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If you are a local business, chances are that a great deal of your administrative work is done by you. In fact, completing the work that you need to every day in the back office can make for some very long days.

Fortunately, a host of tablet applications are now available that can cut time off the processes that are an integral part of your business.

Here are some of the best types of applications out there:

Accounting Applications
Most application providers have found that tablets are great for very focused applications that can simplify a process. They have also found that when you add a full-fledged financial or accounting application to a tablet, the complexity of the user interface and the number of options still favor using a larger screen to complete transactions. With that in mind, one of the stronger options that is out there in process simplification category is Shoebox, an application that allows you to use your tablet to take pictures of your receipts. You will never have to worry about looking for your receipts again. Moreover, after you have taken a picture of your receipt, the application will then perform OCR on the receipt, filing the receipts in an organized fashion for you right away. You will likely save a lot of time using Shoebox.

Another application that has figured out that full-fledged accounting packages are still better on laptops is Quickbooks. Quickbooks typically spares no expense in developing their products with their users needs in mind. As a result, the features that are available make it a worthwhile companion tool to add to your tablet so that you can invoice and sync data with your laptop.

Web-based Applications
One of the hottest markets for local businesses is the alternative financing business- which offers cash advances on a steady stream of future revenues for a fixed interest rate. Qualifying can be a simple process for business owners that have a solid history of credit card sales and a lease. Web-based applications accessed through your tablet’s web browser like that provided by BusinessCreditandCapital.com are a great way to add another source of funding to your business when you want to expand or cover new costs.

Another web-based application that works well for many are the office productivity and business applications from Zoho that can be accessed via a web browser or as a tablet application in many cases. Zoho’s CRM in particular is popular for its portability and ease of use, which ends up saving users quite a bit of time each year.

POS Applications
There has been an explosion of interest and a boom in the number of tablet-based POS applications that are available on the market. Each application typically links users into a set number of financial services that allow you to process credit card transactions from the tablet itself. Because there are so many applications available, if you are just starting out, it might be a good idea to focus on two things, respectability and price. Both Paypal and Square offer tablet applications that hook into their services and create a secure environment that allows business owners to process and review all of their credit transactions using a usually free dongle that will allow you to swipe the client’s credit card. When it comes to price per transaction, you can usually find a number of aggregators that are trying to grow and are charging lower fees in order to gain new customers. If you have some experience with POS applications, you might consider trying a different service, with the caveat that you check their reputation online first and steer clear of restrictive agreement terms.

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