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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

New Filing Deadline for Forms W-2 and 1099-MISC

The new deadlines are being imposed by the IRS in an effort to make tax documents more readily available to taxpayers prior to April 15, reducing the need for taxpayers to request automatic extensions while they wait for some of their tax documents.

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Payroll

5 Tips to Prepare Small Businesses for New Overtime and Classification Rules

The new overtime regulations will have a significant impact on some businesses, while others may find that their increases in productivity over the past decade have been coming not only from technology, but also at the expense of overworked staff. The arg

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Accounting

2016 Most Powerful Women in Accounting

Women are increasingly attaining the reins of power in accounting firms, accounting for about 20 percent of firm partners. This is still not enough, according to thought leaders like Amy Vetter, CPA, who notes that women make up more than half of the ...

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Accounting

Awards Recognize the Most Powerful Women in Accounting

Through the Most Powerful Women in Accounting awards, CPA Practice Advisor celebrates the increasing presence of women at the highest positions in accounting firms and organizations that oversee the profession, and recognizes those who have had the ...

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Accounting

The 2016 "40 Under 40": Leading the Accounting Profession Into The Future

This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are among the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. They are all active in the professional community, as well as in their local communities, where many are small business owners and employers.

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Income Tax

Back to School Tax Tips for 2016

As the final weeks of summer tick away, back-to-school sales are ramping up and it's time to think about getting those kids back in the classroom. It's also a good time to think about a variety of tax breaks and deductions available for qualifying ...

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Benefits

Is Retirement By 65 An Unrealistic Goal For Gen Xers and Millennials?

People age 35-plus don't think they will be able to retire when they hit the traditional retirement age. While 87 percent of those surveyed who are working full time say they want to retire someday with nearly 70 percent of those hoping to retire ...

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Human Resources

SMB Owners Fret Over Finding, Keeping and Growing Top Talent

Small and mid-sized businesses added 63,000 jobs in April and 173,000 in May, according to ADP, but many business owners and managers find that their most talented staff – finding, nurturing, and keeping them – is one of their most challenging concerns.

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Accounting

Vacation Blues: One Third of U.S. Workers Unhappy With Paid Time Off Policy

Some sunnier results from the Accountemps survey show professionals plan to take an average of 10 vacation days this summer, and 29 percent plan to take more vacation days this summer than last year.

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Accounting

2016 Innovation Awards Highlight Tools for Automation, Collaboration and Insight

The Innovation Awards were first presented in 2004, and honor new or recently enhanced technologies that benefit tax and accounting professionals and their clients through improved workflow, increased accessibility, enhanced collaboration, or other means.

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Software

2016 Review of TaxAct Professional Preparers' Editions

TaxAct is more well-known for its consumer, do-it-yourself program, but the company has long offered professional tax compliance packages for small firms. The system is centered around an installed program base, with online access to client reports ...

Software

2016 Overview of BNA 706 Preparer & 709 Preparer

Bloomberg BNA offers a variety of tax and financial information tools and resources, as well as software and online services for estate tax compliance, gift tax compliance, and estate planning – BNA 706 Preparer and BNA 709 Preparer.