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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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Accounting

GMS Offers Complete Financial Management for Nonprofits, NGOs and Agencies

GMS, or Grants Management Systems, is nonprofit accounting and financial management software specifically designed for nonprofit organizations, NGO’s, and government agencies that manage multiple grants or projects on a regular basis.

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Accounting

2015 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali + FUND Full Suite Accounting

Denali Full FUND Suite offers smaller nonprofits a modular software product that contains solid fund accounting capability, making it a good fit with organizations handling multiple funds.

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Accounting

2015 Review of Araize Inc. - FastFund Nonprofit Accounting

In business since 1985, FastFund Nonprofit Accounting was designed by CPA’s and uses SaaS technology to offer an easily accessible, easily affordable nonprofit software product well suited for small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations.

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Accounting

2015 Review of Aplos Fund Accounting

Designed for smaller nonprofits with annual revenues of less than $500,000, Aplos Fund Accounting offers users a cloud-based platform, easy system navigation, and a brand new Donor Relations module, making it easy to manage donor activity.

Accounting

2015 Review of AccuFund Online Non-Profit Accounting - Cloud Solution

AccuFund Online Non-Profit Accounting - Cloud Solution joins AccuFund Accounting Suite and AccuFund Anywhere as a group of modular based nonprofit software solutions well suited for small to mid-sized nonprofits and government entities. Extremely flexible

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Accounting

2015 Reviews of Accounting Systems for Nonprofits

Like any business, nonprofits need to monitor expenses, create a viable income stream, pay bills, and invoice and collect on past due monies. But unlike a regular business, a nonprofit also needs to manage multiple programs, track and maintain ...

Firm Management

2015 Review of WSG Systems Empire Suite

Empire Suite is ideally suited to larger accounting firms that require a solid, integrated practice management solution that includes Time, CRM, and Resource Management capabilities.

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Firm Management

Xero Offers Integrated Cloud-Based Practice Management

Completely cloud based, Xero Practice Management offers tools that small firms can utilize to become more productive and more efficient, including a Document Management function, where users can store all documents in specific client folders.

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Firm Management

Practice Management -- The Difference Between a Successful Accounting Firm and a Thriving One

Good practice management software can often mean the difference between a loosely-organized firm and a practice that is thriving, growing and more profitable. While a firm can have the best and the brightest employees on staff, if they’re not given ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Office Tools Professional Practice Management Workspace

Practice Management Workspace from Office Tools Professional is a time and billing software designed for small to mid-sized firms. The product uses a simplified user entry screen and offers excellent client management tools along with an intuitive ...

Firm Management

2015 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Practice Management

CCH ProSystem fx Practice Management is part of the ProSystem fx Suite of products that features a host of fully integrated tax and accounting solutions for firms of all sizes; though the depth of the product makes it better suited to larger firms.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of APS Advance Practice Management

APS Advance Practice Management is an Australian practice management solution. The application is offered in the U.S. exclusively by Commercial Logic, Inc. Fully customizable, specific firm data is gathered by Commercial Logic early in the ...