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From The Trenches
In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small -...
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1. Xerocon 2025 | Where the Sun Shines | The AI Race
Who knows what the future of From the Trenches is? Not us. But when Dave posted about a Xerocon Trenches recording it performed better than other link...
1. "It's pretty Epic"
G'day friends,
Been a while but Dave made Paul a promise - that he could make the most content rich accounting event, filled with high value con...
1. Can CA regulate the profession? | MYOB's ripper new add | The biggest innovation in 10 years
As Statler said to Waldorf, the witty old blokes in the VIP box on the Muppet show;
“There’s a lot to be said about this program.”
To whic...
3. Joseph Boyar Z"L
My Father was a public practitioner for 40 years and my family lost him this year.
One day, everyone of your families will be in this position....
2. Death of Accountants Exemption | Economic Own Goals | Xero's state of the union
This show was recorded in mid February but thanks to Dave being busy getting the ChangeGPS new TaxPlan Advanced product ready we had a delay getting i...
1. What are going to see in '23?
While the entire world changes in response to war, inflation, the Covid Era work habits that are sticking round and Jim Chalmers attempt to alter the...
19. CAANZ Can Canvass (during the AGM) | Trenches Awards | RIP Simple Fund Desktop
We are brought to you by ChangeGPS LIVE FROM BRISBANE https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/changegps-live-from-brisbane-tickets-460588100407
Best on...
14. CAANZ AGM a "Sales Pitch" says 25 year member
Today's CAANZ AGM was a "Sales Pitch" According to 25 year member Thomas O'Brien.
Thom asked a question at the AGM, he got a response but doesn...
11. Action Required: Does CAANZ deserve a pay rise? (DEADLINE: 10.00AM Wednesday)
This is one of the hardest episodes we've recorded. Both David and Paul have such pride in achieving our CA designations, the quality of the CA progra...
12. Why did we launch the Australian Accounting Industry Awards?
The Australian Accounting Industry Awards looks to celebrate hard-working accountants, bookkeepers, and leaders of the industry for 2022.
Hailed...
15. What Happens When Xero Goes Down? With Xero CTO Mark Rees
When Xero goes down does CTO Mark Rees get a red alert alarm in the middle of the night? Is it red flashing lights and blaring alarms?
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14. What are financial services and why does Xero have them with Leigh O'Neill EGM - Global Financial Services @ Xerocon
There are so many new payment apps now.
Some of them are payments but cheaper and other build great workflows to solve business problems you cu...
12. 4 Minutes and 31 Seconds with Jo Lyons @Xerocon
New Xero APAC Managing Director Jo Lyons has the energy one needs to take on this enormous job.
In this 4 minutes and 31 second floor walk inter...
12. Xerocon: Coachella or Community for Accountants?
It's a nervous feeling as we get ready for for the biggest gathering of the industry in 3 years with the 3,000 odd attendees slightly eclipsing the 13...
11. CA's Review Rollercoaster | Workplace TV | Nonsense Mission Statements
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Tyler Casky takes the Moral High ground on paid influencers https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tylercaskey_i-love-little-innovations-...
10. Cheating at KPMG | Ethical Difference Makers?| Xero Reports
What a week to make worst on ground. No matter how hard you tried, some other company did it worse.
Xero are pulling their much loved version 1...
8. The Dext Generation | Interview with Dext CRO, Alistair Newman
The orange, and widely loved Dext (Previously Receipt Bank) has had an interesting run.
Widely regarded as the best technical product for...
7. IPlAte | Xero still the big pull? | Tech Staff Changes
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Accounting Coaches that prove their value – with a p and l!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sharonsnetwork_business-accounti...
6. Systemic Failure of the Accounting Bodies | Tinder for Tax | Fast Collapse
Best on Ground
Paul
Tech wont change your life much in the next ten years - here’s why https://twitter.com/sweatystartup/status/1505125330...
5. 5 Year Anniversary Special LIVE | What should have changed | What will change
5 years ago Paul Meissner stood in the door frame of David Boyar's office at the fancy co-working space WorkClub on Collins St Melbourne. It was so fa...
2. Change the reason your firm exists | ReckonOne growth |TikTok Regulators | IPA's Junket strategy
Listen to learn:-
Best on Ground
Paul
Real time dashboards are overkill https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lukalovosevic_data-automati...
1. $1,000 for a demo | Fake Resignation | Too many accountants
Welcome To 2022 - where all you need to do is not stay at home and live a little to start enjoying life again.
Best On Ground
Dav...
8. Men Vs Women: The Gender Pay Gap Convo That Is So Hard to Have.
2022 has produced a focus on gender inequality in the accounting industry with both CAANZ and Intuit producing detailed reports about the current stat...
8. Elon Musk is an Accountant | Award Winners Go to Jail | Stop Polling Us
Listen to hear Paul Meissner flinch as someone who clearly isn't an accountant get's called on and these other fine stories.
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8. Want 8x ROI? Invest in Mental Health for Staff
David chats to ICB CEO Amanda Linton and Beyond Blue Deputy Chair Kate Carnell about why we should view investment in Mental Health training the same...
7. What Happened To Receipt Bank?
What happened? It was Orange, it was loved, now it's Dext, it's three things not one and got dealt a savage hand by pockets of the social media world....
6. Trenches Summit: 54 Speakers / 5 Industry Bodies/1 Government Agency/19 partners
54 Speakers
5 Industry Bodies
19 Event Partners
2 Plucky Hosts
1 Awards session
Stupid amounts of CPD
September...
3. Worst On Ground: Virtual Summits - We'll fix them.
Get your early bird tickets to the Trenches Summit right now to keep up to date with a summit that has the best of the best without any of the worst.<...
2. Compliance is..................not perfect.
Compliance is not dead, but it's not perfect so David Boyar interviews Paul Meissner to get the state of compliance revenue.
The biggest problem...
1. It's Back-ish: Trading Trusts and Cotchy Vs Xero
A linked in post titled Cotchy Vs Xero shows how well the accountant, Pat Mannix from Paris Financial, understood his clients (startups) and how diffe...
120. Lazy Accountants? Real Leaders, Excels Dynamic Arrays
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Paul Meissner
A fact sheet released by the corporate regulator highlighted it would cost members $13,900 to operate a self...
23. Social Sycophants & Ideas That Aren't Worth Spreading
The rant episode years in the making.
Online lives are fake for both business and personal. This is spoken about often in our personal lives b...
45. Digital Signing Booms, Returning From Home & 2 Self WOGs
The Weekly Challenge
The feds are handing out support cash industry group by special interest group. It seems the squeaky wheel is getting the o...
21. Accountants are the Real Heroes & The S in COSBOA
NEW SEGMENT!!!
With so much change afoot we're challenging our institutions and leaders to actually have the back of the small businesses they k...
20. MYOB Job Cuts, Death of "XX", Scotie Pippen & Excel
Best on Ground
Paul Meissner
Best and worst. Best - Interesting view admitting that advisory disappeared in the last few months. Worst - R...
44. Live! With Ron Lesh, Lee Duffield and Nat Lennon
This is a live recording of our inaugural live web event.
The chat box exploded as the audience interacted with this weeks show and with the aw...
20. Still Cray Cray but Ok
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Paul Meissner
Xero builds good stuff, quickly.
https://go.xero.com/bas/jobkeeper
Denmark has announced any c...
19. Interview: Trent Innes
In this Zoom recorded episode Trent Innes, Xero's head in Au and Asia talks about:-
How Xero got their JobKeeper products in the market so quick...
18. ATO Success, Mental Health & Bad Info Graphics
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Paul Meissner
Great mental health guide shared by Nickie Sheehan
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meissnerpaul_mentalhe...
12. Indepth: Hell Week
Here's the breath of fresh air you need. A Classiv Paul Vs David - Is this Hell Week?
Paul Meissner - YES!
David Boyar - No!
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