Best Software Announces Abra Suite 6.0.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--

Enhancements to industry-leading solution make

HR/payroll management even easier

Best Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEST), a leading provider of corporate resource management solutions, today announced new enhancements and features for Abra Suite(R), its fully-integrated HR/payroll solution for Windows(R) 95/98/NT(R) systems. Abra Suite is a cost-effective solution that helps growing small to mid-sized companies save time and money by simplifying HR and payroll administration, including compensation and benefits, government compliance, personnel time and attendance, recruiting, and training.

Abra Suite Version 6.0, the newest version of the industry-leading Human Resource Information System (HRIS) by Best Software, features: -0-

-- Enhanced benefits administration for simplified management of plan
   enrollment, plan set-up, tracking, reporting and history

-- Comprehensive payroll tax compliance with new local tax support of
   over 4,000 jurisdictions and payroll tax filing services

-- Enhanced resume scanning and searching functions for recruiting
   and hiring the best possible workforce

-- New electronic documentation management for governmental reporting
   and compliance purposes

"Our goal is to provide companies with a best-of-breed solution that will enable them to better address the complex needs of their workforce," said Tom Tillman, director of product management for Abra Suite. "The enhancements we've made in 6.0 make Abra Suite the most affordable, robust HRIS available in the industry today."

For easier management of benefits plans, Abra Suite 6.0 enables users to create plans and enroll employees well ahead of the new coverage period with just a click of a button, eliminating the need to retype benefit plans. In addition, Abra Suite 6.0 allows users to account for an unlimited number of benefits plans for multiple dependents and track dependent coverage from effective date to expiration date. Total compensation and employee historical information reports can also be maintained with the advanced reporting features included in 6.0.

Significant improvements have also been made to the Abra Payroll module of Abra Suite 6.0 to make the payroll tax filing process easier to manage. In addition to Federal and State tax legislation, Abra Suite 6.0 now supports and maintains over 4,000 local tax jurisdictions with the necessary calculation methods for such complex taxation.

Users can stay ahead of the payroll tax legislation curve with the comprehensive quarterly tax updates sent to them by Best Software. And to relieve the headaches of payroll tax filing, Abra Suite 6.0 offers an integrated tax filing service which transfers payroll tax data electronically between Abra Suite and Best Software's tax filing service professionals via the Internet.

"Whether companies want to manage the payroll tax filing process in-house or leverage our tax filing service, Abra Suite 6.0 provides employers with comprehensive solutions for tax regulation compliance," said Frank DiCicca, product manager for Abra Suite. "We've also added new custom check design and printing capabilities for customers who need expanded reporting options on paychecks."

Additionally, Abra Suite 6.0 features enhancements to resume scanning and search capabilities for a streamlined approach to hiring. With Abra Resume Scan, users can quickly and easily process resumes from the Internet, email, faxes, paper, text and Microsoft Word documents with no manual conversion effort needed. Resume Scan highlights questionable words and walks the user through the editing process, ensuring more accurate results for use in searching and filing resumes for specific job skills and titles. With these enhancements, Abra Suite delivers increased power and flexibility to the hiring manager while saving considerable time and money.

Included in Abra Suite 6.0 are new productivity tools such as electronic document management to help users more effectively manage employee records. W4s, customer letters, certifications and other files in electronic format can be attached to an employee record to better track employee documentation.

Implemented as a whole, Abra Suite's HRIS handles all human resource and payroll needs. With tighter integration between modules, robust benefits administration, hassle-free government and tax compliance, enhanced reporting capabilities and much more, Abra Suite 6.0 will increase productivity and further streamline HR and Payroll processes.

About Best Software

Best Software, Inc., with more than 50,000 customers worldwide and offices in the US, Canada and Europe, is a leading provider of corporate resource management solutions which help organizations to better manage their people, assets and planning. Its scalable, cost-effective solutions complement core financial management systems and support the full spectrum of Microsoft platforms, including Windows(R) 95, Windows(R) 98, Windows NT(R) and BackOffice(R). For further information, call 800/368-2499, send an email to [e-mail] or access our Web site at www.bestsoftware.com.

The Best logo is a registered trademark of Best Software, Inc. and, Abra, Abra Suite and Abra Payroll are registered trademarks of Abra Software, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Best Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and BackOffice are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.