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.
February 13, 2015
Effectively managing fixed assets can be a challenge for anyone. Accurately tracking assets, calculating depreciation while also keeping track of continuous tax law changes can overwhelm just about any business. In an increasingly challenging tax environm
February 13, 2015
Fixed Assets CS is well suited for accounting firms that offer their clients asset and depreciation management services. With a solid inventory and tax management module, Fixed Assets CS is available in both desktop/network, and a cloud-based version ...
September 30, 2014
Like all businesses, nonprofits need to track expenses, monitor income, create budgets, and produce financial statements. Also unlike their for-profit counterparts, nonprofits also need to track programs, membership dues, association fees, donations and grant funds.
September 5, 2014
888-667-3769 www.Solid-Innovation.com Solid Sales Pro from Solid Innovation offers retailers a mobile POS system designed for remote sales transaction processing including field sales, showroom sales and tradeshow ordering. Solid Sales Pro easily handles both customer ordering tasks and contains inventory management capabilities. The system is available in a QuickBooks Pro Edition for QuickBooks (QB) integration...…
September 5, 2014
877-NETSUITE www.netsuite.com Users of NetSuite in the market for an integrated POS product may want to take a look at OnSite POS. Designed specifically for NetSuite, OnSite POS provides small to mid-sized retailers a point-of-sale product that completely integrates with all NetSuite modules, eliminating the need for data exporting or time-consuming data entry. Multi-location retailers...…
September 5, 2014
877-888-0880 www.accupos.com AccuPOS Point of Sale is a stand-alone POS product designed for use in the retail and restaurant industry. AccuPOS is designed to flawlessly integrate with a variety of popular accounting programs including all QuickBooks financial products, Peachtree products, Sage BusinessWorks and Simply Accounting. Available in five different versions (Basic, Pro, Gold, Platinum and...…
September 5, 2014
800-322-3279 www.daceasy.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Fit Well-suited to smaller businesses that also require POS capability, DacEasy is a good front/back office solution to businesses that offer products for sale but do not handle hundreds or thousands of transactions daily. Strengths Easy setup & little training time required Great dashboards provide immediate...…
September 5, 2014
866-379-6636 www.quickbooks.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit QuickBooks offers smaller retailers a solid, affordable POS product, in two editions, that contains several top-notch features normally found in more sophisticated products. Smaller retailers will appreciate the level of features found in QuickBooks POS. Strengths Quick installation & quick setup Little training time required...…
September 5, 2014
800-678-8682 www.infotouch.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Fit Store Keeper is a good fit for smaller retail establishments with only one location, but who still desire a custom user interface for use with touch-screen monitors. The vendor also offers Store Manager for multi-location shops. Strengths Highly customizable touch-screen technology Easy to setup &...…
September 5, 2014
800-388-3038 www.cougarmtn.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Fit DENALI opens up the market sector considerably for Cougar Mountain Software. While still an excellent selection for small to midsized retail businesses, DENALI is also powerful enough to appeal to larger, multi-location stores with more complex needs. Strengths Modular design allows users to choose the...…
September 5, 2014
718-605-7733 www.celerant.com 2011 Overall Rating 5 Best Fit Both brick-and-mortar and online stores will appreciate Command Retail’s extensive options, all designed to make retail management more efficient. While retailers of all sizes can utilize Command Retail, its long list of features and multi-location capability make it a great fit for larger retail businesses...…
September 5, 2014
800-726-3282 www.camcommerce.com 2011 Overall Rating 5 Best Fit Retail STAR is well suited for larger retail businesses that offer both brick and mortar and e-commerce sales. The partner product, Retail STAR Lite is a great starter product for small, single-location retailers looking to utilize many of the features found in larger POS products....…
