Business bank account recordkeeping is simple. You make deposits and withdrawals. You can keep more detailed records for your taxes, financial statements, and other reasons—but you don't have to. No one is looking over your shoulder.
Trust accounting is different. The state bar requires you to allocate each and every deposit (or credit) and withdrawal (or debit) to a given matter. The failure to do so is grounds for disciplinary action.
This sounds easy enough. One matter per deposit or withdrawal, right?
Not so fast.
Let's say you deposit retainers from 100 clients in your law firm trust account. At the end of the month, you debit those retainers against work performed on each client matter.
You're shifting money from one account into another. But you'd prefer not to issue 100 different checks to your law firm's operating account. You'd rather make a single withdrawal from the trust account-and allocate that withdrawal to your various client matters.
To do this in Easy Trust our trust accounting software is-as our name promises-easy.
First, you create a new “transfer” matter, and give it a name. We'll call ours the “Internal Funds Transfer.”
If you're crediting a single deposit to multiple matters, then you select the new transfer matter on the left, add the new deposit transaction, fill in Payor and Payee, and then select the Credit (Deposit) Allocation function.
If you're debiting a single withdrawal to multiple matters, then you follow the same steps, with a new withdrawal transaction, and the Debit (Withdrawal) Allocation function.
Select the matters to be credited or debited, and fill in the entire amount. The amounts will be now allocated among the multiple matters—and your final transfer matter balance will be 0.
Easy, right? That's why we call it Easy Soft.
If you'd like to learn more about Easy Soft and any of our escrow account software, call us at 800-905-7638.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
How Retainer Reminders Can Improve a Law Firm’s Cash Flow
You get a new client. She engages you, and you deposit her retainer check. Then you start work on the matter.
As the months or weeks go by, her retainer amount gets depleted. Sooner or later (but mostly sooner), you find the amount approaching, well, zero.
At this point, most lawyers have no built-in system to replenish their retainer. So, they begin to bill forward as they go.
That's a bad idea. It'll leave you in a net-negative situation—and you'll be doing work against future receivables. These receivables can rack up quickly—depending on the complexity and urgency of the matter.
Instead, we suggest leveraging technology to keep your retainers replenished—and stay net-positive in your cash flow. It's easy with Easy TimeBill program, our legal billing and trust accounting system.
Easy TimeBill our billing software for attorneys allow you to see—at a glance—what your retainer balances are for each client and matter.
Low Retainer Alerts
For each client, you can set a minimum retainer balance. You can then open your client view, and view your low retainer reminders.
Reminder Letters
The system also generates an automatic reminder letter, notifying your clients that their retainer needs to be replenished. All you have to do is either email it, snail mail it, fax it, or give it to whom ever does your books.
This way: you stay one step ahead of your client. And your client stays one step ahead of your work.
Replenishment Amount Threshold
Legal time and billing software “ Easy TimeBill” has a smart threshold option. You clearly do not want to start sending notices for small replenishments say reminders for less than $100. It would be silly to send a $100 replenishment reminder the moment retainer goes down from $10,000 to $9,900. Well, you are covered. You are able to set the minimum cut-off threshold.
Easy, right? That's why we call it Easy Soft.
If you'd like to learn more about Easy Soft and any of our law office management software, call us at 800-905-7638.
As the months or weeks go by, her retainer amount gets depleted. Sooner or later (but mostly sooner), you find the amount approaching, well, zero.
At this point, most lawyers have no built-in system to replenish their retainer. So, they begin to bill forward as they go.
That's a bad idea. It'll leave you in a net-negative situation—and you'll be doing work against future receivables. These receivables can rack up quickly—depending on the complexity and urgency of the matter.
Instead, we suggest leveraging technology to keep your retainers replenished—and stay net-positive in your cash flow. It's easy with Easy TimeBill program, our legal billing and trust accounting system.
Easy TimeBill our billing software for attorneys allow you to see—at a glance—what your retainer balances are for each client and matter.
Low Retainer Alerts
For each client, you can set a minimum retainer balance. You can then open your client view, and view your low retainer reminders.
Reminder Letters
The system also generates an automatic reminder letter, notifying your clients that their retainer needs to be replenished. All you have to do is either email it, snail mail it, fax it, or give it to whom ever does your books.
This way: you stay one step ahead of your client. And your client stays one step ahead of your work.
Replenishment Amount Threshold
Legal time and billing software “ Easy TimeBill” has a smart threshold option. You clearly do not want to start sending notices for small replenishments say reminders for less than $100. It would be silly to send a $100 replenishment reminder the moment retainer goes down from $10,000 to $9,900. Well, you are covered. You are able to set the minimum cut-off threshold.
Easy, right? That's why we call it Easy Soft.
If you'd like to learn more about Easy Soft and any of our law office management software, call us at 800-905-7638.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Divorce Financials with 2011 Tax Changes Is Now Available
For U.S. divorce attorneys: we've updated Divorce Financials to account for 2011 tax changes.
Don't worry: you still get child support-alimony tax tradeoff analyses, pension worksheets, and other customizable worksheets, forms, and guidelines.
You're still entitled to download mEasySoft, our companion mobile app for your Smartphones and tablet computers. For free.
Our latest change? We're unveiling Divorce Financials 3.0: with 2011 tax changes.
What this means:
• You get a new combined (federal and state) 2011 tax table to reference through your divorce settlement negotiations.
• While selecting the number of dependents, our family law software will prompt you to enter child tax credits (if any). It'll then provide the selected tax year's available credit amounts.
• As part of Alimony-Child Support Tradeoff Analysis, you can now keep the child support amount fixed, and hypothesize different alimony values. This is an excellent tool for cases in which the parties have already agreed on child support, and are looking to discover alimony or spousal maintenance values, i.e. high income cases.
• New York attorneys : If you select your client's tax filing state as “NYC”, our family law software will combine NY state and city resident tax rates for state taxes. This eliminates the need to account separately for city and state tax in New York.
• New Jersey attorneys : The child support calculation engine has been updated to account for:
• Equal parenting adjustments (per Deffler v. Deffler)
• Healthcare and child care expenses
• The Self-Support Reserve/Poverty reserve test, and guideline amounts
Easy? You bet.
Easy Soft's Divorce Financials software is used throughout the country by law firms, state agencies (such as legal services), law schools and paralegal programs.
To learn more about all of our family law software , call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Don't worry: you still get child support-alimony tax tradeoff analyses, pension worksheets, and other customizable worksheets, forms, and guidelines.
You're still entitled to download mEasySoft, our companion mobile app for your Smartphones and tablet computers. For free.
Our latest change? We're unveiling Divorce Financials 3.0: with 2011 tax changes.
What this means:
• You get a new combined (federal and state) 2011 tax table to reference through your divorce settlement negotiations.
• While selecting the number of dependents, our family law software will prompt you to enter child tax credits (if any). It'll then provide the selected tax year's available credit amounts.
• As part of Alimony-Child Support Tradeoff Analysis, you can now keep the child support amount fixed, and hypothesize different alimony values. This is an excellent tool for cases in which the parties have already agreed on child support, and are looking to discover alimony or spousal maintenance values, i.e. high income cases.
• New York attorneys : If you select your client's tax filing state as “NYC”, our family law software will combine NY state and city resident tax rates for state taxes. This eliminates the need to account separately for city and state tax in New York.
• New Jersey attorneys : The child support calculation engine has been updated to account for:
• Equal parenting adjustments (per Deffler v. Deffler)
• Healthcare and child care expenses
• The Self-Support Reserve/Poverty reserve test, and guideline amounts
Easy? You bet.
Easy Soft's Divorce Financials software is used throughout the country by law firms, state agencies (such as legal services), law schools and paralegal programs.
To learn more about all of our family law software , call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
HUD-1 Closings: What’s the last thing you’ve got to remember?
You've just finished closing a deal. It went without a hitch. You prepared your HUD-1 closing statement, dotted your I's and crossed your T's in exactly the way that RESPA prescribes. Everyone brought the right checks, and buyer and seller left happy.
Now, go back to your office and perform the final step. Aside from 1099-S reporting (which Easy Soft can handle for you), don't forget to enter your closing ledger data in your trust accounts.
That way, you won't have to wonder if you did it, backtrack, and take chances with your accuracy.
Luckily, the process is seamless: with two crucial pieces of software.
First, Easy HUD 5.0 software : the choice of thousands of settlement agents, real estate law firms, and title companies for seamless, accurate real estate closings.
Second, Easy Trust, a complete trust account management system that tracks all client funds and bank reconciliations, and generates required trust accounting reports.
Once you've completed your latest closing, you can simply transfer the HUD closing ledger to Easy Trust. The software minimizes data re-entry, thereby ensuring seamless accuracy.
If you follow these steps to prepare all real estate documents, HUD settlement statements, disbursements, trust account management and 1099-S reporting, your firm can reap significant savings in time and money.
To learn more about Easy HUD software and our trust accounting software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Now, go back to your office and perform the final step. Aside from 1099-S reporting (which Easy Soft can handle for you), don't forget to enter your closing ledger data in your trust accounts.
That way, you won't have to wonder if you did it, backtrack, and take chances with your accuracy.
Luckily, the process is seamless: with two crucial pieces of software.
First, Easy HUD 5.0 software : the choice of thousands of settlement agents, real estate law firms, and title companies for seamless, accurate real estate closings.
Second, Easy Trust, a complete trust account management system that tracks all client funds and bank reconciliations, and generates required trust accounting reports.
Once you've completed your latest closing, you can simply transfer the HUD closing ledger to Easy Trust. The software minimizes data re-entry, thereby ensuring seamless accuracy.
If you follow these steps to prepare all real estate documents, HUD settlement statements, disbursements, trust account management and 1099-S reporting, your firm can reap significant savings in time and money.
To learn more about Easy HUD software and our trust accounting software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Stop Admiring & Back up Your Data!
You're done. You step back like a painter, and observe your work.
If you're a NY divorce attorney , maybe you've just created a Statement of Net Worth. A complicated beast of a document that would have taken days took mere hours with our automated calculations, and auto-populating client intake form.
If you're a real estate professional, you're looking at a perfectly created, dead-accurate HUD-1 settlement statement.
Or maybe it's the end of the month, you've completed your trust accounting, and reconciled each client ledger.
And so forth.
Now stop admiring for a moment. What's the first thing you have to do?
That's right: back up your data. No excuses.
If your software goes awry, we are there to help with our live tech support. We can always fix it—and if we can't, we can replace it.
The same goes for your hardware: your PC, tablet computer, printer, or Smartphone. You've got the manufacturer, cell phone service provider, and other IT support personnel to help with these things.
But even we at Easy Soft cannot re-create lost data. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Make regular backup copies of your database/files and store them at a remote location, on an external hard drive, or in a data cloud (look it up: it's the newest, hottest thing in IT).
For trust accounts, also maintain a hard copy of each client ledger on a monthly basis.
For family law software, backup your worksheets. Ditto for your real estate practice.
To learn more about our software for law firms, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions
If you're a NY divorce attorney , maybe you've just created a Statement of Net Worth. A complicated beast of a document that would have taken days took mere hours with our automated calculations, and auto-populating client intake form.
If you're a real estate professional, you're looking at a perfectly created, dead-accurate HUD-1 settlement statement.
Or maybe it's the end of the month, you've completed your trust accounting, and reconciled each client ledger.
And so forth.
Now stop admiring for a moment. What's the first thing you have to do?
That's right: back up your data. No excuses.
If your software goes awry, we are there to help with our live tech support. We can always fix it—and if we can't, we can replace it.
The same goes for your hardware: your PC, tablet computer, printer, or Smartphone. You've got the manufacturer, cell phone service provider, and other IT support personnel to help with these things.
But even we at Easy Soft cannot re-create lost data. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Make regular backup copies of your database/files and store them at a remote location, on an external hard drive, or in a data cloud (look it up: it's the newest, hottest thing in IT).
For trust accounts, also maintain a hard copy of each client ledger on a monthly basis.
For family law software, backup your worksheets. Ditto for your real estate practice.
To learn more about our software for law firms, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
New Jersey’s Bestselling Child Support Software Gets 2011 Tax Changes
For New Jersey family law attorneys: we've made improvements to Case Information S tatement (CIS)!
Don't worry: you still get accurate child support calculations and worksheets (for both sole or shared parenting situations), fully customizable forms, and guidelines.
You're still entitled to download a companion mobile app for your Smartphones and tablet computers—for free.
Our latest change? We're unveiling CIS 2.2 with 2011 tax changes .
What this means:
• You get a new updated combined tax table
• The updated worksheets reflect major social security tax withholding (FICA) changes
• We've made updates to the Self-Support Reserve/Poverty Guideline Amounts
• We've made updates to the Shared-Parenting Primary Household Net Income Thresholds
• We've incorporated all federal Circular-E changes
Caution! Almost all the support amounts are expected to go higher. 2011 tax changes 2% reduction in FICA which results into lower taxes, higher net income and thus higher support amounts.
Easy Soft's New Jersey CIS software is used throughout the state by more than 1500 law firms, state agencies (such as legal services), law schools and paralegal programs. It's so popular that it's become synonymous with family law—and we intend to keep it that way.
New Jersey family law attorneys choose CIS because they get all the tools they need to prepare child support worksheets and Case Information Statements in record time and in accordance with New Jersey Guidelines —all in one package.
And now, you can rest assured that all 2011 federal and state tax changes are incorporated and reflected in the program.
Easy? You bet.
To learn more about our family law software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Don't worry: you still get accurate child support calculations and worksheets (for both sole or shared parenting situations), fully customizable forms, and guidelines.
You're still entitled to download a companion mobile app for your Smartphones and tablet computers—for free.
Our latest change? We're unveiling CIS 2.2 with 2011 tax changes .
What this means:
• You get a new updated combined tax table
• The updated worksheets reflect major social security tax withholding (FICA) changes
• We've made updates to the Self-Support Reserve/Poverty Guideline Amounts
• We've made updates to the Shared-Parenting Primary Household Net Income Thresholds
• We've incorporated all federal Circular-E changes
Caution! Almost all the support amounts are expected to go higher. 2011 tax changes 2% reduction in FICA which results into lower taxes, higher net income and thus higher support amounts.
Easy Soft's New Jersey CIS software is used throughout the state by more than 1500 law firms, state agencies (such as legal services), law schools and paralegal programs. It's so popular that it's become synonymous with family law—and we intend to keep it that way.
New Jersey family law attorneys choose CIS because they get all the tools they need to prepare child support worksheets and Case Information Statements in record time and in accordance with New Jersey Guidelines —all in one package.
And now, you can rest assured that all 2011 federal and state tax changes are incorporated and reflected in the program.
Easy? You bet.
To learn more about our family law software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Going the Extra Mile in Customer Service – Easy Soft Legal Software
In this competitive software market, going the extra mile matters to everyone.
That's why we at Easy Soft endeavor to provide affordable, all-inclusive solutions for our subscribers. All of our software programs come with the following extras:
1. Software Setup . So: you can do your own installations. That's great! What about the rest of your timekeepers? Hiring an IT support person every time you add a team member or lawyer can get both time-consuming-and expensive.
We walk you through it—over the phone. In fact, if you call Easy Soft anytime during business hours, you'll never get a answering machine. You'll always get a real person: someone in our NJ office who knows the product and can direct you to the ideal place for your needs.
2. Software Training . Now, the software is installed. Okay. No matter how “technical” you are, it's nice to be trained in it—at least the first time around. That's why we're thrilled to offer live webinars, pre-recorded webinars (available around the clock), and custom training (available during business hours). All provide a guided tour to the bells and whistles of your new programs, including the shortcuts and other details that you didn't know existed—and can leverage your practice in one fell swoop.
3. Regulatory Updates . For lawyers, this is beyond crucial. What would be the point if our software put you out of compliance—or missed a crucial form, requirement, or other step in a constantly cycling legal landscape?
Our entire software collection is developed by lawyers—for lawyers. So in every one of our states, we scan the regulatory landscape for changes. We even read case law!
4. Technology Upgrades . Then there are technology upgrades—which keep our software streamlined, powerful, and productive. This month sees a new version of our popular Easy HUD software, a new version of Divorce Financials, and increased usership for our new family law mobile application.
All of the above are free to all our annual subscribers-for at least one year. If that's not going the extra mile, we're not sure what is.
To learn more about our technology solutions for law firms, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
That's why we at Easy Soft endeavor to provide affordable, all-inclusive solutions for our subscribers. All of our software programs come with the following extras:
1. Software Setup . So: you can do your own installations. That's great! What about the rest of your timekeepers? Hiring an IT support person every time you add a team member or lawyer can get both time-consuming-and expensive.
We walk you through it—over the phone. In fact, if you call Easy Soft anytime during business hours, you'll never get a answering machine. You'll always get a real person: someone in our NJ office who knows the product and can direct you to the ideal place for your needs.
2. Software Training . Now, the software is installed. Okay. No matter how “technical” you are, it's nice to be trained in it—at least the first time around. That's why we're thrilled to offer live webinars, pre-recorded webinars (available around the clock), and custom training (available during business hours). All provide a guided tour to the bells and whistles of your new programs, including the shortcuts and other details that you didn't know existed—and can leverage your practice in one fell swoop.
3. Regulatory Updates . For lawyers, this is beyond crucial. What would be the point if our software put you out of compliance—or missed a crucial form, requirement, or other step in a constantly cycling legal landscape?
Our entire software collection is developed by lawyers—for lawyers. So in every one of our states, we scan the regulatory landscape for changes. We even read case law!
4. Technology Upgrades . Then there are technology upgrades—which keep our software streamlined, powerful, and productive. This month sees a new version of our popular Easy HUD software, a new version of Divorce Financials, and increased usership for our new family law mobile application.
All of the above are free to all our annual subscribers-for at least one year. If that's not going the extra mile, we're not sure what is.
To learn more about our technology solutions for law firms, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Monday, July 11, 2011
mEasySoft V3.0 - A magic smartphone App
We are pleased to announce the release of m EasySoft V3.0, a magic smartphone App. m EasySoft is now available with Pension Value Calculator and additional state specific (PA and AZ) Child Support Calculators. PA family lawyers can now calculate Pennsylvania child support and APL on the go. Punch in your raw data, have the Smartphone App perform the calculations, and quickly figure out what will work for your client.
Ditto! AZ family lawyers can calculate Arizona child support, too.
In one single Easy Soft's smartphone app, users get robust set of divorce settlement calculators such as Pension Value, Alimony Buyout or Present Value, Alimony Recapture . App also has NJ, NY, PA and AZ state specific child/spousal support calculators . Install the exciting new smartphone app today - it's free!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Recurring Billing for Law Firms
In the world of law firms, billing is one of those good news / bad news scenarios.
On the one hand, you need to accelerate your cash flow.
On the other hand, you've got to figure out how much is owed, process your invoice, and chase down your clients to pay. No fun.
And when it's the same tiresome task month after month after month: it's enough to make you wonder whether you're practicing law, or whether the law is practicing you.
Welcome to Law Firm Merchant Account Services, our credit card payment solution for lawyers. Our product offers electronic payments online for law firms. Not only is it easy to send your invoices: for your clients, it's easier than ever for them to pay: with their credit cards. And, since our product is only for law firms-not other types of businesses-your special law firms needs are met.
Take for example our Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) solution. It's the closest thing in the legal industry to a cash minting machine.
With ARB, you can set the system to send out your legal bills based on a custom recurrence cycle.
Once this is done, you simply sit back. Your work is done, and your payments will begin rolling in.
It's a great way to offer customer convenience-and even build customer loyalty. At the same time, authorization declines and overall administrative costs go down.
To learn more about our payment processor for law firms, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
On the one hand, you need to accelerate your cash flow.
On the other hand, you've got to figure out how much is owed, process your invoice, and chase down your clients to pay. No fun.
And when it's the same tiresome task month after month after month: it's enough to make you wonder whether you're practicing law, or whether the law is practicing you.
Welcome to Law Firm Merchant Account Services, our credit card payment solution for lawyers. Our product offers electronic payments online for law firms. Not only is it easy to send your invoices: for your clients, it's easier than ever for them to pay: with their credit cards. And, since our product is only for law firms-not other types of businesses-your special law firms needs are met.
Take for example our Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) solution. It's the closest thing in the legal industry to a cash minting machine.
With ARB, you can set the system to send out your legal bills based on a custom recurrence cycle.
Once this is done, you simply sit back. Your work is done, and your payments will begin rolling in.
It's a great way to offer customer convenience-and even build customer loyalty. At the same time, authorization declines and overall administrative costs go down.
To learn more about our payment processor for law firms, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
New Jersey Divorce Attorneys: Divorce Financials V3 is Out!
You were astounded at the capabilities of Easy Soft's Divorce Financials 1.0. It made your life easier, and you suddenly had the bandwidth to take on more cases.
Then, we released Divorce Financials 2.0. The new features were impressive, and streamlined tasks that were part of your day-to-day practice.
Now…we're rolling out Divorce Financials 3.0: family law software designed to simplify your life—and your clients' divorce settlements. Check out some of the new features:
• When you run your alimony / child support tradeoff analysis, you can freeze your child support figure in place, and sweep alimony values only . This is to simplify life-and allow the “discovery” of alimony figures—for cases in which both parties have already agreed upon a child support figure.
• You can run updated, 2011 tax tables.
• The software will prompt you to enter child tax credits (if any), and other credit amounts.
• For NYC residents, the software will use both New York State and New York City residential tax rates.
For our New Jersey divorce attorney clients and other NJ customers, we've updated child support calculations to account for the following:
• Equal parenting adjustments, allowing for controlled expenses for both sides, per Deffler v. Deffler.
• Healthcare and childcare expenses
• The self-support reserve test for low-income limitations
(Please note that Divorce Financials is designed to give New Jersey divorce attorneys an approximation of child support and alimony amounts: not specific figures. For that, we have a suite of New Jersey family law software. Check it out!)
To learn more about our full suite of family law software , call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Then, we released Divorce Financials 2.0. The new features were impressive, and streamlined tasks that were part of your day-to-day practice.
Now…we're rolling out Divorce Financials 3.0: family law software designed to simplify your life—and your clients' divorce settlements. Check out some of the new features:
• When you run your alimony / child support tradeoff analysis, you can freeze your child support figure in place, and sweep alimony values only . This is to simplify life-and allow the “discovery” of alimony figures—for cases in which both parties have already agreed upon a child support figure.
• You can run updated, 2011 tax tables.
• The software will prompt you to enter child tax credits (if any), and other credit amounts.
• For NYC residents, the software will use both New York State and New York City residential tax rates.
For our New Jersey divorce attorney clients and other NJ customers, we've updated child support calculations to account for the following:
• Equal parenting adjustments, allowing for controlled expenses for both sides, per Deffler v. Deffler.
• Healthcare and childcare expenses
• The self-support reserve test for low-income limitations
(Please note that Divorce Financials is designed to give New Jersey divorce attorneys an approximation of child support and alimony amounts: not specific figures. For that, we have a suite of New Jersey family law software. Check it out!)
To learn more about our full suite of family law software , call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Divorce Attorneys! - How Easy Can Your (Mobile) Life Get?
Picture this.
You're having lunch with a client. He's stressing over whether to make his alimony payment in one lump sum…or parcel it out over a stream of years. How much would he save over the long-term? How would this impact his income taxes?
“I can give you the answer now,” you say. You pull out your iPhone/Android/Blackberry and type in some numbers. Voila! Our mobile family law software spits out a chart, which contains all of the answers.
Your client breathes a sigh of relief. You're the hero of the hour. And it was easy.
Now picture this.
You're in a settlement conference. Opposing counsel wants to know what your client's pension will be worth in 20 years. You don't know, and you're in her office. Luckily, you have your iPad with you. You run the application, punch in some numbers, and there you have it. An answer that helps get both parties closer to resolving this case.
Introducing m EasySoft : a mobile application which puts an impressive set of divorce settlement calculators at your fingertips. Available calculations include:
• Alimony Buyout or Present Value
• Pension Value
• Alimony Recapture
• State child/spousal support calculators
Best of all, this mobile app is free for current subscribers of Family Law software - with technical support. Just use the same support channels you currently use for all of your Easy Soft products.
To learn more about our full suite of family law software , call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
You're having lunch with a client. He's stressing over whether to make his alimony payment in one lump sum…or parcel it out over a stream of years. How much would he save over the long-term? How would this impact his income taxes?
“I can give you the answer now,” you say. You pull out your iPhone/Android/Blackberry and type in some numbers. Voila! Our mobile family law software spits out a chart, which contains all of the answers.
Your client breathes a sigh of relief. You're the hero of the hour. And it was easy.
Now picture this.
You're in a settlement conference. Opposing counsel wants to know what your client's pension will be worth in 20 years. You don't know, and you're in her office. Luckily, you have your iPad with you. You run the application, punch in some numbers, and there you have it. An answer that helps get both parties closer to resolving this case.
Introducing m EasySoft : a mobile application which puts an impressive set of divorce settlement calculators at your fingertips. Available calculations include:
• Alimony Buyout or Present Value
• Pension Value
• Alimony Recapture
• State child/spousal support calculators
Best of all, this mobile app is free for current subscribers of Family Law software - with technical support. Just use the same support channels you currently use for all of your Easy Soft products.
To learn more about our full suite of family law software , call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a real person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Electronic Data Collection for Divorce - How It Works
If you're a divorce lawyer in New York, you might be dismayed at just how many forms go into your day-to-day practice.
EzSupport – NY a Family law software comes to the rescue!
As we discussed in the last post, forms are a piece of cake with the new and improved EzSupport-NY.
That's because we've inserted new technology that allows you to automate your data right from the get-go-making your clients part of the solution, not part of the backlog.
You see, EzSupport-NY now comes with an electronic data collection module called “SupportNewYorkLite.” That's one form for your client to fill out—in the comfort of his or her home.
How does it work?
Simple. Open EzSupport-NY.
Step1: Email your client the SupportNYLite form (go to File -> SupportNewYorkLite -> Save SupportNewYorkLite as a Word document). Instruct him or her to open it in Microsoft Word.
Step2: When your client returns the completed form, have a look at it, and make sure all the fields have been completed. If there's anything missing, just let your client know.
Step3: Once you're satisfied, import the form into EzSupport-NY (File -> SupportNewYorkLite -> Import SupportNewYorkLite). If it's a new client, the software prompts you for the client's position: Plaintiff or Defendant? Click Continue, and then upload the form.
That's it! The file's been imported. All of your new client's data is now in the system, and you can start figuring out optimal NY child support payments, maintenance, and all the rest: using our signature easy-to-use, uncluttered interface.
The only issue? What are you going to do with all of your new found free time?
To learn more about our family law software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
EzSupport – NY a Family law software comes to the rescue!
As we discussed in the last post, forms are a piece of cake with the new and improved EzSupport-NY.
That's because we've inserted new technology that allows you to automate your data right from the get-go-making your clients part of the solution, not part of the backlog.
You see, EzSupport-NY now comes with an electronic data collection module called “SupportNewYorkLite.” That's one form for your client to fill out—in the comfort of his or her home.
How does it work?
Simple. Open EzSupport-NY.
Step1: Email your client the SupportNYLite form (go to File -> SupportNewYorkLite -> Save SupportNewYorkLite as a Word document). Instruct him or her to open it in Microsoft Word.
Step2: When your client returns the completed form, have a look at it, and make sure all the fields have been completed. If there's anything missing, just let your client know.
Step3: Once you're satisfied, import the form into EzSupport-NY (File -> SupportNewYorkLite -> Import SupportNewYorkLite). If it's a new client, the software prompts you for the client's position: Plaintiff or Defendant? Click Continue, and then upload the form.
That's it! The file's been imported. All of your new client's data is now in the system, and you can start figuring out optimal NY child support payments, maintenance, and all the rest: using our signature easy-to-use, uncluttered interface.
The only issue? What are you going to do with all of your new found free time?
To learn more about our family law software, call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
New York Divorce Forms 301: Seriously
Forms, forms, and more forms. Sometimes you think you're sinking into a giant mound of paperwork quicksand.
With all the forms a New York divorce lawyer has to generate, you might mistake your job as a paper pusher—or an administrator. Even for an uncontested divorce in the no-fault divorce state of NY, you've got your divorce forms, temporary maintenance and NY child support worksheet, and the massive and complicated Statement of Net Worth.
But if you're using EzSupport-NY, you know that these forms are a piece of cake.
With our new and improved program, you automate your data right from the get-go. That way, your clients are part of the solution—not part of the backlog.
Now, EzSupport-NY comes with an electronic data collection module called “ SupportNewYorkLite .” That gives your client a form to fill out—in the comfort of his or her home or office.
The form is a simple Microsoft Word file. Once your client has completed it, he or she emails it back to you. You review it for completion, and then click to “import” it into your EzSupport program.
And there you have it. A few hours' work funneled into a few minutes. Not bad, huh? Not only have you saved yourself a lot of time, you've increased the accuracy of your data, since your client is in a place where he or she can do what he needs to verify the information: check receipts, look at investments and pension statements, call his CPA, etc.
Next time, we'll show you how it works. Click here, view our video.
To learn more about all of our family law software, including Divorce Financials (our nationwide version), call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
With all the forms a New York divorce lawyer has to generate, you might mistake your job as a paper pusher—or an administrator. Even for an uncontested divorce in the no-fault divorce state of NY, you've got your divorce forms, temporary maintenance and NY child support worksheet, and the massive and complicated Statement of Net Worth.
But if you're using EzSupport-NY, you know that these forms are a piece of cake.
With our new and improved program, you automate your data right from the get-go. That way, your clients are part of the solution—not part of the backlog.
Now, EzSupport-NY comes with an electronic data collection module called “ SupportNewYorkLite .” That gives your client a form to fill out—in the comfort of his or her home or office.
The form is a simple Microsoft Word file. Once your client has completed it, he or she emails it back to you. You review it for completion, and then click to “import” it into your EzSupport program.
And there you have it. A few hours' work funneled into a few minutes. Not bad, huh? Not only have you saved yourself a lot of time, you've increased the accuracy of your data, since your client is in a place where he or she can do what he needs to verify the information: check receipts, look at investments and pension statements, call his CPA, etc.
Next time, we'll show you how it works. Click here, view our video.
To learn more about all of our family law software, including Divorce Financials (our nationwide version), call 800-905-7638. We promise you'll get a person on the line who can answer all of your questions.
Monday, July 4, 2011
2010 RESPA RULES & HUD Complexity
By now, you've learned the nuances of the new HUD Settlement Statement, which took effect in January of 2010. While RESPA was able to hold lenders more accountable to their estimates, it also caused a plethora of unintended issues.
For example, residential real estate buyers and sellers might end up with the same set of numbers on closing day. But in reality of course, they have two completely different sets of obligations. That's why it's important to segregate these numbers: so that each party can tell at a glance what they owe, and (exactly) how it's itemized. But with the 2010 changes, it's become even more challenging to understand which charge belongs to which party.
Now, Easy Soft 's Easy HUD 5.0, our newest Easy HUD software, addresses this. Of course, we didn't alter the official HUD forms. What we did was to develop a “buyer/seller summary transactions” sheet as part of our Advanced Printing Module. Customers like you can now present a simplified view of the HUD settlement statement to your clients. The confusion? Leave that to the other lawyers' clients.
Click here to check-it out for yourself!
Easy HUD 5.0 also has number of features related to GFE-HUD simplifications. Look for more in our next blog post, and as always, enjoy the ease!
To learn more about our HUD settlement statement software, call us at 800 905 7638.
For example, residential real estate buyers and sellers might end up with the same set of numbers on closing day. But in reality of course, they have two completely different sets of obligations. That's why it's important to segregate these numbers: so that each party can tell at a glance what they owe, and (exactly) how it's itemized. But with the 2010 changes, it's become even more challenging to understand which charge belongs to which party.
Now, Easy Soft 's Easy HUD 5.0, our newest Easy HUD software, addresses this. Of course, we didn't alter the official HUD forms. What we did was to develop a “buyer/seller summary transactions” sheet as part of our Advanced Printing Module. Customers like you can now present a simplified view of the HUD settlement statement to your clients. The confusion? Leave that to the other lawyers' clients.
Click here to check-it out for yourself!
Easy HUD 5.0 also has number of features related to GFE-HUD simplifications. Look for more in our next blog post, and as always, enjoy the ease!
To learn more about our HUD settlement statement software, call us at 800 905 7638.
The Latest Improvements to Easy HUD software
Easy Soft's popular HUD software has been simplified. The newest version is Easy HUD 5.0, and it makes your life and—your practice—even easier than before.
In our last post, we talked about the addition of several major features, including the creation of separate buyer and seller transactions sheets (as part of our Advanced Printing Module). Customers like you can now present a simplified view of the HUD settlement statement to your clients—in a way that helps them understand their obligations.
Today, our post is about an improvement we're over the moon about: the simplification of the good faith estimate (GFE) comparison section of the software.
What had been: the GFE and HUD columns were in a different order than on the printed forms. Now, they're in the same order—to minimize confusion, and make comparisons even easier than before!
What's more, there's a simpler new grid that displays four comparison brackets on a unified screen to enable at-a-glance reviewing. Related to this, the “simplified GFE view” captures POC amounts, GFE amounts, and the various tolerances for error. The lines on this chart are sorted by GFE reference number. You need to make sure that your numbers are within the tolerances—or lender will be liable for reimbursement to the borrower for excess charges.
Finally, the GFE-HUD worksheet can now be printed for your internal review.
We're thrilled to announce these changes. Our drive to continue simplifying your real estate practice has helped us to make this one of the most popular real estate closing software products on the market today.
To learn more about our HUD settlement statement software, call us at 800 905 7638.
In our last post, we talked about the addition of several major features, including the creation of separate buyer and seller transactions sheets (as part of our Advanced Printing Module). Customers like you can now present a simplified view of the HUD settlement statement to your clients—in a way that helps them understand their obligations.
Today, our post is about an improvement we're over the moon about: the simplification of the good faith estimate (GFE) comparison section of the software.
What had been: the GFE and HUD columns were in a different order than on the printed forms. Now, they're in the same order—to minimize confusion, and make comparisons even easier than before!
What's more, there's a simpler new grid that displays four comparison brackets on a unified screen to enable at-a-glance reviewing. Related to this, the “simplified GFE view” captures POC amounts, GFE amounts, and the various tolerances for error. The lines on this chart are sorted by GFE reference number. You need to make sure that your numbers are within the tolerances—or lender will be liable for reimbursement to the borrower for excess charges.
Finally, the GFE-HUD worksheet can now be printed for your internal review.
We're thrilled to announce these changes. Our drive to continue simplifying your real estate practice has helped us to make this one of the most popular real estate closing software products on the market today.
To learn more about our HUD settlement statement software, call us at 800 905 7638.
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