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Show Notes

• 03:03 – Oh, my! What big FAANGs you have!  These five tech players have a combined $4.1 trillion market cap | Investopedia 
• 05:22 –  Setting the accounting world on fire – well, at least part of it | Sawyer County Record
• 06:09 – Cash is still king in NYC | NYT
• 08:06 – How the Astros brought their C (for cheat) game | WSJ 
• 13:49 – Sage Marketplace offers over 100 ways to customize Sage Biz Cloud | Sage
• 14:14 – Gusto Cashout service is now free for employees | Gusto
• 16:05 – Acumatica beefs up its payroll features and integrations | Accounting Today
• 18:04 – KPMG buys stake in LumaTax | Accounting Today
• 19:00 – Visor takes a new approach with Get Grid | Get Grid
• 22:47 – Etsy – "Mistakes certainly do happen ..." continues plaguing sellers with an array of accounting headaches |  eCommerce Bytes
• 23:37 – Facebook and the IRS square off over a measly $9 billion | WSJ
• 28:31 – Pioneer Bank faces the music for its actions, or lack thereof re: MyPayrollHR | The Daily Gazette
• 30:42 – AICPA see deregulation as a huge threat to CPA licensure | Accounting Today
• 38:06 – Help Wanted – Intuit is looking for QBLive bookkeepers, and they're not afraid to advertise inside of QBOA | Facebook
• 41:28 – BOA could hit Intuit where it hurts | PYMNTS.com
• 42:30 – WePay – Scaling the Books? | WePay 
• 43:30 – United Airlines takes a train-them-yourself approach to hiring | CNBC buys 
• 43:45 – Try, try, try again - KPMG relaunches Spark | KPMG Spark
• 47:58 – Overruled - UpCounsel shuts down | LawSites
• 49:05 – Comings and Goings: Damien Greathead moves to Practice Ignition, and Jody Padar joins Botkeeper | Insightful Accountant/Accounting Today
• 49:43 – Jumping ship or business as usual? Intuit's Alex Chriss dumps a huge chunk of his Intuit holdings | Yahoo! Finance
  • Chriss's Intuit trading history over the past year might provide some perspective | Wallmine

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Show Notes

• 00:50 – More Super Bowl earworms here | Ad Age
• 01:34 – Last week's discussion on tax-prep confidence levels
• 03:54 – Fake news or worthwhile information? You decide! | Business Insider
• 06:38 – More helpful journalism from Biz Insider's Eric Rosenberg | Business Insider
• 10:09 – Which tax software is the best for firms? | CPA Trendlines
• 11:53 – Intuit ProConnect expands their tax professional ecosystem | Silicon Valley Daily
• 12:35 – No news is no news when it comes to the Summit Hosting outage, but we're covering it!
• 20:06 – As per usual, Reddit users have something to say about Summit | Reddit
• 22:48 – The real cost of ransomware attacks? | Coveware
• 26:14 – OOPS! That's our bad! – Microsoft makes a huge data boo-boo | Threatpost
• 28:39 – Just what we need – another report. That'll fix what ails our government! | Accounting Today
• 30:43 – It's only money ... $22 TRILLION worth ... | Politico
• 34:03 – When you see complex accounting shenanigans, be like Mr. Buffett and run the other way | Yahoo! Finance
• 35:06 – You might not like green eggs and ham, but Sam.I.Am likes The Cloud Accounting Podcast!  Thanks for a great review, Sam.I.Am! 
• 37:11 – There's more to CFO-ing than numbers | WSJ
• 41:03 – Blake sees goodwill in a new light, thanks to David
• 46:07 – The Gene Marks tome - Outfoxing The Small Business Owner: Crafty Techniques For Creating A Profitable Relationship
• 47:00 – Teller sets its sights on Plaid with a $4M raise | TechCrunch
• 49:34 – Former CAP guest, Jason Deshayes, shares his delightful bank-feed experience 

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• 02:20 – Blake gets his nerd on in the hunt for the true meaning of goodwill
• 04:40 – Google hopes you won't pay attention to its new search results format | The Verge
• 06:47 – Reviews and feedback!  Thank you! 
• 07:31 – Our in-depth discussion of the four-day workweek is here
• 07:41 – How to stop serial meeting holders in their tracks – charge them for every meeting they schedule! | Bloomberg
• 09:42 – Donny takes us to task on our discussion of RPAs in the Predictions episode 
• 10:34 – More on the Gartner definition of RPA | Gartner.com
• 13:24 – Divided we accountants fall over the definition of goodwill | WSJ
• 14:38 – Some more insight on goodwill from Calcbench | Calcbench
• 25:13 – Why train your staff online when you can build a $450M campus like KPMG? | Bloomberg Tax
• 26:55 – More new accounting standards equals ever-rising audit fees | Accounting Today
• 28:17 – What you need to know about tax-zapper software! | AccountingWEB
  • More info on the zappers here | Wikipedia
• 29:17 – Grounded for life – Former WF CEO gets the boot from banking | CFO
• 31:00 – Seeing red – Cachet files for Chapter 11 | Albany Business Review
  •  If you missed it, here's our discussion with Cachet's General Counsel last year
• 32:08 – $35 TRILLION worth of stupid accounting tricks | Bloomberg
• 35:38 – Is the Big Easy just a Big Target for hackers? | PYMNTS
• 36:57 – Totally tubular, man! Everything you ever needed to know about pneumatic tubes | Pneumatic.Tube 
• 38:00 – The Digital Dollar Projects gets us one step closer to Fed-backed cryptocurrency | CFO 
• 39:18 – Pass the bucks - China's testing out its own digital dollar | NPR 
• 40:20 – Have phone, will vote? King County thinks so | WSJ
• 43:52 – Maybe it's not Mint to be | Fast Company
• 47:00 – Mint might not be your thing, but You really Need a Budget | YNAB 
• 49:20 – Tax prep jitters? Not according to this survey | Finance Buzz
• 50:55 – VCs are placing some pretty high bets on B2B fintechs | PYMNTS
• 51:45 – Ceterus, playing the accounting firm with engineers games, rakes in a total of $30M | The Post and Courier
• 52:31 – According to Glassdoor, you need to become an accounting manager | Going Concern
• 53:41 – Need to beef up your firm's password management? Check out this guide | Tom's Guide

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• 01:52 – David can see clearly now, just in time to admire the cracked screen of his smartphone
• 02:42 – Blake's upping his skills game at Jirav, learning financial modeling
• 03:08 – Blake's second webinar - Webinar Recording: How to Build a Financial Model for an Accounting Firm | Jirav
• 04:25 – The most effective way to master a new tool or software is to use it for yourself, or a client
• 05:24 – Is there life after The Cloud Accounting Podcast? Blake reveals his retirement plan
• 06:57 – Side hustles can help you understand your clients' pain points
• 07:42 – American remote-worker ranks have nearly tripled in the past two decades!
• 08:02 – Business on top, PJs on the bottom - just one of the reasons why remote work rules! 
• 08:18 – Reviews! Thank you, I <3 smilies, Aassas, and Glafollette!  
• 13:43 – Visa changes it stripes, with some $5.3 billion Plaid | Bank Innovation
• 14:30 – Is data the new oil? 
• 15:46 – Everything old wants to be new again, when it comes to fintechs, at least | Advisorhub
• 16:30 -- Visa's Acquisition of Plaid Presentation | Visa
• 17:42 – No QuickBooks Online Advance? No ChronoBooks for you! | Intuitive Accountant
• 19:16 – Perhaps Intuit killed the wrong tool? The ChronoBooks backlash begins
• 23:38 – Who needs a one-percent reward, when you can boost your Karma with every purchase? | Expensify 
• 27:12 – Dave Barrett makes a case for Karma | Expensify
• 27:23 – Do you Concur? Emburse wants to change your mind! | Accounting Today
• 29:19 – Google ups its productivity game with the acquisition of AppSheet | AppSheet 
• 31:16 – Stand up and shout  - FASB is the villain! | Accounting Today
• 33:02 – While it might delight CPAs and auditors, this 10,000 page codification, for mere accounting mortals, is a bit much
• 33:28 – The End of Accounting by Baruch Lev and Feng Gu | Amazon
• 34:32 – There's really no place for GAAP-basis financials in a subscription economy
• 37:11 – The CCPA implementation comes with a pretty hefty price tag - $55 BILLION |The Hill
• 39:11 – Could the CCPA be more trouble, and new risk than it's actually worth? 
• 41:00 – Email still poses the biggest security threat for small businesses | PYMNTS
• 42:17 – Deepfake audio fraud is the new risk in town | Axios
• 43:28 – Are Google and Facebook too big to fail? Apparently not when it comes to invoicing scams | Fortune 
• 44:19 – While paper check usage declines, check fraud continues to rise | WSJ
• 45:09 – UK small businesses are just not that fond of open banking |  PYMNTS
• 46:29 – Be afraid; be very afraid of the Buffett Indicator | CCN
• 47:05 – Mr. Buffett buys low, and sells high, or holds ... Be like Mr. Buffett! 
• 49:41 – Time to move to Finland? | Quartz at Work
• 51:44 – Eliminating useless and constant meetings might be even more useful than a four-day workweek
• 52:28 – Who needs humans when you can hire an Alphabot? Walmart's trying to stay in the game with warehouse automation | Gizmodo

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• 05:31 – Fresh back from the Sage Accountants Advisory Council, in Dallas, Blake is basking in brisket afterglow and ready to talk cloud accounting!
• 06:21 – David takes a field trip to a real accounting firm! 
• 07:53 – It’s tax season! Yay … | Accounting Today
• 08:41 – Are IRS audits becoming an endangered activity? | CNBC 
• 11:51 – When the IRS fails to collect from cheaters, it costs everyone else up to $3K | Accounting Today 
• 15:25 – Wanna get new biz for your firm? Start during tax season! | CPA Trendlines
• 17:08 – IRS calls open season on tax-prep competition, and gives the Free File program a makeover | ProPublica 
• 19:43 – Straight from the source - Free File: File Your Taxes Online for Free | IRS
• 23:16 – According to a recent survey, accountants are upping their tech game and their advising skills! | AccountingWEB
• 29:56 – Hello Pot, this is Kettle – Is Amazon feeling too much heat from Honey? | PYMNTS
• 31:28 – California – Land of Confusion – When it comes to the new privacy law | Fox and Hounds Daily  
• 35:42 – Way to keep that private info safe, Facebook! | Bloomberg 
• 37:35 – No time like the present – the California Board of Accountancy switches to email distribution of its newsletter, just in time to let everyone know they raised their fees | CBA
• 39:30 – New Year's Bug Takes NYC Parking Meters Offline | PYMNTS
• 41:53 – Virtually screwed –Thomson Reuters’ Virtual Office goes down for the count … But at least they’re providing status updates!  | Thomson Reuters 
• 47:49 – What’s your favorite way of dealing with client 1099s? | CPA Trendlines
• 49:51 – “Hey, you! Get off of my screen!” Chase just says no to screen-scrapers | Bank Innovation 
• 51:51 – Do banking consumers really want to know who owns their bank data? | CNBC 
• 54:43 – What is open banking, anyway? | American Banker 

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Show Notes

• 00:38 – Looking back - how many 2019 predictions came true? 
• 03:17 – Blake's first prediction for 2020 comes true less than a minute later ... Well, sort of ... 
• 03:38 – Culling All Accounting Conferences – less definitely may start to be more! | Accounting Today
• 05:33 – Is there any value in free? 
• 09:01 – Duh ... Overstating the obvious isn't really making a prediction | E27
• 09:31 – Dynamic pricing is just not a thing, at least not for the smaller players
• 11:09 – Hmm - is "used" the new "new"? 
• 11:28 – What's going to have the biggest short-term impact on accounting? One hint: it's not humans | Journal of Accountancy
• 13:25 – Blockchain in 2020 - boom or bust? | Enterprise Times 
• 14:50 – Armanino releases blockchain-powered app for instant attestation | Accounting Today
• 16:49 – Government still says no to crypto | Real Daily
• 19:58 – Everybody’s losing their minds over 5G! But, why? | The Verge
• 21:14 – Blake takes issue with 2020 being the breakout year for 5G – lack of speed isn’t the problem; lack of use is 
• 23:25 – 2020 just might be the year of foldy, rolly, hidey devices ... Maybe
• 25:12 – 2020 sees the hiring of non-accounting grads at CPA firms continue | Journal of Accountancy
• 26:25 – Blake says it's going to take a good decade to create and implement the changes needed in the CPA exam and curriculum 
• 27:49 – Want to stay relevant, and innovate? Pull your head out of last year! | LinkedIn
• 29:33 – Millennials might be so 2019, but they still have some decent asks when it comes to employment | Boomer.com 
• 31:31 – Open banking in the US? Maybe in 2030 ... | Accountancy Today
• 33:19 – What's the most important issue facing the accounting industry? Here are at least 100 | Accounting Today
• 35:30 – Things are different all over -  2020 Accounting Changes from Down Under | Accountants Daily 
• 37:42 – Automation - great for those with actual skills; not great for the not-so-great ... 
• 37:55 – What do accounting regulators actually DO? | CFO Dive
• 40:17 – For your reading pleasure - 120 AI Predictions For 2020 | Forbes
• 42:17 – Speaking of Voice AI – 46 industry pros share their 2020 Voice AI predictions | Voicebot.ai
• 45:01 – VR will continue to make people nauseous in 2020 
• 45:08 – Four (just four?) Creepy Applications That Will Change Your Business In 2020 | Inc.com
• 47:36 – Is Netflix going to be your next bank? | Banking Innovation
• 49:24 – The moment we've all be waiting for - David and Blake offer up their 2020 predictions! 🎉
• 49:30 – Nobody's staying in their lane! David says watch out for blurred, crossed, and muddied lines more than ever. 
• 50:59 – According to Blake, 2020 is the year that one of the GL players - think QuickBooks, Xero, et cetera - becomes a bank. 
• 52:28 – David's no-brainer prediction - Xero and Sage will have to launch their own version of Live product to compete with QuickBooks Live. Mark his word! (For the record, Blake disagrees) 
• 54:24 – Podunk is not the proper nomenclature, David ... 😁

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• 01:48 – When it comes to staying organized, there’s only OneNote for Blake
• 04:24 – This one time, at Pod Camp ... David’s reminiscing about the early days of podcasting
• 06:00 – Laws, laws, everywhere – We talk about what’s new for 2020 in California - Assembly Bill 5, and the California Consumer Privacy Act
• 10:31 – Who's gonna drive you home? Uber argues that they’re not “really” a ride service
• 13:34 – Time to get your CPA? Certain recognized professions, such as accounting, may be exempt from the AB 5 requirements
• 14:23 – A refresher on European data protection laws | European Commission 
• 16:48 – The devil’s in the data – just how much data will businesses be required to provide to consumers? | NYT Bits Newsletter
• 21:11 – Multifactor authentication, anyone? Moss Adams is the latest to report a data breach | Accounting Today
• 25:27 – Receipt Bank rakes in $73M in new funding with an eye towards tackling the US market | Enterprise Times
• 27:58 – Show me your AI … Google’s latest AI innovation targets breast cancer detection | WSJ 
• 32:15 – Face value – H&R Block targets our need for personal interaction with its new software offering | Accounting Today
• 34:01 – Top tips for 10-year Customers here | SaaStr
• 34:33 – Apparently, accounting clients do not have commitment issues! | Accounting Today
• 37:06 – There’s gotta be better way than a 100-percent interest rate on small-biz loan! biz | PYMNTS 
• 39:02 – They’re going the distance – the IRS updates 2020 mileage rate |Small Business Trends
• 39:13 – Perhaps the FASB fears change? WSJ
• 40:31 – In the meantime, however, this is what FASB’s working on for 2020 | WSJ 
• 43:21 – Big Four, Big Tech, Big To-Do About Nothing? | Bloomberg Tax 
• 46:46 – Stats abound 
• 50:20 – Stayed tuned! Predictions are coming! Really! Before the end of the year! We promise! 

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Show Notes

• 00:54 – Smart and Smarter? A look back at smartphones over the years | Reuters
• 01:03 – Tech years = dog years – we look at some of the massive changes that have taken place over the last decade | WSJ
• 06:05 – Seven tech and marketing predictions that fizzled out over the past 10 years | Econsultancy
• 13:29 – Small online businesses are still scrambling in the wake of Wayfair | WSJ
• 17:59 – Scott Greenberg’s decade review of federal tax policy in tweets | Twitter
• 18:49 – In case you missed it, here are some Accounting Standards Updates issued by FASB back in December 2019 | FASB
• 19:03 – Three Considerations for Cloud Computing Accounting Rules | CFO
• 21:00 – Who ya gonna call? QuickBooks Live Bookkeepers, hopefully … | YouTube
• 23:06 – QuickBooks Live is making an impression, or 734 million-plus impressions, according to AdAge | AdAge 
• 25:57 – A “glitch” caused a delay in Federal Reserve direct deposits | CNBC
• 29:10 – It’s actually “Athleta …” 
• 29:20 – Want to work in retail? You might want to brush up on your app skills! | NYT
• 36:20 – How invested are firms in tech? | Accountancy Age via Ryan Lazanis' weekly newsletter, Future Firm Top 5 
• 38:38 – The marketing and high-growth connection for accounting firms | Bill.com 
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Show Notes

• 01:59 – What’s in a name? Ask Richard Kopelman, CEO of Aprio | Aprio
• 04:07 – The U.S. can’t seem to tear itself away from using paper checks, but Australia can! | Eureka Report
• 04:57 – Another review! Thank you, Karen Bertrand! 
• 06:05 – Bill.com’s best share price, according to Jim Cramer | CNBC
• 07:03 – Is there an acquisition in Bill.com’s future? Some traders think so | Quartz
  •  Actual article title: “Why Bill.com’s stock is soaring, while other IPOs sink”
• 09:27 – Are there any reasons to avoid buying up Bill.com shares? | Forbes
• 11:16 – California’s credit score could be crumbling | The Sacramento Bee
• 13:25 – Summit Hosting acquires iNSYNQ’s assets in the wake of this year’s ransomware attack | MSSP Alert 
• 15:45 – Liberty Tax’s parent pays a pretty penny to settle with the Justice Department, and IRS | Accounting Today 
• 17:57 – An unethical culture breeds unethical behavior – check out our discussion with Kelly Richmond Pope in Episode 139 for a refresher! 
• 18:26 – QuickBooks launches Starling Bank integration for SMEs | AltFi 
• 18:53 – Who really owns your data? The PNC v. Venmo battle raises that question | CNBC 
  • And more insight on the war between banks and fintechs | WSJ
• 20:25 – Communication really is key – Withum CEO sends motivation via email | Accounting Today 
• 21:40 – Time to weight in! Go take Intuit’s rate survey now! | Firm of the Future
• 23:31 – Can you get any satisfaction from CAS? | Accounting Today 
• 25:38 – PaySauce/Xero collaboration – Great for New Zealand;  So-so for U.S. | Reseller News
• 26:12 – Farming industry as a niche for U.S. accountants? Probably not the most lucrative row to hoe | USDA
• 27:13 – You better check your breaches, especially if you or your clients use Zynga! | Firefox Monitor
  • 27:52 – More insight on data breaches here | Forbes  
  • 29:07 – And suddenly, there came a ringing … Is your Ring Doorbell account letting everyone in? 
• 30:00 – Keep it on the downlow! Some companies don’t feel the need to disclose their boo-boos | WSJ
• 36:03 – We predict happier news is coming your way, next episode! 

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Show Notes

• 01:57 – The gentlemen discuss a big reveal at the Digital CPA Conference – a proposed revamping of the CPA licensure model and what it could mean!| AICPA
• 06:14 – With more specialization, CPAs will now be more useful to employers!
• 09:04 – Although the AICPA says there’s been a boost in diversity, it’s still falling a bit flat | AICPA
• 11:26 – QuickBooks Live adds a standalone set-up service feature | Firm of the Future
• 12:38 – Hook, line, and Amazon … Check out our Amazon discussion in Episode 138
• 16:28 – Another review! Thank you! 📝😊
• 17:38 – The best technologies for CPAs - if you’re still living in the year 2000 | Journal of Accountancy
• 21:12 – Show me the money … Someday? Please? California can’t account for its cash | Forbes
• 26:46 – Oracle may have missed the earnings mark, but the cloud gives them a silver lining | CFO
• 28:17 – Bill.com’s IPO is winning! | CFO
• 29:59 – The fintech v. bank wars continue – with a lopsided proposed data-sharing agreement | Bank Innovation
• 32:53 – JPMorgan Chase partners with Yodlee to offer customers more control of their data | Business Wire
• 34:41 – If banks don’t step up their game, the likes of Intuit and Xero will find their own solution | AccountingWEB UK
• 36:10 – Eight to 14 percent of Americans own crypto – meaning the time for crypto-tax solutions is now! | CPA Practice Advisor
• 41:20 – A one-stop shop for all your payroll and HR needs? QuickBooks Online Payroll rolls out Elite Payroll, a full-stack offering | Accountex Report 
• 41:46 – Find your way around tax forms quicker with Xero’s Map Accounts to Tax Lines feature | Xero
• 42:38 – Intuit’s Pro Series rolls out some new and maybe not-so-new features | AccountingWEB
• 43:44 – This point-of-sale really ties the room together and helps cannabis distributors be more zen | Yahoo! Finance 
• 44:01 – More on the conundrums of cannabis in Cali in Episode 113
• 45:55 – It may be the season of giving, but to whom, and how much does one tip? 

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