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.

May 24, 2016 

2016 Overview of WASP AssetCloud

www.wasbarcode.com Ed. Note: AssetCloud is a new product and was not assigned star ratings in this review, due to it’s primary focus on asset inventory tracking. AssetCloud from WASP was just released in April of this year. AssetCloud is designed for users that wish to track assets on a variety of devices including iOS, Android,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters Fixed Assets CS

CS.ThomsonReuters.com Best Fit: Fixed Assets CS works well with accounting and CPA firms that currently offer asset and depreciation management services to numerous clients. Fixed Assets CS can be used as a stand-alone fixed asset management program, but works best with other applications in the CS Professional Suite from Thomson Reuters. The product also works...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of Sage Fixed Assets

www.sage.com/us/sage-fixed-assets Best Fit: Corporations, nonprofit organizations, and government entities that need to manage a large amount of assets in-house. The product can also be used by accounting firms that current manage client asset and depreciation. Product Strengths: Product is available online or can be installed locally Offers excellent asset management capability Integrates with other Sage...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of Bloomberg BNA Fixed Assets

www.bnasoftware.com Best Fit: BNA Fixed Assets is well suited to accounting firms of just about any size. Scalable, the product can work well for accountants handling fixed asset reporting for multiple clients, to larger businesses wanting to manage fixed assets in-house. Product Strengths Scalable product is available as a desktop and SaaS product Contains numerous...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Fixed Assets

CCH ProSystem fx Fixed Assets offers both asset and depreciation management functionality, and is well-suited for accountants handling asset management for multiple clients. The product can be used as a stand-alone product, or in conjunction with ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 24, 2016 

2016 Review of Pro-Ware Asset Keeper

www.proware-cpa.com Best Fit: Pro-Ware Asset Keeper is a good fit for mid-sized accounting firms, as well as businesses of any type looking to effectively manage their Asset Keeper. As an added convenience, Pro-Ware Asset Keeper will operate on both Windows and Apple operating systems.   Product Strengths Easy system navigation Product offers excellent reporting capability...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

April 23, 2016 

2016 Review of Thomson Reuters – Practice CS

Designed to be used with other Thomson Reuters products, Practice CS is an easily navigated, scalable product that can be customized to suit the needs of all firms. The product offers three deployment options; SaaS, Virtual Office CS, which combines ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

April 23, 2016 

2016 Review of WSG Systems – Empire Suite

Empire Suite, from WSG Systems Corp. offers complete practice management functionality. Available in four versions, small users can start with the Basic version that offers Time and Expense entry and move forward to a more robust version that contains ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

April 23, 2016 

2016 Review of Commercial Logic PowerPM Suite

Designed for accountants, PowerPM is a scalable, hosted practice management solution that offers a variety of modules in addition to PowerPM Practice Management, including PowerPM Reporting, Automated Reporting, PowerView/PowerImport, TrakTime Web ...

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Garrett Wagner

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Jim Boomer

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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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