Accounts payable law firm software
Simplify and Automate Your Bill Paying.
Automate and streamline your invoice and check‑writing workflows to help your firm stay organized, compliant, and efficient. Reduce manual effort and gain clarity.
Accounts Payable Product features
Automation that saves time
- Automatically enter recurring bills so you don’t have to re‑key them each month.
- The system calculates vendor discounts for you when you enter invoices.
- Summarize vendor payments and handle partial or combined payments easily.
Clear, real‑time visibility
- The intuitive Dashboard gives you a clean, graphical view of unpaid invoices, unposted checks/EFTs, and what’s been paid this month, all at a glance.
- Easily put invoices on hold if you need to dispute them.
Flexible, professional payment processing
- Print a batch of checks or a single check, and record handwritten checks or print memos as needed.
- Combine multiple invoices for the same vendor into one check to reduce check volume and simplify reconciliations.
Compliance & security built in
- Generate 1099‑MISC/NEC forms (or electronic files) to meet IRS requirements, including combining payments to vendors and trust‑account payees.
- Use the built‑in Positive Pay Export feature: export approved checks to upload to your bank’s fraud‑prevention program.
Automation that saves time
- Automatically enter recurring bills so you don’t have to re‑key them each month.
- The system calculates vendor discounts for you when you enter invoices.
- Summarize vendor payments and handle partial or combined payments easily.
Clear, real‑time visibility
- The intuitive Dashboard gives you a clean, graphical view of unpaid invoices, unposted checks/EFTs, and what’s been paid this month, all at a glance.
- Easily put invoices on hold if you need to dispute them.
Flexible, professional payment processing
- Print a batch of checks or a single check, and record handwritten checks or print memos as needed.
- Combine multiple invoices for the same vendor into one check to reduce check volume and simplify reconciliations.
Compliance & security built in
- Generate 1099‑MISC/NEC forms (or electronic files) to meet IRS requirements, including combining payments to vendors and trust‑account payees.
- Use the built‑in Positive Pay Export feature: export approved checks to upload to your bank’s fraud‑prevention program.
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Frequently asked questions
Accounts Payable automation (or AP automation) refers to technology that simplifies the accounts payable process by utilizing automated workflows. As a result, AP automation can significantly reduce and, in some cases, eliminates the need for repetitive manual tasks like creating and submitting recurring invoices which can be time-consuming. Note, however, that automation does not entirely take over your accounts payable processes.
By adopting automation features in accounts payable, law firms can expedite the invoicing process, maintain compliance, lower costs, and reduce the risk of human error. Additionally, it enables law firms to manage their expenses more effectively and obtain valuable insights into their cash flow that can inform their decision-making. These features are especially helpful when entering recurring invoices or check requests.
Yes, 1099s can be prepared either by your Firm as a payer, or by the Trust Account holder as payer. When your firm is the payer, 1099 information can be combined with your accounts payable information to create a combined 1099 form or electronic file.
Read more: Prepping for Tax Season: Form 1099 Basics for Law Firms
Yes. Tabs3 Accounts Payable Software can memorize recurring payments and automatically enter them to save you time.
Yes. Discounts can automatically be calculated when the invoice is entered in Tabs3 Accounts Payable Software.
Yes. Both Detail and Summary Cash Requirement reports are available in Tabs3 Accounts Payable Software.
Yes. Tabs3 Accounts Payable Software allows individual invoices to be placed on hold.