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01.17.2022

Mike Whitmire of FloQast and Drew Carrick of FloQast Studios take us behind the scenes of creating the first comedy series for accountants, "PBC," and share why the company is building its own content studio.

Accounting Today Podcast episodes:

01.17.2022 Creating entertainment for accountants Mike Whitmire of FloQast and Drew Carrick of FloQast Studios take us behind the scenes of creating the first comedy series for accountants, "PBC," and share why the company is building its own content studio.
01.10.2022 Staffing trends for 2022 Frances Moreno of Vaco discusses the obstacles and opportunities facing those looking to hire accountants in the New Year.
01.03.2022 Brace yourselves for 2022 Industry expert Allan Koltin shares his expectations for the next 12 months in accounting
12.20.2021 Fighting climate change through taxes Kate Barton, global vice chair of tax at Big Four firm EY discusses tax-related trends highlighted by the recent COP 26 gathering, from carbon taxes to the tax incentives in recent and planned legislation around the world.
12.13.2021 Sales tax issues for 2022 Scott Peterson of Avalara shares the top issues sales and use tax issues for the coming year, starting with the unexpected large amount of money in state coffers.
12.06.2021 It's time to prune your client base Growth expert Gale Crosley explains why it's critical to jettison your worst clients — and how to do it.
11.29.2021 The best benefits for accountants Mike Monahan and Lou Ann Hutchison of Grant Thornton discuss how the pandemic is changing the benefits accounting firms offer staff, and which benefits they have to have to keep staff engaged and on board.
11.15.2021 New blueprints for careers in accounting With career paths in the profession multiplying and growing more complex, former KPMG office managing partner and author of "Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession" Jerry Maginnis shares top tips for helping young accountants optimize their careers.
11.08.2021 Blockchain and the future of audit Heather Paquette, KPMG's national technology assurance leader - audit, talks about how digital ledger technologies are impacting business in general and the auditing profession in particular.
11.01.2021 New directions in CAS Erik Asgeirsson of CPA.com and Jennifer Wilson from ConvergenceCoaching discuss what firms need to do to make the most of Client Accounting Services, and to share insights from CPA.com's latest CAS benchmarking study.
10.25.2021 Where does the value of a firm come from? As more and more firm owners look to transition, it's crucial that they understand what, exactly, is valuable about their practice. The Visionary Group's Bob Lewis and Doug Lewis dive into what makes a practice saleable — and what doesn't.
10.18.2021 Overseeing international ethics for accountants Stavros Thomadakis, chair of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, discusses accounting ethics and the changes he has seen in the standards during his tenure as Global Ethics Day approaches.
10.04.2021 100 years of Black CPAs Crystal Cooke of the AICPA and Todd Shapiro of the ICPAS discuss the centennial of the first Black CPA, what we can learn from pioneering Black accountants, and the work the profession needs to do on diversity.
09.27.2021 The fight against fraud Forensic accounting champion Dawn Brolin on what accountants can do to help clients detect and prevent scams.
09.20.2021 Problems in the CPA pipeline Todd Shapiro and Kari Natale of the Illinois CPA Society discuss the dearth of CPA candidates, and the profession can do about it.
09.13.2021 Accountants and ESG Becker's Tim Gearty shares insights on why and how accountants are getting involved in sustainability and environmntal, social and governance disclosures.
08.30.2021 Getting through a PCAOB inspection Jackson Johnson of Johnson Global Accountancy shares best practices for auditors facing their overseer -- and for making audits better in general.
08.23.2021 Top lessons for small practices Small and midsized accountants were crucial to their clients around the world over the past year, say IFAC experts Chris Arnold and Monica Foerster, but they had to change their own practices to keep up.
08.16.2021 Misconceptions about CAS Carrie Steffen of the Whetstone Group on how accountants need to think differently — but not that differently — when they offer client accounting services.
08.09.2021 A call for 'Designated Motivators' With accounting firms facing high levels of burnout, thought leader and modern firm pioneer Dawn Brolin talks about her new book, "The Designated Motivator," and explores how firms can keep staff engaged and inspired.
08.02.2021 Innovation in accounting Grant Thornton's Chris Stephenson and Joe Brown talk about why firms need to embrace being more creative with services, products and technology.
07.26.2021 Thinking differently about firm models Major elements of the accounting firm model are changing, and Tamera Loerzel and Jennifer Wilson of ConvergenceCoaching identify some of the most important changes that firm leaders need to keep up with.
07.19.2021 'Dear Accountant:' Lessons from the profession Author and CPA CeCe Leung shares what she learned from telling the stories of pioneering accountants in her book, "Dear Accountant."
07.12.2021 Leveraging data analytics for the recovery As companies look to come back from the pandemic, data analysis can help them drive re-engineering processes, enhance risk controls and otherwise bounce back stronger, according to RSM International global chief innovation officer Paul Herring.
06.28.2021 The roadblocks to diversity in accounting Lara Abrash, the CEO of the U.S. audit and assurance business of Deloitte, and Deloitte partner Thalia Smith discuss why so many of the accounting profession's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have met with little success, and what needs to ...
06.21.2021 Closing the skills gap in accounting Sue Coffey and Carl Mayes of the AICPA addresses what needs to change in accounting education and training to prepare accountants for the future.
06.14.2021 Getting ready for the recovery The pandemic has been going on so long that it can be hard to imagine what things will look like afterward -- but businesses need to start preparing now for their eventual emergence, according to Cynthia Romano and Kevin Clancy ...
06.07.2021 The PPP and the future beyond the pandemic Barry Melancon of the AICPA and Erik Asgeirsson of CPA.com review the successes of the Paycheck Protection Program, and how accountants should be thinking about the future to guide their clients out of the pandemic.
05.17.2021 Building a CAS practice Veteran accounting technologist David Bergstein talks about creating a playbook for client accounting services, and building a technology stack to support it.
05.10.2021 The downside of auditor rotation Recent research from University of Kansas business professor Amanda Winn suggests that partner rotation and PCAOB inspections may have some unintended effects.
05.03.2021 Accounting makes a better career than ever The pandemic has actually highlighted -- and in some cases improved -- the accounting profession's attractiveness, according to Jennifer Wilson and Tamera Loerzel of ConvergenceCoaching.
04.26.2021 The 'Unstoppable Practice' Joe Woodard lays out a blueprint for the idea accounting firm of the future.
04.19.2021 Red flags of fraud during COVID John Hanson, managing director of BDO's Forensic Investigation and Litigation Services practice, discusses the tell-tale signs to look out for in businesses during the pandemic.
04.12.2021 Diversity in a virtual world GHJ's Derrick Coleman explains why the pandemic and the move to remote work can help the accounting profession move the needle on diversity.
04.05.2021 New directions in audit KPMG's Scott Flynn dives deep into the future of auditing, and what it will mean in terms of technology, staffing and more.
03.29.2021 Becoming a workplace of choice The staff crunch continues its relentless pressure on accounting firms, making it all the more important for them to become employers of choice. Peter Burke of Best Companies Group details the latest trends in creating employee-friendly workplaces.
03.22.2021 First steps in the move to advisory Growth consultant Gale Crosley shares crucial guidance for firms looking to focus on consulting and advisory services.
03.15.2021 Inside the Top 100 Firms The performance and experiences of the biggest practices in accounting in 2020 offer six lessons for the profession.
03.08.2021 New ways to be an accountant Marjorie Adams of Fourlane discusses nontraditional careers in accounting, and why she's setting up a scholarship fund to encourage students to explore them.
03.01.2021 Myth-busting: The move to advisory Will Hill and Paul Miller of "The Pulse of the Practice" podcast correct some of the accounting profession's biggest misconceptions around the shift to value-added services.
02.22.2021 Building an exit ramp No one likes to contemplate their own mortality, but John Napolitano of U.S. Wealth Management makes it clear why accountants need to get their business-owner clients thinking about exit planning.
02.16.2021 Accounting without borders Growth consultant Gale Crosley talks about taking a practice across the country and around the world.
02.08.2021 The current state of valuations Determining the value of a CPA firm or other business is as much art as science, according to Nainesh Shah and Evan Levine of Complete Advisors LLC.
02.01.2021 A year of disruption in sales tax The changes wrought by the pandemic in ecommerce and much more will play out in the sales tax arena across 2021, according to Avalara's Liz Armbruester.
01.25.2021 Rethinking your firm in 2021 With the pandemic shaking things up, now is a great time to reexamine your practice, and Amanda Aguillard of Elefant Training and Accounting Salon offers a guide to what the firm of the future can look like.
01.19.2021 The new Form 1099-NEC Companies and their advisors will want to make sure they're up on what's reported on the form, how it's changing the 1099-MISC, and the state-reporting wrinkles that go along with it, says Janice Krueger of Greatland.
01.11.2021 The future is remote The changes of the past year around how and where staff can work are irreversible, and accounting firms need to adjust and find ways to make the most of the tremendous opportunities afforded by "boundaryless" work, say Jennifer Wilson and ...
01.04.2021 Get ready for 'PPP2' The latest stimulus package includes a number of provisions that make some major adjustments to the Paycheck Protection Program. Erik Asgeirsson of CPA.com and Lisa Simpson of the AICPA discuss the latest changes, and how accountants should be working with ...
12.30.2020 Access Denied episode 5: The financial media Like in the industries its reporters cover, the lack of Black representation in business and financial media has created blind spots. Predominantly white newsrooms often miss stories about systemic racism or fail to reach an audience of more than one ...
12.15.2020 Learning to unlearn Carrie Steffen of the Whetstone Group talks about why accountants need to get comfortable with forgetting what they know and learning new things on a regular basis.

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Accounting Today Podcast

What's Accounting Today Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Accounting Today Podcast episodes:

Creating entertainment for accountants

Staffing trends for 2022

Brace yourselves for 2022

Fighting climate change through taxes

Sales tax issues for 2022

It's time to prune your client base

The best benefits for accountants

New blueprints for careers in accounting

Blockchain and the future of audit

New directions in CAS

Where does the value of a firm come from?

Overseeing international ethics for accountants

100 years of Black CPAs

The fight against fraud

Problems in the CPA pipeline

Accountants and ESG

Getting through a PCAOB inspection

Top lessons for small practices

Misconceptions about CAS

A call for 'Designated Motivators'

Innovation in accounting

Thinking differently about firm models

'Dear Accountant:' Lessons from the profession

Leveraging data analytics for the recovery

The roadblocks to diversity in accounting

Closing the skills gap in accounting

Getting ready for the recovery

The PPP and the future beyond the pandemic

Building a CAS practice

The downside of auditor rotation

Accounting makes a better career than ever

The 'Unstoppable Practice'

Red flags of fraud during COVID

Diversity in a virtual world

New directions in audit

Becoming a workplace of choice

First steps in the move to advisory

Inside the Top 100 Firms

New ways to be an accountant

Myth-busting: The move to advisory

Building an exit ramp

Accounting without borders

The current state of valuations

A year of disruption in sales tax

Rethinking your firm in 2021

The new Form 1099-NEC

The future is remote

Get ready for 'PPP2'

Access Denied episode 5: The financial media

Learning to unlearn