What kind of software do accountants use?

Question

Can someone name a few of the popular titles accountants use to calculate taxes, wages, etc?

Answer 1

Quickbooks has practically cornered the market in small business accounting, so even though its primarily for managerial rather than financial accounting many accountants also use the software.  In that way client data can easily be transferred between the client and the outside accountant.  Quickbooks has a payroll module which calculates payroll and payroll taxes, but Quickbooks does not have a corporate income tax module.