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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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Payroll

Gender Wage Gap is 10% Larger for Self-Employed

While there is an extensive body of research that focuses on workers in corporate America, little is known about the millions of Americans that work for themselves. As more employees plan to leave their 9-5s in pursuit of self-employment the world is ...

Auditing

IRS Tax Day Is Here: You Can Delay, But You've Got to Pay

April 17... It doesn't quite have the same ring to it as April 15, but this year, the 17th is tax day. (Because the 15th was on a Sunday, and a holiday in Washington D.C. delayed things.)

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Payroll

When it Comes to Office Romance, Employees Don't Trust HR

According to the results of the Love @ Work Survey from HR company Namely, 4 in 10 employees have engaged in an intimate relationship with someone at work—be it a peer, manager, or even member of the C-suite.

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Payroll

Distracted Workers Blame Technology and Lack of Training for Lower Morale and Productivity

Though 69% of full-time employees surveyed report being distracted at work and 70% agree that training could help them learn to focus and manage their time better, 66% have never brought this up to their managers. Younger workers, in particular, are ...

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Small Business

Online Merchants Look to Instant Financing to Boost Sales

Instant financing is an easy-to-use, revolving line of credit that consumers apply for within a merchant's online checkout. It enables merchants to offer consumers the option to spread payments over time with low APR financing offers and provides an ...

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Accounting

Businesses Still Not Ready for New Lease Accounting Standards

Just 21.2 percent of finance, accounting and other professionals say their companies are “extremely” or “very” prepared to comply with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) respective ...

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Payroll

Salaries on the Rise According to New Study

This is great news for workers, but it puts pressure on employers, many of whom are finding that aligning pay with the overall market is no longer enough to attract top talent.

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Advisory

Businesses Not Assessing Risks of Adopting Emerging Technologies

Nearly half (47 percent) of the 200 senior IT risk management executives surveyed whose companies have adopted mobile applications and devices have not included them in recent IT risk assessments. The findings for other emerging technologies are ...

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Payroll

March Madness Brings Mayhem to the Workplace

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Payroll

Women Mentorship Programs Help Firms Realize Greater Success

U.S. accounting firms that use advancement programs for promoting women to leadership positions overwhelmingly view them as effective tools in recruiting and retaining talent, according to new research by the American Institute of CPAs.

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Accounting

2018 Readers' Choice Awards

The CPA Practice Advisor Readers' Choice Awards give accounting and tax pros the chance to share the technologies and vendors that help them be more productive and profitable in their own firms, as well as the tech tools and programs that help their ...

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Payroll

IRS Issues New Payroll Tax Withholding Tables for 2018

The Internal Revenue Service has released Notice 1036, which updates the income-tax withholding tables for 2018 reflecting changes made by the tax reform legislation enacted last month. This is the first in a series of steps that IRS will take to help ...