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
February 23, 2012
Just as many small and mid-sized firms find success in concentrating on specific industry segments like construction, medical practices or franchisees, large accounting practices generally do the same, with numerous specialty groups that focus on even more varied industry areas. For example, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) has a strong presence in, and...…
February 22, 2012
Professional Services Marketing 3.0, with an introduction by Michelle Golden, provides a view of the evolution of marketing for professionals since 1977.
February 17, 2012
“Every person who prepares returns for other taxpayers (including CPAs) is now required to have a PTIN, and to update it each year.”
February 15, 2012
Feature lets users stay in Outlook while securely sharing and managing files.
February 14, 2012
Sage Timberline Office 800-628-6583 www.sagetimberlineoffice.com Best Fit: Sage Timberline Office is best-suited for mid-sized to large contractors and real estate management businesses looking for a scalable solution for residential, commercial, industrial, government and specialty construction enterprises, including heavy construction as well as real estate developers. Strengths: Totally customizable user interface Broad user-defined data fields for...…
February 10, 2012
Yesterday, Apple announced they will hold an event in early March 2012 to launch and debut the iPad 3. As with the initial version and the iPad 2, the products likely won’t be available until April or shortly thereafter. I am not an Apple person, but I had an original version of the iPad, and...…
February 8, 2012
Five Reasons Cloud-Based Backup is Better than Local.
January 26, 2012
Awards honor advances in technologies that aid tax and accounting professionals.
January 24, 2012
From the Nov. 2010 Issue. Over the past several months, I’ve been addressing issues involving “information overload” and how to more strategically use the communication tools and other technologies that seem to be increasingly controlling us and our time. From email to smartphones, general Internet usage, social media and instant communications like chat and text,...…
January 24, 2012
How much is that little bundle of joy worth? Junior or your Princess may be priceless to you, but when it comes to taxes, there can be several very tangible monetary benefits.
January 12, 2012
Acquisition shows an emerging global perspective on professional tax compliance, and makes Thomson Reuters one of the top three pro-tax providers in Canada, behind CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, and Intuit.
January 10, 2012
One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…
