Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 27, 2014 

Cloud accounting software vendor Xero has been chosen by Forbes Magazine as the top company in it's list of the World's 100 Most Innovative Growth Companies.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 27, 2014 

Thomson Reuters kicked off a new blog series today that will show UltraTax CS users how to enhance client relationships and generate additional revenue by using data mining capabilities within the software.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 22, 2014 

As summer approaches, employees are busy planning long-awaited vacations. But a new Robert Half survey shows 39 percent of workers won't use all the paid vacation time they're given. The reasons: 38 percent are saving days in case they need them later, while 30 percent fear falling behind at work.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 21, 2014 

Organizations around the world lose an estimated five percent of their annual revenues to occupational fraud, according to a survey of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) who investigated cases between January 2012 and December 2013. Applied to the estimated 2013 Gross World Product, this figure translates to a potential total fraud loss of more than $3.5…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 21, 2014 

The nation's largest professional association for accounting professionals, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), has come out opposed to the new voluntary tax return preparer regulation program that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 20, 2014 

Scott London, former senior partner at KPMG, will be the guest in a CPE-eligible webcast on accounting ethics. The event, scheduled for June 25, will be hosted by former NASBA chair Gaylen Hansen.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 20, 2014 

How does an accounting professional go from being a client service provider to an integral advisor and successful leader? The latest book by accounting thought leader Darren Root explains how he did it.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 20, 2014 

The nation's largest association of accounting professionals, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), is commending Congress for recent efforts to strengthen the pending Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 19, 2014 

Small business optimism increased in April, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The group's April index rose 1.8 points to a post-recession high of 95.2. The economy continues to perform modestly and April’s index followed suit as it crossed the 95 marker for the first time since 2007. Seven Index components improved, one…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 19, 2014 

The AICPA Medal of Honor recognizes an individual who is not a CPA whose work has had a significant impact on the profession. The Medal of Honor is the highest AICPA award for a non-CPA.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 18, 2014 

For many years, states and local governments have been trying to rein in unlicensed income tax preparers, and the Internal Revenue Service joined a few years ago with the idea of a national testing and regulatory system that the agency would oversee. So, it created one.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 14, 2014 

Small businesses employ about 47% of non-government workers in the U.S., pay more than 40 percent of the private payroll, and create more than 60 percent of the new jobs added over the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. However, not all states and cities are the same when it comes…

Isaac M. O'Bannon