The Accounting Podcast

GAO Audits IRS

May 25, 2022

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Show Notes

14:38 – KPMG Audit Kickstart CPA program will pay new hires to study

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/kpmg-audit-kickstart-cpa-program-will-pay-new-hires-to-study

Walmart has created a program to recruit and train college graduates to become store managers, promising a starting wage of at least $65,000 a year

https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-cant-find-enough-store-managers-even-at-200-000-a-year-11652619602

Walmart Struggles to Add Store Managers at $210K+

https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2022/walmart-struggles-add-store-managers-210000-dollars/

18:10 – Apple softens its stance on remote work amid return-to-office delays | Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/apple-delays-return-to-office-allows-remote-work-194324892.html

Apple Reverses Remote Work Policy, Exec Goes To Alphabet

https://gizmodo.com/apple-return-to-work-policy-alphabet-machine-learnin-1848942742

Apple is sticking with two days back in the office each week, for now

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-pauses-plans-to-go-from-two-days-to-three-days-a-week-in-the-office-11652829935

43% of Remote Workers Miss the Water Cooler Chats with Co-workers

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SmallBusinessTrends/~3/twaU6wF6Xlw/remote-workers-miss-water-cooler-chats-happy-hour.html

29:32 – Email from listener – Thank you, Catherine!

33:00 – IRS audit rates decreased most for wealthy, GAO finds

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2022/may/irs-audit-rates-decreased-most-wealthy-gao-finds.html

IRS audit rates plummet, especially for wealthy | Accounting Today

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-audit-rates-plummet-especially-for-wealthy

IRS may start collecting more demographic info on taxpayers

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-may-start-collecting-more-demographic-info-on-taxpayers

39:56 – After TerraUSD’s spectacular collapse, another stablecoin has lost its peg – Fortune

https://fortune.com/2022/05/19/terrausd-dei-crypto-collapse-stablecoin-dollar-peg/

43:08 – Dorsey outlines Block's bitcoin-centric future at first investor day in five years: 'No longer just a payments company'

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/jack-dorsey-outlines-blocks-bitcoin-centric-future-no-longer-just-a-payments-company.html

44:51 – The Frontier: Train accountants on tech, or technologists in accounting?

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/training-accountants-on-technology-or-training-technologists-in-accounting-which-is-better

52:32 – Reckon sells accounting division for $100m

https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/17021-reckon-sells-accounting-division-for-100m

53:30 – Audit and accounting software company Caseware rebrands

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/audit-and-accounting-software-company-caseware-rebrands

54:22 – This Seattle startup backed by American Express wants to be the 'LinkedIn of accounting' – GeekWire

https://www.geekwire.com/2022/this-seattle-startup-backed-by-american-express-wants-to-be-the-linkedin-of-accounting/

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