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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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Payroll

U.S. Businesses Face Historic Difficulty Finding Qualified Workers

The results of the survey suggest human resources departments will face four main challenges in the months ahead: recruiting qualified workers and retaining existing ones; adjusting to a world where a large share of employees work primarily remotely...

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Payroll

How Working Conditions and Attitudes Have Changed Due to the Pandemic

COVID-19 has dented worker sentiment: although the majority (86%) of workers still say they feel optimistic about the next five years in the workplace, this is down from 92% last year. While overall optimism may be the long-term outlook, it is uneven ...

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Accounting

Report Shows Small Businesses on Road to Recovery

U.S. small businesses are on the road to recovery from the financial losses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Intuit QuickBooks.

2021 Readers Choice

Accounting

2021 Reader's Choice Awards: The Tech Getting Us Through the Pandemic

Now in their 17th year, the CPA Practice Advisor Readers Choice Awards give our readers the chance to spotlight the technologies they most respect and trust to provide client services, to manage their firms, and to help their clients run ...

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Income Tax

IRS Delays 2021 Income Tax Filing Deadline to May 17

April 15 is not the tax filing deadline for 2021. The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have announced the 2021 income tax filing and payment deadline is now May 17, 2021.

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Accounting

IRS Has Already Sent Out 90 Million Stimulus Payments

Additional batches and payments will be sent in the coming weeks by direct deposit and through the mail as a check or debit card. The vast majority of all Economic Impact Payments will be issued by direct deposit. No action is needed by ...

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Accounting

AICPA News: February 2021

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs.

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Income Tax

Estimated Income Tax Refund Date Chart for 2021

The Covid / Coronavirus stimulus payments you received will NOT affect your tax refund. Here's a chart that shows estimated dates for income tax refunds in 2021. File early and use Direct Deposit to get it faster.

1099 NEC 2020

Deadline for Forms W-2, 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC is Feb. 1, 2021

Businesses have until Feb. 1, 2021, to file the revised Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and the new Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, and provide copies to the recipients.

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Accounting

The 2020 CPA Practice Advisor "40 Under 40" Professionals and "20 Under 40" Influencers

The awards recognize 40 professionals who are under 40, and have emerged as future leaders in the profession, and 20 who are under 40 and leading the development of technology that serves the profession.

Accounting

2020 Innovation Award Winners Announced

Now in their 17th year, the CPA Practice Advisor Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.

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Advisory

Report Shows Trends for Accounting Advisory Services

The survey data indicates that being able to offer expert insights when it comes to finances will give firms the upper hand when it comes to implementing value pricing as it enables them to provide a better customer experience.