CPA Practice Advisor  CPA Practice Advisor is a technology and practice management resource for accounting and tax professionals. It is offered in online digital and print versions, with six print issues per year (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec) and 11 digital issues per year (Feb-Dec). The magazine was founded in 1991 as "The CPA Software News"; was renamed "The CPA Technology Advisor" in 2004, and was subsequently renamed "CPA Practice Advisor" in February 2011, with a stated purpose to "more closely align the publication and its digital offerings to the changing needs of the tax and accounting profession." The print version of the magazine is also distributed to certain professional organizations under the title "NSA Practice Advisor" (for the National Society of Accountants). Along with its website www.cpapracticeadvisor.com, "CPA Practice Advisor" is a print and online technology media outlet for practicing public accountants and tax professionals. It covers technology issues as they relate to those professionals and their accounting practices, and to their interaction with small businesses and individual clients. The media outlet offers print, online and e-book versions of its print content, along with online tools, apps, podcasts and webcasts (which qualify for CPA-required Continuing Professional Education (CPE). Both online and print content of "CPA Practice Advisor" is focused on reviews and comparisons of technologies and workflow practices that can be beneficial to tax and accounting practices that serve multiple clients. Reviews follow a 1-5 Star format, with 5 stars representing the top ranking a product may receive. Additional content includes topical features, implementation advice and serial columns contributed by members of the professional accounting community, many of whom hold credentials as a CPA (Certified Public Accountants), CPA.CITP (CPAs with the additional qualification of Certified Information Technology Professional), EA (Enrolled Agent recognized by the IRS to represent taxpayers), member of the NSA (National Society of Accountants), or PA (Professional Accountant). The publication's core staff as of March 2018 includes: Barry Strobel, Publisher; Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief; and Isaac M. O'Bannon, Managing Editor. "CPA Practice Advisor" is a part of Cygnus Business Media. Cygnus was purchased by SouthComm Business Media in January 2017. Therefore, CPA Practice Advisor is now part of SouthComm. CPA Practice Advisor has a print circulation of approximately 45,000 tax and accounting professionals, including credentialed Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Enrolled Agents (EA), Professional Accountants (PA) and others in the professional tax preparation and accounting spaces.