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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CCH® SureTax®

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACCH SureTax is designed by tax experts to help businesses comply even with the most complex sale and use tax requirements. Always up-to-date on 100,000+ annual tax legislation changes, this cloud-based sales tax automation platform aims to ensure customers accurately calculate, collect, and remit taxes to the correct authorities every time.N/A

    Sage HRMS

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASage HRMS is an HR management solution that integrates payroll, benefits, recruiting, employee self-service, and analytics capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    CCH® SureTax®Sage HRMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CCH® SureTax®Sage HRMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CCH® SureTax®Sage HRMS
    Considered Both Products
    Wolters Kluwer
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    Sage
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    46 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CCH® SureTax®Sage HRMS
    Type of tax
    Comparison of Type of tax features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    7.4
    62 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sage HRMS
    -
    Ratings
    Sales and Use Taxes7.962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-border Taxes9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    VAT / GST Taxes5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Energy and Fuel Taxes7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Reporting & Compliance
    Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    6.8
    61 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Sage HRMS
    -
    Ratings
    Geolocation for Tax Assessment8.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    3rd-Party Software Integrations6.243 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Data Reporting6.755 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance Administration Management6.641 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Exemption Processing7.643 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Document Management6.633 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex Tax Scenario Management5.242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    5.5
    9 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings1.39 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings1.27 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    4.8
    7 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings2.16 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings3.06 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings3.27 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    1.2
    7 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings1.26 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings1.27 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings1.06 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    3.9
    8 Ratings
    72% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings4.18 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings4.27 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings1.16 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    3.7
    8 Ratings
    69% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings2.07 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings1.28 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.0
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of CCH® SureTax® and Sage HRMS
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CCH® SureTax®Sage HRMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (63 ratings)
    1.2
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CCH® SureTax®Sage HRMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Wolters Kluwer
    I would put CCH® SureTax® at the top of the scale for any Telecom business or anyone with a known tax scenario that will be similarly sketchy. This software, while not always user friendly, can do amazing things to help you navigate the tax issues facing us all today. This would not be appropriate for a company just needing help gathering their sales tax information. There are plenty of other, friendlier solutions, possibly what they are already using for their accounting that will do it cleaner, easier and cheaper. You just have to ask an expert in that software.
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    Sage
    Sage HRMS is a software that fits in all organizations whether small or large and this makes it the most suitable HR solution as it will help you manage your workforce even if it may appear small. The software has analytics and reporting tools that are applicable in performance management where you will use them in assessing the productivity of your employees and plan on how to improve further as a workforce. It further helps in employee on-boarding, payroll management, and talent management
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    Pros
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Maintains Nexus nationwide.
    • Implements all of the various sales tax rates nationwide automatically.
    • Clean website that is very user friendly.
    • Support is very quick to respond and always fixes any issues you may be having.
    • We have had this since 2013, and not one time has a sales tax rate been wrong. We used to have Avalara, where we had 12 different overrides in their system just to calculate the correct tax. It is nice not having to maintain those.
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    Sage
    • Ability to see history (like job history) easily at a glance.
    • Ability to make changes easily.
    • Organizing info in the employee record.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Wolters Kluwer
    • We have participated in some prepayment testing so we know that functionality is being built out and what we saw looked really good. We're anxious to have that rolled out.
    • We'd like a cleaner way to export documentation of what was paid and EXACTLY what was paid. Currently web fees and some small balances are not shown by the website and that means making journal entries is a more manual process than hoped.
    • We've been working with folks at SureTax about discrepancies between CCH RADAR rates vs the rates which get used in SureTax. We have learned the 2 systems do not utilize the same data and we often find RADAR is more accurate.
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    Sage
    • We changed our chart of accounts. The system does not allow you to change the numbering format, so we had to start over with new databases.
    • The tax return portion of the software does not file local taxes. We would definitely like to see this functionality in the future.
    • The payroll piece does not handle complicated move up and move downs for union pay. This could definitely be improved upon.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Wolters Kluwer
    We switched our tax service from Avalara to SureTax years ago. Prior to this, we manually prepared the data and ran a report uploading and then got the tax result every time. With Suretax providing enough and flexable APIs, we redesigned and implemented our new application to communicate with SureTax seamlessly and automatically. This greatly reduced our workload, improves the system efficiency, and increased the data accuracy.
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    Sage
    I do not work with this software anymore, and I am not involved with the renewal of it. However, if I were, I would still suggest using it unless something better was introduced
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    Usability
    Wolters Kluwer
    SureTax is very reliable in with the integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP. It provides accurate tax calculations in accordance with tax updates. SureTax also has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to navigate. It is easy to add customers and also run reports on the website. The overall manageability of it is great!
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Wolters Kluwer
    It has taken much longer than we would like to get certain issues - and problems - resolved. And the initial product support as we designed the implementation left much to be desired
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Wolters Kluwer
    100% better. Avalara is a self-starter kit where businesses are forced to create and develop their own bundles and product types. The support that you get from the AvaTax is not as user-friendly. SureTax is full of seasoned experts and full of industry leaders. Law firms that I have worked with in the past, as well as other CPAs, only recommend SureTax.
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    Sage
    Sage HRMS was very cost effective for a non-profit. It does all that we needed as a company and more. It also allows us to handle payroll ourselves instead of outsourcing [it].
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    Return on Investment
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Previously we paid $5,200 per year for a standalone telecom tax calculation program. The overall cost of the combined solution that we have is just about the same as the cost of everything that we have before adding that cost in.
    • Once you add in the additional benefit of the API integration and the automation that's freed up employee time, I think it's fairly safe to say that as we've grown, the combined efficiencies have allowed us to operate with two fewer employees than we would have otherwise needed.
    • Over past 4 years we have yet to be notified of any errors in our submitted regulatory taxes.
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    Sage
    • there can be a high ROI when processing payroll in house compared to outsourced. Not to mention the flexibility you gain.
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    ScreenShots

    CCH® SureTax® Screenshots

    Screenshot of Transaction level viewScreenshot of Nexus dashboardScreenshot of Exempt Certificate ManagerScreenshot of Reporting viewScreenshot of Returns dashboardScreenshot of A return screenshot