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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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Small Business

2016 Review of FreshBooks Cloud Accounting

FreshBooks was one of the mobile pioneers, with the company started in 2003. Designed for small, one-person businesses and freelance professionals, the product has continually added features such as time tracking, customer billing and invoicing, and ...

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Small Business

2016 Review of Red Wing Software - CenterPoint Accounting

CenterPoint Accounting, from Red Wing Software is designed for small to mid-sized businesses that prefer an on-premise product. Along with small business accounting, CenterPoint also offers farm accounting software designed agricultural producers.

Small Business

2016 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali

Denali Business Accounting, from Cougar Mountain Software is an on-premise product well suited to small to mid-sized businesses looking for an easily navigated, scalable product. Available in three versions, with users able to purchase additional ...

Small Business

2016 Review of AccountantsWorld - Accounting Power

A fully cloud-based application, Accounting Power requires no installation. Along with standard accounting functionality, the product smoothly integrates with other Power Practice products, including Payroll Relief, After-the-Fact Payroll, Practice ...

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Small Business

2016 Review of AccountingSuite

AccountingSuite is an all-in-one accounting software application that combines accounting, sales and purchasing, project and time management, and inventory capability. Users can begin to use the system, utilizing only the features they need, and ...

Automation

2016 Review of CCH Sales Tax Office

Sales Tax Office from CCH is designed as an on-premise product. The product handles real time sales and use tax calculations for multiple business entities or divisions, multiple ERP modules, or even multiple ERP systems.

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Automation

2016 Review of CFS Tax Software CA and NY State Sales Tax Preparer

CFS Tax Software offers tax and accounting professionals a variety of tax related products, along with financial planning tools and a payroll software system. The tax preparation system only offers sales and use tax processing for California and New York.

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Automation

2016 Review of BNA Sales Tax Rates

BNA Sales and Use Tax Rates and Sales and Use Tax Forms are both available online for easy anytime/anywhere access. With the ability to support multiple business entities, both products are truly designed for the tax professional, though businesses ...

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Automation

2016 Review of Vertex SMB

Vertex SMB is a good choice for professional accountants, as well as small to mid-sized businesses that desire a product that will calculate sales and use tax as well as process and file returns. The Preferred Partner Solution; a partnership ...

Automation

2016 Review of Avalara AvaTax

Avalara offers a variety of sales tax and related products that are well suited to end users such as small to mid-sized businesses, e-commerce sellers, as well as accounting firms and CPA’s that are handling client sales tax calculations and returns.

Automation

2016 Review of CCH SureTax

One of the more unique aspects of SureTax is the ability to calculate taxes for a variety of vertical markets including Retail, Communications, Energy, Construction, and Restaurants, along with general sales and use tax. The product is a ...

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Automation

2016 Reviews of Sales and Use Tax Systems

With the complicated rules, and the inordinate amount of time it would take today’s business owner to research and implement tax rates for cities, counties, states, and even countries, it’s imperative that today’s business owners invest in a software ...