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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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Automation

Avalara Acquires Telecom Tax Compliance Provider EZtax

The $5.6 trillion worldwide telecom market is subject to multiple tax laws and regulations that are highly complex and constantly changing. EZtax offers cloud-based solutions that address this complexity.

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Firm Management

CPA Practice Advisor Announces 2015 Innovation Awards

This year’s Innovation Award recipients include systems for expense management, business planning, document management and sales tax automation.

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Small Business

Small Business Mobile Apps to Double in Next 2 Years

Fifteen percent of small businesses have a mobile app, and another 18 percent are considering developing one in 2015 or later, according to a new survey.

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Accounting

Nonprofit Accounting System Helps Those Who Help Others

According to the National Institutes for Health, about 20 percent of American adults experience some form of mental health disorder each year, and one in five people have a serious disorder such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

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Accounting

60% of Small Businesses Worry About Cash Flow Every Month

Most small businesses can’t track and manage their cash flow because banks don’t provide them with the right financial tools, according to a new report released by Palo Alto Software.

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Income Tax

Psst: You Don't Have to File Your Taxes By April 15

April 15 is ingrained, implanted permanently in most Americans' minds as the deadline for filing annual income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. But what if I told you that you don't really have to file your form 1040 by April 15?

Firm Management

2015 Readers Choice Awards

Technology is at the core of professional accounting firms, and for more than 25 years, this publication has covered the evolution of not on the technology, but also the dramatic changes in workflow processes and productivity.

Accounting

2015 Review of Accounting Power by AccountantsWorld

Accounting Power from AccountantsWorld, Inc., has been on the market the longest, initially as Accounting Relief, offering accounting firms a collaborative client-firm accounting solution for more than a decade. It is sold only to accounting practices ...

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Accounting

2015 Review of Intuit QuickBooks Online Accountant

Last year, Intuit launched a newly-redesigned online collaborative accounting system designed for accounting professionals who serve small businesses that use QuickBooks. The company has, of course, offered online versions of its traditional QuickBooks...

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Accounting

2015 Review of Xero and Xero Partner Program

The Xero and Xero Partner Platform from Xero, Inc. provide a unified, cloud-based solution for small business accounting and firm management of the client's books. Xero entered the space initially from the small business side, but quickly saw the role ...

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Accounting

Client-Firm Collaboration is the Key to the New Age of Write-Up

Is write-up dead? No, but with the continuing move by small businesses to online accounting software, the way in which accountants provide this service is definitely changing.

Firm Management

2014 Review of ImagineTime Time and Billing

Designed for accounting and law firms, ImagineTime is a desktop or server-based, full-featured time management and billing system for firms seeking multiple timesheet data entry options ...