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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

2016 Review of Tenenz Accounting and Financial Site Builder AFSB

AFSB has been offering accounting firms easy website creation capability for over 15 years, and continues to add new features and functionality to its product. Ideal for small to mid-sized accounting firms, AFSB offers over 50 templates that users can ...

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Firm Management

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters Web Builder CS

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Firm Management

2016 Review of CPASites.com

CPAsites is owned and managed by CPAs. Started in 1997, the company bills itself as the original CPA website firm. Services are available in four levels; Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The Platinum level subscription offers the following options.

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Firm Management

2016 Review of GetNetSet Websites for Accounting Firms

GetNetSet is available in three editions, which include the Representer edition, which is ideal for very small firms, and includes up to seven website pages. The Representer edition does not offer a client portal, nor dedicated email addresses.

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Firm Management

2016 Review of CPA Site Solutions

Firm Management

2016 Review of CCH Site Builder - Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting

As long as it takes users to enter basic registration information is how long it will take to create a website using CCH Site Builder. New users can try out the system for 30-days, with a website created from basic registration information.

Firm Management

2016 Review of Build Your Firm Accounting Website Packages

Build Your Firm Websites for Accountants (BYF) is part of the Build Your Firm brand that provides a variety of marketing tools designed for CPAs and accountants. Build Your Firm offers a variety of website plans including the Premier Plan, designed ...

Firm Management

2016 Review of AccountantsWorld Website Relief

Designed to integrate with AccountantsWorld Power Practice applications, Website Relief offers accounting firms the option to create their own website using the easy-to-use tools provided, or request a custom designed website created by Website Relief ...

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Indirect Tax

Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Indirect Tax is a sales tax, use tax, VAT and GST tax policy management system which automates the entire indirect tax process, including tax calculation, reporting, compliance filing, and remittance of funds.

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Accounting

2016 Review of Small Business Accounting Systems

No longer a cumbersome, expensive investment, modern accounting software is designed to appeal to the entrepreneur that has little time to spare on simply running a business, and would rather focus on growing that business.

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Cloud Technology

Small Businesses Have Many Accounting Options

While the reviews included in this issue offer a good selection of both on-premise and cloud products that can work well for small to mid-sized businesses, there are other alternatives available to accountants and CPA’s that wish to offer bookkeeping ...

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Small Business

2016 Review of Sage One

Sage One, offered by software pioneers Sage Software offers a multi-platform product that can be accessed from a variety of devices including iPad’s, iPhones, tablets, Android devices, and desktop systems.