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The Accounting Podcast
The Accounting Podcast (formerly the Cloud Accounting Podcast) is the world's #1 accounting, bookkeeping, and tax podcast! Join us weekly for a roundup of accounting news, analysis, and interviews. Plus, earn free NASBA-approved CPE credits for listening with the Earmark app. Learn more at https://e...
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Entry Level Auditor Jobs Fall 43% & the AI Workslop Heading Downstream
Blake and David examine the growing threat of AI-generated fake receipts, with 32% of accountants unable to recognize fraudulent documents and 30% rep...
Accounting Firm Revenues, Profits, Compensation Rise
Are accounting firms quietly having their best year ever? Blake and David break down why revenues and partner comp are rising—despite AI anxiety—and w...
The HIRE Act Would Tax Firms 25% for Offshore Labor
Blake and David examine several major developments affecting the accounting profession, including the proposed HIRE Act that would impose a 25% excise...
Who Gets No Tax on Tips, Why Firms Struggle With Tech, Xero Updates
Are AI “super agents” like Xero’s Jax actually useful—or just shiny chatbots? Blake and David unpack Xerocon announcements, why embedded agents lack c...
Excel Gets AI, FP&A Pros Under Threat, QBO AI Feeds Blowback
Are AI bank feeds helping—or just creating more work? Blake and David unpack Intuit’s missteps, why “use AI to make the rules” matters, and how a no‑c...
AI Shakes Up Big Four Accounting Job Market
Can AI agents actually reduce your workload—or just add hype? Blake demos how he rebuilt bill-entry “Hubdoc-style” in about an hour with Zapier Agents...
Can ChatGPT Agent Mode Reconcile My Checking Account?
Can an AI reconcile your books while you sleep? Blake and David run a live experiment with ChatGPT-5’s Agent Mode in Xero—watching it match transactio...
GPT-5 Launch & Charting Fail, Crazy $$$ Going Into AI Accounting Tech
Blake and David discuss how both AICPA and NASBA have officially endorsed a 120-hour CPA licensure pathway in the ninth edition of the Uniform Account...
Who's Most Likely to Quit Your Firm? & Higher Wages, Fewer Jobs
What happens when the traditional path from college to accounting career gets disrupted by AI and automation? This week, Blake and David explore who's...
Colbert's Losing P&L, Impending AI Fraud Crisis, House Holds FASB Hostage
What happens when politicians threaten to cut funding from accounting standard-setters unless they eliminate specific rules? Blake and David explore u...
The $2T Stablecoin Opportunity for CPAs & Agentic AI in the Browser
What happens when a $2 trillion cryptocurrency market suddenly requires monthly audits? Blake and David break down the Genius Act, the new federal sta...
The Losers of AI & What CPAs Need to Know About OBBBA
Why is AI failing at basic accounting tasks while claiming to outsmart PhD students? Blake and David dive into the stark reality of AI implementation...
When AI Decides Who Gets Promoted & Who's Going to Tax Prom?
What happens when AI decides who gets promoted and who gets fired? Blake and David dive into the shocking reality that 60% of managers now use AI for...
Xero Buys Melio, QuickBooks AI Agents Are Here, More Big Four Cheating
What happens when AI agents promise to transform accounting but create more cognitive burden than productivity gains? Blake and David explore the real...
Tariffs, Iran, PE, CPA Pipeline, PCAOB, SEC
What happens when 19 states simultaneously abandon the 150-hour CPA requirement while tariffs create unprecedented uncertainty for CFOs? Blake and CFO...
AICPA Doesn't Care If PCAOB Goes Away
What happens when venture capitalists spend billions on AI but need customers to buy it? In this episode, Blake and David explore how investment firms...
The Death of the Financial Close: Aaron Harris on AI's Accounting Revolution
Live from the Sage Future conference in Atlanta, Aaron Harris, CTO of Sage, joins Blake and David to explain why he wants to completely eliminate the...
Real Life Ways Accountants Use AI, How Sage Will Eliminate the Close
Blake and David return from Sage Future 2025 with insights into how AI is reshaping accounting—from eliminating the financial close to real-world use...
The $400 Million Question: Should Congress Eliminate the PCAOB?(From the Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast:
What happens when Congress votes to eliminate the watchdog that's overseen public c...
Excel Still Trumps AI, Tariffs Under Threat, QBO Price Increases Justified?
What happens when a major newspaper publishes a summer reading list where only five of the 15 books actually exist? Blake and David explore this real...
Beyond the Hype: Real-World AI in Accounting and Finance
How close are we to expense reports that create themselves? In this crossover episode recorded live at Emburse in Motion, Blake Oliver explores real-w...
One Big Beautiful Podcast Episode: Taxes, QuickBooks, & Tesla
What happens when Congress passes a $3.8 trillion deficit-increasing bill by just one vote while promising fiscal responsibility? Blake and David brea...
Intuit's Tariff on Developers, Arizona Tariff Shelters, $1T Stolen Annually from US
Could the Pope be on the hook for US taxes? As the first American elected Pope, Leo XIV faces an unusual conundrum under US citizenship rules. Meanwhi...
Cut Your Tech Stack 50%, Threat to CPA in Florida, IRS Cuts Recap
What if your firm could cut its tech stack in half while delivering faster results to clients? In this episode, Blake and David explore the consolidat...
Firms Using AI Make More $, PCAOB Shutdown Fight, The Impossible Tariff Test
Could AI create a $20 trillion professional services earthquake? In this episode, Blake and David dive into the data showing that AI firms generate $4...
Ramp Wants to Be the Federal Spend Card, Interview with Mark Koziel
Could you spend years earning your CPA license only to be told you can't use it? In this episode, Mark Koziel, president of the AICPA, joins Blake and...
Debits, Credits and Sniper Rifles: Reviewing the Accounting in The Accountant
In this bonus episode, David teams up with Caleb and Zach from Oh My Fraud to unpack the 2016 film The Accountant. Together, they explore how Hollywoo...
AI Spreadsheets, IRS Mass Resignations, Recession Signs
Could AI be doing a day's work in just minutes for accountants? In this episode, Blake and David explore how accounting technology is revolutionizing...
DOGE Proves IRS Can Move 100X Faster Without Red Tape
What happens when a trade war meets bureaucratic red tape? In this episode, Blake and David dive into the explosive impact of 145% tariffs on Chinese...
Work Less, Earn More: Transforming Accounting into a Rewarding Career (from the Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast:
Join Blake Oliver as he interviews Yuri Kapilovich, a CPA who's cracked the code on b...
The Crazy Calc of Trump's Tariffs & How to Make Fake Receipts With AI
Could AI-generated fake receipts upend expense reporting as we know it? In this eye-opening episode, Blake and David demonstrate live how easy it's be...
IRS Officials Claim Cuts Will Widen Tax Gap by $500 Billion
What happens when tax enforcement weakens? With 17% of millennials considering skipping their tax filing altogether, Blake and David dig into how IRS...
Fired IRS Workers Reinstated, Rippling v. Deel, DOGE Cuts Consultants
Blake and David dive straight into the headlines, starting with the controversial IRS workforce cuts and their potential impact on tax collections. Th...
The Broken CPA Exam: Why Pass Rates Are Collapsing and How to Fix It
Is the CPA exam fundamentally flawed? With FAR section pass rates plummeting to a 15-year low of 36% and a staggering 40-point gap between discipline...
How Trump's Pick to Run Medicare Paid No Medicare Taxes in 2023
This week on the pod: Judge orders 6 agencies (including IRS?) to rehire fired probationary workers, we dig into the tax trick Dr. Oz used to pay no M...
IRS to Lay Off 50%, How Trump's Tariffs Are Working
How does a profession revitalize itself when salaries haven't budged since 2007? In this episode, Blake and David examine the shocking reality that Bi...
Green Screens and Pink Slips: An IRS Agent's Layoff Story
What happens when political changes collide with tax enforcement? In this revealing conversation, former IRS revenue agent Jeff Johnson shares his fir...
Top 10 College Accounting Programs, PwC Israel Fined, Trump Names Crypto Reserve Coins
What happens when the US government considers creating a cryptocurrency reserve? In this episode, Blake and David dive into Trump's surprising announc...
Federal Funds Freeze Hurts Nonprofits
Billions in federal funds for nonprofits were abruptly frozen by the Trump administration, leaving organizations scrambling to stay afloat. Blake spea...