Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

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.

July 18, 2016 

2016 Review of AccountantsWorld Website Relief

Designed to integrate with AccountantsWorld Power Practice applications, Website Relief offers accounting firms the option to create their own website using the easy-to-use tools provided, or request a custom designed website created by Website Relief ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

Small Businesses Have Many Accounting Options

While the reviews included in this issue offer a good selection of both on-premise and cloud products that can work well for small to mid-sized businesses, there are other alternatives available to accountants and CPA’s that wish to offer bookkeeping ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Sage One

Sage One, offered by software pioneers Sage Software offers a multi-platform product that can be accessed from a variety of devices including iPad’s, iPhones, tablets, Android devices, and desktop systems.

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Intuit QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Online is a perfect fit for small business owners looking for an accounting product that offers all of the benefits of a cloud based product with the form and functionality that QuickBooks has offered their millions of users over the years.

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Xero Online Accounting

Xero is an online accounting product designed for simplicity, while offering the features that small and micro-businesses need. Xero offers solid accounting functionality, along with solid bank integration for easy transaction processing.

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems

Visual Bookkeeper from A-Systems is a Windows-based accounting product that offers accounting, payroll, management tools, and contact management capability for small businesses. Insight Accounting, a more robust version is also available for larger ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Acclivity – AccountEdge Pro

AccountEdge Pro, from Acclivity offers small business owners the flexibility of a financial management product that also contains excellent inventory and retail/sales management capability, making it an excellent software solution for smaller ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of FreshBooks Cloud Accounting

FreshBooks was one of the mobile pioneers, with the company started in 2003. Designed for small, one-person businesses and freelance professionals, the product has continually added features such as time tracking, customer billing and invoicing, and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali

Denali Business Accounting, from Cougar Mountain Software is an on-premise product well suited to small to mid-sized businesses looking for an easily navigated, scalable product. Available in three versions, with users able to purchase additional ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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Contributors

Amy Vetter

Amy Vetter

CPA, CITP, CGMA

Becky Livingston

Becky Livingston

Accounting & AI Marketing Consultant

Brian Tankersley

Brian Tankersley

CPA, CITP, CGMA

Garrett Wagner

Garrett Wagner

CPA, CITP, CEO and Founder of C3 Evolution Group

Jim Boomer (WB)

Jim Boomer

CPA, CITP, CEO

Ken Berry, JD

Ken Berry, JD

CPA Practice Advisor Tax Correspondent

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

Accounting Content Specialist

Mary Girsch-Bock

Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

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Roman Kepczyk

CPA, CITP, CGMA

Steve Saah

Steve Saah

Executive Director, Robert Half