Sales Tax
Accounting Firms Need to Act on Sales Tax Compliance
A tsunami of trouble is on the way for millions of businesses, and most don't know it's coming.
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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Advisory
Larger Pay Raises Expected for 2022
High-tech and pharmaceutical companies project the largest increases (3.1%) followed by health care, media and financial services companies (3.0%). Oil and gas industry companies, as well as leisure and hospitality industry companies, are budgeting ...
Payroll
Most U.S. Businesses Plan to Add New Full-Time Positions in 2021
Job seekers will have plenty of options in the coming months, research from talent solutions firm Robert Half shows. According to the "State of U.S. Hiring" survey of more than 2,800 senior managers, 51% of respondents anticipate adding new permanent ...
Accounting
AICPA News - July 2021
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs.
Payroll
Employers Focusing on Enhancing Employee Experience
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Payroll
How Working Conditions and Attitudes Have Changed Due to the Pandemic
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Payroll
U.S. Businesses Face Historic Difficulty Finding Qualified Workers
The results of the survey suggest human resources departments will face four main challenges in the months ahead: recruiting qualified workers and retaining existing ones; adjusting to a world where a large share of employees work primarily remotely...
Payroll
How Working Conditions and Attitudes Have Changed Due to the Pandemic
COVID-19 has dented worker sentiment: although the majority (86%) of workers still say they feel optimistic about the next five years in the workplace, this is down from 92% last year. While overall optimism may be the long-term outlook, it is uneven ...
Accounting
Report Shows Small Businesses on Road to Recovery
U.S. small businesses are on the road to recovery from the financial losses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Intuit QuickBooks.
Accounting
2021 Reader's Choice Awards: The Tech Getting Us Through the Pandemic
Now in their 17th year, the CPA Practice Advisor Readers Choice Awards give our readers the chance to spotlight the technologies they most respect and trust to provide client services, to manage their firms, and to help their clients run ...
Income Tax
IRS Delays 2021 Income Tax Filing Deadline to May 17
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Accounting
IRS Has Already Sent Out 90 Million Stimulus Payments
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