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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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Payroll

2015 Review of Cougar Mountain - Denali Payroll

Denali Payroll is Cougar Mountain Software’s payroll system. Designed to integrate with other Cougar Mountain software modules, the product can also be used as a stand-alone payroll system.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Red Wing Software - CenterPoint Payroll

CenterPoint Payroll from Turning Point Software is an in-house payroll solution that works well for both businesses and accounting firms looking to offer payroll services to their clients.

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Payroll

2015 Review of Professional Payroll Systems

For accounting firms considering adding payroll to their suite of products that are offered to clients, the payroll reviews this month will certainly come in handy. And for those already offering these services, it never hurts to see what’s available.

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Income Tax

2015 Review of AMS Software 1099-Etc

W-2 and 1099 Forms Filer, part of the 1099-Etc suite of products from AMS offers payroll and related form processing. While W-2 and 1099 Forms Filer is considered the base program, the entire suite of modules is designed to process payroll, print ...

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Income Tax

2015 Review of Tenenz Laser Link

Laser Link, sold by Tenenz, is a year-end compliance and reporting solution. Now compatible with Windows 8+, the product uses forms data entry screens for quick processing.

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Financial Reporting

2015 Review of AccountantsWorld After-The-Fact Payroll

Designed exclusively for accountants, After-the-Fact Payroll is part of AccountantsWorld suite of products. While After-the-Fact Payroll is primarily designed to be used as a payroll system, the product contains numerous features that aid in ...

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Financial Reporting

2015 Review of Spokane Computer - MAG-FILER

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Financial Reporting

2015 Review of CCH Small Firm Services - W-2 and 1099 Payroll Compliance

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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.