Income Tax
Intuit Canada named to list of 'Great Places to Work'
Intuit Recognized as One the Best Workplaces in Canada
Isaac M. O'Bannon
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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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Accounting
Wave adds new receipt-scanning tool to their small business app suite
Receipts by Wave turns paper clutter into digital data for free
Human Resources
ADP Reaches 40,000 Human Capital Management Clients
Companies of all Sizes Increasingly Select ADP's Unified Human Capital Management Platforms to Help Navigate Health Care Reform and Other Business Challenges
Accounting
Avalara and Kansas Society of CPAs form strategic alliance
KSCPA members can now access up-to-date sales and use tax educational resources, hands-on tools and partner programs
Accounting
Initial Claims for Unemployment Rise
The U.S. Labor Department released the latest weekly jobs numbers today, which showed that, for the week ending March 30, initial claims for unemploymnet rose to 385,000, which is an increase of 28,000 new claimants compared to last week.
Accounting
Community banks increased small business lending by $8.9 billion via Treasury Department program
Increased Lending Represents an Estimated 38,000 Additional Small Business Loan over Baseline Levels
Firm Management
How Building a Firm of the Future is Paying Off for Baldwin CPAs
Alan Long may have been in practice for 35 years, but he’s so far removed from the stereotype of a stodgy old accountant that he has helped steer his firm towards technologies that have helped them more than double their client work volume in the past several years, as well as moving into new office locations.
Firm Management
Mark Vitek, CPA, P.A. adds senior tax manager
Michael Potopa Joins Raleigh firm
Benefits
Americans still don't understand ObamaCare health plans, what the different options are
6 Months Before New Obamacare Plans Arrive, Consumers Still Don't Know What They're Buying
Income Tax
April 15 is coming, but there's still time to reduce your taxes
One of the largest organizations of tax professionals in the United States is reminding taxpayers that it's still not too late for many to reduce their 2012 income tax burden.
Accounting
New Canadian CPA organization now operational
Earlier this year, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) and The Society of Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada) merged, becoming the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.
Firm Management
Report: Sales growth up at private companies; So are profit margins at accounting firms
Private companies in the United States grew sales by approximately 9.7 percent in the period ended February 2013, about the same as in the period ended January 2013 and close to the 10.1 percent growth seen one year ago. The average private company had a 7.6 percent net profit margin in the period ended February 2013, compared to 4.6 percent a year earlier.