Best Payroll Software - Editor's Choice
#1 Sage Abra Payroll                                                                    
Review date: 04.05.2010

Description:

Sage Abra Payroll streamlines the entire payroll process by making it easier to produce paychecks on demand, run trial payrolls, make last minute changes. In addition, it offers highly robust tax management features, including automatic quarterly updates of tax tables and electronic media reporting for all states.

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Price:

Free Demo

Advanced Features:

  • Records and Applies Deductions
  • Simplified Payroll Processing
  • Direct Deposit
  • Eliminates duplicate data entry
  • Automatic ACH file creation
  • Workers Compensation Costs
  • Earnings and Deductions
  • Check Printing
  • U.S. Tax Management, Reporting
  • Canada Edition available

Review:

Best of all, you get hassle-free, time-saving Web-based payroll processing that's also affordable.
  • Complete, flexible options to painlessly manage all of your employees payroll needs.
  • Comes with up-to-date federal and state taxes.
  • In addition to HR data, employees can view a variety of payroll information, including pay stubs.
  • View paycheck details, pay history, payroll deductions, tax withholdings.
  • interfaces with most major accounting packages and most time clock systems.
  • methods. Comes complete with standard reports including Payroll Deposit Requirements.
  • Run an unlimited number of trial payrolls and run gross-to-net calculation reports.
  • Set up unlimited earnings and deduction codes with an easy-to-use set-up wizard.
  • Complete, flexible options to painlessly manage all of your employees payroll needs.
  • Make last minute changes without any worry. Provides you with access to pre-recorded, instructor-led session.
In addition, Sage Payroll Paycard is a Visa payroll debit card utilized to pay employees who do not have a bank account. It reduces employee’s costs by eliminating expensive check cashing fees. This program works exactly as any other direct deposit transaction and requires no additional software or hardware.

#2 Medlin Payroll Software                                                         
Review date: 04.03.2010

Description:

The latest version of Medlin Payroll with current federal and state tax tables. Besides, it can be used in after the fact mode for recording payroll entries.

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Price:

From $50 per tax year

Advanced Features:

  • Automatic Tax Computations
  • All payroll frequencies are allowed
  • No monthly fees
  • Departmental costings
  • Prints Payroll Check Listing
  • Enhanced Software History Cleaner
  • State withholding payroll tax calculations
  • Free sample forms

Review:

Best of all, revisions are cumulative. Therefore, the revised payroll program can be downloaded at no additional cost.
  • The main sections of the software are accessed by clicking the horizontal menu at the top of the interface.
  • It allows you to create ACH format file for direct.
  • Significantly improve business processes with sophisticated workflow features.
  • Medlin Payroll Software is $50 per tax year with no monthly fees.
  • Can be run as a stand alone program. Prints Federal 941, 941B, and 940 payroll forms.
  • Allows a maximum of 5000 employees, per client/business.
  • Can be used in after the fact mode for recording payroll entries.
  • The Direct Deposit selection creates a special file called an "ACH" (Automated Clearing House) file.
  • Allows editing of all Transactions in the current and prior year.
Medlin Payroll runs on your computer. The check numbers for direct deposited paychecks are changed automatically to "D Dep" when the direct deposit file is created. Overall, it is designed to fill in pre-printed check forms (which have your company and banking information pre-printed on the form).

#3 Zpay Payroll Systems                                                            
Review date: 03.10.2010

Description:

This software comes with the Federal and State tax tables included and you can actually edit them yourself. Best of all, no accounting knowledge is required to be performing your own payroll in minutes. Includes a free 30-day trial.

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Price:

$69.95

Main Features:

  • Payroll history reports
  • Tax liability report
  • Report Export Formats
  • Cost accounting reports
  • Direct Deposit
  • Wage reports for Month
  • Runs under Windows NT and Vista

Review:

  • PayWindow Payroll System is accounting and finance software.
  • Pay your employees automatically with a true ACH file to send to your bank.
  • Actually prints Annual 944 and 940 reports on plain paper.
  • Employer's Totals Report. The information is stored each time you perform a payroll.
  • PayWindow tracks Vacation with Portrait and Landscape employee reports.
  • Unlimited Payroll Employees.
  • Includes updated Federal and State Withholding tax tables and forms.
  • Detailed Payroll History Reports.
This application requires MS Jet engine and MDAC installed. Besides the code in email, everyone gets a backup CD. Annual upgrade ($35 each year). Even exports for GL importing and other programs like QuickBooks.
#4 Pensoft Payroll Edition                                                         
Review date: 09.01.2009

Description:

This complete payroll software generates comprehensive reports for any small to midsize businesses. Moreover, you can get information about the latest changes in tax rates and filing requirements.

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Price:

From $249.00

The payroll processor retrieves and processes the data when

Main Features:

  • Free unlimited Program Support
  • Generates Direct Deposit File
  • Imports Employee Information
  • Automatic Tax Computations
  • Timesheet Payroll and job costing
  • Free trial

Review:

The payroll processor's clients download and install the remote client application to gain access to PenSoft's secure site.
  • Set up and use paydate reports, tax reports, summary reports, management reports.
  • Pay frequencies, bonuses, commissions, other out-of-cycle payments.
  • Set check printing options, handle multiple checking accounts, signature files.
  • Safeguard payroll data with other software packages.
  • Internal tax tables are maintained and updated throughout the year to ensure accurate payroll processing.
  • Automates payroll for any business.
In a nutshell, this application accommodates any combination of incomes, deductions, taxes, benefits, and vacation, as well as hundreds of reports, including many user defined reports. In addition, you may export your payroll information to accounting software and import from compatible timeclock.
#5 Payroll Mate 2009                                                                   
Review date: 09.01.2009

Description:

Payroll Mate's multi purpose main window allows users to manage paychecks, employee records, reports, forms and company information. Besides, you can use the free evaluation to setup an actual company with actual employees, create and print checks and pay stubs.

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Price:

$99.00

Software Summary:

Automatically calculating taxes and deductions and year to date values.

Main Features:

  • Meets IRS and SSA regulations
  • Automatically calculates net pay, federal tax
  • Prepares payroll forms 941, 944, 940, W2, W3
  • Displays the existing employees in the company
  • Prepare print checks and payroll

Review:

Besides, you can use this Payroll Software to custom add housing allowance for clergy employees.
  • Handles Form 941 adjustments in a unique way from any other payroll software.
  • Allows you to create an unlimited number of fully customizable income.
  • Supports user-defined income, tax, and deduction categories.
  • You can easily create new payroll checks or view already created ones for any employee.
Overall, you can export your reports to Excel sheets in a tabular well-organized way, and not to CSV comma separated files like many other payroll software in the market do. The demo version is limited to one company.

#6 Exchequer's payroll software                                                 
Review date: 10.15.2009

Description:

This payroll software module enables you to assign cost centres and departments per employee. Moreover, payslips and other printable forms can be designed to suit individual company requirement.

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Price:

Free demo

Software Summary:

You are able to specify a payroll number against an employee record.

Main Features:

  • Instant graphical view of finances
  • Totally customisable reports and form design
  • Automatic processing of employees
  • Tax Calendar with history tables
  • Multi-dimensional analysis with cost centre

Review:

Besides, summaries and reports available give you outstanding levels of analysis and control.
  • Allows access to all financial and management information instantly.
  • No limits to historical periods or years kept.
  • Logical use of keyboard shortcuts.
  • Drill down from any balance, to show monthly values.
Overall, the Exchequer payroll software allows you to view and create your journal including showing week and month numbers for the current payroll year.

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