The Accounting Podcast

SponsorsBill.com: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/billClockShark: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clocksharkOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayShow Notes24:54 - Senator Dumped Up to $1.7 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness26:38 - Some webinars re: Food Service and Accounting During This Crisis Five Crisis Numbers for Food & Bev - YouTubeNow What? Business Ops Guide for Restaurants 03 18 2020 - YouTube29:24 - Planning for the Coronavirus Recession - CPA Trendlines32:34 - FYI, CPA Exam Candidates, COVID-19 Just Killed Prometric - Going Concern34:35 - Tracker: These Public Accounting Firms Are In Mandatory Work-From-Home Mode - Going Concern39:36 - How to (and not to) write an email about COVID-19 to your clients - The Profitable Firm43:23 - Find Kelly's Forbes contributions here - Forbes.comConnect with Kelly Phillips ErbTwitter: @taxgirlLinkedIn: Kelly (Taxgirl) Phillips ErbWebsite: Taxgirl.comGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram! Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.comLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Bookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd  TranscriptDid you know that you could use AP automation as an entry point to offering client accounting services? A successful transformation from clunky manual processes to automated processes can lead to your clients wanting even more of the services your firm can provide. Stay tuned to hear more from our sponsor, Bill.com, later in the episode. Kelly Phillips Erb: [00:00:21] What the bill does is it expands the eligibility for small businesses, meaning those that are under 500 employees to receive loans under the Small Business Act. These loans are specifically targeted for folks who are affected by the virus, and they can be used for payroll ... ____________________This episode of The Cloud Accounting Podcast is sponsored by ClockShark. Way back in October of 2013, I became ClockShark's very first Twitter follower. Today, ClockShark has grown into a highly rated and very-much-loved time-tracking app that is now used by over 5,000 small businesses. With features like crew tracking, scheduling, overtime notifications, routes, geofencing locations, job costing, budgeting, and reporting, the ClockShark team has built a robust mobile time-tracking app to handle the unique that face your clients who have mobile workforces.  By using ClockShark, you and your clients will be confident that their time-tracking data is correct and perfectly synced with their QuickBooks, or ADP, allowing payroll to be on time, and accurate. While other time-tracking apps are charging as much as $8 or more per month, per employee, ClockShark offers ClockShark Standard Plan for just $6 a month, per employee. Head over to cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clockshark. That is Cloud Accounting Podcast dot promo forward slash C-L-O-C-K-S-H-A-R-K.____________________This episode of The Cloud Accounting Podcast is sponsored by OnPay. Many times when choosing a payroll service, you have to choose between a new startup with a great app, or an established company whose tech may feel behind the times. With OnPay, you get the best of both worlds - a great app from the established company that has been providing payroll services for over 30 years in all 50 states. OnPay is an easy-to-use full-service payroll that's the right fit for all your clients, whether they have just one or 500 employees. They handle all the complicated stuff, like agricultural payrolls, Form 943, multi-state, and H-2A visas. OnPay even makes it easy to switch from other payroll services by doing all the data entry for each client that you set up. Right now, Cloud Accounting Podcast listeners can get three free months of OnPay payroll service. To learn more, head over to cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay. That is Cloud Accounting Podcast dot promo forward slash O-N-P-A-Y. ____________________Blake Oliver: [00:02:20] Welcome to The Cloud Accounting Podcast. I'm Blake Oliver. David Leary: [00:02:23] And I'm David Leary. Kelly Phillips Erb: [00:02:24] An...

SponsorsSmartBooks Genie: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/genieClockShark: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clocksharkOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayShow Notes02:49 - Practice Ignition's Top 50 Women in Accounting 2019 - Practice Ignition 03:42 - IRS Facing Union Pressure to Take More Coronavirus Precautions -  Bloomberg05:32 - Last week's discussion re: AICPA tax-deadline extension07:42 - Coronavirus Is a Preview of Our Self-Isolating Future - Medium09:51 - Carl Icahn’s biggest short? Commercial real estate - The Real Deal10:56 - The Coronavirus Is Creating a Huge, Stressful Experiment in Working From Home - The Atlantic13:30 - Tech Tools for Working through the Coronavirus - CPA Trendlines20:17 - TurboTax phishing scam with Excel attachment makes the rounds - Accounting Today21:13 - The Monster Lurking in Hidden Excel Worksheet - Trustwave21:34 - Microsoft Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster - Microsoft23:37 - Billionaires like Jeff Bezos use the same phone you do — and that makes them very, very hackable - Business Insider25:46 - For GE, Dropping KPMG Won’t Be Easy - Wall Street Journal31:48 - Amid shifting industry, college accounting programs add technology, data analytics courses - Hartford Business32:40 How Much Does a CPA Make? - Divvy34:05 - Three common challenges (and three solutions!) for women in the profession - AICPA Insights36:38 - Wells Fargo Chairman Elizabeth Duke Resigns - Wall Street Journal39:53 - Amazon Opens Cashierless Supermarket in Latest Push to Sell Food - Wall Street JournalAmazon is opening its first full-size, cashierless grocery store. Here's a first look inside - CNBC43:18 - Delaware Lawmakers Eye Ban on Cashless Stores - U.S. NewsGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person!  May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasNeed Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.comLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Bookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd  

SponsorsMelio Payments: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/melioJirav: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/jiravShow Notes03:15 - Oracle NetSuite postpones Las Vegas conference amid virus concerns - Review Journal06:41 - A simple model for forecasting the impact of coronavirus and controls - Jirav 07:18 - Coronavirus: The Case for Canceling Everything - The Atlantic 09:08 - Companies encouraging remote work and travel bans due to coronavirus - Business Insider11:51 - AICPA Calls for Tax Filing Relief Amid Coronavirus Pandemic 16:24 - TikTok: TikTok-maker is launching Google-like work tools during coronavirus outbreak - The Economic Times17:52 - Coronavirus prompts Microsoft, Google, and Zoom to offer free software - Vox18:53 - CPA business executives worried about coronavirus - Accounting Today19:16 - Conditional coronavirus relief provided by SEC - Journal of Accountancy20:10 - Trump tells GOP he wants payroll tax waived through election - Accounting Today20:46 - Trump calls for deferral of tax payments from coronavirus victims - Accounting Today24:35 - Coronavirus: Italy to suspend mortgage payments amid outbreak - BBC 26:34 - Bitcoin is also having a very, very bad day - TechCrunch27:41 - Calming clients' fears during the coronavirus outbreak - Journal of Accountancy28:50 - Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020 - Sequoia Capital Publication - Medium33:58 - David Leary on Twitter “I'm guessing they could probably map out who is going to show signs of being infected next…” - Twitter34:17 - Coronavirus outbreak: How Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok are dealing with hoaxes - VoxGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person!  May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasNeed Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.comLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsGo here to create your classified ad:https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd  

SponsorsBooksTime: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bookstimeClockShark: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clocksharkBQE Succeed: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bqesucceedShow Notes03:16 - What companies are disclosing about coronavirus risks - Journal of Accountancy05:38 - Wells Fargo Fined $3B Over Fake-Accounts Scandal - CFO06:43 - House Report Says Wells Fargo Continues to 'Abuse' Customers - CFO08:07 - 'Shark Tank' judge Barbara Corcoran gets her $400,000 back from scammers - CNN09:22 - LendingClub buys Radius Bank for $185 million in first fintech takeover of a regulated US bank - CNBC10:56 - Robinhood Outage Extends Into Second Day - CFO13:58 - Are Banks Afraid of Payment and Money Transfer Apps? - CPA Practice Advisor15:01 - NetSuite 2020 Release 1 Delivers Automation, Integration and Insight Enhancements that Will Enable Businesses to Grow - NetSuite Blog17:56 - Sage Exits Latin America With £1M Deal - PYMNTS.com 20:02 - $75M legal startup Atrium shuts down, lays off 100 – TechCrunch 24:56 - Deloitte introduces VR platform for relocating staff | Accounting Today 26:19 - QuickBooks Connect London is cancelled28:26 - Mnuchin directs IRS to boost audits on wealthy - Politico30:40 - Opinion | No Need for a PCAOB If Auditing Conflicts Are Eliminated - WSJ33:36 - Suspected Casino Ransomware Attack: Officials Investigating - CBR Online34:47 - Why women leave firms — and what we can do about it - Journal of Accountancy37:46 - My Sexual Harassment Experience at PwC - Reddit40:03 - Remote work options can boost gender diversity: AICPA survey - Accounting Today41:30 - We received our first ever Cloud Accounting Podcast voicemail! 42:42 - Feedback on last week's question - What should Intuit have bought with that $7 billion?43:43 - I'm joining the Melio faMelio - David Leary on LinkedInGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person!  May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasNeed Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.comLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comBookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd  

SponsorsClockShark: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clocksharkSplashtop: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/splashtopBQE Succeed: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bqesucceedShow Notes02:57 Shark Tank host Barbara Corcoran loses $400,000 in a scam - CNN04:55 Email Scammers are Savvier, and More Successful than Ever - WSJ07:51 Los Angeles is now the least affordable housing market - Housing Wire10:59 SEC and PCAOB offer potential relief for audit firms in China amid coronavirus - Accounting Today11:49 Under Armour is Investigated for Accounting Fraud - Yahoo! Finance12:58 Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock – TechCrunch13:23 TurboTax's Bid to Buy Free Tax Prep Competitor Might Violate Antitrust Law, Experts Say - ProPublica15:01 With Credit Karma, Intuit to boost personalization - Bank Innovation16:02 How to Cancel Your Credit Karma Account If You Hate the Intuit Acquisition - Wirecutter22:54 Intuit Corp (INTU) Q2 2020 Earnings Call Transcript - The Motley Fool26:12 Intuit ProConnect and Karbon Ink Practice Management Partnership - AccountingWEB28:05 Fintech firm Revolut bags $500 million in funding round led by TCV - CNBC29:35 Best Online Business Banking for 2020 - Quicksprout31:43 What's new in QuickBooks Online: February 2020 - QuickBooks33:04 Misty Megia steps down as global head of QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program - Accounting Today 34:05 Pilot.com Launches Three New Products That Reach Beyond Bookkeeping - oaoa.com38:31 Drake Software Status - Drake41:17 IRS quietly deletes guideline that Fortnite virtual currency must be reported on tax returns - CNNIRS backtracks on whether video game currencies are taxable - The Verge45:29 AI Comes to the Tax Code - WSJ47:55 Accounting profession leaders call for action against climate change - Journal of AccountancyGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person!  May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comBookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd  

SponsorsBill.com: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/billTimesheets.com: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/timesheetsBQE Succeed: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bqesucceedShow Notes05:20 – Intuit Near Deal to Buy Credit Karma for $7 Billion - WSJ08:39 – If you aren't paying for a product, you ARE the product10:44 – More discussion on the IRS Free File flubs11:19 – Tax-prep analyst sees more free filers hampering revenue growth -  Accounting Today15:26 – Nevada Democrats Say They’ll Replace Their Caucus App With iPads And A Google Form - FiveThirtyEight18:15 – Bloomberg botches tax return question in Democratic debate: ‘I can’t go to TurboTax’ - CNBC20:11 – Just in case you forgot: All People are Tax People – Washington Post21:32 – Accounting rule Warren Buffett loathes boosts Berkshire's bottom line to $81B – Fox Business26:17 – Hacking of Accounting Firm Affects Medical Group – Career Info Security29:07 – Want to Be a CFO? Consider Some Numeric Body Art – CFO.com32:14 – Tweet us your (accounting-related?) tatts33:16 – Go here for more PCAOB discussion!33:52 – Weakening the oversight of US auditing is a very bad idea – Financial TimesWithout an Independent Watchdog, Who Will Audit the Auditors? - WSJ35:30 – How Accountants Took Washington’s Revolving Door to a Criminal Extreme – POGO38:01 – Let's See What Some Folks Are Saying About the Proposal to Fold the PCAOB Into the SEC - Going Concern39:39 – U.S. House Subcommittee Scrutinizes Accounting Rule Maker - WSJ46:11 – Rippling starts billboard battle with Gusto – TechCrunch50:45 – Client Hub Now Automates Resolving Unclassified Expenses – AccountingWEB53:48 – QuickBooks Online: Evolution and innovation Updates56:42 – Another satisfied listener! Thank you! Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person!  May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/Bookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd  

SponsorsSmartBooks Genie: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/genieAnalytix Solutions: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/analytixBQE Succeed: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bqesucceedShow Notes03:03 – Love by numbers? Here are seven reasons to date a finance professional |  AICPA Insights04:34 – Is $11K in Amazon gift cards worth a prison term? One Michael Mann associate is about to find out | Times Union 06:27 – Check out last week's episode for more MyPayrollHR discussion 07:20 – The U.S. Inspector General blames the IRS for Free File faux pas | Accounting Today09:25 – Rhode Island cares how you feel when you file your 1040s | Reddit10:28 – Faster than a speeding bitcoin, ransomware shows no signs of stopping | NYT12:31 – Not surprisingly, cyber incidents take first place in the list of business risks | CFO13:07 – Are slush funds the answer to ransomware attacks, or just a quick fix? | NYT14:04 – Gone phishing ... Puerto Rico just can't catch a break | AP News scam  14:55 – Has the Trump Administration done something semi-intelligent? | Bloomberg Tax15:45 – Stats be damning – What exactly has the PCAOB been doing for the past 16 years? | Accounting Today19:44 – Humans – the missing link in tech solutions? | ScaleFactor26:57 – Come on in, the remote work is fine! Full Read: The 2020 State of Remote Work | Buffer35:41 – Has San Fran lost its tech luster? | CNBC 36:37 – A little talk about how Slack is lacking 40:13 – Another case for remote work – the struggle to find workers is real | Wall Street Journal41:48 – Remote Work – If you're not commuting, you're not polluting | Forbes 43:00 – Another "new" accounting app for small business - Kashoo | PRWeb44:01 – Square waits for no one – they just do stuff | Square44:20 – New at Xero: Mileage in Xero Expenses is now in open beta and the February Global Release Update | Xero Blog45:33 – Freelancers need love (and bookkeeping) too – Joust to the rescue! | Small Business Trends48:10 – Feeling the love and the free ad spots – we've got REVIEWS! 50:06 – FreshBooks sets sail for the UK | GlobalNewswire50:34 – Xero's not the only fish in the sea, according to one accounting-software minnow | AFR  52:27 – Receipt Bank axes its credit card in the wake of new plans? | AccountingWEB Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person! May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/Bookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd

SponsorsBREX: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/brexEdgewood Business Solutions: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/edgewoodBQE Succeed: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/bqesucceedShow Notes03:03 – Oh, my! What big FAANGs you have!  These five tech players have a combined $4.1 trillion market cap | Investopedia 05:22 –  Setting the accounting world on fire – well, at least part of it | Sawyer County Record06:09 – Cash is still king in NYC | NYT08:06 – How the Astros brought their C (for cheat) game | WSJ 13:49 – Sage Marketplace offers over 100 ways to customize Sage Biz Cloud | Sage14:14 – Gusto Cashout service is now free for employees | Gusto16:05 – Acumatica beefs up its payroll features and integrations | Accounting Today18:04 – KPMG buys stake in LumaTax | Accounting Today19:00 – Visor takes a new approach with Get Grid | Get Grid22:47 – Etsy – "Mistakes certainly do happen ..." continues plaguing sellers with an array of accounting headaches |  eCommerce Bytes23:37 – Facebook and the IRS square off over a measly $9 billion | WSJ28:31 – Pioneer Bank faces the music for its actions, or lack thereof re: MyPayrollHR | The Daily Gazette30:42 – AICPA see deregulation as a huge threat to CPA licensure | Accounting Today38:06 – Help Wanted – Intuit is looking for QBLive bookkeepers, and they're not afraid to advertise inside of QBOA | Facebook41:28 – BOA could hit Intuit where it hurts | PYMNTS.com42:30 – WePay – Scaling the Books? | WePay 43:30 – United Airlines takes a train-them-yourself approach to hiring | CNBC buys 43:45 – Try, try, try again - KPMG relaunches Spark | KPMG Spark47:58 – Overruled - UpCounsel shuts down | LawSites49:05 – Comings and Goings: Damien Greathead moves to Practice Ignition, and Jody Padar joins Botkeeper | Insightful Accountant/Accounting Today49:43 – Jumping ship or business as usual? Intuit's Alex Chriss dumps a huge chunk of his Intuit holdings | Yahoo! FinanceChriss's Intuit trading history over the past year might provide some perspective | WallmineGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Meet Blake and David in person! May 31 - June 3, 2020: BQE Succeed - Encore at Wynn Las VegasLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsHigh Rock Accounting: careers@highrock.co Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/Bookkeeping Side Hustle: www.BookkeepingSideHustle.com/bookkeeping-guidebookGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd

SponsorsG-Accon: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/gacconOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayBQE Core: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/coreShow Notes00:50 – More Super Bowl earworms here | Ad Age01:34 – Last week's discussion on tax-prep confidence levels03:54 – Fake news or worthwhile information? You decide! | Business Insider06:38 – More helpful journalism from Biz Insider's Eric Rosenberg | Business Insider10:09 – Which tax software is the best for firms? | CPA Trendlines11:53 – Intuit ProConnect expands their tax professional ecosystem | Silicon Valley Daily12:35 – No news is no news when it comes to the Summit Hosting outage, but we're covering it!20:06 – As per usual, Reddit users have something to say about Summit | Reddit22:48 – The real cost of ransomware attacks? | Coveware26:14 – OOPS! That's our bad! – Microsoft makes a huge data boo-boo | Threatpost28:39 – Just what we need – another report. That'll fix what ails our government! | Accounting Today30:43 – It's only money ... $22 TRILLION worth ... | Politico34:03 – When you see complex accounting shenanigans, be like Mr. Buffett and run the other way | Yahoo! Finance35:06 – You might not like green eggs and ham, but Sam.I.Am likes The Cloud Accounting Podcast!  Thanks for a great review, Sam.I.Am! 37:11 – There's more to CFO-ing than numbers | WSJ41:03 – Blake sees goodwill in a new light, thanks to David46:07 – The Gene Marks tome - Outfoxing The Small Business Owner: Crafty Techniques For Creating A Profitable Relationship47:00 – Teller sets its sights on Plaid with a $4M raise | TechCrunch49:34 – Former CAP guest, Jason Deshayes, shares his delightful bank-feed experience Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!  Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast  ClassifiedsFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd

SponsorsBill.com: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/billTimesheets.com: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/timesheetsOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayShow Notes02:20 – Blake gets his nerd on in the hunt for the true meaning of goodwill04:40 – Google hopes you won't pay attention to its new search results format | The Verge06:47 – Reviews and feedback!  Thank you! 07:31 – Our in-depth discussion of the four-day workweek is here07:41 – How to stop serial meeting holders in their tracks – charge them for every meeting they schedule! | Bloomberg09:42 – Donny takes us to task on our discussion of RPAs in the Predictions episode 10:34 – More on the Gartner definition of RPA | Gartner.com13:24 – Divided we accountants fall over the definition of goodwill | WSJ14:38 – Some more insight on goodwill from Calcbench | Calcbench25:13 – Why train your staff online when you can build a $450M campus like KPMG? | Bloomberg Tax26:55 – More new accounting standards equals ever-rising audit fees | Accounting Today28:17 – What you need to know about tax-zapper software! | AccountingWEBMore info on the zappers here | Wikipedia29:17 – Grounded for life – Former WF CEO gets the boot from banking | CFO31:00 – Seeing red – Cachet files for Chapter 11 | Albany Business Review If you missed it, here's our discussion with Cachet's General Counsel last year32:08 – $35 TRILLION worth of stupid accounting tricks | Bloomberg35:38 – Is the Big Easy just a Big Target for hackers? | PYMNTS36:57 – Totally tubular, man! Everything you ever needed to know about pneumatic tubes | Pneumatic.Tube 38:00 – The Digital Dollar Projects gets us one step closer to Fed-backed cryptocurrency | CFO 39:18 – Pass the bucks - China's testing out its own digital dollar | NPR 40:20 – Have phone, will vote? King County thinks so | WSJ43:52 – Maybe it's not Mint to be | Fast Company47:00 – Mint might not be your thing, but You really Need a Budget | YNAB 49:20 – Tax prep jitters? Not according to this survey | Finance Buzz50:55 – VCs are placing some pretty high bets on B2B fintechs | PYMNTS51:45 – Ceterus, playing the accounting firm with engineers games, rakes in a total of $30M | The Post and Courier52:31 – According to Glassdoor, you need to become an accounting manager | Going Concern53:41 – Need to beef up your firm's password management? Check out this guide | Tom's Guide Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram!            Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities.TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch SubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast  ClassifiedsFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/Elefant: https://elefanttraining.comGo here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd