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AB-04: Payroll
Also see integrated programs in AB-01.
MSPay
Main Street Software
$39
#7785/4466 [2 disks]
is a payroll tax program that allows you to set up new tax tables at the end of
the year. It is easy to set up and use. Many report formats are available,
although none are specific for filling out tax forms.
Painless Payroll 5.6 [PAYROLL]
Pierce, Kendall B. ASP
$75
#7449/3071 [2 disks]
is an excellent payroll program. Features include built-in state and Federal
tax tables; weekly, monthly, or annual pay periods; hourly, salaried or
commissioned with optional base pay; pay codes; reports for use in preparing
tax returns; support for multiple companies; the ability to print W2's and
1099's; and automatic interface with the Painless Accounting general ledger.
Painless Payroll allows you to edit the tax tables, which is very important.
Without this capability, you are at the mercy of the programmer when tax rates
change. Although Painless will interface with the Painless general ledger,
there is no export feature for moving data to other programs.
Where Painless Payroll excels is its design. Painless has all of its features
available in a single set of pull-down menus. Entering, reviewing, and editing
of data are all substantially easier and more efficient with Painless.
Requires 512k and a hard disk.
Zipper Payroll 1.6
Softcraft ASP
$67
#7449/3986 [2 disks]
is a full-featured, easy-to-use payroll program. Set-up is virtually
automatic, other than entering employee information. Then you can
quickly enter hours worked and calculate and save the complete payroll.
Reports include payroll statements, employee benefit reports, payroll
register, check register, payroll tax report worksheets, management
reports, and forms W-2 and W-3.
Zpay3 3.6
ZPAY Payroll Systems ASP
$75
#7277/1723 [2 disks]
is a professional quality stand-alone payroll system which used to be sold as
a retail-only product. It allows the user to update the tax tables.
ZPAYII will handle salaried, hourly, commissioned, and salary plus commission
employees. ZPAYII will allow you to pay non-employee compensation for
"non-standard workers" or "outside individual contractors" which handle their
own tax deductions. With this feature you may print checks for them, track the
pay and print 1099 forms at year end. ZPAYII will allow you to have two
overtime rates, bonuses, six additional pay deductions in addition to the
normal federal tax, FICA, state tax, local tax, and an SDI type tax. ZPAYII
will record and track vacation pay as well. ZPAYII does cost accounting and
allows title assignment for up to ten different department accounts.
ZPAYII reports include the pay period, month to date, quarter to date as well
as year to date figures. There are tax reports which also give you the FUTA
and SDI information. ZPAYII will print checks with stub information similar to
the payroll reports. The check format is a general purpose check available
from many computer forms sources. At the end of the year ZPAYII will print the
W-2 forms and 1099-MISC forms in addition to the year end payroll information
reports. Its printouts make quarterly tax reporting a breeze.
Number of employees is limited only by disk space. A hard disk is not
required, but you do need two drives. The employee data base is a valuable
asset in itself as it contains much more than just the employees payroll
information and can be used for printing labels for mailing and other
functions. This is one of the best payroll packages around.
Takehome Pay Calculation 3.63
Farnam, R. G.
$40
#7277/1800
lets you analyze the effects on your take-home pay of varying different
factors in your payroll deductions. Items which can be changed include Federal
withholding, 401k contributions, and other deductions. This sounds more
simplistic than it really is when you run the program. We think this could be
a useful analysis tool for individuals or businesses, just as the author says.
An hourly pay calculation is provided for users who want to figure their pay
on a hourly rate instead of a set salary rate. Annual tax tables are provided
including the 1991 Federal Tax Tables.
Small Business Assistant
WestCoast Software
$20
#2785
lets you enter and print payroll checks and federal deposits for up to 100
employees. It also prints envelopes, address labels, and payable checks. It does
not contain tax tables; you have to look up taxes in Federal tax guides.
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