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 18, 2019
TaxJar www.taxjar.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. TaxJar is designed for businesses that sell products online; it integrates with a variety of popular ecommerce platforms. TaxJar also offers a Tax Advisor plan that is aimed at accounting professionals that offer sales and use tax management to their clients. Top-notch integration with...…
November 18, 2019
Sales & Use Tax Rates Finder Bloomberg Tax State Tax https://pro.bloombergtax.com/state-tax-resources/ From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. Bloomberg Tax’s Sales & Use Tax Rates Finder provides access to real-time tax rates online. The Sales & Use Tax Rates Finder is a feature of Bloomberg Tax’s State Tax offering, combining accurate, up-to-the-date state...…
November 18, 2019
Avalara TrustFile Avalara www.trustfile.avalara.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. Designed for ecommerce sellers, Avalara TrustFile helps automate the sales tax preparation process, and can be used in all 45 states that currently impose sales tax. TrustFile syncs with popular online selling platforms to reduce the amount of data entry needed in...…
November 18, 2019
CA Sales Tax Preparer NY Sales Tax Preparer CFS Tax Software Inc. www.taxtools.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. CFS Tax Software Inc. offers sales tax software for accounting professionals that need to calculate, print, and file California and/or New York state sales and use tax returns for their clients. In fact,...…
November 18, 2019
As the industry moves more towards cloud-based solutions, there remains a core group of users who maintain loyalty to on-premise applications. While this loyalty is admirable, in this day of remote workers and the desire for anytime/anywhere access, adhering to an onsite application can be limiting. Which is why application hosting can be so important....…
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November 18, 2019
Abacus Private Cloud Abacus Next www.abacusnext.com From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Abacus Private Cloud from AbacusNext (APC) is a good fit for accounting firms with 10 or more employees that are in the market for a private hosting solution that offers top level security. Once available only to legal firms,...…
November 18, 2019
Cetrom CPA Cloud Cetrom Information Technology Inc. www.cetrom.net From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Cetrom is a cloud hosting provider specializing in providing reliable and customizable IT hosting services to CPA firms. Cetrom was been named K2 Enterprises’ Top Hosting Provider for the 5th consecutive year (2015-2019). Cetrom has deployed multiple...…
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November 18, 2019
Cloudvara Cloudvara LLC www.Cloudvara.com 855-601-2821 From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Cloudvara is a hosting application well suited for both accounting and legal firms, as well as other types of businesses looking for QuickBooks hosting. Though Cloudvara specializes in QuickBooks Hosting, it can also host a variety of other legal, accounting,...…
November 18, 2019
Right Networks Hosting Right Networks www.Rightnetworks.com From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Right Networks cloud hosting offers application integration for accounting firms, accounting and tax professionals and small business owners. Although Right Networks specializes in QuickBooks Desktop cloud-hosting, more than 250 additional applications can be supported in the hosted environment. The...…
November 11, 2019
Professionals on the Move is a roundup of recent staffing and leadership changes at firms across the country.
October 18, 2019
Web portals can drastically reduce the time it takes to obtain documents from clients. Instead of waiting until a client faxes in or emails a document, firms can provide their clients with a list of documents required, which the client, in turn, can ...
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October 18, 2019
Designed for accounting professionals, CCH Axcess Portal is a module in the CCH Axcess cloud software solution from Wolters Kluwer. CCH Axcess Portal can be used as a stand-alone portal, or used in conjunction with other CCH Axcess modules for a more ...
