BillSoft Inc. said this week it has an ongoing relationship with Apptix, a cloud-based business communication and collaboration services company, to manage its taxes in hundreds of locations across the states.
Apptix provides e-mail, phone, Web conferencing, desktop fax, and content-management services to more than 22,000 customers and 300,000 end-users across many municipalities. It uses the BillSoft Online, EZGeo Online, and Compliance Filing services to calculate and pay its hundreds of state and local tax returns associated with Apptix’s hosted services.
Chris Mack, CFO of Apptix, said BillSoft’s service matches his own business model and operating philosophy: Focus on your core competency and outsource the rest to cost effective experts. “Just as we tell our customers to let us manage their communication services, BillSoft provides us operational efficiencies while ensuring we remain tax compliant," he said.
Vicki Klein, president of BillSoft, said the companies begabn working together earlier this year.
Apptix is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. Along with its MailStreet subsidiary, it offers a variety of cloud-based services including: Microsoft Exchange plus Outlook Voice Access; VoIP; Microsoft SharePoint; Web conferencing and secure Instant Message with Presence. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services.
BillSoft specializes in enhancing billing systems and service bureau products. Its solutions consist of products and services for tax calculation, tax customization, product bundling, tax reference, address scrubbing, tax jurisdiction assignment, tax compliance filing, and tax consulting services.
