State and Local Taxes
When Taxes, Grammar & Voting Collide: City Could Lose Half Billion Due to Two-Word Error
The Santa Clara, CA water district commits slight, but potentially very costly error.
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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Small Business
FreshBooks Moves Strategy from Online Invoicing to Cloud Accounting
The online accounting system now has more paying users than others except for QuickBooks Online.
Are You Prepared?
September is the height of hurricane season, and also National Preparedness Month in the U.S., which makes it a good time to remember the importance of preparing your business for an emergency.
Small Business
Mixed News on Small Business Credit
Sage Announces Development Partner Awards
Sage North America today used the Sage Summit 2012 Conference in Nashville, TN, as the stage for announcing the recipients of its Sage Development Partner Awards for 2012, recognizing partners supporting customers across the Sage portfolio.
Small Business Tax Professionals Get New Tool for Managing IRS Notices
Beyond415 Added to Sage Accountants Network.
New Sage One Affiliate Program and Sage 300 ERP Top the News at Sage Summit
At conference, Sage announces a new affiliate/reseller program for Sage One, the debut of Sage 300 ERP 2012, and enhancements to Sage ERP X3.
North Carolina Society To Hold 'CPA Day of Service' Sept. 21, 2012
Accounting Standards
Murray State & Texas A&M Professors Write the Book on Financial Accounting & Reporting
Two professors in the Bauernfeind College of Business at Murray State University, L. Murphy Smith, DBA (Doctor of Business Administration), and Katherine Taken Smith, DBA, along with Shannon Knight, CPA, a business professor at Texas A&M University, collaborated on a new financial accounting textbook. The book, Financial Accounting and Reporting, is published by CCH.
Software
Cougar Mountain Software Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Cougar Mountain Software is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The Boise, Idaho-based company was founded in 1982 by Robert Gossett.
2012 Review of Timesheet.com
AICPA
What's at Stake? A CPA’s Insights into the Federal Government’s Finances
Gregory Anton, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the AICPA (Ameirican Institute of Certified Public Accountants), provides a non-partisan analysis into why he thinks the U.S. government's financial statements provide a different perspective compared to the government's annual budget.