ATX tax software, and ATX Scan & Fill
This is something I just setup for a client of mine, whose company processes payroll and taxes. I honestly don’t know the full extent of what ATX does, but here’s what I do know- It’s written in Java, yet is platform dependent. That’s quite common with this sort of thing, and I don’t know why, but it’s a good sign that the software blows.
Anyway. Looked fairly reasonable, overall, but would stall out sometimes because of Java’s magic. Overall, didn’t really look at it enough to tell you anything beyond it’s as poorly laid out as any super industry specific software.
ATX Scan & Fill was something I had to install. It let’s you scan documents in, such as invoices and W2s, and save those under client profiles.
First, I looked for an option to import clients from ATX. That sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? But no, nothing there. Thankfully he only has like 5 clients in the system currently, but still.
Next I tried to add a client. This took some time, because it just had a “Create new folder” option, which turned out to be it. I imagine it’s rather a pain in the ass to work with, based on my small sample. Supposedly you can scan W2s, and similar structured forms, and it’ll use OCR to fill in the electronic info from that. Aside from that there is literally no reason to use it.
Why? Because in ATX, when you click the option to import from Scand & Fill, it’ll let you browse to any image you want. Sure, it supports some search parameters, and the fill option, but it’s something to bear in mind if you don’t want to buy them both right off the bat.