Gail Perry, CPA, is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. She also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies and QuickBooks 2014 On Demand), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelors degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in the firm's Chicago tax department. She has taught college-level accounting principles and personal finance, and was on staff for 10 years at the Indiana CPA Society as a computer applications instructor. Gail was the publisher and editor-in-chief of AccountingWEB before joining the CPA Practice Advisor team.
October 17, 2019
In your life, you probably use a great number of experts for your personal affairs, the people with whom you make appointments. You have a doctor, certainly, and a dentist. Maybe you have some other medical professionals as well depending on your or your family’s health situation. You probably have a family lawyer, a hairdresser/barber,...…
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October 17, 2019
We all love our furry friends – so are there apps that can help us take care of our pets and share our lives with our pets? You bet! Here are some apps that are destined to be your next best friend.
September 11, 2019
Having been a college-level personal financial planning instructor at Education 2 Go (ed2go) for almost a decade, I can recommend the format, the interplay between instructors and students, and the variety of educational offerings.
August 15, 2019
What’s the first thing you do when you find yourself in a new city or town? Twenty-five or so years ago, you might ask someone for directions or look for a local visitor’s center as you enter the town. You could find the heart of the town by looking for a courthouse or see if...…
August 14, 2019
It might seem like technology is coming at us like a runaway locomotive, not even slowing down to pick up passengers, just barreling ahead with a mind of its own. New apps, new solutions, new programs, new developments, new cures for problems you didn’t even know existed – the barrage of options is endless and...…
July 12, 2019
If you’re a tax practitioner, you might have started worrying that some of your practice might become automated in the future, thus rendering some of the work you do unnecessary. Have you given any thought to what you might do if that occurs?
July 9, 2019
In conjunction with our niche practices feature this month on construction, we decided to survey members of the CPA Practice Advisor community to see if they have any apps to recommend in this genre. We picked up some recommendations and then found ...
June 12, 2019
Did you ever have to move and change schools when you were a child? I only had to do it once, but I just met a new friend who went to 13 different grade schools. I can’t begin to wrap my head around that. This person understands change like nobody else I know. At the...…
May 13, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service has granted extensions for tax returns due on May 15, including Forms 990, 1120, and 1065, for those impacted by the Wolters Kluwer CCH software service interruption.
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May 13, 2019
Do you trust your money to financial apps? I know many people who find online banking risky and won’t use online investing and planning services, but others have gotten over the hump of trusting online financial services.
May 9, 2019
If the idea of spending two+ days discussing the complicated intricacies of multi-state sales tax with 900 other tax experts sounds mindboggling to you, then you might have wanted to stay away from Surf City this week.
April 18, 2019
Do you ship packages? Do you struggle with verifying zip codes? Do you need tracking information? Do you fret over delivery delays or lack of real people to answer questions? We’ve surveyed the CPA Practice Advisor community as well as various shipping options on the internet and have found some tools that you might find...…
