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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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Small Business

2016 Review of Intuit QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Online is a perfect fit for small business owners looking for an accounting product that offers all of the benefits of a cloud based product with the form and functionality that QuickBooks has offered their millions of users over the years.

Small Business

2016 Review of Xero Online Accounting

Xero is an online accounting product designed for simplicity, while offering the features that small and micro-businesses need. Xero offers solid accounting functionality, along with solid bank integration for easy transaction processing.

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Small Business

2016 Review of Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems

Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems is a Windows-based accounting product that offers accounting, payroll, management tools, and contact management capability for small businesses. Insight Accounting, a more robust version is also available for larger ...

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Small Business

2016 Review of Acclivity - AccountEdge Pro

AccountEdge Pro, from Acclivity offers small business owners the flexibility of a financial management product that also contains excellent inventory and retail/sales management capability, making it an excellent software solution for smaller ...

Small Business

2016 Review of FreshBooks Cloud Accounting

FreshBooks was one of the mobile pioneers, with the company started in 2003. Designed for small, one-person businesses and freelance professionals, the product has continually added features such as time tracking, customer billing and invoicing, and ...

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Small Business

2016 Review of Red Wing Software - CenterPoint Accounting

CenterPoint Accounting, from Red Wing Software is designed for small to mid-sized businesses that prefer an on-premise product. Along with small business accounting, CenterPoint also offers farm accounting software designed agricultural producers.

Small Business

2016 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali

Denali Business Accounting, from Cougar Mountain Software is an on-premise product well suited to small to mid-sized businesses looking for an easily navigated, scalable product. Available in three versions, with users able to purchase additional ...

Small Business

2016 Review of AccountantsWorld - Accounting Power

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Small Business

2016 Review of AccountingSuite

AccountingSuite is an all-in-one accounting software application that combines accounting, sales and purchasing, project and time management, and inventory capability. Users can begin to use the system, utilizing only the features they need, and ...

Automation

2016 Review of CCH Sales Tax Office

Sales Tax Office from CCH is designed as an on-premise product. The product handles real time sales and use tax calculations for multiple business entities or divisions, multiple ERP modules, or even multiple ERP systems.

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Automation

2016 Review of CFS Tax Software CA and NY State Sales Tax Preparer

CFS Tax Software offers tax and accounting professionals a variety of tax related products, along with financial planning tools and a payroll software system. The tax preparation system only offers sales and use tax processing for California and New York.

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Automation

2016 Review of BNA Sales Tax Rates

BNA Sales and Use Tax Rates and Sales and Use Tax Forms are both available online for easy anytime/anywhere access. With the ability to support multiple business entities, both products are truly designed for the tax professional, though businesses ...