The new product will be called the CCH Client Accounting Suite and users of the SFS package will see no change in features or in pricing, says Dawn Evanoff, product manager. "We are renaming it Client Accounting Suite because a lot of people don't think write-up anymore." The suite includes the general ledger, accounts receivable and accounts payable module. It also has live and after-the-fact payroll, trial balance and financial reporting. The new name will hit the market with the September release.

It's the customers of ProSystem fx Write-up and CPA Accounting who will see the biggest change as those products are replaced by Client Accounting Suite Premier, which will have integration to ProSystem fx Tax and Practice Management.

"For those clients, it's going to be quite a change. They will have some more functionality," says Evanoff. The older write-up applications will receive updates through the end of the year and will be supported through February. She adds there are more users of CPA Accounting than of the newer ProSystem fx Write-up.

Evanoff says those customers keep the same functions but also get new features such as credit card entry and credit card reconciliation, a set-up wizard that is called client set-up assistance and a backup-and-restore feature. They will also be able to move to different modules from within the system. For example, someone working in the GL will be able to access payroll and accounts receivable. Evanoff says that's not possible in their current applications.