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.
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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 groundforces veteran (never a SEAL).
Email: isaac.obannon - @ - cpapracticeadvisor.com
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February 21, 2011
The staff of CPA Technology Advisor has taken up temporary residence at the Gaylord Texan resort in Grapevine, Texas (Dallas area), where we’re hosting the 1st annual CPATA Thought Leader Symposium and announcing the Hall of Fame Awards. The attendees of this thought leader summit represent some of the most respected technology, management and workflow...…
February 12, 2011
Blog Aims to Publish Timely Information on Best Practices, Program Updates and Interoperability The Sleeter Group, supporting accountants, consultants and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is launching its new blog today. Entitled QuickBooks and Beyond, The Sleeter Group’s blog will include articles about various aspects of accounting software and add-ons, as well as practice management....…
February 2, 2011
It seems that, after getting a few tips that suggested Bing was using their results, the search engine developers at Google ran a little “sting operation” on the Microsoft search engine. And it turns out that it’s true and Microsoft isn’t denying it. Basically, Bing watches “what people search for on Google, the sites they...…
January 27, 2011
The nomination period has started for The CPA Technology Advisor’s 2011 Innovation Awards. If you’re a technology vendor with a new or recently enhanced technology that can help tax and accounting pros be more productive and efficient, this is your chance to help it get the highest technology honor in the profession. Only five of...…
January 18, 2011
Charitable organizations often feel the effects of recessions along with the rest of society: Just as the need for many charity services rises, their income drops, since it is frequently based on donations. Fortunately, there may be a sign of hope for such organizations, as a new study by Blackbaud shows a trend toward increasing...…
January 14, 2011
As digital workflow, paperless processes and tax document automation continue to be major driving factors in technology for accounting firms, the scanner has become an increasingly integral part of the modern practice. Keep it Neat The Neat Company (neat name, eh?) offers several scanning solutions, including the NeatDesk and NeatReceipts. NeatDesk offers high-speed scanning at...…
January 5, 2011
The THRIVEal +CPA Network will host a a webcast geared toward helping dynamic CPA firms identify and implement new technologies, management practices, marking strategies and workflow processes. The THRIVEal +CPA Network was founded by well-known CPA and social media maven Jason Blumer as a community and collaboration network for the next generation of CPAs who...…
December 23, 2010
We’ve just uploaded a year-in-review page at our website, providing quick links to all of our reviews, columns, special features, webcasts and other content from our print and online offerings during 2010. Whether you’re looking for reviews of practice management programs for your firm, SMB accounting for your clients, or a particular column that appeared...…
December 16, 2010
Earlier this week, the Tax and Accounting side of Thomson Reuters released their annual list of some of the most peculiar sales tax rules across the country. And with more than 8,000 sales taxing jurisdictions in the U.S., there’s never a shortage of “things that make you go, huh?” For instance, among this year’s list...…
November 29, 2010
2010 Holiday Tech Gift Guide Feature
November 9, 2010
There are hundreds of thousands of iPhone apps on the market, including many for financial management. But the new iDonatedIt app (www.iDonatedIt.com) was created by CPAs to help their clients, or anybody else, keep track of non-cash charitable deductions. Created by BMG CPAs (www.bmgcpas.com), a Lincoln, Nebraska-based practice, the iDonatedIt app includes calculation and reporting...…
November 8, 2010
LAS VEGAS – The winners of this year’s Awesome QuickBooks Add-Ons were announced today at the 2010 Accounting Solutions Conference, recognizing technologies that can be added to, or used alongside, QuickBooks to provide additional features and capabilities for the millions of small and mid-sized companies that rely on the world’s leading business accounting system. The...…
