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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

2018 Review of Website Builders for Accounting Firms

Today, a website is a must. Fortunately, there are products and services available to ensure that your website is engaging, informative, and professional in appearance.

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Firm Management

2018 Review of Client Portals for Accounting Firms

There are few industries as paper-driven as accounting. W-2s, 1099s, bank statements, and other tax related documents all start out as paper documents. The ability to import some of these items electronically has helped reduce paper loads, but the ...

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Firm Management

2018 Reviews of Hosting Systems for Accounting Firms

In this issue, we reviewed five application hosting providers. The products vary in size and scope, with some products simply offering QuickBooks Desktop hosting, while others can host multiple applications and even create a custom server for users if ...

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Accounting

2018 Review of RetailSTAR Point-of-Sale

RetailSTAR is a comprehensive application designed for niche retail businesses with multiple locations. The integrated e-commerce module makes RetailSTAR particularly well-suited to those with a robust online store. For small retail businesses with a ...

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Accounting

2018 Review of QuickBooks Point of Sale 18.0

QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale 18.0 is best suited for small to mid-sized retail operations that desire integration with other QuickBooks Desktop financial applications. Available in three editions, QuickBooks Multi-Store edition can support up ...

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Accounting

2018 Review of Vend POS

Vend is a scalable point of sale application well suited for retail businesses of any size. Vend is designed to work online and works with iPad, Mac, or PC products, so users can use any or all platforms simultaneously. The product will also work ...

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Accounting

2018 Review of Celerant Stratus

Celerant Stratus Retail is a comprehensive suite of retail applications that are best suited for larger retail businesses with multiple locations that sell in-store and online and is well suited in an environment that processes a high volume of ...

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Accounting

2018 Review of Cumulus Retail

Cumulus Retail from CAM Commerce is a cloud-based point of sale application that is ideally suited for small to mid-sized niche retail businesses including apparel, footwear, gift and specialty stores, museum shops, and other vertical retail markets.

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Accounting

2018 Review of AddSum Advance Accounting

Advanced Accounting from AddSum offers complete front/back office functionality. Advanced Accounting is designed for retailers and manufacturers, and along with complete accounting functionality offers a solid point of sale module.

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Accounting

2018 Review of AccuPOS

AccuPOS is a point of sale application designed to integrate with both QuickBooks and Sage Financial products. AccuPOS is best suited for niche retail businesses such as gift shops, restaurants, bars, convenience stores and liquor stores.

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Accounting

2018 Review of Keystroke Advanced POS

Keystroke Advanced is just one of the point of sale applications available from Specialized Business Solutions (SBS). SBS also offers Keystroke Express, ideal for small retail businesses, and Keystroke Point of Sale, a mid-level application ...

Accounting

2018 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali Point of Sale

Denali Point of Sale from Cougar Mountain Software offers excellent point of sale capability and is an excellent fit for small to mid-sized retailers that already use Denali applications. Denali Point of Sale is offered in two of the three Denali ...