Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 25, 2014 

If there was a Letterman Top 10 list for the things that make small business owners have a migraine, the number one spot would be the U.S. tax structure.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 25, 2014 

New research by Money Anxiety shows that analytical consumers earned an average of $139 a year in interest income on a $10,000 certificate of deposit compared to only $62 in annual interest income earned by consumers who made an impulsive decision to move their money to liquid bank accounts such as checking, savings and money…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 25, 2014 

On Tuesday, July 15, CPA Practice Advisor is hosting a free webcast titled, "Electronic Signatures and the IRS ... Everything You Need to Know." Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer CCH, the CPE-eligible webcast will cover the latest changes to electronic filing, including topics that are especially important for tax professionals and their clients.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 24, 2014 

The cloud-based small business expense management system Tallie now offers full integration with Intuit QuickBooks Online, the company recently announced. Tallie demonstrated the new integration features during the Scaling New Heights conference in San Antonio.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 24, 2014 

Cloud accounting company Xero and cloud CRM maker Constant Contact are hoping to make the process easier and more productive.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 24, 2014 

The Internal Revenue Service’s proposed voluntary certification program for tax return preparers “would cause significant legal problems that may ultimately frustrate the IRS’s goals, confuse the public, and lead to litigation,” according to the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 22, 2014 

CohnReznick LLP, one of the top accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the U.S., and Boston-based accounting, consulting, and tax firm Ercolini & Company have signed a letter of intent to combine practices, expected to be effective June 30.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 22, 2014 

Almost three-fourths of small business owners in the U.S. are confident that their revenues will grow through 2014, according to a new study by cloud HR services provider TriNet.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 19, 2014 

New version allows tax and accounting professionals to effectively track fixed asset repairs under the final tangible property regulations, issued by the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 19, 2014 

Wave, which makes a suite of small business financial tools, has launched a new app called Mobile Invoice by Wave. The app features one-tap activation of credit card processing, and no-fuss instant integration with Wave’s accounting tools, the app simplifies the entire process of getting paid for small businesses. Invoice by Wave launches today for…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 18, 2014 

The part of the U.S. Treasury Department that is tasked with overseeing the Internal Revenue Service has issue the findings of a recent audit of the taxing agency when it comes to its compliance with the budget cuts imposed on the agency's budget as a result of sequestration.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 18, 2014 

For the first time since 2006, more CFOs believe the state of the U.S. economy will improve (51 percent) rather than remain the same or worsen (49 percent) during the next six months, according to the Grant Thornton LLP 2014 Spring CFO Survey. This also marks the highest percentage in the survey’s history, which reflects…

Isaac M. O'Bannon