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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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Tax Roundtables to Address Issues Facing Tax Pros

The National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) and Drake Software are hosting “Taxes Today,” a virtual roundtable discussion that is free and open to tax professionals of all levels of experience. The first discussion will focus heavily on the ...

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Accounting

How the Financial Reporting Value Chain Adapted to Challenges of Covid-19

The Audit Fee Study looks at various factors affecting financial reporting and the external audit. This includes public company preparer opportunities to reduce audit effort, COVID-19’s impact, value derived from external audits, auditor insights, and ...

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Benefits

IRS Issues 430,000 More Unemployment-Adjusted Income Tax Refunds

The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 additional tax refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020.

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Accounting

.CPA Web Domain Launches in Canada

The restricted web domain, administered by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and its business and technology arm, CPA.com, officially launches in Canada this morning at 11 Eastern time. To be eligible, Canadian CPAs and CPA firms must be licensed.

Accounting

BQE Hires New CEO and Management Team

BQE Software Inc., the top business management software for architecture, engineering, and other professional services firms, has named Victor Limongelli as its new Chief Executive Officer. Limongelli brings to BQE a wealth of leadership and growth ...

Accounting

Intuit Completes Acquisition of Mailchimp

Intuit has closed the acquisition of Mailchimp for total consideration of approximately $5.7 billion in cash, 10.1 million shares of Intuit common stock with a fair value of approximately $6.3 billion (based on the October 29, 2021 closing stock price ...

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Accounting

The 2021 CPA Practice Advisor "40 Under 40" Professionals and "20 Under 40" Influencers

The awards recognize 40 professionals who are under 40, and have emerged as future leaders in the profession, and 20 who are under 40 and leading the development of technology that serves the profession.

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Accounting

5 COVID Impacts on Internal Audit That Are Here to Stay

The survey uncovered five key trends respondents believe will have long-term impacts on internal audit teams, including: the continued increased use of technology to conduct audits, employing innovative means of gathering and analyzing evidence ...

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Accounting

The Intuit Dome to Open in L.A. for the NBA's Clippers

They could have called it the TurboTax Center, or the QuickBooks Cathedral or the CreditKarma CosmoDrome, but they called it the Intuit Dome.

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Benefits

Oct. 15 is Tax Deadline for Extended 2020 Tax Returns

Taxpayers can file now and schedule their federal tax payments up to the Oct. 15 due date. They can pay online, by phone or with their mobile device and the IRS2Go app. When paying federal taxes electronically taxpayers should ...

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Accounting

Inflation and Labor Shortages Cause Decrease in Economic Outlook

Labor shortages and mounting inflation fears combined to dampen business executives’ outlook on the U.S. economy, according to the third-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey. The survey polls chief executive officers, chief financial officers, ...

2021 Most Powerful Women

Accounting

2020-2021 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Honored

The American Institute of CPAs and CPA Practice Advisor have announced the 2020-2021 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Awards, given annually to women leaders who are helping to define and advance the profession.