INTEGRATIONS FOR VERTEX O SERIES AND Q SERIES TAX SOFTWARE

An unparalleled background as a Vertex partner managed by former Vertex developers and consultants allows us to quickly and competently implement Vertex software and integrate it with a variety of disparate host systems, including legacy, home-grown, POS and specialty systems for consistent tax calculation results. Our consulting staff has the necessary expertise in both tax and IT areas to provide swift and sound Vertex software implementations and to consolidate your tax calculation and taxability management functions onto a single instance of Vertex O Series or Q Series software.


:: Ariba Procurement Expense Solutions
Our Ariba Integration Component (AIC) enables accurate transactional tax budgeting, verification and compliance reporting through the full use of all Vertex O Series or Vertex Q Series tax processing functions. Features include consumer's use tax self assessment, vendor sales tax verification, VAT, and lease tax calculation. AIC, just like any other MK Strategies (MKS) integration, can utilize your existing instance of Vertex software.

:: Escalate Ecometry Solutions
Integrations for Escalate applications enable both Ecometry Open Systems and Ecometry for HP3000 to use Vertex Sales Tax O Series. Functionality includes processing all order lines in one request to match tax calculations originated from other systems that you may have, such as e-commerce web sites. The integrations can utilize ZIP+4 for increased jurisdictional accuracy and provide for tax-only credit and debit postings to Vertex O Series reporting database for a simplified and more accurate tax returns process.

:: QAD ERP Solutions
Integration for QAD EPR systems enables both eB 2.0 and eB 2.1 applications to use Vertex Sales Tax O Series. Standard functionality includes proper posting of tax only credits and debits to Vertex O Series reporting database. Furthermore, taxability configuration does not need to be maintained separately for each division code.

:: SSA Global Baan Solutions
Integration for SSA Global applications enables both Baan IV and Baan 5 to use Vertex Sales Tax O Series with minimum required PeopleSoft system outage.

:: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications
Integration for PeopleSoft applications enables PeopleSoft 8.0 through 8.8 to use O Series with minimum required PeopleSoft system outage.

:: Lawson Software Solutions
MKS integration for Lawson systems enables you to use Vertex Sales Tax O Series and Vertex Consumers Use Tax O Series with Lawson applications predating M3.

:: Result Group Solutions
MKS integration for Result Group systems enables eResult systems implemented with Vertex Sales Tax O Series 2.1 to use Vertex Sales Tax O Series 4.1 without any need to modify or upgrade given instance of the eResult software.

:: Microsoft Business Solutions
MKS integration for Microsoft Business Solutions enables both Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics GP applications to use Vertex O Series software for all transactional tax calculation needs.

:: Web Services for Vertex Sales Tax Q Series
Web Services for Q Series (WSQ) Java web application enables integrating Q Series with e-commerce web sites and other host system via web services. WSQ supports a subset of Vertex O Series XML requests for direct migration path to O Series. WSQ can be used with existing installation of Q Series and taxability setup.

:: Progress RDBMS
Custom integrations between Vertex O Series tax calculation engine and Progress 9 and 10 based host systems.

TAX MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS & UTILITIES

:: Sales Transactions Posting Engine
Post your sales transactions from POS or other systems not integrated with Vertex tax software to Vertex O Series or Q Series database. Consolidate all sales tax amounts and sales amounts in a centralized database for a consolidated reporting and simplified tax returns processing.

:: Consumer Use Tax Self Assessments Calculation and Posting Engine
Simplify your tax returns process and minimize manual adjustments by using Vertex Consumer Use Tax O Series to calculate consumer use tax on your purchases or inventory movements on an as needed basis.

:: Tax Credits or Debits Distribution and Posting Engine
Simplify your tax returns process and minimize manual adjustments by posting your sales or seller's use tax credits or debits to the Vertex Sales Tax O Series Reporting database for a consolidated Vertex O Series Returns Export File. The tax amounts provided are distributed to state and local jurisdictions while properly adjusting taxable and exempt amounts in the O Series database.

:: Address Verification System
Using USPS data, MKS Address Verification systems can identify invalid city, state, ZIP combinations within your data, determine ZIP+4 based on street address for use with Vertex O Series and determine county name for use with Vertex Q Series.


In addition to implementing Vertex tax software and Vertex standard integrations for SAP or Oracle, MKS provides implementation of ERP vendor integrations, such as the SUTI integration for QAD, Tax Bridge for Baan LN, or Lawson EPC for M3.