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What is Check Printing Software and how important is that for a Business!!Check printing software is a computer program or programs that can easily create and print beautiful checks simply by entering the desired data into the blank fields in the computer program. Check printing software restructures and simplifies a company's payment process by printing checks, complete with MICR characters and encrypted digital signatures on to blank security check paper. The software combines details from the accounting system with pre-configured check templates and prints them onto blank security check paper. Customer data can be imported from either existing accounts payable or payroll systems.Almost all check printing software have features like password protection, check preview, encryption. They also include a security system that reduces user error and thereby deters fraud. Branch information including the branch name, address, logo, and routing number are stored in the database.The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, or Check 21 Act allows authorized recipients of a check to convert it to a digital form. This conversion is done by capturing an image and then sending a batch file to the Federal Reserve Banks (FRB) for credit, as if it were the actual check. Check printing software’s are designed to capture these images.Check printing software use simple graphical user interface for set-up and operation, which can be reconfigured any time. The software automatically optimizes image data to produce high-speed printer output. The software is capable of providing daily reports for print production analysis as well as detailed audit reports. Check printing software enable secure, flexible and cost effective solutions for check printing.Printing checks has become very common. It is done in order to avoid complications, as it provides utmost ease of use. It is become an easy task and any one with a computer, a printer and check printing software can print innumerable checks. It is a growing phenomenon and widely accepted, as it is faster and less expensive to print checks.The most essential object required to print free checks is check-printing software. Check printing software provides a cost effective channel to print payroll checks, as well as pay bills. The software can be downloaded free from the Internet, and is compatible with other financial programs for home and office use. This software facilitates the use of blank security paper in order to convert it into checks, with all the relevant company information, and it is free. The information may include company logos, encoded number, signatures and stamps. Many financial institutions, insurers and payroll companies have accepted free check printing as a major in house function. Checks are a mode of exchanging money, and are regulated by the federal government. The government states that only blank check security paper with all the safety features should be used for the purpose of printing checks. This keeps a check on misappropriation and fraud. Large companies that print business checks, save a lot of money, as pre-printed checks are expensive to order.Most of the software used to print free checks also function as a reconciliation of accounts, and includes additional information printing facilities on a voucher. A secure database allows encryption of data, which includes signatures and logos, in addition to other confidential information.There are many companies that have begun to offer their service to print logos on checks for free. However the buyer needs to place an order for the checks. These companies require the format of the check that needs to be printed and a sharp image of the logo in a digital picture format.Printing checks in-house often presents a viable cost-cutting alternative to purchasing books of pre-printed checks from check manufacturers or banks. In addition to the cost savings, printing checks in-house allows businesses and individuals to customize check formats and design while printing only as many checks are as needed. Most printers can be used to print checks, from large office printers to home office printer scanner copiers, but before checks can be printed, software must be used to design the check's format.Some types of accounting and bookkeeping software include check printing in their application packages. Other types of software concentrate solely on check printing, without other bookkeeping applications.Software for Check Printing OnlySoftware which is designed only for printing checks rather than full-service accounting may provide a cost-effective solution for certain applications. While small businesses and in-home offices may find it most convenient to rely on all-in-one software applications, larger businesses and offices may want to dedicate a particular printer and computer to printing checks only, without having check creation be tied through a software system to the business's other bookkeeping activities.By using software for check printing alone, businesses avoid having to purchase multiple editions of bookkeeping software, which may help to cut costs. Software applications for printing checks range in cost from $15 to $130, a range which is comparable to combination bookkeeping software.Check Printing Software- Print Checks Online - Any Printer-Set up in Mints, Versa Check Gold, Check soft, Instil Check and Just Checking are a few of the highest rated software applications currently available.Bookkeeping and Check Printing Combination SoftwareWhether a check printing or combination bookkeeping software application is best for a business depends largely on the size of the business and how bookkeeping transactions are handled. For small business owners, work-from-home professionals and individuals, it's likely that all accounting activities are performed together, so combination accounting software is most likely the most appropriate software. Costs for both types of software vary significantly, so neither type of software has a significant cost advantage.Accounting software applications with the highest rated applications include: Quicken, QuickBooks and Goldenseal, although Versa Check Gold does include invoicing and credit card transaction tracking capabilities.Other Features to ConsiderAccounting and payroll software program capabilities vary, so it's a good idea to first determine exactly what you need from your software before purchasing. Some software programs include MICR check line printing, allowing custom MICR printing, while others exclude this, expecting the business owner to use check stock with pre-printed MICR data. Other features which vary from program to program include custom logo and graphic options, font customization, printable signature and personal check options.

Below is the list of the web based SaaS (software as a service) tools we at Finance Alpha http://financealpha.com/ selected for our operations and usually suggest to our clients. [The tools highlighted in bold are the tools of choice. Tools that we evaluated, but chose notto use are mentioned without the bold font.] Personally, I love streamlining operations and making them efficient and lean. I constantly review all kinds of web tools, apps, systems.Accounting Flow:Intuit Payroll for payroll; integrates perfectly with QuickBooks. Intuit Payroll is the service Intuit acquired from PayCycle. It is easy to use and does not require any hand holding.Expensify for expenses tracking; from the Team version integrates with QuickBooks, smart phone apps for tracking receipts on the goShoeboxed for paper receipts management; can be redundant with Expensify if you do not have many paper receiptsBill.com for accounts payable management. Bill.com becomes useful when you have to pay over 50 invoices / month and/or where you have to be GAAP compliant. I am not a big fan of Bill.com, but they are the only scalable AP management offering on the market. Their attention to detail in the AP workflows and repors is low, but, again, it works for the purpose.GetHarvest for time tracking and invoicing. This is one of my most favorite apps. It is a rare app where the developers appear to have done a lot of contextual observation to understand how users work. They implemented every detail that is important for ease of use. Integration with QB via Syncr is expensive at $99/m.All transactions are made via debit and credit cards, online payments, and paypal, no cash transactions. All transactions get downloaded directly to QuickBooks Online.PayPal and Square for accepting payments.A number of banks started offering apps to scan checks to help eliminate a trip to the bank. Some such options are expensive, but more and more banks will start offering such apps.QuickBooks Online for accounting for service companies. Quickbooks desktop - for more complex operations and inventory tracking.We have evaluated over 10 web based accounting systems and keep coming back to QuickBooks Online for its ease of use. Xero is high on the list.I should mention CoreDocuments for preparing and updating documents covering various pretax benefit plans such as Cafeteria125 for health insurance, FSA for pretax out-of-pocket qualified medical expenses, and a Dependent Care plan to cover pretax dependent care. CoreDocuments offers reasonably priced plan document templates to set up benefit plans.We rarely get engaged in tax preparations; as a result, I am not listing any tax workflow tools.Document and Project Management, CRM:Google Apps: email management, shared drive, shared spreadsheets, docs, calendar, videos, chat, hangout, endless collaboration. Google Apps Marketplace has hundreds, if not thousands, of apps that are integrated with Google apps and offer single login.DropBox for document exchange and storage. Box.net is as effective. We use DropBox just because it was first to the market. Box.net has a nicer interface and gives a better impression to clients. ("Nicer" is certainly a subjective definition, I am leaving the comparison of the two out of this post.)Insightly for small project management, CRM. It is tightly integrated with Gmail and makes super simple to turn emails into tasks and projects and to add contacts to CRM. The paid version integrates with MailChimp. (We have not done any email marketing; when we start, MailChimp will be the tool we will use.)Within the last month, we re-evaluated Capsule CRM and ZohoCRM and resolved to stay with Insightly for the ease of use and the wide range of features it offers.Our clients also use Asana for task management. It allows to share and assign tasks and track progress for processes with low dependencies. We also tried BaseCamp and it did not work for us.EcoSign or DocuSign for digital signatures. Both are integrated with Google Apps.TurboScan android & iPhone app for scanning documents with multiple pages on-the-go.We are also looking at SupportPress by Woothemes to use as a request tracking and ticketing system.HR ManagementTribeHR is all in one HR solution. It combines many aspects of HR management inclusive of HR document management, reviews, and hiring. It offers a suite of functions that allow to use just TribeHR. You do not have to combine and pay for a web based HR records system (like BambooHR) + a web based resume tracking (like theresumator) + something else for reviews. We have not used it yet, but it is the system we selected to start working with.Disclosure: Finance Alpha, LLC and I do not get paid by any of the companies and services listed above. I am a QuickBooks adviser and a Bill.com accountant program member. I pay to use all of the services listed above where we reach the levels of paid versions.

There are several aspects of HR -some of which already have been overtaken by AI- it is important to understand the aspects of HR that will require a persons presence and the parts that will not.Person RequiredTalent and Organizational DevelopmentEmployee RelationsCompensationUnion NegotiationsEmployee EngagementAI has more potential to replacePayrollBenefitsRecruitingInformation SystemsLegal ComplianceTrainingThis isn’t a perfectly comprehensive list, but you get the idea. I have written about what the functions of HR in the past, you can read more about those here if you are interested.Managers will become more in demand, and specialist will start to go by the way side. For all of the functions of HR there will still need to be someone who understands the laws and technical know how so when there are issues with the computer system/AI, someone will understand how to do the process manually.With the 6 parts of HR that require a human-to-human interaction (Talent and Organizational Development, Employee Relations, Compensation, Union Negotiations, Employee Engagement and Training) a specialist will need to exist operating under the supervision of a manager because computers don’t understand feelings. It would be difficult for someone to open up to a emotionless robot about how their boss offered them a raise for a sexual favor or how their co-worker put a dead squirrel in their desk. It would also be incredibly difficult for a computer to determine someones personality and how that aligns with the overall strategy and direction of the company or how well they would get alone with the current employees.As I alluded to earlier some aspects of HR are already being taken over by AI. For example last month one part of my current job became automated by computers and was taken off my plate.BenefitsI used to be responsible for applying the funding of both the employee and employer contributions for ~2,000 employees Health Savings Accounts. I used to download the report (which already had the proper funding allocated for the work force) organize the data in the proper format, and then submit it to our vendor. I needed to understand Excel pivot tables and subtotals, but even then I had a macro set up that would replicate the functions automatically with the click of a button. Our Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) team integrated our system directly with the vendor and now the report is submitted without a human presence.PayrollPayroll also already has a computer doing a lot of the work that humans used to. Just yesterday I was conducting the payroll audit. It requires some technical know how with Excel on my part with the ultimate goal of determining if or why the computer gave arrears to specific employees who recently returned from a leave of absence. I merely inspect the results of the work that the computer did and then double check that the payroll team isn’t in cahoots with someone else at the company. We don’t want people conspiracizing and paying each other extra money or bonuses for favors or something.RecruitingWhen I was a recruiter I often found myself using Boolean searches in computer programs like indeed and ziprecruiter. I would search for a list of skills and experiences and once the massive amount of candidates was filtered down to a more realistic number I would insert a pre-created template inviting the people to apply. The computer would then input the name of individual at the top of the email template so it seemed more personal. Most all entry level position are found in this manner. There are just so many candidates to choose from and the company has no motivation to pay more employees to do the work that one computer and one human can do for half the cost.I think its very important that you predict the future in the best way that you can. Otherwise you might be going to college for a job that won’t exist in 10 years. This is why I am getting a well rounded view of HR rather than specializing in one area because I know that people who lead the HR department will be more in demand than those that once ran the day-to-day minutia.