David Got Fired By His Tax Preparer - a podcast by David Leary & Blake Oliver, CPA

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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

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  • (01:16:15) - Federal Tax Updates Podcast

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Links
More remote workers than work

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/more-remote-workers-than-work-5073937/

http://btaxgo.com/ufadlli            

SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini Following Crypto Collapse Contagion 

https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2023/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

https://medium.com/coinmonks/quickbooks-missed-a-golden-opportunity-to-market-itself-with-the-ftx-saga-d381c373af05?source=rss----721b17443fd5---4

The Financial Future: The Impact of AI on Finance and Accounting

https://medium.com/@businessbreakthrough/the-financial-future-the-impact-of-ai-on-finance-and-accounting-d8d350edcb1d

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 ...

https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1002893/terry-smith-fires-darts-at-meta-apple-unilever-and-accounting-practices-after-fundsmith-underperforms-1002893.html

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 

https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2023/irs-cultivating-ties-with-crypto-companies-to-combat-fraud/

Sam Bankman-Fried Tweets From Parent’s Basement, Denies Moving Funds From Alameda Research

https://beincrypto.com/sam-bankman-fried-tweets-parents-basement-denies-moving-funds-alameda-research/

Chewy CFO Seeks Labor Cost Savings via Automated Fulfillment

https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2023/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/


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