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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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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.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of CPASites.com

CPAsites was founded in 1997, and bills itself as the original CPA website firm. Unlike the majority of web design products, CPAsites does not utilize templates, but creates each website from scratch.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Web Builder CS

Web Builder CS was formerly known as eMochila, which is known as one of the pioneers in web site building products when it came to market in 2003. eMochila was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2011, and is now known as Web Builder CS. All of the ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of CPA Site Solutions

CPA Site Solutions has plenty of experience providing professionally designed websites that are geared towards accounting professionals. CPA Site Solutions is available in three versions; Silver, Gold, and Platinum. There are no set-up or design fees ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Website Relief

Accountants World Website Relief is best suited to those currently utilizing Accountants World Power Practice Suite of Applications, though the product can be used as a stand-alone system as well.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Tenenz AFSB - Accounting and Financial Site Builder

Accounting and Financial Site Builder (AFSB) from Tenenz has been offering easy to create website creation capability for accounting firms since 2000.New users can opt to use their own domain, or AFSB can handle domain registration and renewals. Users can

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Firm Management

2015 Reviews of Website Builders for Accounting Firms

In today’s electronic world, a website is a no longer considered a luxury, but is now a necessity for just about every business, including accounting firms. But it’s not enough to simply have a web presence. In order to stay competitive, a firm’s ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Doc.It Suite

Cloud-enabled, Doc.It offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to manage data, documents, projects and workflow. The product offers three different versions, including On-Premise Cloud, designed for those with a dedicated IT staff.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of SmartVault

SmartVault offers users both document management capabilities, as well as a portal for sharing files. What makes SmartVault different from similar products is the built-in interface to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, and Microsoft Outlook.