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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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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of Citrix ShareFile

Citrix FileShare is designed to work with businesses of all kinds, including accounting firms. The product offers AES 256-bit encryption, and offers multiple data storage locations across the globe. Files can be easily uploaded and shared using the ...

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Benefits

Hosting Options Offer Many Benefits for Accounting Firms - 2015 Review of Hosting Providers

A terrific idea for businesses for a lot of reasons, application hosting allowed users to have online access to desktop versions of their software from any location – a win-win in the business world, where more and more employees are working from ...

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Payroll

2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Payroll Relief

Designed specifically for accountants, Payroll Relief offers anytime access along with mobile capability. Offered only to accounting professionals, Payroll Relief provides the tools accountants need to offer payroll processing profitably.

Payroll

2015 Review of Run Powered by ADP - Payroll for Partners

Designed specifically for accounting professionals, RUN Payroll for Partners from ADP offers end-to-end payroll tax filing service, as well as access to HR tools for clients.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Advanced Micro Solutions 1099 Forms Filer/Payroll

The Payroll add-on module that is part of 1099 Forms Filer from Advanced Micro Solutions is well-suited for small to mid-sized firms processing payroll, and works best with 1099 Form Filer.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Paychex Flex

Paychex Flex is the newly rebranded Paychex Online product. Designed to integrate payroll functionality with payroll related features such as HR and employee benefits, Paychex Flex is truly a flexible product that is custom designed around each customer.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Crest Payroll

An excellent payroll processing option for accounting firms currently offering or planning to offer payroll services to clients, Crest Payroll offers payroll processing capability in all 50 states, with the ability to handle unlimited clients, and ...

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Payroll

2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Accounting CS Payroll

Designed to work with firms of just about any size, Accounting CS Payroll offers batch payroll processing, a big plus for firms processing payroll for a high number of clients.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Real Business Solutions - Payroll Mate

Well designed for small businesses, the product can also be used at accounting firms that wish to offer payroll to small business clients.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Gusto Payroll (Formerly ZenPayroll)

Gusto is well suited for small business owners as well as accounting firms looking to offer payroll services to clients. The product has grown tremendously in the last few years, and now offers the product in all 50 states.

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Payroll

2015 Review of SurePayroll

SurePayroll for Accountants is a web-based product designed for accounting professionals. Custom branding is available for accountants to utilize if desired. Pricing for SurePayroll is based on four separate tiers, and are dependent on the number of ...

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Payroll

2015 Review of Intuit Online Payroll for Accounting Professionals

Online Payroll for Accounting Professionals that offers accounting professionals to obtain payroll services at wholesale prices. Pricing levels drop significantly as the number of clients increase, making this a profitable income stream for professionals.