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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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Income Tax

Income Tax Credit Helps Low Income Workers Save for Retirement

Low- and moderate-income workers can take steps now to save for retirement and earn a special tax credit in 2014 and years ahead, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

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Benefits

Report Details Record Retention Requirements for Health and Welfare Benefits

Thomson Reuters has released a free special report, Record Retention Requirements for Health & Welfare Benefits, to accompany its publication of a second edition book on the topic.

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Accounting

Illinois CPA Society Honors Professional Women to Watch

The Illinois CPA Society has honored three of its members with its 10th annual Women to Watch awards, in recognition of their notable contributions to the accounting profession, their organizations and the development of women as leaders.

Firm Management

Accounting Firm Raises $70K for Breast Cancer Group

CohnReznick was the top team contributor and the sixth national Making Strides contributor, raising over $70,000.

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Accounting

Accounting Firm Revenue on the Rise

Most CPA firms reported modest increases in revenue in 2013, with a stable or brightening profit picture, according to a recent survey by the American Institute of CPAs and Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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Benefits

Report Looks at Tax and Financial Planning for Baby Boomers

A new report focuses on three key tax and financial planning opportunities tax practitioners can provide for their baby boomer clients who are approaching retirement and planning for their children’s and grandchildren’s college costs.

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Advisory

Accounting Firms Decosimo and Elliott Davis to Merge

The accounting firms of Elliott Davis and Decosimo, both headquartered in the Southeast U.S., will merge effective January 1, 2015. The combined firm, which will be known as Elliott Davis Decosimo, creates the region’s fifth largest accounting firm ...

Income Tax

2015 Tax Rates, Credits and Deductions

The Internal Revenue Service has released annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. The result is that many tax deductions and credits may be even more attractive in 2014.

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Accounting

Taxes After the Election? KPMG and Bloomberg BNA to Host Free Webcast

Bloomberg BNA and KPMG will host a free webcast called “The Elections: What’s Next for U.S. Tax?,” on Thursday, November 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event will feature some of the leading names in tax, who will provide their take on how ...

Accounting

AICPA Honors Accounting Educators for Innovative Curriculum

The AICPA has announced the 2014 recipients of three accounting curriculum awards. The Effective Learning Strategies Awards are bestowed annually upon educators who demonstrate innovative teaching practices in one of three distinct ...

Accounting

Audit Quality Group Congratulates Internal Audit Case Study Competition

Sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the competition brought together the best and brightest accounting and auditing students in the LA area to analyze and present their case for responding to potential materia

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Firm Management

CPAs Asked What Challenges They Face, How Often They Brief Clients

Accounting technology maker Wolters Kluwer, CCH is again asking CPAs, accountants, tax professionals and other attendees at its CCH Connections User Conference 2014 ito respond to daily poll questions, and then shares the results via a large monitor.