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.

November 24, 2020 

2020 Review of Abacus Private Cloud

Abacus next Ideal Firm https://www.abacusnext.com From the 2020 reviews of hosting systems for accounting firms. AbacusNext has moved from the legal vertical and into the accounting vertical to offering a number of hosting options for small and medium size accounting firms. AbacusNext has expanded its market considerably in recent years with the acquisition of several...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 24, 2020 

2020 Review of Right Networks

Right Networks offers a growing range of solutions for small-to-medium accounting practices. Generally, they divide these into two camps for you to explore. One is their flagship QuickBooks Desktop hosting, offered under their ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of CFS TaxTools

2020 Review of CFS Tax Tools CA Sales Tax Preparer NY Sales Tax Preparer CFS Tax Software Inc. www.taxtools.com From the 2020 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. CFS Tax Software Inc. offers sales tax software for accounting firms that need to calculate, print, and file sales tax returns for clients in California and/or New...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of eFileSalesTax.com

eFileSalesTax.com www.efilesalestax.com From the 2020 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. eFileSalesTax.com is a web-based application that offers complete sales tax filing for four states:  California, Colorado, Florida, and Illinois. Best suited for small to mid-sized businesses and firms that need to file sales tax returns for any or all of these four states, eFileSalesTax.com...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of Avalara AvaTax

Avalara’s AvaTax is a cloud-based sales and use tax calculator that offers integration with popular retail and accounting software applications for easy, automated sales and use tax calculations. AvaTax is a good fit for businesses of any size as well...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of CCH SureTax Calc

CCH SureTax Calc from Wolters Kluwer is part of the SureTax suite of applications which along with SureTax Calc include SureTax ECM, SureTax Integration, SureTax Returns, and SureTax Rates & Rules. SureTax Calc can be used as a ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of TaxJar

TaxJar is best suited for businesses that actively sell products online, integrating with a number of popular e-commerce platforms along with third-party accounting applications. While best suited for businesses, TaxJar also offers a ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of Vertex Cloud Indirect Tax

Vertex Cloud Indirect Tax is an application that offers complete sales and use tax compliance. Designed for businesses of any size that have the desire to automate the entire sales and use tax process, Vertex Cloud Indirect Tax is best suited for ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of Avalara Returns for Small Business

Avalara Returns for Small Business www.Avalara.com From the 2020 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. Designed for small businesses that are looking to simplify the entire returns process, Avalara Returns for Small Business tackles the entire sales tax returns process from form preparation and filing, to sales tax remittance. Designed for automation, users only need...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of Sales and Use Tax Systems

Today, sales and use tax automation is a necessity for any retailer of any size. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling from a single location in Chicago, or have locations across the U.S., you need something that will properly collect and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

October 14, 2020 

2020 Reviews of Professional Payroll Systems

Like everything else, payroll processing has changed. Years ago, payroll services were mainly used by larger companies, and affordable options were not readily available for smaller businesses. But the products on the market today are suitable for ...

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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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