Accounting
Study Finds that Financial and Physical Health are Related
What do personal finances and personal physical health have in common? More than you might think.
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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.
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Firm Management
ZenPayroll Debuts New Personal Notes Feature
Cloud payroll services provider ZenPayroll has introduced a new feature that makes it easy for employers to add a special, customized note to employees' pay stubs.
Accounting
Billtrust Acquires Open Scan Technologies
Outsourced billing services provider Billtrust has acquired cash application software development company Open Scan Technologies, Inc. Already working together under an alliance announced late last year, the combined companies will represent the first end-to-end Invoice-to-Cash infrastructure for B2B billers, dramatically increasing efficiency in the billing and payment ecosystem.
AICPA
AICPA Announces 2014 Leadership Academy Class
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has announced their selection of the 2014 Leadership Academy class. The group of 38 rising stars in the accounting profession will participate in the 6thannual Leadership Academy in Durham, N.C. this fall.
Firm Management
Accounting Firm BerryDunn Adds New Principals
Portland, Maine-based accounting firm BerryDunn has added four new principals: Ed Daranyi, Julie Keim, Chad Snow, and Seth Webber. Their promotions recognize excellence in client service, staff development, and leadership in their respective practice areas. Additionally, Frank O’Shea was re-elected to the firm’s Management Committee.
Accounting
Xero Offers Integration with Online Banking Platform
The online small business accounting system Xero now has the ability to integrate with Silicon Valley Bank, a technology and start-up focused financial institution, the companies announced on Wednesday morning.
Income Tax
Top 10 Tax Tips for Active and Reserve Military
For active and reserve members of the U.S. military, the Internal Revenue Service has released a list of tax tips that cover the tax issues and benefits specific to those in uniform.
AICPA
AICPA Sues the IRS Over Voluntary Income Tax Preparer Program
America's largest professional organization of tax and accounting professionals has had enough with the IRS.
Advisory
New CEO Announced for Crowe Horwath LLP
The national public accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath LLP has announced that, effective April 1, 2015, James Powers will assume the role of CEO.
Accounting
Are There Enough IPOs to Accelerate Growth in Middle Market?
A new report shows that even though IPOs have increased this year, too few are on track for the rest of 2014.
Accounting
FASB Simplifies Inventory Management Guidelines
As part of an initiative towards simplifying accounting standards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued two proposed updates that are meant to ease the measurement of inventory and eliminate the requirements for extraordinary items
Firm Management
Free CPE Webcast to Look at Data Management for Accounting Firms
Learn effective data management strategies for optimizing client performance.