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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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Firm Management

2016 Review of Tsheets Time Tracking

Designed for professional firms that wish to schedule employees and track time from varying locations, TSheets can be used from a standard desktop system, as well as mobile devices. TSheets also offers a Partner Program for Accountants, which offers ...

Firm Management

2016 Review of TPS Time and Billing Software

Designed for accountants, TPS contains accounting specific terminology throughout the product, and is available as Microsoft Access database as well as Microsoft SQL server for larger firms. that can be used in conjunction with other features found in ...

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Firm Management

2016 Review of Time and Billing Systems

Rather than being seen as a micro-management tool, time and billing systems provide your employees with the tools they need to track individual tasks, as well as help with project management and work flow; particularly when several employees are ...

Firm Management

2016 Review of AccountantsWorld Practice Relief

AccountantsWorld Practice Relief is part of AccountantsWorld Power Practice Suite of applications. The product can be used as a stand-alone time and billing solution, or in conjunction with other applications in the Power Practice suite.

Firm Management

ClockShark Offers Enhanced Time Management for QuickBooks Users

ClockShark is designed to automate the timekeeping process for traditionally difficult to track industries such as construction and field service businesses. ClockShark is web-accessible from any computer with an Internet connection as well as from ...

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2016 Review of Tax Research Systems

While most tax systems have the capability to handle standard returns for clients, the way people earn and invest their money has changed dramatically in recent years. While there are numerous clients who receive a standard W-2 at the end of the year ...

2016 Review of TheTaxBook - WebLibrary Plus

TheTaxBook offers a variety of tools designed to streamline research activities for tax accountants. Their top seller is the WebLibrary Plus, which offers access to the research system from anywhere. WebLibrary is an abbreviated versus of the same ...

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2016 Review of Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Research Platform

Checkpoint Research Platform is an online research system from Thomson Reuters. Checkpoint provides easy access to recent tax laws and primary source materials for federal, state, and international tax, as well as access to tax planning, corporate ...

2016 Review of CCH IntelliConnect Tax Research

IntelliConnect, from CCH/Wolters Kluwer offers a web-based research application accessible through common web browsers as well as mobile devices. This year’s release offers a series of product enhancements which include an updated user interface for ...

Technology

2016 Review of Tax Document Automation Systems

While tax document automation software can automatically populate relevant information on tax returns, the products also offer digital PDF workpapers, allowing users to easily create binders for each client following a specific order, so all binders ...

Accounting

2016 Review of Citrix ShareFile

Citrix ShareFile is a good fit for both accounting firms and businesses looking for a scalable product that offers online document storage as well as bi-directional file sharing with clients and employees.

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Firm Management

2016 Review of Cloudvara Cloud Hosting

Cloudvara is a custom application hosting service that currently offers a number of applications for hosting. The product is well suited for small businesses including accounting firms that need only a small number of applications hosted.