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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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Benefits

Tax Pros Offer Tips on Ways Holiday Giving Can Also Earn Tax Benefits

Considering giving a large cash gift to a loved one during the coming holidays? Thinking of making a big donation to charity or buying small gifts for business associates? Such gestures may provide you with your own present next year: a tax deduction.

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Benefits

U.S. Workers More Aware and Focused on Personal Finances

U.S. employees are more aware, focused, and motivated to improve their overall financial wellness, according to a new study.

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Sales Tax

Richard Asquith Joins Avalara as VP of Global Tax Compliance

Avalara, Inc., a provider of cloud-based global VAT and other indirect tax software today announced the appointment of Richard Asquith as Vice President of Global Tax Compliance.

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Accounting

Thomson Reuters Releases Updated Audit Solution for New COSO Framework

Thomson Reuters has updated its patented, award-winning PPC’s SMART Practice Aids Audit Suite to provide customers with a focused, integrated, and efficient internal control evaluation tool that is fully compliant with COSO’s new Internal Control Framewor

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Advisory

Data Shows the Best Peforming Business Industries of 2014, Accounting Makes the List

Accounting practices make the top 10... As the U.S. continues to climb itself out of the economic doldrums, some industries are actually performing quite well. Which ones?

Benefits

Bill.com Partners with Intuit to Give Benefits to QuickBooks Pro Advisors

Online business payment network Bill.com has partnered with Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, to offer additional benefits to QuickBooks ProAdvisors.

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Accounting

Intuit Partnership with Box Gives QuickBooks Online Accountant Users Free Client Document Sharing

Intuit is partnering with cloud-based document storage and sharing provider Box to streamline collaboration between accounting firms and their busineses. Intuit is the maker of QuickBooks, TurboTax and many financial and business management ...

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Accounting

TIAG Conference in Hong Kong Draws Accounting Pros from U.S. and Around the World

The International Accounting Group (TIAG) will hold its 23rd international conference from October 20 through 22nd in Hong Kong.

Accounting

Business Hiring and Revenue Expectations Highest Since 2007

While optimism for the nation’s economic outlook among U.S. business leaders remained strong at a net balance of 69 percent in third quarter 2014, German optimism plummeted 43 percentage points to just net 36 percent...

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Accounting

Citrix Acquires RightSignature for Digital Workflow

Citrix has completed its acquisition of RightSignature, a leading cloud-based electronic signature company located in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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Accounting

Vend Point-of-Sale Adds New QuickBooks Online Integration Features

The new features include the ability to automatically sync additional sales information from Vend to QBO, including daily register totals by product type as well as cost of goods sold. With this additional data, accountants and retailers get a clear pictu

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Sales Tax

Avalara Announces Integration with GoDaddy for Sales Tax Automation

Avalara, which makes cloud-based software for sales tax and other transactional taxes, has partnered with GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses. Together, GoDaddy and Avalara will bring simple, affordable sales tax