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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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Accounting

2022 Innovation Awards Spotlight Top Tech for Tax and Accounting Pros

The Innovation Awards were first presented in 2004, and they honor new or recently enhanced technologies that benefit tax and accounting professionals and their clients ...

Accounting

ICPAS SUMMIT22 - Aug. 23-24, 2022 - Rosemont, Illinois

ICPAS SUMMIT22’s more than 50 sessions will be hosted by nearly 60 thought leaders, including keynotes from some of the accounting profession’s most influential people.

Accounting

History Rewind: Behind the Bernie Madoff Scam

In 2009, Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty to a Ponzi scheme that cost investors an estimated total of $65 billion, the largest in U.S. history. Before that, he had been chairman of the NASDAQ stock ...

Firm Management

Citrin Cooperman Acquires New Jersey Top 150 Firm, Untracht Early

Untracht Early also brings a significant individual tax practice focused on serving high and ultra-high net worth clients and their closely held businesses.

Accounting

New CalCPA Chair Plans to Increase Opportunities for Better Diversity

Current diversity, equity and inclusion research jointly sponsored by CalCPA, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the ...

Accounting

IFRS Consolidates with Value Reporting Foundation

The consolidation delivers on market demand, including from companies, investors and regulators, for simplification of the ...

Accounting

More Companies Obtaining Independent Assurance on Sustainability Data

61% of ESG assurance services were performed by professional accounting firms, with substantial variation in practice within different jurisdictions

Firm Management

CRI Expands by Merging in S. Florida Accounting Firm

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (CRI) continues to expand in the state of Florida, increasing its locations to serve clients through the merger of Alonso & Garcia, P.A.

Accounting

AICPA Honors Accounting Educators

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has named the award recipients for the 2022 Effective Learning Strategies (ELS) Awards...

Payroll

AICPA Wants Congress to Include Disaster Relief in Retirement Bill

The bill would allow people affected by natural disasters to withdraw up to $22,000 from qualified retirement accounts without being assessed early-withdrawal penalties and fees.

Firm Management

Grant Thornton named to 2022 “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” List

A joint initiative of Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the DEI is widely acknowledged as the most robust disability inclusion assessment tool in business.

Small Business

Half of Small to Medium-Sized Businesses Still Rely on Paper Records

Many SMBs continue to leverage traditional systems to manage the company's contacts, business prospects and communications.