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Rent-to-own News - APRO Software Focus: Drake

July 9, 2010

Drake Software offers a quality product at a great value, providing over 33,000 tax professionals the tools they need for a successful tax season.

 

All packages, including office management tools, tax research, accounting and payroll are included for one price with no hidden fees or costly add-ons. And Drake Software is more than a great value, it’s ready when you need it! Drake customers receive federal software in early December, and all states are approved by the first week in January. Early season discounts and multi-site pricing are available.


Drake’s complete tax preparation software includes all federal and state, individual and business programs. Some special features include the document manager, Multi-Office Manager, bank software, appointment scheduler, and amortization and fixed asset programs. This year’s enhancements include improved PDF generation of tax returns, enhanced Partner/Shareholder basis worksheets and calculations, enhanced preparer security features, and integration of extensive new tax law into 2009 calculations.

One exciting, new feature are remote payroll entry portals for Client Write-Up. These Web based portals allow employers to enter payroll information online, which the accountant can then download directly into Client Write-Up for processing and report generation. Drake is also pleased to offer streamlined data entry and an automatic update system (you install it, and Drake automatically updates it for you). More new features await Drake clients, and free online training is available for all Drake products!

Edgy about e-filing? Clients trust Drake Software, the leader in e-filing for over 20 years, to deliver their returns securely. In fact, Drake has been e-filing since the IRS implemented a new program for electronically filing individual and business tax returns in 1986, transmitting some of the first electronically filed tax returns. With over 15 million federal- and state-accepted returns filed through Drake each year, our track record speaks for itself . . . and e-filing with Drake is FREE.

Drake Software takes registration and licensing as seriously as its clients do. Because Drake knows this will have a direct impact on the preparer community over the next few years, the company seeks to help its clients become more competent, accountable tax preparers, offering numerous avenues to earn CPE credits throughout the year. Drake’s Electronic Training Center, accessible from DrakeSoftware.com, is your training place!

And, as always, Drake Software’s support is the best in the business; your phone calls will be answered in less than 10 seconds even during the height of tax season.

Call 800/890.9500 to request a fully functional copy of the most current software - FREE!

 

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RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format

APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.

 

 

A New Rent-to-Own Experience

by Neil Ferguson

Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers

 

Who Is Your Competition?

by Bill Keese

In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.

 

A Review of Online Customer Complaints

by Ed Winn III

While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.

 

Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII

by Kristen Card

Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.

 

 

Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.

 

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