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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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Software

2017 Reviews of Professional Tax Preparation Software

Tax compliance systems are a necessity for the busy tax professional that annually has to sift through the latest laws, what may become law, or what is no longer relevant in order to accurately prepare tax forms for their clients.

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Technology

New Tools Help Tax Practices Thrive

This competition and need for increased productivity has driven technology innovation in the last few years, from tax document automation, to increased integration options, and mobile expense tracking apps that are focused on keeping solid records for ...

2017 Review of BNA 706 and 709 Preparer

Bloomberg BNA offers accountants a variety of tax tools and resources. For accounting firms that need to process estate and gift tax for their clients, BNA Estate and Gift Tax ™ 706 Preparer and BNA Estate & Gift Tax™ 709 Preparer can be a time saver.

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2017 Review of ATX Tax

ATX from Wolters Kluwer is well suited for smaller firms and sole practitioners that process non-complicated tax returns for individuals and clients. ATX also offers both tax law research and practice management integration to create a comprehensive...

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Accounting

2017 Review of Abila MIP Fund Accounting

Abila MIP™ offers a flexible, segmented chart of accounts structure, with users able to configure segments to best suit their needs. Abila support personnel work with all new users to create the custom design during product implementation. With up to 25 s

Accounting

2017 Review of Aplos Accounting

Aplos is well suited for small to mid-sized nonprofits with revenues of less than $500,000 annually. Completely cloud-based, Aplos works on both Windows and Mac platforms, and contains an easily navigated user interface that guides users to the ...

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Accounting

2017 Review of GMS Grants Management Systems

Grants Management Systems (GMS) is a nonprofit accounting and financial management software that is designed for organizations that need to track grant, contract, and program activity. GMS is a good fit for organizations that receive the bulk of their ...

Accounting

2017 Review of QuickBooks Online Nonprofit Version

QuickBooks Online offers a nonprofit version of its software that is best suited for smaller nonprofits with less complicated needs. QuickBooks Online offers four editions of the software: Self-Employed, Simple Start, Essentials and Plus, with each ...

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Accounting

2017 Review of Tangicloud for Nonprofits and Government

As the leading NAV pioneers since 1999, Tangicloud uses Microsoft Dynamics NAV as its ERP system in its new product which was launched in July 2016. Tangicloud Technologies utilizes the popular Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform in Tangicloud, a fund ...

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Accounting

2017 Review of Araize FastFund Online Nonprofit Accounting

FastFund Nonprofit Accounting from Araize is best suited for the small to mid-sized nonprofit organization. Available online exclusively, FastFund offers easy system navigation, along with an affordable price tag.

Accounting

2017 Review of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Nonprofit Accounting Software

Financial Edge NXT from Blackbaud is best suited for mid-sized nonprofit organizations as well as government entities and NGO’s. Financial Edge is a 100 percent cloud-based application that can also be used from a smart phone or tablet.

Accounting

2017 Review of Serenic Navigator

Serenic Navigator from Serenic Software is a comprehensive software product best suited for mid-sized to larger nonprofit organizations, government entities and NGOs. Serenic Navigator is available in three deployment options; On-premise, Hosted via a ...