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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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Financial Reporting

2015 Review of Real Business Solutions - W2 Mate

W2 Mate, from Real Business Solutions, allows users to easily create, report, file, and print year end compliance forms such as 1099’s and W-2’s. Good integration capability allows users to import data from other applications for easy form processing.

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Financial Reporting

2015 Review of Avalara AvaTax 1099

Completely web-based, Avalara’s AvaTax 1099 is accessible from anywhere on any device. Scalable, the product integrates with other Avalara products, including the popular AvaTax.

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Financial Reporting

New Laws and IRS Rules Make Year-End W-2 and 1099 Reporting More Challenging

With more businesses utilizing contractors to perform services traditionally relegated to employees, the need for sound 1099 processing and reporting is more important than ever before. There are numerous types of 1099 forms processed and filed ...

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Accounting

Expense Management Systems Save Time And Money

Expense management software can prove beneficial to employees as well. No more waiting for two weeks while the report is processed and a reimbursement check issued. With current software, that turnaround time is now around 1-3 days.

Income Tax

2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Tax Planner CS

Planner CS is part of the CS Professional Suite of tax products from Thomson Reuters. Part of the CS Professional Suite of tax, accounting and practice management applications. Planner CS offers full integration with other Thomson Reuters while also ...

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Income Tax

2015 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Planning

ProSystem fx Planning is part of the ProSystem fx Suite of products from CCH. ProSystem fx Planning integrates with other CCH tax products. ProSystem fx Planning can also be used as a stand-alone product. While not currently available as an online ...

Income Tax

2015 Review of BNA Income Tax Planner

BNA’s Tax Planner is available as either a desktop product or as web-based software, which is hosted by Bloomberg BNA. BNA’s user interface has a menu bar at the top of the screen that offers access to various program functions.

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Income Tax

2015 Review of Drake Tax Planner

Drake Tax Planner is a good fit for firms that have less complicated tax planning needs. Designed for both individuals who wish to map out their own tax plan, as well as firms providing tax planning services, the product offers straightforward tax ...

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Benefits

Tax Planning Helps Bring Strategy to Tax Season - 2015 Review of Tax Planning Systems

With over 50 tax provisions on the table to be extended through the end of 2016, it’s definitely not too early to begin planning scenarios on how those provisions, if passed, will affect your client’s tax liability.

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Tax Planning

2015 Review of Intuit Lacerte Tax Planner

Ideal for small to mid-sized firms, Lacerte Tax Planner, from Intuit, offers an easy to use tax planning product that is well suited for those looking for a stand-alone product, as well as those wishing to integrate with other Intuit financial products.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Build Your Firm Websites for Accountants

Build Your Firm Websites for Accountants (BYF) is part of the Build Your Firm brand that provides accountants with a variety of tools that help build their practice. BYF offers two types of websites: Premier, which is designed for generalist firms ...

Firm Management

2015 Review of CCH Site Builder

Good as a stand-alone product, CCH Site Builder’s integration with CCH Axcess Portal provides users with additional accounting and financial management tools such as the ability to exchange confidential files and other documents.