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.
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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...…
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...…
January 10, 2012
Here’s an idea for a franchise-based business I came up with, initially as a bit of a joke, but then I thought it had some real potential: Retirement community call centers. Not to be confused with nursing homes, retirement communities are often filled with younger and more active seniors, many of whom have uprooted from...…
January 7, 2012
Combined, the firms will rank in top 15 firms in U.S with more than 41 offices, 2,300 staff, 70,000 clients and annual revenues over $314 million.
January 3, 2012
Survey by Oklahoma Society shows most CPAs in that state see recovery on the near horizon.
December 27, 2011
Taxpayers can get the most out of various recovery tax benefits and get a jump on preparing their 2011 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov.
December 20, 2011
Tax-exempt organizations with January and February filing due dates will have until March 30, 2012, to file their annual returns, the Internal Revenue Service has announced announced.
December 13, 2011
Franchises continue to be a strong vertical, and some new areas are booming even in the rough economy.
