Isaac M. O'Bannon

Accounting January 14, 2025 

Led by AI adoption, digital transformation, and a shift toward advisory services, firms are positioning themselves for sustainable growth.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Small Business January 14, 2025 

Small businesses grew more slowly after the spike in interest rates if they had less access to credit. Those that were hit the hardest had up to 30% lower revenue and 4% lower employment growth compared to other small businesses.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Taxes January 13, 2025 

The IRS says the defendants in these cases committed millions of dollars in fraudulent activity, duped investors into believing they were going to strike it rich and tried to funnel money to terrorist organizations.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Taxes January 11, 2025 

The FTC charged that H&R Block unfairly required consumers seeking to downgrade to a cheaper H&R Block product to contact customer service, unfairly deleted users’ previously entered data and made deceptive claims about “free” tax filing.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Accounting January 10, 2025 

ABUKAI, a provider of expense management solutions, is offering people who have suffered from the January 2025 California wildfires a free one-year ABUKAI Individual Account.  

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Taxes January 9, 2025 

Everybody hates the IRS, but many of us love getting a tax refund! Find out when you can expect to get your refund if you file early. Even without a refund loan, you can usually get your refund in 2-3 weeks.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Accounting January 9, 2025 

The tradition has been held for presidents since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but has also been observed for other nationally respected leaders, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Taxes January 8, 2025 

The early availability of the IRS Free File online systems will allow taxpayers to prepare and file their returns before the IRS officially starts accepting them, but they will then be already electronically in line when processing begins.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Technology January 8, 2025 

Truewind, an accounting AI platform, recently announced that it has raised $13 million in Series A funding from Thomson Reuters Ventures, Rho Capital and Pathlight Ventures.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Small Business January 8, 2025 

ADP's pay measure uniquely captures the earnings of a cohort of almost 10 million employees over a 12-month period.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Payroll January 8, 2025 

Job growth in U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees averaged modest employment growth throughout 2024, according to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Payroll January 8, 2025 

Only 7% of CHROs say they are implementing reskilling strategies for job roles that have a high probability for at least a quarter of tasks to be taken over by AI. 

Isaac M. O'Bannon