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.
August 27, 2018
Bloomberg Tax offers a variety of tools and resources designed for tax professionals that need to process estate and gift tax returns for their high-net worth clients. Bloomberg Tax currently offers two applications; Estate and Gift Tax 706 Preparer ...
August 27, 2018
TaxCaddy from SurePrep is designed to simplify the collection of necessary tax documents. CPAs can simply invite their clients to set up a free account on TaxCaddy. The client account is not perpetually linked to the CPA firm, instead the client owns ...
August 27, 2018
Tax Slayer Pro has been offering tax preparation software to accounting professionals for over 20 years. Best suited for small to mid-sized firms that prepare a fairly high number of returns, the product is available in three editions: Classic, ...
August 27, 2018
ProSeries Tax from Intuit is best suited for small to mid-sized accounting firms that primarily prepare individual 1040’s though the product does offer the option to process business returns as well. ProSeries Tax is available in two editions: Basic ...
August 27, 2018
TaxAct Professional Edition is well suited for small to mid-sized firms and tax preparers that handle a high number of 1040 forms. Previously geared towards individuals, TaxAct Professional now offers a variety of options for both 1040 and business ...
August 27, 2018
UltraTax CS is part of the CS Professional Suite of applications from Thomson Reuters. Best suited for large accounting firms, UltraTax CS can be used as a stand-alone application, but performs best when coupled with other CS Professional Suite ...
August 27, 2018
For tax year 2018, Lacerte Tax offers enhanced e-filing capability by adding more than 50 e-file return types including amended, extensions, and estimated payments for more than 15 states. The e-Organizer will also be included for unlimited tax ...
August 27, 2018
ProConnect Tax Online is best suited for both multi-service and tax-only firms that are small and growing. ProConnect Tax Online processes both individual and business returns, and offers easy online access, with users able to access the application ...
August 27, 2018
Canopy offers a series of software products designed for the professional accounting office, including Practice Management, Document Management and a client portal. Canopy also offers Tax Resolution, a great solution for CPAs that wish to guide their ...
August 27, 2018
GoSystem Tax RS from Thomson Reuters best suited for mid-sized and large firms that process more complex returns such as consolidated corporate returns, life insurance returns, and tax equalization returns. GoSystem Tax also offers individual tax ...
August 27, 2018
Drake Tax from Drake Software is well-suited for small to mid-sized accounting firms that process both individual and business taxes for clients. As a consistent winner of CPA Practice Advisor’s Reader’s Choice Awards annually since 2004, Drake ...
August 21, 2018
2018 will definitely be an interesting year for tax professionals, with the most significant tax changes in more than 30 years due to take place. These changes are widespread, taking place for both individual tax filers, as well as corporations.
