Isaac M. O'Bannon is the managing editor and digital content manager for CPA Practice Advisor (www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com), drawing on two decades of experience covering the areas of professional accounting, taxation, business productivity and consumer technologies.
Prior to CPA Practice Advisor, O'Bannon was a consultant at firms in San Francisco, Denver and Tulsa, serving clients that included Logitech, Polycom, Hilti, Microsoft, the Stanford Research Institute, the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering and other technology leaders. He is a U.S. Navy veteran.
Email: isaac.obannon - @ - cpapracticeadvisor.com
March 1, 2018
Employees are mad about sporting events like March Madness, suggests a new survey from staffing firm OfficeTeam. Professionals said they spend an average of 25.5 minutes per day on sports-related activities in the office during the college basketball playoffs. With the tournament spread across 15 workdays, that’s the equivalent of six hours per employee. View...…
February 28, 2018
U.S. accounting firms that use advancement programs for promoting women to leadership positions overwhelmingly view them as effective tools in recruiting and retaining talent, according to new research by the American Institute of CPAs.
February 20, 2018
The CPA Practice Advisor Readers' Choice Awards give accounting and tax pros the chance to share the technologies and vendors that help them be more productive and profitable in their own firms, as well as the tech tools and programs that help their ...
February 15, 2018
The Internal Revenue Service has released Notice 1036, which updates the income-tax withholding tables for 2018 reflecting changes made by the tax reform legislation enacted last month. This is the first in a series of steps that IRS will take to help ...
December 18, 2017
U.S. accounting firms that use advancement programs for promoting women to leadership positions overwhelmingly view them as effective tools in recruiting and retaining talent, according to new research by the American Institute of CPAs.
December 18, 2017
Young finance professionals at small and medium-size practices are a mobile group who seek out professional development and are well-equipped to deal with changes being driven by globalization and technology, finds a new report by ACCA.
December 5, 2017
The free all-day event, hosted by CPA Practice Advisor, offers CPAs and tax professionals the opportunity to attend up to 10 one-hour CPE classes in one day. That makes it a perfect way to get caught up on CPE requirements before the end of the year.
November 24, 2017
For employees whose supervisors do not support and encourage their career development, only 15 percent say their employer provides opportunities for them to develop the technical skills they will need in the future, only 20 percent say their employer ...
November 23, 2017
Nearly 34% of America's employees are not required by their employers to track their hours worked. This is according to the 2017 "Getting Paid In America" survey conducted by the American Payroll Association (APA) during National Payroll Week in ...
November 21, 2017
73% of CFOs Trust the Cloud for Financial Data By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Just three years ago, according to CFO respondents in the Adaptive Insights CFO Indicator report, only 33% trusted the cloud for financial data. Today, 73% of CFOs trust the cloud for financial data, reflecting a significant technology shift for Finance,...…
November 20, 2017
If you've ever had a case of the blahs at work, you're not alone. According to a new survey from staffing firm OfficeTeam, professionals admit they're bored in the office an average of 10.5 hours per week. That's more than a full day a week, or the ...
November 15, 2017
Who are the most influential leaders in the professional accounting space? Increasingly, they are female professionals who are CPAs, consultants or are the developers behind the technologies that help all accounting and tax pros be more efficient and prod
