This Week's Guest: Terrell Turner, CPA; 85% of MNCPA members working in public accounting support an alternative to 150 hours; The Silicon Valley Bank Balance Sheet Time Bomb "Sitting In Plain Sight"; Senator Warren complains to PCAOB about sham crypto "audits"; JPMorgan Chase’s nickel bags turn out to be full of stones; PwC introduces AI chatbot for 4,000 lawyers to speed up work; Xero kills WorkflowMax

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• (00:00) - Cloud Accounting Podcast Episode 325
• (00:26) - Preview: Accountants aren't eating their own dog food
• (01:10) - Introduction and welcome Terrell Turner to the show
• (03:31) - What does Terrell's practice do and who do they serve?
• (05:11) - South Carolina's comptroller resigns due to $3.5 billion error
• (11:30) - Blake and David talked to Linda about alternative CPA pathway
• (15:37) - Blog Post on NASBA website on CPA pipeline problem
• (19:11) - Are salaries the bigger issue?
• (21:24) - Clip from the Financial Executive podcast
• (27:15) - A little bit about Sillicon Valley Bank
• (43:07) - The issue with non-profits finding auditors and throwing accountants under the bus
• (48:02) - Elizabeth Warren writes letter to PCAOB about scam crypto "audits"
• (49:32) - JPMorgan Chase's nickel bags turn out to be full of stones
• (51:33) - OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT to the internet
• (01:02:11) - Xero kills WorkflowMax
• (01:03:54) - PwC introduces AI chatbot for 4,000 lawyers to speed up work
• (01:10:23) - Wrap up and where to reach Terrell, Blake, & David

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Transcript
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Show Notes
Texas Close to Allowing CPA Candidates to Test with 120 Credits

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/03/22/texas-close-to-allowing-cpa-candidates-to-test-with-120-credits/78123/

South Carolina's Top Accountant to Step Down After $3.5 Billion Error

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/03/23/south-carolinas-top-accountant-to-resign-after-3-5-billion-error/78209/

MNCPA to Educators: "We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period."               

https://www.goingconcern.com/mncpa-to-educators-we-do-not-need-new-cpas-who-have-additional-college-credits-we-need-more-cpas-period/

Banks and investors are reviving a push for changes to securities accounting after the SVB collapse

https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-investors-revive-push-for-changes-to-securities-accounting-after-svb-collapse-99caa9ce

PwC introduces AI chatbot for 4,000 lawyers to speed up work
https://gulfbusiness.com/pwc-introduces-ai-chatbot-for-4000-lawyers/

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Addressing the CPA Pipeline Crisis | NASBA

https://nasba.org/blog/2023/03/14/addressing-the-cpa-pipeline-crisis/

QuickBooks leans into AI in 2023 | Accounting Today

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/quickbooks-plans-to-go-all-in-on-ai-in-2023

SVB's balance-sheet time bomb was 'sitting in plain sight' 

https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/svbs-balance-sheet-time-bomb-was-sitting-in-plain-sight-short-seller-says

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