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
June 4, 2014
American men, particularly those aged 51 or older and with an income over $75,000, are more confident about retirement according to a recent survey conducted by financial services group OneAmerica. Contributing to their confidence is a realistic knowledge of how much retirement income they will need.
June 4, 2014
Tallie, which makes online expense management systems, has released what it says is the first complete cloud-based expense management solution, providing the quickest path from receipt to balance sheet. Tallie was honored this week with a Tax and Accounting Innovation Award.
June 4, 2014
The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today announced the appointment of two new members to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC).
June 4, 2014
Financial information and technology company Thomson Reuters has released a special report, An Overview of the Revised Accounting Model for Revenue Recognition, which provides useful insights for corporate management teams, shareholders, lenders, analysts, investors, regulators, and accounting firms that utilize revenue to monitor organizations' financial performance and general financial health.
June 4, 2014
About 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 every day until around 2030. That's a lot of retirement parties, but it's also something that should have them thinking about what they're going to do after they leave the office for the last time.
June 4, 2014
American taxpayers living abroad generally qualify for an automatic two-month extension to their federal income taxes. Well, that time's almost up. Ex-pat taxpayers are required to file their 2013 federal income tax returns, or extension requests, by Monday, June 16, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
June 4, 2014
Paycom, which makes cloud-based payroll and human resources systems, has added a new Push Reporting feature to its payroll system. The feature is meant to increase the quality, speed and efficiency in which human resource executives can populate, produce and analyze employee data generated reports.
June 3, 2014
Leaders from RootWorks, LLC have expanded the company’s continuing education programming for the accounting profession with the opening its new state-of-the-art learning center. The new facility is conveniently located in the PNC Center in Indianapolis, IN and will host an impressive roster of strategic planning workshops developed exclusively for today’s progressive accounting professional.
June 3, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service says that interest rates will remain the same for the third calendar quarter of this year, which begins July 1, 2014.
June 3, 2014
You've met Mr. or Mrs. Right and fallen in love, set the date and picked out the dress, but have you talked about your finances? Before taking the vow of “for richer or poorer,” it is important to discuss your current financial situations and determine how finances will be handled during marriage.
June 3, 2014
CPA Practice Advisor’s 11th annual Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards were presented on Monday evening during a reception at the California Accounting and Business Show in Los Angeles. The big winners: Web-based and mobile tools that help firms and their small business clients streamline financial management and compliance tasks.
June 3, 2014
Technology is rapidly advancing in our everyday lives as well as in our professional careers, but finding the solutions that have the greatest impact on productivity and, ultimately, profitability can help a firm thrive.
