Accounting
Mary Girsch-Bock
Contributing Writer
mary.girschbock@cpapracticeadvisor.comMary 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
Time Management: A Critical Element of Firm Success
Accurate time management plays an important role in the success of any professional services firm, including accounting and CPA firms. While time management includes solid time and billing capability, time management is much more than simply recording ...
Firm Management
2019 Reviews of Time and Billing Systems
The level of features found in these products vary widely, but all offer solid time tracking and client invoicing capability. Advanced features and functionality are found in several of these applications as well. Here are some of the features we ...
Firm Management
2019 Review of BQE Core
BQE Core is cloud-based with a mobile app available that works with both iOS and Android smart phones and tablets. The mobile app offers extensive functionality, including a navigational dashboard, time and expense management, project management, and
Firm Management
2019 Review of AccountantsWorld Practice Relief
Practice Relief offers users a variety of methods to enter time, including manual time entry. A time tracking wizard is also available that can track time automatically from any location, making it a practical solution for those that work remotely.
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2019 Review of BigTime IQ
Big Time IQ Time and Billing Software is best suited for small to mid-sized professional services firms, including accounting and CPA firms. Big Time IQ is a scalable application, with three versions of the application available, making it suitable for
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2019 Review of ImagineTime Time and Billing
Imagine Time Time and Billing is part of the Imagine Time suite of practice management applications. Imagine Time is well-suited for professional services firms of any size. Imagine Time is available in both a desktop and a cloud-based application for
Firm Management
2019 Review of Bill4Time
Bill4Time is a web-based time and billing application well suited for small to mid-sized businesses. Bill4Time was originally designed for legal professionals, but has expanded their product lineup to include other professional services firms including
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2019 Review of Chrometa Time Tracking
Chrometa Time Tracking is well suited for professional services firms including accounting and CPA firms. Chrometa bills itself as a passive timekeeping system, putting a unique spin on time tracking by tracking all system time automatically without any
Firm Management
2019 Review of TPS Software Time and Billing
TPS is a practice management/time and billing application designed specifically for accounting professionals. Best suited for small to mid-sized firms, TPS also offers excellent client management capability, along with good project management.
Firm Management
2019 Review of TSheets by QuickBooks
TSheets is a time tracking application well suited for small to mid-sized businesses of any type. While TSheets can also be used to track job and project hours, it works best as a straight-forward time tracking application. TSheets is completely web-based
Firm Management
2019 Review of Practice Engine Time and Billing
Practice Engine is a full-featured practice management application that offers excellent time and billing functionality. Completely browser-based, Practice Engine also includes complete practice management capability, including a Scheduler, Workflows/Job