Awards Keep Rolling In As Access Wins Software Package Of The Year

Access, the mid-market consulting, software and solutions provider is celebrating today after winning ‘Software Package of the Year’ at the Accountancy Age Awards for the third year running. Access fought off stiff competition from IRIS, Mamut and Thomson Reuters to retain the crown at the glitzy awards ceremony, held at Battersea Park in London this week.

The judging panel, made up of some of the industry’s top figures, said “Access is definitely made of winning material and the figures back it up.” Another commented, “Access Dimensions represents excellent value for money, delivers a good range of functionality and is user-friendly.” On collecting the award Chris Bayne, managing director at Access said “I’m absolutely delighted that Dimensions has won this award three times in a row now. It’s a very competitive category and it just shows what a great product we offer the mid-market. We were surprised to win it twice in a row, three times is just phenomenal.”

The Software Package of the Year Award wasn’t Access’ only success on the night, with Access Finance Director, Ian Little picking up ‘FD of the Year – Growing Business’. The judges remarked “It’s clear that the last 12 months have been critical for the company and Ian has played a very influential role in its success and growth.” As he collected his trophy Ian said “To be recognised by the industry’s leading figures is a great honour. We’ve been working very hard at Access over the past 12 months to continue our growth and to develop the business further, to get an award for these achievements is really special”

It’s been a spectacular year for Access, who also won three awards at the Software Satisfaction Awards in October. “The fact we continue to win highlights the hard work of everyone at Access. This year we’ve picked up awards and nominations across our whole product portfolio, with individual awards going to some of the great staff we have here. This proves we have the best products and the best people” concluded Chris.

For more information on Access, and its consultancy and accounting software solutions contact Matt Newman on 0845 345 3300 or visit http://www.theaccessgroup.com.

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QuickBooks Payroll Alternative from PayrollMate.com provides SMBs and Accountants with High Quality Payroll Software for QuickBooks at an Affordable Price

Real Business Solutions (www.PayrollMate.com), a leading provider of payroll tax products, unveiled today an exciting new feature in its 2011 Payroll Mate payroll software. The professional payroll system now allows users to export payroll data to QuickBooks accounting software. With this new powerful addition Payroll Mate can be used as an affordable, yet powerful, alternative to QuickBooks Payroll.

“The QuickBooks payroll export wizard that ships with Payroll Mate is one of the most sophisticated, yet easy to use QuickBooks export utilities available in the industry. We invested a lot of engineering time to ensure that this new feature would work well for our customers.” says Payroll Mate product manager Nancy Walters.

If you use QuickBooks to manage your business and you’ve bee searching for a payroll software that integrates with QuickBooks, then Payroll Mate is definitely for you. With the advanced features in this payroll solution, SMBs can save a bundle by using Payroll Mate to prepare payroll and track payroll taxes and then post payroll data to QuickBooks at the end of the pay period. Payroll Mate is currently used by accountants, businesses, CPAs, churches, banks, professional tax preparers and payroll service providers.

A free evaluation of the Payroll Mate payroll software can be downloaded from thefree payroll software download page.

Payroll Mate is an excellent alternative to QuickBooks Payroll. Below is a short list of what this payroll software can do:

* Exports Payroll Data to QuickBooks software.
* Exports Payroll checks to Quicken and accounting software like Microsoft Office accounting.
* Supports the following payroll forms: 941, 940, 944, W-2, W-3, California DE-6 , California DE-7 , Texas C-3 , Texas C-4, New York NYS-45, Illinois 941 and Illinois UI-3/40.
* Automatically calculates federal payroll tax and state payroll tax withholding.
* Supports different types of pay periods including weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly.
* Supports customizable income, tax and deductions categories.
* Supports income per mile and per piece.
* Supports fringe benefits.
* Generates comprehensive reports including payroll journal, tax liability and deposit requirement.
* Handle payroll deductions that are exempt from federal and state taxes like 401K retirement plans.
* Exports payroll reports to Excel, CSV and PDF.
* Prints on Laser and Inkjet checks.
* Prints on preprinted red scannable W2 forms and W3 forms.
* Free updates during the tax year.
* One step backup and restore.
* Runs over a network.
* Generates Direct Deposit Files.
* Ability to print MICR checks on blank check stock.

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Reed Accountancy Hosts Nationwide Interview Skills and CV Advice Evening for Part-Qualified Accountants

On Wednesday 3rd November, part-qualified (PQ) accountancy professionals will be able to sharpen up their interview skills and improve their CVs at one of 57 ‘PQ Recruitment Advice’ evenings run by PQ recruitment specialist Reed Accountancy.

The career development advice sessions are in Reed Accountancy’s offices throughout the UK, where PQs will also get a valuable insight into accountancy job opportunities currently available from Reed’s sector-specialist recruiters.

Reed Accountancy Divisional Director Gert Nzimiro commented: “Securing the right next job is a crucial step in a PQ’s career.”

“To help PQs boost their chances of landing their ideal role, we have organised these free recruitment advice sessions. At these events, Reed Accountancy’s recruitment experts will not only provide important CV and interview tips, but also hand out free career advice packs to PQs.”

Details of the nearest Reed Accountancy PQ Career Open Evening, which runs from 17:30 to 19:30, can be found by searching for your local Reed Accountancy office at http://www.reedglobal.com/contact-us/contact-us.php

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Bookkeeping Is Imperative For Large And Small Companies

Keeping accurate records and well organized data is important to the financial well being of companies big and small. Good bookkeeping may not directly contribute to the profits of a business, though some bookkeepers would argue this, it important to the to their fiscal well being. Besides the possibility of increasing profits, there are many important reasons to maintain accurate and organized records.

One of the most important reasons to maintain accurate records is in case the business needs to borrow money for an opportunity to grow or for other expenses. Lenders expect to see solid bookkeeping and to fully understand the solvency of a business before granting any loans. Bookkeepers must keep track of the money that the company or small business has, but also be able to determine whether the owner will qualify for funds in the future. Additionally, companies or small businesses that rely on outside financing to survive must regard this as a top priority.

Accurate bookkeeping is also important in generating data for owners and managers to make management decisions, whether this is on a daily, monthly or quarterly basis. Current ledgers will indicate accurately whether a customer is past due and which are carrying balances on their lines of credit. Without this information, the company cannot effectively respond to patterns of late payments or nonpayment of customers. Additionally, these losses over time will eventually hamper a companies ability to stay in business or have enough to grow.

Businesses also use their records to determine their financial stability. They can see if their gross profits are in line with their projections. Large or small business bookkeeping helps owners decide if the prices of their products and services are sufficient to cover their costs. Additionally, this information is critical at tax time. Accurate income and expenditures are a must for a company to figure their tax liabilities for the IRS.

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