
David Got Fired By His Tax Preparer
The Accounting Podcast
Profit First Professional
profit first professionals is a membership organization. It's not accounting or bookkeeping, it's a cash flow system that resides in between financials and forecasting. Mazel Tom has certified accounting, bookkeeping and coaching firms in over 30 countries. Over 700,000 companies of all sizes are using it.
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- (00:00) - Thank you to our sponsor, Zoho
- (00:27) - Preview: We need to make accountants aware of accounting career paths with real work life balance
- (01:11) - Introduction and quick overview of Blake's week and FAA meltdown
- (11:22) - What logic did the firm give David for letting him go?
- (21:15) - Thank you to our sponsor, Zoho
- (22:40) - Not enough firms are offering remote work
- (25:38) - Accountants don't need help getting clients
- (27:56) - Blake shares a story about his friend switching firms
- (29:44) - Blake shares a chart from CPA Trendlines
- (33:35) - What is the starting salary for a CPA at a medium to large firm?
- (37:16) - Thank you to our sponsor, LiveFlow
- (38:25) - Quick follow up on the story of a recent accounting graduate choosing the military over a Big 4 firm
- (40:06) - What is Profit First? And what do you do?
- (46:20) - Parkinson's Law
- (49:53) - Thank you to our sponsor, Anchor
- (52:39) - Jennifer's voicemail about her networking event for students
- (56:19) - Going over some comments in our live chat
- (01:02:47) - Linda's message about Illinois lowering the CPA hours requirement from 150 to 120 hours to sit for the exam
- (01:06:26) - Bernard's feedback on the Ron Baker episode
- (01:10:25) - David makes a new 2023 prediciton
- (01:11:08) - Rusty's message about North Carolina's CPA license requirements
- (01:13:54) - Wrap up and where to reach Blake and David
- (01:15:14) - Classifieds
- (01:15:16) - Client Hub
- (01:15:53) - RightTool
- (01:16:15) - Federal Tax Updates Podcast
- (01:17:27) - How to advertise in these classifieds
Links
More remote workers than work
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/more-remote-workers-than-work-5073937/
SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini Following Crypto Collapse Contagion
IRS Provides Tax Relief for California Storm Victims
https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-news/irs-provides-tax-relief-for-california-storm-victims-53808/
AICPA Unveils Plans for Redesigned CPA Exam in 2024 ...
https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2023/01/aicpa-unveils-plans-for-redesigned-cpa-exam-in-2024/
2023: The Year of Crypto Compliance
https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/2023-crypto-predictions/
Quickbooks missed a golden opportunity to market itself with the FTX saga
The Financial Future: The Impact of AI on Finance and Accounting
Most companies pay $11 or more per expense report
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/most-companies-pay-11-or-more-per-processed-expense-report
Terry Smith fires darts at Meta, Apple, Unilever and accounting ...
Intuit Plans To Launch Crypto-Related Software’s
https://thecryptobasic.com/2023/01/10/intuit-plans-to-launch-crypto-related-softwares/
IRS audit rates declined further in 2022
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-audit-rates-declined-further-in-2022
Addressing the accounting hiring crisis
https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/addressing-the-accounting-hiring-crisis
IRS Cultivating Ties With Crypto Companies to Combat Fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried Tweets From Parent’s Basement, Denies Moving Funds From Alameda Research
Chewy CFO Seeks Labor Cost Savings via Automated Fulfillment
AICPA Says It Was Not Hacked, Refutes Report
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/01/12/aicpa-says-report-about/75816/
Attackers steal AICPA emails passwords
https://cybernews.com/news/attackers-steal-aicpa-emails-passwords/
Connect with Ron Saharyan
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