Gail Perry - Voice of the Editor
Gail Perry is Publisher at Sift Media US, Inc. and oversees the content on the Sift websites, AccountingWEB.com and GoingConcern.com. She has been the editor-in-chief at Sift Media US since 2007, overseeing the content on AccountingWEB.
Perry is a CPA and a former senior tax accountant with Big Four firm Deloitte. She maintains a small tax practice, she is a personal finance instructor, and the author of thirty books, including Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income (Adams Media); QuickBooks on Demand (Que); Excel 2007 Macros Made Easy (McGraw Hill); The Complete Idiot's Guide to Doing Your Income Taxes (Alpha/MacMillan); and, most recently, Mint.com for Dummies (John Wiley & Sons). In addition, she is a former columnist for the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News daily newspapers.
Perry is a nationally recognized speaker who advises public accountants on using Internet tools to improve their accounting practices. She also taught a college-level introductory accounting class and was on staff at the Indiana CPA Society as a computer applications instructor. For five years, she was a contributing editor for Accounting Today magazine before taking over the helm at AccountingWEB.
Perry is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, passed the CPA exam (in one sitting!), and worked for Deloitte in the Chicago tax department.
Gail has been named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting by CPA Practice Advisor magazine and the American Society of Women Accountants.
Perry is a CPA and a former senior tax accountant with Big Four firm Deloitte. She maintains a small tax practice, she is a personal finance instructor, and the author of thirty books, including Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income (Adams Media); QuickBooks on Demand (Que); Excel 2007 Macros Made Easy (McGraw Hill); The Complete Idiot's Guide to Doing Your Income Taxes (Alpha/MacMillan); and, most recently, Mint.com for Dummies (John Wiley & Sons). In addition, she is a former columnist for the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News daily newspapers.
Perry is a nationally recognized speaker who advises public accountants on using Internet tools to improve their accounting practices. She also taught a college-level introductory accounting class and was on staff at the Indiana CPA Society as a computer applications instructor. For five years, she was a contributing editor for Accounting Today magazine before taking over the helm at AccountingWEB.
Perry is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, passed the CPA exam (in one sitting!), and worked for Deloitte in the Chicago tax department.
Gail has been named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting by CPA Practice Advisor magazine and the American Society of Women Accountants.
Latest posts
Aug
30
I'd like to tie all of the articles in today's Careers e-newsletter together in one bundle and call it: Jumpstart your career. Too often we stick with the status quo. We probably don't even stop to think about it, but if we did, we might see ourselves on a treadmill, going through the same motions, day after day, without giving consideration to taking the reins of that wagon that is pulling our careers along and turning it in a new direction.
Aug
25
We're thrilled to hear that the IRS has hired 4,300 new revenue agents in the past two years because that means (a) our tax dollars are being used to provide jobs in the down economy, and (b) tax revenue can increase due to the improved compliance enforcement that surely will accompany such a large influx of examiners. Or not. It appears that, according to the folks at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, these thousands of new revenue agents aren't exactly burning up the tax audit dance floor with their collection efforts.
Aug
17
The new congressional committee on deficit reduction that was organized in conjunction with raising the debt ceiling has been given the task of finding ways to reduce government spending and raise revenue. Some speculate that a major tax act could come out of this panel and be enacted in 2012. Not only would new tax legislation give accountants plenty to share with their clients, but changes in the tax laws could potentially wreak havoc with 2012 elections. This week, Ken Berry examined some of the key issues that will likely be discussed behind the closed doors of the Super Panel.
Aug
11
While it might seem a no-brainer to allow CPAs to practice in other states without jumping through licensing hoops, the issue as not as black and white as you might think. When you remember that each state gets to set the rules for how a CPA gets licensed, then the mobility issues start to make sense. If State A requires you to practice as a public accountant for two years before you can be licensed, and State B says you can be licensed after one year of work experience, and that experience doesn't even have to be in a public accounting firm, how does State A know that the State B accountant has the chops to practice in State A?
Aug
09
Tom Hood and his colleagues at the Maryland Association of CPAs never fail to amaze and impress. Sometimes you can find them orchestrating a flash mob of accountants or putting down stakes in the virtual world of Second Life, but most recently the Association has gotten serious about XBRL and has undertaken a project to demonstrate XBRL's scope and versatility by tagging its own financial statements and showing how nonprofits can, well, profit from the experience.
Aug
04
School is starting soon (cue muffled cheering from parents, loud moans from children). Make this the year that you get involved in education. If you're a parent, reach out to the schools your children attend. Work with your community schools even if you're not a parent. Consider contacting schools you attended yourself. Here are some tips for getting involved:
Jul
28
It's becoming standard operating procedure for our elected officials in Washington to not get along with each other, and the latest item that has fallen victim to that we-can't-play-in-the-same-sandbox mentality is the legislation that would
Jul
12
I used to know a woman named Bonnie Kate Bowman. Bonnie decided to change her name to Kate, and that was fine for the new people she met. But to me, she will always be Bonnie. More than 2,000 Sage partners attending the Sage Summit in National Harbor, MD, learned this week that their products are going to be rebranded so that they all carry the name "Sage," and many of those partners seemed to fear their customers who already use existing Sage products would experience the Bonnie Kate syndrome. Furthermore, some partners I spoke with were not thrilled with the prospect of having to foot the bill for the related marketing costs associated with the rebrand. Sage North America CEO, Pascal Houillon, spoke to the assembed group and described the success of the model that Sage uses in other countries, where the Sage name applies to all products in the Sage family. While Sage is a household word in Europe, Peachtree, ACT!, Timberline, MAS, and others are the norm on this side of the pond. The rollout of the new brand is slated to begin in 2012. Time will tell if this will be a Kate success or a Bonnie debacle. Best regards, Gail Perry, editor-in-chief
May
18
Certain members of Congress have taken it upon themselves to encourage the IRS to make a mid-year adjustment in the standard mileage rate used
May
16
I often speak at accounting and technology conferences, frequently touting the importance of having an online presence, maintaining a professional online appearance, and making that presence worthwhile.
