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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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Mergers and Acquisitions

Accounting Practice Exchange Connects Firm Sellers and Buyers

The Accounting Practice Exchange is designed as a meeting place for buyers and sellers of professional practices, allowing a "For Sale by Owner" style market where sole practitioners can advertise and connect with potential buyers at a national level without employing a third party business broker.

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Technology

Simplifying Online Document Management for Clients

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Small Business

Intuit Small Business Indexes Show Strong Employment Growth, Decrease in Revenue

Small business in the United States are showing noteworthy gains in employment rates, average compensation and hours worked, while revenue figures are down. Employment increased by 0.3 percent in June, for an annualized rate of 4.1 percent – the strongest rate of growth that small businesses have seen in the past three months.

Technology

2012 Accountant’s Technology & Services Guide

Finding the solutions and the right tools to help you work where, when and how you want, can be just as critical to your productivity as developing the best workflow processes and finding the right team to work with you, but with the constantly changing nature of technology, it can be a challenge.

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Technology

The Evolving Profession: Teresa Mackintosh has a Front Row Seat

How much has the profession changed in the last 16 years? Teresa Mackintosh has had one of the most unique front row seats during this time, serving in public practice as a CPA, as well as in various leadership roles with two of the largest technology companies serving tax and accounting professionals.

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Firm Management

Combining New Tech with Old Fashioned Values

A New Jersey CPA has found success through innovation of workflow and technology, without compromising client service and relationships.

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Small Business

More Cloud is Good for Your Firm & Your Clients’ Businesses

The movement to the cloud has had many names over the past decade: Web 2.0, SaaS, web-based services, net-native programs, etc. But whatever you call it, the coming mass adoption of cloud-based business solutions will have the biggest effect on our work and business lives since computers themselves were first installed on desktops back in the 1980s.

Automation

Avalara Receives $20M in Funding from Battery Ventures

Seattle-based Avalara, which offers automated online sales tax compliance, has announced that it has received $20 million in growth financing from Battery Ventures.

Technology

CCH Launches Open Integration Platform

New platform opens CCH's NextGen solutions to third party applications, allowing firms to use the solutions that best serve them, while also improving workflow and streamlining database management.

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Nonprofit

AccuFund Acquires Outreach Suite CRM System

Outreach Suite’s fund-raising capabilities complement AccuFund’s fund management, enabling AccuFund to expand its accounting solution for non-profits.

Technology

Document Management at its Best - Free CPE Webcast

Earn 1 hour of free CPE during webcast on document management.

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Small Business

Intuit Unveils New Version of QuickBooks for Professional Bookkeepers

QuickBooks Professional Bookkeeper 2012 includes all features from QuickBooks Pro, along with multi-client tools and time-saving features.