Peachtree alone may meet your needs. However, several vendors provide

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1 Bonus Chapter 4 Add-On Products for Peachtree In This Chapter AttitudePositive Best Software DataSoft Invertech Multiware, Inc. Wizard Business Solutions Peachtree alone may meet your needs. However, several vendors provide solutions that enhance Peachtree s functionality. In this chapter, we give you a brief overview of some of these products and information on contacting the vendors for more information. AttitudePositive AttitudePositive sells AccuPOS, a point-of-sale system that links to Peachtree Complete Accounting. You can visit their Web site at com or call the company toll free at Best Software (The Owners of Peachtree) In the box in which your Peachtree software arrives, you ll find one add-on product: ACT!Link for Peachtree. If you purchase Peachtree Premium, you ll find one additional add-on product: Crystal Reports. Best Software, which owns Peachtree, also makes available a variety of other add-on products. In

2 2 Peachtree For Dummies, 2nd Edition the following paragraphs, we give you a brief description of each of these add-on products. You can find more detailed information at the Peachtree Web site: ACT!Link for Peachtree ACT! is a contact management system that handles all the tasks and information related to developing and maintaining business relationships. ACT! links to Peachtree so that you synchronize customer and vendor information between ACT! and Peachtree. Both Peachtree and ACT! are products of Best Software. Timeslips Accounting Link Timeslips is a time and billing software package that provides great flexibility to consultants, lawyers, accountants, architects, and others who bill for their time by allowing them to track time spent, prepare a client bill, record payments from clients, and track outstanding receivables. The Timeslips Corporation sells two add-on products that link Timeslips to Peachtree. Timeslips Accounting Link (TAL) translates your Timeslips activity into debits and credits that update Peachtree s general ledger, enabling you to use Peachtree to track the expense and payroll side of your business and still view a complete picture of your financial situation. TAL Pro enables a two-way transfer between Peachtree and Timeslips; in addition to sending revenue information from Timeslips to Peachtree, you can send expense information (checks you write that need to be billed to clients as reimbursable expenses) from Peachtree to Timeslips. Both Peachtree and Timeslips are products of Best Software. Crystal Reports Crystal Reports is a custom report writer that you can use to create reports that don t come with Peachtree. The Crystal Reports program only works with Peachtree Premium and Peachtree Complete.

3 Bonus Chapter 4: Add-On Products for Peachtree 3 Peachtree Internet Postage Service In partnership with Stamps.com, you can print postage directly from Peachtree. When you produce invoices and checks, you can print postage onto envelopes or labels for letters, postcards, and a variety of packages. Peachtree Credit Card Service With the Peachtree Credit Card service, you can accept and authorize credit card transactions from inside Peachtree using your existing business bank account so that you can expand payment options for your customers without any hardware additions. Peachtree Online Backup In partnership with Connected, Peachtree Online Backup enables you to protect your company data by storing a backup of your data securely offsite on a remote server. You use Peachtree to schedule the backup to occur anytime that s convenient for you. WebsiteCreator Pro Using the WebsiteCreator Pro add-on, you can build a Web site for your business with customizable pages and an online catalog, including inventory items that you can upload from your Peachtree Accounting software. WebsiteTrader Using the WebsiteTrader add-on, you can sell your products and services online and transfer Web orders into Peachtree. This service is available with all versions of Peachtree except Peachtree First Accounting. Peachtree Payroll Service If you re looking for an outside payroll service, check out the Peachtree Payroll Service, which handles all payroll functions for you and, of course,

4 4 Peachtree For Dummies, 2nd Edition integrates with Peachtree. After each payroll processed by the Peachtree Payroll Service, you synchronize your data to update your general ledger and job information with payroll information. This service is available with all versions of Peachtree except Peachtree First Accounting. DataSoft Peachtree Direct Deposit Using the Peachtree Direct Deposit service, you can automatically deposit your employee s paychecks into up to four different bank accounts. And it s okay if only some employees participate; you can still prepare paychecks for those who don t. This service is available with all versions of Peachtree except Peachtree First Accounting. Peachtree Web Accounting With the Peachtree We Accounting service, you or anyone you authorize (like your accountant) can use the Internet to securely access your Peachtree data from home or while traveling and perform daily tasks such as entering transactions and running reports. This service is available with all versions of Peachtree except Peachtree First Accounting. Peachtree Fixed Assets If your company owns assets with a useful life of more than one year, you own fixed assets. From an accounting perspective, you treat a fixed asset differently from another type of asset because you depreciate it over its estimated useful life to spread out the cost of the asset instead of recognizing its entire cost in the year that you buy the asset. If you have lots of fixed assets, tracking their value and associated depreciation can be problematic. Consider trying Peachtree Fixed Assets, which is available for Peachtree Complete and Peachtree Premium. DataSoft carries an impressive line of reporting tools linked to Peachtree data. These specialized reports help you better manage your inventory, pay sales commissions, and analyze job profitability. Their product line also includes a series of utilities that can clean up old Peachtree data files. Contact DataSoft at or call them toll free at

5 Invertech Bonus Chapter 4: Add-On Products for Peachtree Invertech designed their Peach Pro Suite with a direct link between Peachtree and their main products. Their add-on products include Real Time Inventory Analysis; Sales Analysis and Forecasting; Contact Management with a link to Microsoft Outlook, and an Advanced Bills of Material Processor. You can contact the folks at Invertech at extension 202 or visit their Web site at 5 Multiware, Inc. Multiware, Inc. provides PawCom, an Access end application, and other add-on tools that extend the functionality of Peachtree and provide a programming environment for developing custom forms and reports and for integrating Peachtree with your own application. For more information on their tools, visit or contact Multiware, Inc at Wizard Business Solutions Wizard Business Solutions specializes in producing add-on products that expand the capabilities of Peachtree. You can contact Wizard Business Solutions at or visit their Web site at for complete information. Consolidation Wizard The Consolidation Wizard program retrieves period-to-date general ledger data from related Peachtree companies and consolidates the data. It then pokes the consolidated data into a master Peachtree company created for the purpose of producing consolidated reports. The amounts for each general ledger account number of each consolidated company appear in consolidated form in the master company. If you re using Peachtree Premium, you won t need this add-on, but users of other versions of Peachtree may find it useful.

6 6 Peachtree For Dummies, 2nd Edition Bar Code Wizard The Barcode Wizard software prints barcode labels and works with many barcode scanners and printers to help you ensure accurate inventory counts. Wizard Business Solutions also makes available a combination package comprised of the Barcode Wizard software, a scanner, and a label printer. Payroll Wizard Using the Payroll Wizard, you can reduce the size of your general ledger, which helps speed up processing in your Peachtree company. When you use the Payroll Wizard, you dedicate a separate company to nothing but payroll functions, and the Payroll Wizard summarizes the data in the payroll company by pay period and transfers it to your regular company. In this way, payroll details exist in the payroll company, and your regular company s general ledger is kept up to date with summarized payroll information. Direct Deposit Wizard By purchasing the Direct Deposit Wizard, you pay a one-time fee exclusive of optional program upgrades to be able to prepare your payroll data for electronic transfer from Peachtree to the your bank every payday. The bank deducts total payroll from the account of the user and then deposits the payroll amounts to the accounts of employees who are customers of that bank, or wire transfers funds to the accounts of employees who are customers of other banks. With this program, you can transfer payroll instructions by magnetic media or by modem. Time Clock Wizard This software program retrieves your time clock data, reformats it to Peachtree s requirements to create time tickets, and transfers it to Peachtree, eliminating the manual acquisition of time clock data and the manual entry of that data into Peachtree. You prepare and print payroll checks in Peachtree in the same way you always have.

7 Bonus Chapter 4: Add-On Products for Peachtree 7 WizMag W-2 The WizMag W-2 program permits employers to file their annual W-2 report with the Social Security Administration on magnetic media. It copies year-end summary payroll information from Peachtree and reformats the data to meet the current formatting requirements of the Social Security Administration. In addition to WizMag W2, you can purchase Wizard Business Solutions Magnetic Media W-2 Preparation Service, and Wizard Business Solutions will do all the work for you. WizMag CA DE 6 California requires that employers file a quarterly report, which serves as a state W-2 report and also incorporates the features found in a typical quarterly state unemployment tax report. WizMag CA DE 6, approved by the California Employment Development Department (EDD), copies end-ofquarter payroll data from Peachtree and reformats the data to meet the current magnetic media formatting requirements of the EDD. WizMag FL UCT-6 WizMag FL UCT-6 automates the filing of the Employers Quarterly Report (UCT-6) by extracting the needed payroll data from Peachtree, generating and formatting a file according to prevailing Florida DOR UCT-6 requirements, and submitting the Employers Quarterly Report (UCT-6) electronically using the Florida DOR Web site. WizMag 1099-MISC The WizMag 1099-MISC program copies end-of-year 1099 independent contractor data from Peachtree and reformats the data to meet current formatting requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. CertPay Wizard The Davis-Bacon Act requires that contractors of construction projects utilizing federal funds for payment of part or all of project cost must file a detailed

8 8 Peachtree For Dummies, 2nd Edition payroll report each week. The report must certify that pay rates for each payment for labor equal or exceed local prevailing rates as set by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). CertPay Wizard automates the preparation and printing of this report and its accompanying compliance certificate. SUTA Wizard TX Magnetic Media (MM) Some states require that certain employers file their quarterly unemployment report on magnetic media. SUTA Wizard MM copies quarterly payroll information from Peachtree, reformats the data to meet the formatting requirements of the respective states, and transfers the reformatted data to magnetic media for filing. This program is not yet available for all states. Check Wizard s Web site at for the list of states for which the program is available. EDI Wizard EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Wizard enables your business to conduct transactions electronically with both internal and external customers. EDI Wizard provides a seamless and consistent flow of data between Peachtree and the accounting applications of your trading partners. The benefits to you include fast, automated, and economical data transactions operated according to EDI industry standards, ensuring accurate and precise accounting operations.