Spreadsheets 

• Microsoft Excel is required
• No installation required, just save the spreadsheet we email you and it's ready to use
• Embedded Visual Basic is used to support dialogs and error checking
• Except for AOL and browser email (e.g., Yahoo email in Internet Explorer), the submission is emailed by the Visual Basic when you click Submit
• Local data stored in a small auxiliary spreadsheet much like the one emailed
• An optional output spreadsheet of the payroll report and the tax report allows direct linking of payroll data to other computer systems
• All spreadsheets are password protected

Email

• Payroll input and results are in the form of attached files
• Secure email is not used because of the need for clients to obtain a "certificate", an unfamiliar process to most users
• Instead, passwords are used for the files emailed back and forth
• AOL & browser email require a few extra steps or new clients

PDF files

• View and print with Adobe's free reader
• Supports IRS forms, state forms, and check images as well as formatted reports
• Checks, reports, and forms can be printed on virtually any printer
• Password protected
• You can copy fields but not accidentally change them

Optional Technologies

• You can receive all your attachments in one zip file; makes archiving neat and easy and, if you purchase WinZip, you only have to type you password once to view all of the payroll files
• MICR checks are supported, allowing you to print checks for several companies on one laser printer without changing paper