November 2005 - Beat the Increased CRO Fees

Why pay the CRO more than you have to?

From December 1st you can save €20 for each B1 and €15 for each B2 & B10 filed electronically to the CRO with Relate Company Secretary.

Relate Company Secretary is designed to reduce the burden of compliance. It is the most widely used corporate compliance package on the Irish market.

63% of all electronically filed B1’s are done so using Relate Software.

If you would like some more information on Relate Company Secretary please call us on 01-4663400 or e-mail us on: info@relate-software.com.

Version 3.0 of Company Secretary

Version 3.0 of Company Secretary will be launched this month. This new version will contain many new features including electronic incorporations through CROdisk and on-line up-dating of software and CRO forms.

Relate Company Secretary already contains a host of features including Electronic filing of B1’s, B2’s & B10’s, automated ARD Late Filing Fee & Penalty Calculator and validation checking that will report errors before forms are submitted.

63% of all electronically filed B1’s are done so using Relate Software.

1 in 3 accountancy practices trust us to deliver a proficient product and service.

Relate article featured in Accountancy Ireland Magazine.

Relate were pleased to have the following article featured in the October edition of Accountancy Ireland. The Accountancy Ireland Magazine is the official magazine for the Association of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Relate Software – Driving Software Integration

DRIVE For Accountants is now the fastest selling professional CRM package on the Irish market. Relate Software have been busy over the last year signing firms up. Installations are now running at 15 to 20 a month. Relate have also been busy with their existing software packages. Relate Company Secretary Version 3.0 will be released in the coming weeks and contains a host of new features including CROdisk. Relate are currently finalizing dates for the launch of their new accounts production package and they see a big shift in the market in the coming months. This will bring Relate close to the completion of a full suite of integrated software for accountants.

”We will concentrate on Tax next year in order to round off the suite. Although tax products have been getting a rough ride over the last few years we see an integrated tax manager as the way forward, integrating with ROS, accounts production and DRIVE CRM as opposed to a tax calculator.” says Ray Rogers, Managing Director.

Relate attend the Annual CPA Conference on the 16th/17th of September.

The Conference, which was host to approx 200 CPA’S, took place in the Lynch South Court Hotel in Limerick. Among those attending was the President of the CPA, Michael F Dolan, who has recently acquired DRIVE for Accountants. There was a considerable interest in our DRIVE stand, and the CPA conference overall was a great success. If you attended the conference and would like to receive some information on our products, please send your details to info@relate-software.com.

CPA President, Michael F Dolan, implements DRIVE into his organization.

Michael F Dolan & Company have recently signed up for DRIVE from Relate Software. Michael F. Dolan was elected as the 32nd President of the CPA Institute on the 21st of April 2005. Mr. Dolan is a native of Monivea, Athenry in Galway. He is managing partner of Michael F. Dolan & Co., which he established in 1985, and currently employs 13 people. Michael said:

“Upgrading our existing CRM and Time system was not one that I entered into lightly but as a Relate Company Secretary user for a number of years, I had the greatest of confidence in Relate to supply me with the system that I needed to bring my practice to the next level. DRIVE, for the first time, allows us to centralise all client information into one easy-to-use location”.
Michael F Dolan - partner

Relate brings Sage to the Competition Authority after Encryption of the current release of their Accountants Production Software

“The recent act by Sage Ireland to encrypt the current release of its accounts production software is a serious cause for concern for accountants in practice”. This is according to Ray Rogers, managing director of Relate Software, a software supplier to accountants in practice both in Ireland and the UK.

“We believe the decision by Sage Ireland to encrypt is not in the best interest of firms. Sage are in a dominant position and this could be seen as an attempt to DRIVE competition out of the market. We don’t understand this move considering Sage has recently signed up to the ICAEW xPS standard which allows suppliers to exchange data between their applications”.

Installing the encrypted version 4.2 will effectively lock users into Sage going forward. We believe if you decide to move supplier both data extraction and interaction will no longer be possible without Sage agreeing to release the information.

Relate Software has written an official letter to The Competition Authority and Accountancy Institutes to make them aware of the situation. Concluding, Ray says, “We strongly urge accountancy practices to consider the implications of locking their business into one supplier. This is a backward step and may see other software houses being forced to follow suit against their wishes”.

Software Seminars for Accountants in practice.

Relate hosted a number of seminars in April and May focusing on the software needs of accountants in practice. These seminars took place all over Ireland including Cork, Kilkenny & Dublin.

The main areas of discussion were Relate Software’s DRIVE & Company Secretarial products, and how they can help improve your practice management.

DRIVE for Accountants is a fully integrated system that has customer relationship management at its core. DRIVE contains 10 modules including Time & Expense Management, Billing Management, Communications Management and Document management.

Over 65 practices have purchased DRIVE to date and Relate anticipate that 1/5 of all practices will have chosen DRIVE by the end of this year.

450 practices are now using Relate Company Secretary for all of their corporate compliance needs. 63% of all electronically filed B1’s are filed using Relate Company Secretary.

Relate also discussed future launches of products including the anticipated Accounts Production which will be launched Q1 2006, and Tax which will be launched soon after.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the event and if you would like any further information on our product suite please call us on 01-4663400 or e-mail – info@relate-software.com

January 2005 – Relate have great success at Intel seminar.

Relate Software joined forces with Intel and Microsoft to host an event detailing how technology can be used to add value to a firm. Relate software brought together Microsoft and Intel to present the first truly integrated software and hardware solutions for accountants. The response from those attending was extremely positive and it was a very successful seminar for all involved.