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Why to Host ATX Tax Preparation Software on Terminal Servers?

Like all Tax preparation software, ATX Tax Software can also be hosted on terminal software for greater benefits for Tax Professionals. ATX Tax  Preparation  software being on of the best tax return filing application meeting the three core requirements of  financial professionals for faster, efficient accurate and at the same time having user friendly features. The Tax software also scores in the ease with which import and export of data is possible between ATX and other applications.

The Need for ATX Tax software hosting on terminal servers

The basic concerns of the Financial and tax preparation firms revolve around the following:

 

Meeting the competitive challenge: For enhancing the firms' profitability the tax preparation process have to be fast and at the same time costs effective. This translates into reducing the costs for each tax return files. This requires better utilization of not only human resources but also hiving off the unrelated IT costs involved such as unnecessary IT infrastructure setup and maintenance costs and IT support costs which may be outsourced at much cheaper rates.

 

Using latest technology: Accessing Applications such as ATX Tax software on Local Network and Cloud servers gives diagrammatically different user experience.

While the access to local LAN is restricted to the office premises, constantly bogged down by frequent network problems and needs considerable Local IT support and troubleshooting which involves recurring cost for the enterprise. On the other Hosting ATX Tax Software on terminal servers or cloud servers provides:

• Anytime anywhere access to the tax application
• Application access in a collaborative and multiuser environment
• Guaranteed server uptime
• No local IT troubleshooting and support costs

 

Focussing on the core business: The financial constraints and productivity concerns require the small financial forms to focus on their core domain of tax return preparation and other financial services rather than on the IT infrastructure which supports the application. The IT infrastructure may consist of servers, frequent system upgrades, backup and online security tools which further erodes into the profitability of the firm as well as lead investment in unproductive resources. Instead Cloud hosting provides readymade IT infrastructure on demand and at a fraction of cost that is needed otherwise.

 

ATX Tax Software hosting: More advantages

Besides meeting the Cost effectiveness concerns of the Tax Firms ATX Tax software if hosted on terminal servers provides many other benefits in terms of productivity, client interaction and collaboration.

 

Faster Tax preparation: Terminal server hosting enable anytime anywhere access to the ATX Tax application in a collaborative multiuse environment.  Thus direct interaction is irrelevant for sharing or exchanging files. Further the tax professional is able to see what changes to files are done by others. The collaborative feature has an important bearing on client interaction as now tax professional is able to help the clients from anywhere either to resolve their issues or to demonstrate some tax troubleshooting issues. Thus collaboration leads to proper allocation of work between various users and also faster tax preparation.

 

Secured backup and high end data security: Cloud based remote data backup is infinitely more secured than that of locally backed data as Terminal server hosting comes with:

• Daily Automatic backup of the data in multiple locations
• Option of the data to be backed up and printed locally
• Real time monitoring of the cloud network for security threats

such as viruses and spywares.

• Access protected though latest firewalls and online security tools

These features are normally not affordable for tax firms or involve huge costs which have negative impact on business profitability.

Hosting ATX Together Applications: There is much to be gained from integration of one financial software to another and ensuring import and export of data between them. The basic advantage is that data collected using one application is easily used by the other on avoiding the need for re-entry of data and thus saving both time and data entry costs.

 

ATX tax software is easily integrated with applications such as QuickBooks and Peachtree accounting software. Not only that when both ATX and accounting software are hosted together import and export of data among them is also more efficient and faster due to centralized database.

 

No Server Downtime: One of the advantages of ATX Tax software hosting lies in guaranteed server uptime which ensures better workforce utilization. This is made possible through latest cloud infrastructure and virtualization and distributed computing frameworks. This also ensures that access to the application is faster than what is possible in a local network. The ATX hosting service also includes 24x7x365 IT help desk support by certified technical experts  without any additional incidental costs involved.

Host any Edition and version of ATX: Tax professional can host any edition and version of the Tax Software on terminal server and have the benefits of always on, browser independent access to the application.  Also any ATX Add-ons can be hosted together with the ATX tax software.

 

About the Author

William Smith is a technology Specialist at Real Time Data Services specializing in Accounting application and software products. Real Time Data Services  provides QuickBooks Hosting , Tax Application Hosting   such as Proseries,  UltraTax, ATX tax software,  Lacerte  etc as well as  Managed IT Infrastructure services for small and medium businesses As well as remote desktop support as well as MyOb Hosting and Peachtree Hosting.

 

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