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Isaac M. O'Bannon

Managing Editor

isaac.obannon@cpapracticeadvisor.com

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

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Benefits

Gig Workers Need to Prepare for Income Tax Surprise

Will the IRS find out if you don't report your income? This is the question everyone wants to ask, but tax professionals don't want to answer because of ethical or liability concerns.

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Accounting

Internal Auditors Say Pandemic Makes Fraud Prevention More Difficult

Respondents said remote working has made it more difficult for 43 percent – and somewhat more difficult for 46 percent – to prevent fraud within their organization. With more than 70 percent of those surveyed sharing that the ...

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IRS Starts Accepting Tax Returns - 2022 Estimated Tax Refund Dates

The Internal Revenue Service kicked off the 2022 tax filing season on January 24 with an urgent reminder to taxpayers to take extra precautions this year to file an accurate tax return electronically to help speed refunds.

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Technology

Tax Pros Being Targeted in New Phishing Scam

The latest phishing email uses the IRS logo and a variety of subject lines such as "Action Required: Your account has now been put on hold.” The IRS has observed similar bogus emails that claim to be from a “tax preparation application provider.”

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Technology

IRS to Stop Requiring Facial Recognition Technology for Online Accounts

This action by the IRS to move away from facial recognition comes after some discomfort by taxpayers at having a third-party technology provider managing the service.

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IRS Suspends Sending Most Notices Due to Backlog and Errors

These automatic notices have been temporarily stopped until the backlog is worked through. The IRS will continue to assess the inventory of prior year returns to determine the appropriate time to resume the notices.

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Payroll

Tampa Expected to be Hottest Housing Market in 2022

The coolest markets out of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas are expected to be New York, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Chicago and San Jose. But in today's supercharged housing market, buyers shouldn't necessarily expect screaming deals in even these cooler...

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IRS

IRS to Start Requiring Facial Recognition for Tax Transcripts and Payments

That verification requirement will soon be required for all taxpayers to view other personal tax documents on the IRS website. Tax practitioners who use a secure service will still have access to IRS transcripts.

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IRS to Hire 200 Tax Attorneys to Combat Abusive Tax Schemes

Promoters have been particularly active developing and marketing tax shelter schemes that purportedly enable taxpayers to avoid paying what they legally owe. These new hires will help the IRS manage the increasing caseload in its multi-year effort to ...

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Accounting

Voting Opens for 2022 CPA Practice Advisor Readers' Choice Awards

The Readers' Choice Awards give our readers the opportunity to spotlight the technologies they most rely on and trust to manage their firms, provide client services, and help those clients run their businesses.

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Payroll

The Top 10 HR Compliance Issues of 2022

From safety to tech, taxes and marijuana, the regulatory compliance experts at Paychex have developed a list of the top issues business owners and managers should keep up on as they run their businesses and manage the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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Benefits

National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers 2022 Annual Report to Congress

The report credits the Internal Revenue Service for performing well under difficult circumstances. Since the start of the pandemic, the IRS, in addition to its traditional work, has implemented significant programs enacted by Congress.