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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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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.

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Accounting

Intuit Introduces New Benefits for Tax Professionals

Intuit is introducing three new programs aimed to make tax professionals more profitable with incentives up to $25 per return, free software offers and a free service to find new clients.

Income Tax

Report: IRS Failing to Provide ID Protection PIN Numbers to Some ID Theft Victims

The IRS is failing to provide personal identity numbers to all taxpayers who are the victims of tax-related identity theft, according to a report publicly released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ...

Benefits

IRS Offers Spanish Language Info and Videos on Affordable Care Act

The Internal Revenue Service has released several options for Spanish speakers to get information about the tax provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Two recently issued YouTube videos feature IRS Commissioner John Koskinen: Disposición de La ...

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Firm Management

Ohio CPA Society Focuses on More Diversity in Accounting Firms

The Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) is putting a stronger emphasis on creating a more inclusive and diverse accounting profession, and addressing issues of targeted groups within the profession with several recent appointments to ...

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Hey Tax Pros, Don't Forget to Renew Your PTIN

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding the more than 690,000 federal tax return preparers in the U.S. that they must renew their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) for 2015. All current PTINs will expire Dec. 31, 2014.

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Accounting

Taxologist of Tomorrow Program Gives Students Hands-On Way to Explore Career

Thomson Reuters has launched a new program to help accounting students explore the possibilities of a career as a tax professional. The program, called "Taxologist of Tomorrow", provides high school students with hands-on, technologically driven lessons t

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Income Tax

IRS Told to Improve Integration Between its Software Programs

If tax processing systems are not properly integrated to deliver filing season functionality, taxpayers may be unable to timely file returns, receive refunds, or obtain timely, accurate customer service.

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Accounting

Survey Shows the Top Trends Facing Accounting Firms

Successful accounting firms, those that are “Very prepared,” report they can leverage key industry trends to engage clients now and in the future are able to put cash in the bank 10 days faster than those reporting they are “less prepared.”