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January 20, 2010 

Latest release features enhancements to many of the system’s core modules, adding General Ledger Allocations and email capabilities to the Financial and Standard Report Writers.

January 18, 2010 

Bipartisan Push on Capitol Hill Would Allow Donations to Quake Relief to be Applied to 1040 Returns Currently Being Filed In a seemingly rare display of bipartisan effort by both chambers of Congress, Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate are pushing to quickly pass legislation that will allow U.S. taxpayers to deduct...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 18, 2010 

Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate joined an effort to quickly pass legislation that allows U.S. taxpayers to deduct their Haiti aid donations on their 2009 income tax returns.

January 13, 2010 

The OSCPA is continuing their annual tradition of providing free tax return preparation for military families. To qualify, the filer (or one of the joint filers) must be a permanent resident of the state of Ohio and be currently deployed outside of the state. As a veteran who served overseas several times, I would like...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 13, 2010 

The Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) will once again provide free tax preparation services to Ohio military families this tax season.

January 11, 2010 

Last week, I was very fortunate to be one of about 20 professionals who were invited to part of a Thought-Leader Summit in Las Vegas. Most of us in the room provide information to the accounting marketplace through content, social media or consulting services. Sage sponsored the meeting because it wanted feedback and advice on...…

Scott Cytron

January 11, 2010 

The IRS announced last week that, starting with next year’s filing season (TY 2010), all paid tax preparers who are not already recognized by the IRS will have to follow new guidelines. The proposal essentially creates a new category of professional preparer (acronym as yet unknown) who will be required to register, receive a preparer...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 10, 2010 

With tax and accounting professionals heading into the beginning of the TY 2009 income tax filing season, the IRS has announced significant new changes that it plans to implement starting in Jan. 2011, along with enhanced enforcement measures that will start this season. The changes are geared toward providing regulation of the thousands of unlicensed…

December 29, 2009 

OKLAHOMA CITY (December 29, 2009) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently announced that Oklahoma-based Avondale Investments, LLC, is one of the selected six firms from more than 200 submissions nationwide to help manage its portfolio of assets in the wind-down phase of the Capital Purchase Program (CPP) and other programs under the Emergency...…

December 23, 2009 

Leaders from within Aliign, LLC, a professional services firm dedicated to the success of small businesses, today announced the firm’s launch within the Indiana and Ohio markets.

December 23, 2009 

Intuit Inc. is releasing its latest time-saving innovation to its professional accounting and tax customers with a new Software-as-a-Service tax solution designed to help professionals quickly and easily prepare and file 1040 federal and state tax returns – anytime, anywhere.

December 15, 2009 

We’ve got a great webcast tomorrow (Tuesday, 12/15 at 2pm ET). Darren Root and I will discuss several technology concepts and tips for small businesses – not just professional accountants, but their clients, too. Plus, 2-hours of free CPE! Register at http://www.cpata.com/webcast_tw. Intuit has also put out a Top 10 List of technology-focused small business...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon