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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

Avalara Announces 49 Newly Certified Integrations into Business Applications

Avalara certified integration partners have met criteria developed by Avalara for performance and reliability. Certified integrations are built to help ensure customers enjoy a fast, reliable, and easy process for embedding Avalara’s automated tax management into existing systems.

Accounting

Kathryn Fletcher, CPA, CGMA Elected Chair of GSCPA Board of Directors for 2024-25 Year

Fletcher has been an active and involved member of GSCPA for 22 years. She has previously served on the GSCPA Board of Directors and has volunteered her time on numerous committees and task forces.

Taxes

NYU Professional Studies to Host Tax Conferences

The events will focus on a range of topics including international and partnership taxation, trusts and estates, local and state taxation, and like-kind exchanges.

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Accounting

FASB Private Company Council Identifies 4 Priorities

The Private Company Council (PCC) met on Monday, June 24, 2024. Below is a summary of topics discussed by PCC and FASB members at the meeting:

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Accounting

Ed Duarte Starts Tenure as Chair of FICPA

The chief financial officer of Foreign Parts Distributors, Inc., (FPD) in Miami, Florida, Duarte spent the first 15 years of his career working in public accounting in New York City, South Florida and Puerto Rico

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Accounting

AICPA Awards $691,000 in Scholarships

The AICPA Foundation was established in 1922 to advance the science of accountancy and accounting education.

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Accounting

78 Percent of Organizations Say AI Is an Emerging Technology Risk

The data shows organizations in 2024 are 2.5 times more likely to be in the later stages of digital risk maturity than last year, showcasing a solid trend toward proactive risk management.

Taxes

IRS Issues Final Regs on New 1% Excise Tax on Corporate Stock Repurchases

These final regulations require that the stock repurchase excise tax be reported on Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return, due for the first full calendar quarter after the end of the corporation’s taxable year.

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Payroll

Workers Say They Are 'Financially Unwell'

The new report also reveals a generational divide in financial stability and the importance of specific benefits.

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Accounting

Scholarship Fund Launched to Expand the CPA Pipeline

The fund is a program developed by the Controllers Council and administered by the AICPA Foundation, a charitable organization of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Firm Management

Roundtable Labs Announces Launch of Second Empower Your Passion Cohort

It's a dynamic mastermind group designed to empower participants to break free from conventional norms, embrace imperfections, challenge power dynamics, and shape a more sustainable future for themselves and their communities.

Accounting

Airwallex Adds Integration with QuickBooks for Bank Feed Data

Data demonstrated that accountants overwhelmingly need to gain a greater understanding of what financial transformation means for their organizations.