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Show Notes

3:56 - The Top 10 PPP changes in the pending Bipartisan Emergency COVID Relief Act of 2020

https://www.aprio.com/whatsnext/new-stimulus-package-finally-on-the-horizon/

5:08 - LegalZoom Finance and Accounting Careers

https://www.legalzoom.com/careers/by-department?ccc=Finance%20and%20Accounting

6:45 - LegalZoom Names Daniel Wernikoff Chief Executive Officer

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190924005040/en/LegalZoom-Names-Daniel-Wernikoff-Chief-Executive-Officer

6:50 - LegalZoom Grows Leadership Team with Appointment of New Chief Product Officer and Chief People Officer 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191121005267/en/LegalZoom-Grows-Leadership-Team-with-Appointment-of-New-Chief-Product-Officer-and-Chief-People-Officer

7:07 - LegalZoom Names Shrisha Radhakrishna as Chief Technology Officer 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200728005325/en/LegalZoom-Names-Shrisha-Radhakrishna-as-Chief-Technology-Officer

7:11 - LegalZoom Names John Buchanan as Chief Marketing Officer and Kathy Tsitovich as Chief Partnership Officer 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200807005057/en/LegalZoom-Names-John-Buchanan-as-Chief-Marketing-Officer-and-Kathy-Tsitovich-as-Chief-Partnership-Officer

8:26 - Purely Solutions: Overview | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/pure-purelysolutions/

15:10 - Senators ask IRS whether taxpayer data hit in SolarWinds hack

https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/senators-ask-irs-whether-taxpayer-data-hit-in-solarwinds-hack

16:49 - IRS extends acceptance of digital signatures and emailed documents

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-extends-acceptance-of-digital-signatures-and-emailed-documents-amid-coronavirus

18:36 - Bob Dylan’s Catalog Sale Highlights a Tax Advantage for Songwriters

https://www.wsj.com/articles/bob-dylans-catalog-sale-highlights-a-tax-advantage-for-songwriters-11607682604

22:24 - Ransomware Attack Hits Major Service Provider For Accounting And Healthcare Organizations

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/it-and-internet/1016294/ransomware-attack-hits-major-service-provider-for-accounting-and-healthcare-organizations

25:49 - China’s Luckin Coffee will pay $180 million to settle accounting fraud charges

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/16/luckin-180-million-fine-sec/

27:27 - EY Team Found ‘Red-Flag Indicators’ at Wirecard

https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2020/report-ey-anti-fraud-team-found-red-flag-indicators-at-wirecard/

28:32 - Microsoft engineer gets nine years for stealing $10M from Microsoft

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/microsoft-engineer-gets-nine-years-for-stealing-10m-from-microsoft/

32:31 - Slack Is the Right Tool for the Wrong Way to Work

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/slack-is-the-right-tool-for-the-wrong-way-to-work

36:55 - WSJ News Exclusive | Massachusetts Regulators to File Complaint Against Robinhood

https://www.wsj.com/articles/massachusetts-regulators-to-file-complaint-against-robinhood-11608120003

40:20 - How US customers’ attitudes to fintech are shifting during the pandemic

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/how-us-customers-attitudes-to-fintech-are-shifting-during-the-pandemic

41:36 - GoCardless Notches $95 Million Led By Bain

https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2020/uk-fintech-gocardless-notches-95-million-led-by-bain/

42:22 - Patriot Software Offers Seamless Integration With TSheets by QuickBooks 

https://www.prweb.com/releases/patriot_software_offers_seamless_integration_with_tsheets_by_quickbooks/prweb17603468.htm

43:15 - Ramp raises $30M as the battle to own corporate spend heats up

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/17/ramp-raises-30m-as-the-battle-to-own-corporate-spend-heats-up/

46:44 - The 5 best note-taking apps of 2021

https://zapier.com/blog/best-note-taking-apps

46:46 - The 8 best free email marketing apps in 2021

https://zapier.com/blog/free-email-marketing-software

46:52 - The best free CRM software for 2021

https://zapier.com/blog/best-free-crm

49:49 - Sage Launches Partner Cloud Program to Accelerate Cloud Migration

Show Notes

2:58 - Additional Expenses eligible under PPP Loan forgiveness

4:42 - Tax implications of PPP forgiveness

07:15 - Simplified loan forgiveness applications and documentation requirements

10:12 - Allotment for the 2nd round of PPP funds 

10:45 - Eligibility requirements for PPP 2.0 

14:55 - The Top 10 PPP changes in the pending Bipartisan Emergency COVID Relief Act of 2020

https://www.aprio.com/whatsnext/new-stimulus-package-finally-on-the-horizon/

15:55 - How Aprio's PPP team got down to business

19:00 - Find a wealth of PPP resources with Aprio's Covid Advisor here: Aprio.com/covid

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Show Notes 

3:31 - Apps We Love: November 2020 – Our Favorite Podcasts

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/firm-management/article/21162856/apps-we-love-november-2020-our-favorite-podcasts

7:06 - Listeners let us know - sometimes, we miss the mark, especially when it comes to tax, audit, and even our favorite subject - PPP 

11:19 - Mnuchin's Stimulus Includes Business Protections | PYMNTS.com 
https://www.pymnts.com/economy/2020/mnuchin-916-billion-dollar-stimulus-plan-includes-business-protections/

13:42 - BeachFleischman names Majchrzak next CEO 
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/beachfleischman-names-chief-strategy-marketing-officer-eric-majchrzak-next-ceo

15:15 - The case of the extra paycheck | Tax Pro Center | Intuit
https://proconnect.intuit.com/taxprocenter/tax-law-and-news/the-case-of-the-extra-paycheck/ 
 

17:58 - Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/oracle-is-moving-its-headquarters-from-silicon-valley-to-austin-texas.html

19:40 - Square Offers Beauty Sector Online Booking, POS | PYMNTS.com 
https://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-commerce/2020/square-offers-beauty-sector-online-booking-pos-tool/

21:00 - Introducing duplicate document detection in Hubdoc | Xero Blog

https://www.xero.com/blog/2020/12/hubdoc-duplicate-document-detection/

23:14 - 2020 R4 Release Notes

https://www.intacct.com/ia/docs/en_US/releasenotes/2020/2020_Release_4/2020-R4-home.htm

26:09 - Vic.ai Launches Autopilot, the Autonomous Accounting Solution

https://www.prweb.com/releases/vic_ai_launches_autopilot_the_autonomous_accounting_solution/prweb17601974.htm

27:40 - BQE Software Partners With AffiniPay to Bring Advanced Payment Technologies to BQE CORE Customers

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bqe-software-partners-with-affinipay-to-bring-advanced-payment-technologies-to-bqe-core-customers-301174791.html

New Online Payments System Launches for Accounting Firms 
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/firm-management/news/21165991/new-online-payments-system-launches-for-accounting-firms

28:53 - Revolut, Europe's $5.5 billion digital bank, quietly broke even in November

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/08/digital-bank-revolut-breaks-even-in-november.html

30:12 - Gusto expands People Advisory Certification program

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/gusto-expands-people-advisory-certification-program

31:30 - WhatsApp launches Carts for small businesses to sell in app, online - Inside Retail 
https://insideretail.asia/2020/12/09/whatsapp-launches-carts-for-small-businesses-to-sell-in-app-online/

33:08 - The Gas Tax’s Days Are Numbered, What’s Next? (Podcast)
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/the-gas-taxs-days-are-numbered-whats-next-podcast

37:05 - Unit raises $18.6M to offer banking features as a service 
https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/unit-raises-18-6m-to-offer-banking-features-as-a-service/

37:42 - Time to up your ‘out of office’ game
https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/time-to-up-your-out-of-office-game

41:11 - If you worked remotely due to Covid-19, a state tax surprise could be coming https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/06/if-you-worked-remotely-due-to-covid-19-a-state-tax-surprise-could-be-coming.html

44:57 - Square's Cash App Launches A Clothing Line Because, Clearly, Bitcoin And Stocks Aren't Enough

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/squares-cash-app-launches-clothing-055837827.html

45:30 - We've got voicemail! Thank you, Sheila! 

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Show Notes

03:20 - The Best Gifts for People Who Work From Home

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/gifts/gifts-for-remote-work-from-home/
 
08:50 - We made the list! Accounting Today 2020 Top 100 People extra: Legacy
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/2020-top-100-people-extra-legacy

09:37 - AICPA joins in calling for PPP expense forgiveness legislation
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/aicpa-joins-business-groups-in-calling-for-ppp-expense-forgiveness-legislation

10:26 - SBA releases names of Grand Strand businesses that received less than $150K in PPP loans
https://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/12/04/sba-releases-names-grand-strand-businesses-that-received-less-than-k-ppp-loans/ 
 

11:10 - More than half of emergency small-business funds went to larger businesses, new data shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/ppp-sba-data/

12:54 - A third of Oregon’s Paycheck Protection Program money went to 1.6% of loan recipients
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/12/a-third-of-oregons-paycheck-protection-program-money-went-to-16-of-loan-recipients.html 
 

14:10 - Small Business Employment Trends as PPP Requirements Expire
https://gusto.com/company-news/employment-trends-PPP-requirements-expire

19:20 - Tom Brady's company, TB12, received just under $1M in PPP loans
https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/12/04/tom-brady-company-tb12-ppp-loan

19:54 - 48% of Small Businesses Fear Closing for Good
https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/12/alignable-survey-48-percent-small-businesses-fear-closing-for-good.html

21:17 - Employers added 245K jobs in November, but lost 2.4K in accounting

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/employers-added-245k-jobs-in-november-but-lost-2-4k-in-accounting

21:58 - November 2020 Accounting and Finance Jobs Report

http://blog.accountingprincipals.com/jobs-report/

24:01 - Cyber escape room keeps employees’ security awareness locked in
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/network-security/cyber-escape-room-locks-in-employees-security-awareness-but-can-sc-media-beat-the-clock/

26:15 - More MyPayrollHR fallout: Bank sues Albany accounting firm for $34M
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Pioneer-sues-Michael-Mann-s-accounting-firm-for-15767389.php

30:52 - At quick glance, 'expertly framed' Quickbooks phishing email looks legit
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/phishing/at-quick-glance-expertly-framed-quickbooks-phishing-email-looks-legit/

32:54 - Congress Sets Stage for Exiling Chinese Stocks From U.S. Over Audit Dispute
https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-sets-stage-for-exiling-chinese-stocks-from-u-s-over-audit-dispute-11606946071

34:30 - Stripe Treasury: Banking-as-a-service for platforms
https://stripe.com/treasury

40:20 - Intuit launches assisted tax prep
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/intuit-launches-assisted-tax-prep

43:33 - Facebook acquires Kustomer, a CRM start-up
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/facebook-acquires-kustomer-a-crm-start-up.html

46:57 - A Review!  Thank you, Matt Metras! 

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Show Notes

03:30 - Amazon cloud-computing outage Wednesday triggered by effort to boost system’s capacity https://www.inquirer.com/business/technology/amazon-web-services-failure-added-capacity-20201128.html

AWS Outage Interrupts Service for Spotify, Square And Others
https://www.pymnts.com/amazon/2020/aws-outage-interrupts-web-service-for-spotify-square-and-others/

People Can't Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon's Cloud Servers Are Down - Eminetra Australiahttps://eminetra.com.au/people-cant-vacuum-or-use-their-doorbell-because-amazons-cloud-servers-are-down/74505/

06:30 - Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform?
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/18/will-zoom-apps-be-the-next-hot-startup-platform/

08:44 -  Salesforce in Acquisition Talks with Slack – Good News or not? 

https://customerthink.com/salesforce-in-acquistion-talks-with-slack-good-news-or-not/

13:54 - Salesforce buying Slack would mark the first big software deal in a boom year for the cloud 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/28/salesforce-slack-would-be-first-big-deal-in-boom-year-for-software.html

14:05 - Expensify Surpasses $100 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201123005455/en/Expensify-Surpasses-100-Million-in-Annual-Recurring-Revenue

19:28 - Tudor, the Virtual Accounting Robot, launched by Connections
https://business-review.eu/tech/tudor-the-virtual-accounting-robot-launched-by-connections-215189

27:22 - Pentagon fails audit yet again, could pass around 2027, comptroller says
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-auditor/pentagon-fails-audit-yet-again-could-pass-around-2027-comptroller-says-idUSKBN27X03P

29:45 - Some in Scottsdale will get deliveries from Walmart in autonomous Cruise vehicles
https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2020/11/10/walmart-use-cruise-vehicles-autonomous-deliveries-scottsdale/3761006001/

31:52 - Pandemic Speeds Americans’ Embrace of Digital Commerce

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-speeds-americans-embrace-of-digital-commerce-11605436200

34:07 - FinTech Stripe Eyes Funding Round, $100B Valuation
https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2020/fintech-stripe-eyes-funding-round-that-could-put-valuation-at-100b/

34:46 - Second Share Purchase Values Toast POS At $8B
https://www.pymnts.com/restaurant-technology/2020/second-share-purchase-deal-values-pos-startup-toast-at-8b/

35:58 - TurboTax maker Intuit wins U.S. antitrust nod for Credit Karma
https://bankinnovation.net/allposts/focus/comp-reg/turbotax-maker-intuit-wins-u-s-antitrust-nod-for-credit-karma/

Credit Karma To Divest Tax Unit In Merger 

https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/credit-karma-to-divest-tax-unit-to-square-in-7-1b-merger-with-intuit/

38:22 - Square and Xero: Enhanced integration and point-of-sale features for UK

https://www.xero.com/blog/2020/11/square-xero-enhanced-integration-uk/

39:05 - Xero's cash mountain suggests a major deal is on the horizon
https://www.afr.com/technology/xero-s-cash-mountain-suggests-a-major-deal-is-on-the-horizon-20201125-p56hrn

39:56 - Crunch Free is a new online accounting platform aimed at the self-employed

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/crunch-free-is-a-new-online-accounting-platform-aimed-at-the-self-employed

41:21 - Latest product news – December 2020

https://www.xero.com/blog/2020/11/latest-product-news-december-2020/

41:52 - New: Easily Manage Your Bills With Accounts Payable
https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/accounts-payable

42:30 - FreshBooks Ramps Up Its Focus on the UK Small Business Market, Announcing a Partnership with Barclays, and Launching a Suite of New Features
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/25/2133461/0/en/FreshBooks-Ramps-Up-Its-Focus-on-the-UK-Small-Business-Market-Announcing-a-Partnership-with-Barclays-and-Launching-a-Suite-of-New-Features.html

42:53 - Biden confirms he wants Janet Yellen to be his Treasury secretary — what that means for cash-strapped American families

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/janet-yellen-is-poised-to-become-treasury-secretary-in-a-biden-cabinet-what-that-means-for-cash-strapped-american-families-2020-11-24

43:17 - Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

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Show Notes

07:58 – 36% of Americans Won't Move to Rural Areas Due to Slow Internet Speeds
https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/11/rural-internet-speeds-urban-sprawl.html

11:09 – Women less likely to feel fairly comped for WFH expenses
 https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/women-less-likely-to-feel-fairly-compensated-for-work-from-home-expenses-during-pandemic

17:01 – Congress blasts IRS for limits on forgiven PPP loan tax breaks
 https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/congress-blasts-irs-for-limits-on-forgiven-ppp-loan-tax-breaks

17:23 – IRS clarifies deductibility of PPP loan expenses, as AICPA criticizes forgiveness questionnaire
 https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-and-treasury-clarify-deductibility-of-ppp-loan-expenses-as-aicpa-criticizes-forgiveness-questionnaire

17:50 – IRS Crushes Hopes Of Deducting PPP-Paid Expenses Before Forgiveness Approval; But Questions Remainhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2020/11/19/irs-crushes-hopes-of-deducting-ppp-paid-expenses-before-forgiveness-approval-but-questions-remain/

19:13 – Letters signed by AICPA raise concerns about PPP Loan Necessity Questionnaires
 https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2020/nov/aicpa-signed-letters-raise-concerns-ppp-loan-necessity-questionnaires.html

20:01 – PODCAST: How Fraud and Waste Seeped into a COVID Stimulus Program (WSJ’s The Journal)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-journal/id1469394914?i=1000499272495

23:22 – Evidence of PPP Fraud Mounts, Officials Say
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ppp-was-a-fraudster-free-for-all-investigators-say-11604832072

24:55 – Mnuchin pulls plug on some pandemic lending programs that Fed considers essential
 https://de.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin-idUSKBN27Z34P

25:54 – IRS plans a 50% ramp-up in small-biz audits next year
https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/irs-plans-a-50-ramp-up-in-audits-of-small-businesses-next-year

27:57 – AICPA disagrees with IRS commissioner Rettig on penalty relief
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/aicpa-disagrees-with-irs-commissioner-rettig-on-penalty-relief

30:10 – IRS investigating fewer tax preparers
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-investigating-fewer-tax-preparers

31:35 – Top Challenges? Staffing, Staffing, Staffing
https://cpatrendlines.com/2020/11/19/web-portals-are-here-to-stay/

33:18 – PayPal Gives Employees Early Paycheck Access
https://www.pymnts.com/news/payments-innovation/2020/paypal-gives-employees-early-access-to-paychecks-though-evens-app/

34:48 – QuickBooks Connect 2020 Hosts Thousands Virtually
https://www.intuitiveaccountant.com/general-ledger/quickbooks-connect-2020-hosts-thousands-virtually/

39:28 – QuickBooks Live Bookkeeping update: November 2020
https://www.firmofthefuture.com/content/quickbooks-live-bookkeeping-update-november-2020/

41:36 – Intuit has Launched HubSpot for QuickBooks
https://www.intuitiveaccountant.com/general-ledger/intuit-has-launched-hubspot-for-quickbooks/

47:28 – Intuit (INTU) Q1 Earnings & Revenues Top Estimates, Increase Y/Y
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intuit-intu-q1-earnings-revenues-131201694.html

51:19 – Why Xero investors should forget the US market
https://www.afr.com/technology/why-xero-investors-should-forget-the-us-market-20201110-p56d8y

54:41 – A Review! Thank you, B Stoltzfus! 

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Show Notes

03:55 – It’s not too late to cancel Thanksgiving
 https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/14/1012128/its-not-too-late-to-cancel-thanksgiving/

08:11 – Follow up on Leary's theory about Trump's Loss from last week's episode

https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/200

12:34 – Blake sheds some light on his discussion with David Barrett, CEO of Expensify

20:32 – The Time Has Come for a True Wealth Tax
https://dvorak.substack.com/p/the-time-has-come-for-a-true-wealth 

25:11 – Deutsche Bank calls for a 5 percent 'privilege' tax on people
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/525480-deutsche-bank-calls-for-a-5-privilege-tax-on-people-choosing

People Who Work from Home Should Pay a New Tax, Economists Suggest

https://gizmodo.com/people-who-work-from-home-should-pay-a-new-tax-economi-1845646500

26:50 – Personal banking vs. business banking: Do you need separate bank accounts? | QuickBooks
https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/banking/personal-vs-business-banking/

30:50 – Millennials & Your Firm [Xero Survey]: 11 Key Takeaways
https://futurefirm.co/millennials-accounting-firm/
 

33:28 – My Startup Story: How This Founder Uses Tech to Prove Work-Life Harmony Is Possible For Accountants » Dallas Innovates
https://dallasinnovates.com/my-startup-story-how-this-founder-uses-tech-to-prove-work-life-harmony-is-possible-for-accountants/ 

35:57 – Microsoft now lets you bring your own data types to Excel – TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/29/microsoft-now-lets-you-bring-your-own-data-types-to-excel/

38:26 – NetSuite debuts SuiteAccountants program
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/netsuite-debuts-suiteaccountants-program-to-help-accountants-elevate-service

41:20 – Xero's fast growth slows, but profits surge
https://www.afr.com/technology/xero-s-fast-growth-slows-but-profits-surge-20201109-p56cul

43:19 – Receipt Bank now available for QuickBooks Desktop via Right Networks
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/receipt-bank-now-available-to-quickbooks-desktop-users-via-right-networks

46:13 – Avalara buys Businesses Licenses LLC for $97M
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/avalara-buys-businesses-licenses-llc-for-97m

48:06 – Blake's tax discussion with CAP listener Juventino Gaytan (Tino) 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinogaytan/ 
 

60:05 – Reviews x 3! Thank you, Vcjgvjgbufbycjg (however you would pronounce that), Nonickname7395, and Jesse Gildesgame! 

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Show Notes 

07:37 – No, Biden did not receive thousands of mysteriously surfaced votes in Michigan
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/tweets/no-biden-did-not-receive-thousands-mysteriously-su/

10:02 – Meet the Excel warriors saving the world from spreadsheet disaster
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spreadsheet-excel-errors

11:20 – It's time for the Leary Theory on How Trump Lost

13:46 – 691,145 Californians left last year: What state did they go to? – Orange County Register
https://www.ocregister.com/691145-californians-left-last-year-what-state-did-they-go-to

13:54 – Where to Move from California in 2018: Top 10 Places Californians Move - TSI Moving
https://www.tsishipping.com/blog/moving/top-10-places-californians-now-call-home-2018

16:20 – Judge orders Trump administration to reveal PPP loan data it sought to obscure
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-reveal-ppp-loan-data-it-sought-n1246792

19:05 – Evidence of PPP Fraud Mounts, Officials Say
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ppp-was-a-fraudster-free-for-all-investigators-say-11604832072

20:33 – Walmart abandons shelf-scanning robots, lets humans do work
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/walmart-abandons-shelf-scanning-robots-lets-humans-do-work

22:28 –  If you worked remotely due to Covid-19, a state tax surprise could be coming
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/06/if-you-worked-remotely-due-to-covid-19-a-state-tax-surprise-could-be-coming.html

26:42 – How one simple Zapier workflow created a multimillion-dollar business https://zapier.com/blog/how-zapier-helped-create-bonjoro/

28:14 – How to Get Accounting Clients in a Changing World
https://futurefirm.co/how-to-get-accounting-clients/

30:59 – Acuity Launches Accounts Receivable Services as Standalone Service
https://acuity.co/accounts-receivable-services/

36:00 – California accounting board fines KPMG $1.3M for cheating scandal
https://www.complianceweek.com/regulatory-enforcement/california-accounting-board-fines-kpmg-13m-for-cheating-scandal/29683.article

38:16 – Bill.com tops earnings expectations as more small businesses get back to work, but stimulus questions linger
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-com-tops-earnings-expectations-as-more-small-businesses-get-back-to-work-but-stimulus-questions-linger-11604628670

39:50 – Square stock soars after earnings 'beat by a mile,' analysts applaud growth in Cash App
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/06/square-stock-soars-after-massive-earnings-beat-helped-by-cash-app-.html 

45:13 – Customise your chart of accounts templates in Xero HQ
https://www.xero.com/blog/2020/11/customise-chart-of-accounts-templates-in-xero-hq/

47:06 – Does Your Firm Have a Clear Vision for Hosting: Public Cloud, Private Cloud, SaaS
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/firm-management/article/21157787/does-your-firm-have-a-clear-vision-for-hosting-public-cloud-private-cloud-saas

48:57 – Osome Banks On $3M For Accounting ‘Super App’
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/osome-banks-on-3m-for-accounting-super-app/

52:40 – Lightspeed To Buy ShopKeep For $440M
https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/lightspeed-buy-shopkeep-advance-pos/

54:00 – NerdWallet Acquires SMB Finance Platform Fundera
https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/nerdwallet-acquires-smb-finance-platform-fundera/
 
55:25 – A Review! – Thank you, Joe Pavone! 

57:09 – Last, but definitely not least, this is our 200th Episode!🎉👏😁

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Show Notes

03:41 – Why political campaigns are sending 3 billion texts in this election

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/28/1011301/why-political-campaigns-are-sending-3-billion-texts-in-this-election/

07:43 – America’s Password Habits: 2020

https://www.security.org/resources/online-password-strategies/

   - 14% of Americans Using COVID in Online Passwords, New Survey Reveals

      https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/10/americans-using-covid-online-passwords.html 

09:34 – At the expense of its partners’ neutrality, Expensify boosts Biden

https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/at-the-expense-of-its-partners-neutrality-expensify-boosts-biden

09:54 – Coinbase CEO discourages politics at work, offers generous severance to employees who want to quit

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/30/coinbase-ceo-offers-severance-to-employees-leaving-over-politics.html

12:20 – SBA presses big businesses to justify aid, sparking uproar

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/30/sba-big-businesses-ppp-loans-433736

16:23 – Fed lowers minimum loan level for small business lending program

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/30/fed-lowers-minimum-loan-level-for-small-business-lending-program.html

17: 51 – An Avalanche of Fraud Buried a Small-Business Relief Program

http://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/an-avalanche-of-fraud-buried-a-small-business-relief-program-1.1514674

23:00 – SEC awards record $114M to whistleblower

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/sec-awards-record-114m-to-whistleblower

24:49 – Employers refilling open accounting jobs amid pandemic

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/employers-refilling-open-accounting-jobs-amid-pandemic

25:55 – Number of the Day: 75%

https://www.goingconcern.com/number-of-the-day-75/

27:12 – More than Half of Small Businesses Say They're the Same or Better Than Before COVID

https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/10/capital-one-small-business-confidence-survey.html

31:00 – More than Half of U.S. Companies Have Hired New Staff Remotely

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/payroll/news/21159623/more-than-half-of-us-companies-have-hired-new-staff-remotely

34:14 – Vast migration of over 14 million Americans coming due to rise in remote work, study shows

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/28/vast-migration-of-over-14-million-americans-coming-due-to-remote-work.html

37:52 – 9Spokes signs new Bank of New Zealand contract for further two-year term https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/932539/9spokes-signs-new-bank-of-new-zealand-contract-for-further-two-year-term-932539.html

38:12 – BlueVine Takes Wraps Off Biz Banking Platform

 https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2020/bluevine-takes-wraps-off-small-biz-banking-platform/

38:56 – Sunrise Bookkeeping, a Lendio Company, Releases Its First Mobile App

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/29/2117108/0/en/Sunrise-Bookkeeping-a-Lendio-Company-Releases-Its-First-Mobile-App.html

39:52 – QuickAccept First Step To Building SMB Ecosystem

https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2020/chase-neukirchen-quickaccept-first-step-building-smb-ecosystem/

40:41 – Stripe Expands Partnership With Mindbody

https://www.pymnts.com/news/payment-methods/2020/stripe-expands-partnership-with-mindbody-for-fitness-payments/

42:01 – Credit Karma in Talks to Sell Tax-Preparation Business to Square 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/credit-karma-in-talks-to-sell-tax-preparation-business-to-square-11604067274

43:59 – What’s new in QuickBooks Online: October 2020

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/whats-new/whats-new-in-quickbooks-online-october-2020/

46:25 – Tech news: Wolters Kluwer adds eSignature to ATX, and more

https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/tech-news-wolters-kluwer-adds-esignature-to-atx-and-more

46:57 – Report: DOJ May Sue To Block Visa's Plaid Acquisition

https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/report-doj-could-soon-decide-if-it-will-try-to-block-visas-acquisition-of-plaid/

Visa $5.3 billion Plaid deal triggers DOJ antitrust worries 

https://bankinnovation.net/allposts/focus/comp-reg/visa-5-3-billion-plaid-deal-triggers-doj-anti...

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Show Notes

07:14 – Expensify’s CEO explains how he made the decision to tell all his customers to vote for Biden 
https://www.protocol.com/expensify-email-biden-trump-david-barrett

20:34 – Expensify CEO Emails 10 Million Customers Urging Them to Vote for Biden

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/expensify-biden-email-goes-out-to-10-million-customers

More Expensify Coverage:  

• CEO emails 10 million customers to tell them to vote for Biden https://www.cbsnews.com/news/expensify-ceo-david-barrett-emails-customers-vote-biden/
• Expensify CEO Urges Customers to Vote Against Trump https://www.wsj.com/articles/expensify-ceo-urges-customers-to-vote-against-trump-11603489825
• Expensify CEO implores customers to vote for Biden over Trump in an explosive mass email https://www.fastcompany.com/90567857/expensify-ceo-biden-trump-david-barrett

27:37 – The results are in from our own Expensify v. Democracy survey on Twitter

https://twitter.com/CloudAcctPod/status/1319606666690580480

29:15 – Our discussion on which way accountants will vote in 2020

https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/194

35:48 – Jirav named CPA.com's preferred business planning software partner
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/jirav-is-now-cpa-coms-preferred-business-planning-software-partner 

38:10 – JPMorgan Takes On Square, PayPal At Point Of Sale
 https://www.pymnts.com/smbs/2020/jpmorgan-takes-on-square-and-paypal-at-the-point-of-sale/

38:48 – JPMorgan Chase takes on Square and PayPal with smartphone card reader, faster deposits for merchants

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/jpmorgan-takes-on-square-and-paypal-with-smartphone-card-reader-faster-deposits-for-merchants.html

39:47 – PayPal to open up network to cryptocurrencies

https://www.reuters.com/article/paypal-cryptocurrency-int-idUSKBN2762D5 

• PayPal Eyes Buying Crypto Firm BitGo, Others  https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2020/paypal-eyes-buying-crypto-firm-bitgo-others/ 

42:17 – Intuit account – Why now for QuickBooks Desktop?

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/accountant-advice/intuit-account-why-now-for-quickbooks-desktop/

43:27 – New: Track Your Inventory Directly in FreshBooks

https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/inventory

44:10 – Feature Release: Introducing Plan, the 1st Feature in the All-New Scale Tier

https://jetpackworkflow.com/blog/scale-tier-plan-release/

45:02 – As stimulus talks drag on in Washington, millions of small businesses await guidance on PPP loan forgiveness https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/23/millistimulus-talks-drag-on-and-uncertainty-over-ppp-loan-forgiveness-hangs-in-the-balance.html

47:09 – Deer crashes through window into accounting office
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/10/23/Deer-crashes-through-window-into-accounting-office/7171603475615/
 

47:42 – Accounting Seed Releases Downloadable Accounting Basics Board Game

 https://curated.tncontentexchange.com/states/maryland/accounting-seed-releases-downloadable-accounting-basics-board-game/article_869e752d-bbad-5927-ac13-ba0b64fc19f1.html

50:00 – Historic bookkeeping record suggests Washington's horse fell in water near iconic Bull's Covered Bridge https://connecticut.news12.com/historic-bookkeeping-record-suggests-washingtons-horse-fell-in-water-near-iconic-bulls-covered-bridge
 

52:02 – Another listener voicemail from Shane Mason, Brooklyn FI Tax

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