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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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Tax Planning

2016 Review of Intuit Lacerte Tax Planner

Ideal for small to mid-sized firms, Lacerte Tax Planner, from Intuit, offers an easy to use tax planning product that is well suited for those looking for a stand-alone product, as well as those wishing to integrate with other Intuit financial products.

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Tax Planning

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters Planner CS

2016 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Planning

Part of the CCH ProSystem fx Suite of applications from Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting, CCH ProSystem fx Planning offers users solid integration with other Wolters Kluwer tax products. CCH ProSystem fx Planning can also be used as a stand-alone ...

2016 Review of BNA Income Tax Planner

BNA Income Tax Planner, from Bloomberg BNA, is one of several tax and accounting applications designed for accounting professionals. The product offers quick start options and instructional worksheet templates and also offers top-notch online security ...

Accounting

2016 Review of Concur Expense

Concur is a cloud-based series of apps designed to manage expenses, travel, invoicing, business intelligence, messaging, and mobile expense and travel management. Web-based, Concur can be used on a variety of platforms ...

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Accounting

2016 Review of SpringAhead Travel Expense Management

Designed for mid-sized businesses, SpringAhead offers both online time tracking and expense management capability. The user interface is structured after a standard expense report, so users can easily enter data to create a report. Users can quickly ...

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Accounting

2016 Review of ExpenseWatch Spend Management

Offering anytime/anywhere access, ExpenseWatch is accessible from an Internet browser or a mobile phone, making it a logical solution for businesses with remote employees or multiple locations. ExpenseWatch supports both Internet Explorer 9 or ...

Accounting

TripIt Automates Mobile Expense Tracking

Concur, makers of Concur Expense, offers a mobile app that ease the pain of frequent travel immensely. Tripit, which is available free, or for a low, annual fee, offers those that spend a lot of their time on the road, be it in an automobile or an ...

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Accounting

2016 Review of Travel Expense Management Systems

If you’re ready to take a look at expense management software, take a few minutes to determine exactly what your firm or business needs help with – be it flights, hotels, client entertainment, meals, or rental cars. Having an organized way of ...

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2016 Review of Tallie Expense Report Software

Tallie, from SpringAhead, is designed for small to mid-sized companies. Available as both a SaaS/Cloud based product as well as for iOS and Android phones and tables, Tallie offers a pay-as-you option, where users simply pay as the product is used, making

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Firm Management

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters FileCabinet CS

FileCabinet CS is part of Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite of applications designed for professional accounting firms. Thomson Reuters offers three licensing options; On-Premise, Virtual Office, and SaaS, so users can choose the deployment method ...

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Firm Management

ScanWriter Automates Data Entry for QuickBooks Users

ScanWriter works with both QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online, the product can be used with any TWAIN compatible scanner, or customers can purchase a compatible scanner directly from Personable if desired.