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
Apr
08
So Congress has removed the 1099 issue that was part of last year's health care legislation. Businesses can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now.
Mar
29
Are you an accounting student, or do you know an accounting student?
Mar
16
This month's tax roundup includes a primer on the Alternative Minimum Tax, thanks to the Texas Society of CPAs, and lots of juicy gossip about your favorite celebrities who can't seem to stay out of the news due to various attempts at playing
Mar
15
If you are a Facebook user, you have probably encountered the situation where a business associate wants to friend you (yes, friend has become a verb, thank you Mark Zuckerberg). So what is the proper response to this friend request?
Mar
10
Why aren't the pension plans screaming blue murder? Why aren't they foaming at the mouth and demanding justice? Why are there no dire predictions about the millions of retired people who rely on fixed rate investments in an era
Mar
08
There's no question that the tax gap is real. The IRS estimates that almost 20 percent of the total tax liability of the nation goes unpaid every year by individuals and businesses that underreport income.
Feb
22
There's nothing new about accounting firms having a presence on Facebook. All of the big firms have firm pages on Facebook, and many smaller firms are jumping on board as well.
Feb
16
Gosh, it seemed like tax season would never get rolling, but here we are, with the IRS ready to accept all tax returns, only a month and a half late.
Jan
31
Whether you are a Steelers or Green Bay fan or not, whether you like or loathe football, whether you watch the broadcast for the commercials and half time show or hang around for the good snacks, there's an excellent chance that most of you w
Jan
25
How much influence did your professors have over you when you were making your way through the job fairs in college?
