Journal of Accountancy Podcast

What will accounting firms and accounting departments look like after lower-level, repetitive tasks are automated and unprecedented amounts of data can be mined for business insights? That topic takes center stage in the second part of our annual accounting technology roundtable podcast.

Three of the profession’s top technology experts discuss the radical changes emerging technologies will bring to accounting — and accountants — over the next 1–5 years.

Individual taxpayers have plenty of questions about how the new tax reform law will impact them. So we asked Amy Wang, a CPA who is a senior technical manager for tax advocacy at the AICPA, to provide some clear, easy-to-understand answers to some of the most common questions. If you care about tax reform — whether you’re a CPA or a CPA client — this podcast is for you.

Borrowing money to pay for school has grown in popularity over the years, but it can have consequences that linger long after graduation. We examine what potential borrowers need to know when considering taking out private student loans.

We take a look at what potential borrowers need to know when considering taking out a government-funded student loan.

Detecting fraud is often extremely difficult. But there are some things that accountants can watch out for. Howard Silverstone, a CPA who is a director at Forensic Resolutions Inc., shares some great stories about fraud — and explains the red flags that they help illustrate.

Accounting history is a lot more exciting than you realize. Historian and MacArthur Fellow Jacob Soll, author of "The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations," discusses the vital role accounting played in the French and American revolutions.

Tax reform is the hot topic in Washington right now. In this episode of the podcast, which was recorded Nov. 6 at the AICPA National Tax Conference, we talk about what CPAs need to know with tax reform expert Tony Nitti, CPA, a tax partner with WithumSmith+Brown and an editorial board member of The Tax Adviser.

Health care reform has been one of the biggest policy issues of the year. In this episode of the podcast, which was taped Nov. 6 at the AICPA National Tax Conference, we ask health care reform expert Eddie Adkins, CPA, of Grant Thornton what will come next in the process — and what accountants need to know about it.

Blake Christian, a tax partner with HCVT, drops in to reveal the secrets he’s learned from opening several new offices over the years.