Mary Girsch-Bock is a graduate of 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 has been a featured regular contributor to CPA Practice Advisor since 2002, and she has also been published 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.
November 17, 2016
CCH Axcess Portal contains bi-directional capability, making it easy to both send and receive files. The product supports a variety of file types, including Web Pages, Word documents, Excel files, PDF’s, PowerPoint presentations, and hyperlinks, as ...
November 17, 2016
Although accounting firms have typically used email to send files to their clients, stricter confidentiality requirements and difficulty in transmitting large files have made email usage difficult, if not impossible in most situations. Portals offer a ...
November 17, 2016
A great solution for firms using QuickBooks, SmartVault offers both bi-direction portal capability as well as complete document storage capability. A QuickBooks plug-in is available that allows users to scan a document into the system and sync the ...
October 23, 2016
W2 Mate is an easily affordable product from Real Business Solutions that provides accountants and businesses with the ability to prepare, import, file and print both W-2’s and 1099 forms. The vendor also offers a long-list of add-on modules to ...
October 23, 2016
After-the-Fact Payroll from AccountantsWorld is designed specifically for professional accountants as a payroll system that offers excellent year-end tax reporting capability as well.
October 23, 2016
W-2/1099 Forms Filer is part of 1099-ETC, which includes a variety of modules that provide form processing functionality, including E-Filer, Forms Filer Plus, 1042-S Filer, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Filer. W-2/1099 Forms Filer is considered ...
October 23, 2016
W-2/1099 Filer EG Systems Inc. www.w21099.com Best Firm Fit: Accounting firms that currently or plan to handle year-end compliance reporting and filing for multiple clients. Product Strengths Users can easily access prior year data Offers both federal and state electronic form filing Very affordably priced Potential Limitations Does not offer an online version of the...…
October 23, 2016
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting, North America, Small Firm Segment http://cchsfs.com/professional-accounting-software/ Best Fit: The product works best for smaller firms that are currently using other Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting, North America, Small Firm Segment products which include ATX, TaxWise, and Payroll. Product Strengths: Product is designed to work with other Wolters Kluwer Tax and...…
October 23, 2016
Laser-Link, from Tenenz, is an affordably priced year-end form processing and compliance solution. The product is designed as a stand-alone solution, and offers easy year-end compliance for accountants.
October 23, 2016
Magtax, from American Riviera Software is available in two versions; Standard and Professional, and also offers a foreign reporting version as well. Also available is an Affordable Care Act add-on module to process ACA forms 1094/1095.
October 23, 2016
Whether you’re looking to bring payroll back in-house for your own firm, or are looking to add payroll services to your firm’s menu offerings, spend some time looking at the products included in this review, download a software trial or view a demo, an
October 23, 2016
MAG-FILER, from Spokane Computer is a product designed to both process and file W-2’s and 1099’s, supporting both paper and electronic filing. A complete system, no additional modules are required in order to run the product.
