.
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AuditBot SAP Audit

AuditBot SAP Audit solution can help organizations discover track alert and monitor users with excessive authorizations The tool also provides all the required information for the internal auditor to determine the level of effort for remediation. This will in turn assist in the Internal audit group in development of audit framework for SAP implementation and enable compliance monitoring for SAP System on a 365 Days basis. Instant Security Assessment- Get an instant health check on your SAP

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Adam Bluemner
Last updated on October 8th, 2019
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Buyer’s Guide

Accountants providing contract accounting services require software tools different than those commercial, government, and non-profit organizations use to manage their own books. No matter what type of services your public accounting software offers, there are accounting software applications designed to help you more profitably meet the client’s needs.

Software for Accountants: From Tax Preparation to Full Service Accounting

Whether your business exclusively offers tax preparation services or provides full-spectrum accounting services, it’s important to maintain a profitable investment in software tools that allow you to accurately and efficiently perform your professional services. Typical tools for accountants include client write-up, auditing, tax preparation, payroll, and time and billing modules. Each of these modules are designed with the end-goal of managing 3rd party accounting more effectively and efficiently.

Multi-Company Accounting

Accounting software designed for the professional accountant offers an advanced set of features beyond what is typically found in standard commercial accounting packages. One critical capability of software designed with the accountant in mind is the ability to handle accounting for numerous corporate entities. Your accounting business may have dozens or even hundreds of clients, whose financial data all needs to be accessed from the same software, yet kept completely separated. Increased security measures and a more complex database structure are two of the ramifications of managing books for multiple companies. Given the amount of data your business may store on clients, it’s important when considering different options, that you consider how the software handles tens of thousands of individual records. Even accountants with few clients can easily exceed the record capabilities of many non-accountant specific systems. The effects of overloading a system can include reduced performance (freezes, waiting on reports) and even system access issues.

An Emphasis on Reporting

Strong reporting features are critical for accountants. Accountants are constantly creating reports for clients. If clients can’t understand the reports, there is a major problem. Software designed for accountants typically offers additional report views distilling information into easily understandable formats such as executive reports, charts, and summary statements. Reports also need to be able created on an ad-hoc basis in order to answer questions that clients may have regarding their company’s financial performance.

Tax Preparation

Tax preparation is not straight-forward and simple. If it was, thousands of business likely wouldn’t outsource their tax preparation to accounting firms. The reality is that preparing corporate tax information is a highly complex process. Tax preparation software is designed to make the process easier by keeping updated tax tables, automatically performing complex calculations, and by assisting with electronic filing. No matter where you are or what local, state, provincial, or federal tax regulations apply, there are programs designed to help you quickly and accurately file your clients’ returns.

Regulations Compliance

Public accounting firms are also on the front lines of keeping up with the accounting compliance regulations. Understanding FASB, GASB 34, IFRS, DCAA and other regulatory requirements is only part of the battle though for the public accountant. Software controls are constantly evolving to better meet the regulatory requirements of clients in different industries and access to the right tools can make the difference is securing clients with specific compliance requirements.

Data Integrity and Security

Data integrity is another area of paramount concern for public accountants. A company doing their own books has an opportunity to reverse entries as errors are discovered. This is not the case with public accountants. The expectation is 100% accurate information the first time around.

Software tools for accountants also focus on providing advanced security measures. Clients naturally have concerns about turning their data over to a 3rd party. It’s important for accountants to be able to identify specific measures included in software tools which can prevent fraud or loss of data.