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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

2015 Review of Document Management and Document Storage Systems for Accounting Firms

Whether your firm is in the market for a document management system or a document storage system depends on a number of things, including workflow levels, current tax software utilized, and even future needs. Cost may play a role as well, although ...

Firm Management

2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Cloud Cabinet

Both a document sharing portal and a document management system, Cloud Cabinet is one of the tools offered in AccountantsWorld Power Practice suite of products. Completely cloud-based, Cloud Cabinet uses Amazon.com’s secure data center to safely and ...

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Sales Tax

2015 Review of CCH Sales Tax SaaS

The CCH Sales Tax SaaS group of products from Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US is designed for the individual business owner, as well as accounting firms that manage the sales tax reporting for multiple clients, and need real-time sales tax calculations

2015 Review of CCH Sales Tax Office

Sales Tax Office from CCH is designed for large corporations that have complex sales and use tax needs and require complete integration with a core accounting system, making it an ideal solution for businesses with multiple entities, divisions, or ...

Sales Tax

2015 Review of Avalara AvaTax – Sales Tax – Cert Capture - Returns

Organizations or accounting firms that need accurate sales tax calculation, rate look up capability, as well as integration with numerous accounting and financial systems. Avalara is a certified streamlined sales tax (SST) compliance service provider.

Sales Tax

2015 Review of Avalara TrustFile

Billed as Sales Tax Filing for Small Businesses, TrustFile generates signature ready sales tax returns, providing detailed sales reports by state, with further detail provided for city, county and state tax rates and calculations.

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Automation

2015 Reviews of Sales and Use Tax Compliance Systems

It’s not just tracking additional jurisdictions that can become problematic. Sales and use taxes change much more frequently than other taxes such as income tax or property tax, so ensuring that a business is charging the correct amount of sales tax ...

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Small Business

2015 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali

Denali Business Accounting from Cougar Mountain Software is a modular product well-suited for small to mid-sized businesses. This on-premise product also offers industry specific accounting capability; offering both point of sale and nonprofit ...

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Small Business

2015 Review of Xero Online Accounting

Xero is an online accounting system designed for smaller businesses that desire product flexibility, solid banking integration, and good access for outside accountants. With the availability of three pricing plans; Starter – for very small businesses, ...

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Small Business

2015 Review of A-Systems Visual Bookkeeper

Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems is a Windows-based accounting product from the makers of A-System JobView, a popular Construction accounting product that has been on the market since 1978.

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Accounting

2015 Review of Sage One

Created by industry giant Sage Software, Sage One is the latest contribution to the new and expanding micro-entrepreneurial market. Sage One is available in single-user and Premium user versions.

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of QuickBooks Premier

Since Intuit introduced QuickBooks, they have continued to keep the products cutting edge and relevant; introducing new features annually. QuickBooks Premier 2015 is no different, with this latest offering from Intuit containing several product ...