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 16, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service has deputized law enforcement officers from 10 Tampa Bay-area agencies as a part of the Tampa Bay Identity Theft Alliance, which investigates allegations under federal bank and money laundering laws and exercise authority outside their current jurisdictions as local officers.
March 14, 2013
Google will be closing its Google Reader RSS service on July 1.
March 13, 2013
A glitch in the software that H&R Block and some other preparation services use could cause those with education tax credits to have a longer wait on their refunds.
March 13, 2013
Are in-game sales taxable transactions? In essence, the user/gamer is trading real money for a digital product. While that product may not exist outside of the game, it is a transaction that has value. In fact, it's a billion dollar industry, and one that has gone untaxed even by states and other jurisdictions that likely…
March 12, 2013
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March 12, 2013
Taxpayers who want to deduct their medical or dental expenses on their income taxes need to understand some of the basic requirements for the deductions. The same goes with those who may be saving for retirement via specific plans and IRAs.
March 12, 2013
Whether for marriage or another reason, it may be an issue mostly faced by women, but some men do it too: Changing their last name.
March 11, 2013
How much does can a thieving employee cost a business? According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the average financial loss for one instance of employee fraud is $140,000, and 40 to 50 percent of victimized companies don't recover any of their losses.
March 8, 2013
The president and CEO of the National Small Business Association, NSBA President, Todd McCracken, wants Congress to set aside partisan differences and get back to the work they were elected to do: Addressing the national debt.
March 5, 2013
Account Linking, International Language Support, Rules-Based Payment Routing and OtherNew Capabilities Make Online Bill-Paying Even Easier and More Attractive for B2B Customers
March 5, 2013
Forget the Sequester ... it's time to put the final nail in the coffin of the problems the Fiscal Cliff caused.
March 5, 2013
While they probably don’t own a home yet, there are still plenty of good deductions that taxpayers still in their 20s don’t want to miss.
