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Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

mary.girschbock@cpapracticeadvisor.com

Mary grew up in Chicago, graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business. A former QuickBooks beta tester, Mary’s work has appeared in The Motley Fool, The Blueprint, and Property Manager.com. She currently writes a monthly accounting and technology-related blog for PLANERGY, and ghostwrites several blogs for various software companies.

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Firm Management

2019 Review of AccountantsWorld Practice Relief

Practice Relief offers users a variety of methods to enter time, including manual time entry. A time tracking wizard is also available that can track time automatically from any location, making it a practical solution for those that work remotely.

Firm Management

2019 Review of BigTime IQ

Big Time IQ Time and Billing Software is best suited for small to mid-sized professional services firms, including accounting and CPA firms. Big Time IQ is a scalable application, with three versions of the application available, making it suitable for

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Firm Management

2019 Review of ImagineTime Time and Billing

Imagine Time Time and Billing is part of the Imagine Time suite of practice management applications. Imagine Time is well-suited for professional services firms of any size. Imagine Time is available in both a desktop and a cloud-based application for

Firm Management

2019 Review of Bill4Time

Bill4Time is a web-based time and billing application well suited for small to mid-sized businesses. Bill4Time was originally designed for legal professionals, but has expanded their product lineup to include other professional services firms including

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Firm Management

2019 Review of Chrometa Time Tracking

Chrometa Time Tracking is well suited for professional services firms including accounting and CPA firms. Chrometa bills itself as a passive timekeeping system, putting a unique spin on time tracking by tracking all system time automatically without any

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Firm Management

2019 Review of TPS Software Time and Billing

TPS is a practice management/time and billing application designed specifically for accounting professionals. Best suited for small to mid-sized firms, TPS also offers excellent client management capability, along with good project management.

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Firm Management

2019 Review of TSheets by QuickBooks

TSheets is a time tracking application well suited for small to mid-sized businesses of any type. While TSheets can also be used to track job and project hours, it works best as a straight-forward time tracking application. TSheets is completely web-based

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Firm Management

2019 Review of Practice Engine Time and Billing

Practice Engine is a full-featured practice management application that offers excellent time and billing functionality. Completely browser-based, Practice Engine also includes complete practice management capability, including a Scheduler, Workflows/Job

Accounting

AICPA News: March 2019

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) recently wrote to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to ask for additional and more extensive penalty relief to taxpayers for the 2018 tax year for underpayments and late ...

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Accounting

2019 Review of SAP Concur Expense

Concur Expense, from SAP Concur is well suited for businesses of any size, with two versions of the product available; the Standard edition, which works best for smaller businesses, and the Professional edition, which offers more advanced ...

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Accounting

2019 Review of Zoho Expense

Zoho Expense is part of Zoho One; a comprehensive suite of applications that are designed for small to mid-sized businesses. Zoho Expense is part of the Zoho One Finance Suite and is available in two editions; the Free Plan, which is suited for up to ...

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Accounting

2019 Review of Tallie Expense Management

Tallie is an online expense report software application that is well suited for businesses of all sizes. Tallie is available in two versions and can be used on any platform, including desktop and laptop computers, as well as iOS and Android ...