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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

2019 Review of SmartVault

SmartVault offers branded client portals, along with online document storage and secure file sharing capability. Best suited for small to mid-sized businesses and accounting firms. SmartVault is particularly well suited for firms using QuickBooks ...

Firm Management

2019 Review of Citrix ShareFile

Citrix ShareFile is a comprehensive file sharing application well suited for any business, including accounting firms, that need to share documents with clients or customers. Along with file sharing capability, Citrix ShareFile also includes document ...

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Firm Management

2019 Review of Thomson Reuters NetClient CS Portals

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Firm Management

2019 Review of Cloud Cabinet Client Portals

Cloud Cabinet from AccountantsWorld offers both document management capability as well as client portals. Well suited for small to mid-sized accounting firms, Cloud Cabinet can be used as a stand-alone document management and portal solution ...

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Payroll

2019 Review of Professional Payroll Systems

For years, every other Friday, when paychecks were disbursed, co-workers would line up outside my office, thankfully not for me, but for our staff payroll person, whose office was down the hall from mine. It never failed, not a payday went by without ...

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Payroll

2019 Review of AMS Payroll 1099 Forms Filer/Payroll

1099 Forms Filer/Payroll (AMS Payroll) from Advanced Micro Solutions is an add-on module that is designed to be used with W-2/1099 Forms Filer. The product can also be used with other AMS applications, but cannot be used as a stand-alone payroll ...

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Payroll

2019 Review of CheckMark Payroll

CheckMark Payroll is part of CheckMark’s suite of accounting and payroll applications that are offered to both U.S. and Canadian businesses. Working on both Windows and Mac operating systems, CheckMark Payroll is an on-premise payroll application ...

Payroll

2019 Review of Crest Payroll from Payroll Logix, Inc.

Designed for accounting professionals that wish to offer payroll services to clients, Crest Payroll offers a fixed monthly fee for each client that averages out to around $1.25 to $1.75 per employee, per month, based on the features subscribed to.

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Payroll

2019 Review of Red Wing Software CenterPoint Payroll

CenterPoint Payroll, from Red Wing Software, is available as an on-premise application or a cloud-based application. Both are identical, with users receiving the same selection of features no matter which deployment method is used.

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Payroll

2019 Review of Accounting CS Payroll

Accounting CS Payroll from Thomson Reuters is part of the CS Professional Suite. Accounting CS Payroll is designed for accounting professionals that handle payroll processing for clients, and can be used as a stand-alone application, or in conjunction ...

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Payroll

2019 Review of Intuit Online Payroll for Accountants

Intuit Online Payroll for Accountants is designed specifically for accounting firms that are interested in offering payroll and related services to their clients. Intuit Online Payroll for Accountants can be used as a stand-alone payroll application ...

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Payroll

2019 Review of CYMA Payroll Software

CYMA Payroll is a flexible payroll application well suited for small to mid-sized businesses with more than 25 employees. The application was originally designed to be used as an on-premise application, but it can also be hosted in the cloud if desired.