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.

June 14, 2016 

2016 Review of AccountingSuite

AccountingSuite is an all-in-one accounting software application that combines accounting, sales and purchasing, project and time management, and inventory capability. Users can begin to use the system, utilizing only the features they need, and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 13, 2016 

2016 Review of CCH Sales Tax Office

Sales Tax Office from CCH is designed as an on-premise product. The product handles real time sales and use tax calculations for multiple business entities or divisions, multiple ERP modules, or even multiple ERP systems.

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 13, 2016 

2016 Review of BNA Sales Tax Rates

BNA Sales and Use Tax Rates and Sales and Use Tax Forms are both available online for easy anytime/anywhere access. With the ability to support multiple business entities, both products are truly designed for the tax professional, though businesses ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 13, 2016 

2016 Review of Vertex SMB

Vertex SMB is a good choice for professional accountants, as well as small to mid-sized businesses that desire a product that will calculate sales and use tax as well as process and file returns. The Preferred Partner Solution; a partnership ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 13, 2016 

2016 Review of Avalara AvaTax

Avalara offers a variety of sales tax and related products that are well suited to end users such as small to mid-sized businesses, e-commerce sellers, as well as accounting firms and CPA’s that are handling client sales tax calculations and returns.

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 13, 2016 

2016 Review of CCH SureTax

One of the more unique aspects of SureTax is the ability to calculate taxes for a variety of vertical markets including Retail, Communications, Energy, Construction, and Restaurants, along with general sales and use tax. The product is a ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 13, 2016 

2016 Reviews of Sales and Use Tax Systems

With the complicated rules, and the inordinate amount of time it would take today’s business owner to research and implement tax rates for cities, counties, states, and even countries, it’s imperative that today’s business owners invest in a software ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Overview of WASP AssetCloud

www.wasbarcode.com Ed. Note: AssetCloud is a new product and was not assigned star ratings in this review, due to it’s primary focus on asset inventory tracking. AssetCloud from WASP was just released in April of this year. AssetCloud is designed for users that wish to track assets on a variety of devices including iOS, Android,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters Fixed Assets CS

CS.ThomsonReuters.com Best Fit: Fixed Assets CS works well with accounting and CPA firms that currently offer asset and depreciation management services to numerous clients. Fixed Assets CS can be used as a stand-alone fixed asset management program, but works best with other applications in the CS Professional Suite from Thomson Reuters. The product also works...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of Sage Fixed Assets

www.sage.com/us/sage-fixed-assets Best Fit: Corporations, nonprofit organizations, and government entities that need to manage a large amount of assets in-house. The product can also be used by accounting firms that current manage client asset and depreciation. Product Strengths: Product is available online or can be installed locally Offers excellent asset management capability Integrates with other Sage...…

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Garrett Wagner

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Jim Boomer

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Ken Berry, JD

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Kristy Short, Ed.D.

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Mary Girsch-Bock

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Steve Saah

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