We're talking about the release of GPT-4 and Microsoft's Copilot built into Office 365. Both will have a huge impact on accountants in the near future. Tune in to learn how! Show Notes: Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft 365 Blog https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-a-whole-new-way-to-work/ GPT-4 Developer Livestream - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=outcGtbnMuQ OpenAI releases GPT-4, artificial intelligence that can '...
Mar 18, 2023•45 min
Join us for a conversation with Ken Bishop, President and CEO of NASBA, as he shares his insights into the shrinking CPA pipeline. We'll be discussing the controversial 150-hour rule and possible solutions to the growing accounting talent shortage. Meet Ken Bishop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-l-bishop-5a142414/ Learn more about NASBA Website: http://nasba.org Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with ...
Mar 15, 2023•58 min
Guest: Paul Barnhurst, The FP&A Guy; Corporate frauds go undetected; Xero lays off 800; IRS process had a 20X improvement, and more! Sponsors OnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay Client Hub - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthub Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe (00:00) - E323 (00:23) - State regu...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 323
Bank Collapse App Information: https://bankcollapseapp.info/ Meet Our Guests: Matthew May LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetechcpa/ Twitter: @TheTechCpa Website: Acuity.co Mike Moïse LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemoise/ Twitter: @mavidormike Website: https://www.leadwithvalue.team/ Rey Arellano, CPA PFS CGMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reynaldoarellano/ Akshay Shrimanker LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaycpa/ Twitter: @ShayCPA Website: Shaycpa.com Need CPE? ...
Mar 13, 2023•57 min
Majority of CAS practices support 3+ general ledgers; KPMG may have turned a blind eye to deforestation; Intuit to replace QuickBooks Desktop POS with Shopify; Startup accelerators from Intuit and AICPA Sponsors Tri-Merit - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/trimerit LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Patriot - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/patriot Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcast...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 322
Guest: Dr. Josh McGowan, CPA from Troy University; Blake calculates the cost of the 150-hour rule; Minnesota says AICPA & NASBA are not the regulators; Accounting department budgets at risk Sponsors Uncat - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/uncat LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow First Republic Bank - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/firstrepublic Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podca...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 321
IRS stuck on 1970's technology; Twitter poll says change back to 120 hours; Photos prove accounting thought leaders met; Intuit's 2023 Q2 Results Sponsors Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho Client Hub - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthub Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe (00:00) - China Tells State ...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 320
Guest Randy Crabtree of The Unique CPA podcast; the UK has an accountant turnover crisis, too; should accountants unionize? Field service app Jobber raises $100 million and more! Sponsors SuiteFiles - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/suitefiles LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Anchor - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/anchor Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: htt...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 319
We dissect the AICPA's plan; Short seller Hindenburg Research reports that Adani Group had 23 and 24 year-old auditors sign off on financials. WSJ asks: "How can we make accounting cool?"; Biden vows to veto GOP plan to abolish the IRS; CPA exam takers down 25% since 2018; IRS too busy to replace old computers, suspends project Sponsors OnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay First Republic Bank - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 318
Guest: Intuit Accountants leader Ted Callahan; The latest on QuickBooks Connect 2023; How to defend against ChatGPT stealing your job; Crypto lender Celsius used QuickBooks, too! Sponsors Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Client Hub- https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthub Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https:/...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 317
Recession needed to increase accounting grads; Amber Setter on improving the CPA pipeline; 2023 tax season officially starts; tech layoffs hit accounting tech Sponsors Keeper - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/keeper LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Anchor - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/anchor Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe (00:00) - Th...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 316
Meet Our Guest, Lea Briscoe LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-briscoe-0765418/ Learn more about Purple Wave https://www.purplewave.com/ Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Get in Touch Thanks 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 fav...
Jan 27, 2023•25 min
Sponsors Keeper - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/keeper Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay First Republic Bank - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/firstrepublic Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe (00:00) - Thank you to our sponsor, Keeper (00:20) - Preview: Will AI replace accountants in audits (01:04) - Introduction and quick recap of Blake's week in...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 315
Meet Our Guests: Bonnie Forssell LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-l-forssell-3534535a/ Jennifer Herbert LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-herbert-a87919a5/ Learn more about Vitamin Angels https://www.vitaminangels.org/ Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Get in Touch Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @B...
Jan 24, 2023•21 min
Sponsors Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Anchor - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/anchor Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe (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...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 314
Meet Our Guest: Matthew Woodcock https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-woodcock-230a1210/ Learn more about Sprague Pest Solutions Website: https://www.spraguepest.com/ Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Get in Touch Thanks 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 he...
Jan 16, 2023•17 min
Sponsors OnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Patriot Software - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/patriot Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes 16:03 – Zero100 Supply Chain Predictions For 2023 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinomarah/2022/12/29/zero100-supply-chain-predictions-for-2023/ 19:45 ...
Jan 11, 2023•51 min•Ep. 313
Meet Our Guest: Cameka Smith LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camekasmith/ Learn more about The Boss Network Website: https://www.thebossnetwork.org/ Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Get in Touch Thanks 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 ...
Jan 10, 2023•16 min
Meet Our Guests: Aaron Harris, Global CTO at Sage Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/leadership/aaron-harris LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-harris-7407b2/ Walid Abu-Hadba, Chief Product and Development Officer at Sage LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walida/ Steve Hare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-hare/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stevehare Learn more about Sage Website: https://www.sage.com/en-us/ Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/ Need CPE? Subscribe ...
Jan 08, 2023•51 min
Sponsors LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes 7:30 – Larry Lonero - What happened to Southwest Airlines? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0yKYoWfoFnjNZcCBP4fz1M6nSEiaW2CqKE2E5ZGCWEHRqPretS3LVvWfqsZMkjvwml&id=1315600950&mibextid=qC1gEa 17:0...
Jan 06, 2023•52 min•Ep. 312
Sponsors LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes Buy Ron's book, "Time's Up!: The Subscription Business Model for Professional Firms": https://a.co/d/afwLczp 14:27 – FTX US auditor Armanino defends work for failed crypto exchange https://www.ft.com/content/42087255-...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 311
Sponsors Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho Liscio - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liscio Canopy - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopy Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes 14:24 – Accountant that vetted Binance's reserves halts all crypto work | Accounting Today https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/accountant-that-vetted-binances-rese...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 310
Sponsors OnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Canopy - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopy FreshBooks - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/freshbooks Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Watch More Highlights from QuickBooks Connect 2022 here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLumDOwSc4oNqbL8OmegkyuFiyIK8KgerZ Show Notes 6:11 – Blake Oliver on Twitter: ...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 309
Sponsors Canopy - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopy Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay Liscio - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liscio Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes 3:45 – Employers Rethink Need for College Degrees in Tight Labor Market https://www.wsj.com/articles/employers-rethink-need-for-college-degrees-in-tight-labor-market-...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 308
Sponsors Jirav - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/jirav Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Show Notes 6:35 – SURVEY: Tax Software Favorite Keeps Crown - CPA Trendlines https://cpatrendlines.com/2022/11/22/survey-tax-software-favorite-keeps-crown/ 18:05 – Top Trends ’23: Loo...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 307
Meet Our Guest, Shana Veale LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-veale-cpa-822b2aa/ Learn more about PharmChem, Inc. Website: http://www.pharmchek.com The PharmChek® Sweat Patch (or Drug Patch) by PharmChem, Inc. is worn on the skin for up to 10 days or longer and uses sweat as the specimen source. PharmChek® not only acts as a deterrent to continued drug use, but also offers the following advantages: - Increased window of detection - Can be used as both a reward or a sanction - Detects p...
Dec 01, 2022•23 min
Sponsors Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relay Liscio - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liscio Canopy - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopy Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Register to attend the Cloud Accounting Podcast Party during QuickBooks Connect 2022 in Las Vegas: https://cloudacctpod.link/party Show Notes Register to attend the Cloud Accoun...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 306
Meet Our Guest, Connor Wray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorwray/ Learn more about JonnyPops Website: https://www.jonnypops.com/ Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Get in Touch Thanks 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 ...
Nov 22, 2022•24 min
Meet Our Guest: Michael Card LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcardcertus/ Learn more about Crumbl Cookies Website: https://crumblcookies.com/ Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe Get in Touch Thanks 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 d...
Nov 19, 2022•23 min
Sponsors OnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay FreshBooks - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/freshbooks Liscio - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liscio Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe RSVP for the Cloud Accounting Podcast Party! DECEMBER 7TH 7 PM to 9 PM Chandelier Lounge Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas https://cloudacctpod.link/party Show Notes RSVP for...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 305