The Accounting Podcast

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Show Notes

• 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast!
• 01:45 - We got more reviews! Click here to leave a review on iTunes.
• 07:23 - Scaling New Heights 2020 will be in St. Louis
• 08:00 - Xero is launching apps.xero.com as the new Xero Marketplace
• 08:56 - Make the move from ‘trusted’ to ‘transformative’ | Accounting Today
• 10:59 - QuickBooks Live Bookkeeping update: Interested in becoming a QuickBooks Live Bookkeeper? | Firm of the Future
• 12:21 - The recruiting site for QuickBooks Live bookkeepers is now live
• 16:24 - Enterprise-Technology Companies Trigger Investor Zeal | WSJ
• 19:41 - Facebook’s Libra is live: What CPAs should consider about the new cryptocurrency | Accounting Today
• 25:49 - SURVEY: Nearly Half of Firms Use Videoconferencing | CPA Trendlines
• 28:08 - Top Video-Conferencing Tools: GoToMeeting, Skype [SURVEY] | CPA Trendlines
• 30:15 - 10 tech stories you may have missed: Faster WiFi is coming | Accounting Today
• 34:36 - OneDrive Personal Vault brings added security to your most important files and OneDrive gets additional storage options | Microsoft
• 36:19 - Warning Issued For Millions Of Microsoft Windows 10 Users | Forbes
• 38:12 - #144 Dark Pattern | Reply All
• 39:18 - Episode 922: The Cost Of Getting Your Money Back | Planet Money
• 41:36 - IMA celebrates 100th year | Accounting Today
• 43:01 - The state of bookkeeping in 2019 | Accounting Today
• 47:15 - Finding and Hiring Quality Staff a Top Challenge in 2019 | CPA Practice Advisor
• 50:39 - San Francisco company to bring division HQ, 450 jobs to Nashville | bizjournals.com
• 51:28 - Fresh off a $2.65B valuation, Plaid co-founder William Hockey is leaving | TechCrunch
• 52:29 - Skubana raises $5.4M for its e-commerce operations software | TechCrunch
• 53:55 - Thomson Reuters to Acquire Audit Company Confirmation | CPA Practice Advisor
• 54:51 - Fluidly wins £5M in RBS competition funding to unlock AI for SMEs | Fluidly
• 56:09 - Acumatica acquired by global private equity firm in bid to take on Oracle, Microsoft and other business software giants | Geekwire
• 56:28 - FreshBooks Adds Retainers to Help Service-Based Businesses Collect Recurring Revenue | PR News Wire

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Show Notes

• 00:53 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast!
• 01:49 - What made you want to join Xero?
• 02:38 - Tony's background in software
• 02:55 - How do you respond to the observation that another non-American is taking over for Xero Americas?
• 03:31 - You think you have a long commute? Try Sydney to Denver!
• 03:52 - Is Xero done with San Francisco?
• 04:32 - How are you planning to crack open the US market?
• 06:51 - "Platform companies win; product companies get bought or go away."
• 08:44 - Where does Xero fit in when it comes to the new world of software plus a service?
• 10:54 - What's the rationale behind the Xero PwC partnership?
• 13:08 - What's going to be the impact on small accountants and bookkeepers who can't write code?
• 14:32 - Any big plans for 2019, 2020?
• 15:58 - How to connect with Tony and learn more about Xero

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Coming Soon! 

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Show Notes

• 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast!
• 01:40 - David observes folks are starting to get upset with “fetching” because it’s becoming an uncontrolled process … “it’s easier to build a stable process to get paper bank statements then manually scan them”
• 04:25 - Blake fills in David on Day 1 of Xerocon
• 06:18 - Xero announces smarter tools to help accountants and bookkeepers manage their digital practice — Including Tax Mapper, which removes the workarounds at tax time
• 08:45 - Global Software Leaders Xero and Stripe Join Forces to Bring Seamless Payments to Millions of Small Businesses — The first two innovations announced today that are being developed under the new partnership include: 1) A new Stripe feed, designed to bring comprehensive transaction data for all Stripe payments into Xero for easy reconciliation and greater insights, whether a small business invoices from the Xero platform or an ecommerce site, and 2) Auto pay, allowing small businesses to set up and receive recurring payments for repeat billing customers directly through Xero
• 17:05 - PwC and Xero Extend Global Collaboration to Help Small Business Succeed

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Show Notes

• 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast!
• 02:08 - Woodard Network is rebranded to Woodard Alliance
• 02:55 - Right Networks turns QuickBooks Desktop to 'Always On' | Accounting Today
• 06:45 - David's observation at SNH19: The vast majority of accountants/bookkeepers are turning away business
• 08:18 - David's observation at SNH19: Many ProAdvisors have not yet heard about QuickBooks Live
• 09:24 - QBO keynote highlights: Bank statements will now download into QBO along with transactions from bank feeds
• 10:23 - QBO keynote highlights: QBOA will show an alert inside of QBOA when a SmallBiz reaches out to you on the Find a ProAdvisor website
• 11:17 - QBO keynote highlights: QBOA is adding KPIs, dashboards, and industry comparisons... to help folks do advisory work

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Show Notes

• 3:36 — AICPA to Oversee New Internet Domain for CPAs | AICPA
• 7:36 — Given the change in the profession, what's the value of the CPA license in 2019 and beyond?
• 8:42 — A listener asks if the CPA is worth it. Blake responds.
• 11:36 — CPA numbers have stagnated according to NASBA data
• 12:56 — How much is the CPA Exam worth in 2019? | Accounting Today — The CPA Exam, it seems, is not seen as a necessity by a significant percentage of young professionals. A roundtable hosted by CPA Exam prep course company Surgent, "Is the CPA License Losing Its Luster?" explored this question earlier this month.
• 16:12 — Trust begets opportunity for accountants in assurance | Accounting Today — Susan Coffey, executive vice president of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, says that analytics have the capacity to one day eliminate the need for human-verified audits.
• 19:44 — NASBA and AICPA seek input on evolving licensure model | Journal of Accountancy — The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and the AICPA are seeking feedback from the profession and its stakeholders as they consider ways to evolve the model for initial CPA licensure to support a growing need for new skills amid rapid technological advancement. Provide your feedback at evolutionofcpa.org.
• 25:46 — Over the last 8 years CPA firm hires have increased over 4% but non-CPA firm hires have increased over 10% | Twitter
• 26:51 — Tax law changes join staffing as a top issue for CPA firms | Journal of Accountancy — “Finding qualified staff” is the top concern of every firm with two or more professionals — the same result as in the 2017 survey.
• 29:07 — H&R Block to acquire Wave Financial for $405M | Accounting Today — The acquisition is expected to expand H&R Block’s presence in the small business market. The Kansas City, Missouri-based tax prep giant is mostly known for its tax services and technology, but it has periodically made moves to provide accounting and bookkeeping services as well.
• 41:17 — Xero appoints Hubdoc co-founder Jamie McDonald to lead Accounting and Global Services | Insightful Accountant — McDonald’s expanded role will see him lead the continued improvement of Xero’s core accounting products for small businesses, including Xero Mobile. Tune in for our upcoming Xerocon interview with Jamie!

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Show Notes

Click here to download the slides from the Facebook Live event.

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• 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast!
• 02:04 - Background on Shafat Qazi and BQE Software
• 13:11 - Background on BQE Core
• 25:25 - Live demo of BQE Core
• 34:31 - Demo of BQE Business Intelligence
• 44:23 - Demo of Core Intelligence
• 56:21 - Visit BQE and see Core Intelligence in action at Booth 64 at Scaling New Heights
• 57:48 - Learn more about BQE Core at bqe.com

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Show Notes

This episode is sponsored by FloQast. Closing the books is a manual, error-prone, and time-consuming process. There has to be a better way than Outlook emails, Excel checklists, and endless status update meetings. FloQast was built by accountants for accountants to help them close faster and more accurately. The bottom line: Teams relying on FloQast on average close three days faster. Learn more.

• 01:56 - What's the value of the CPA these days?
• 17:46 - H&R Block to acquire Canadian fintech startup Wave | ZDNet
• 21:52 - QuickBooks Live and the rise of remote work in accounting
• 27:46 - 3 Reasons Why EY's Free Software Release is Super Smart | FutureFirm.co
• 31:43 - Subscribe to Ryan's email newsletter "Future Firm"
• 32:16 - Megan shares what she’s up to at Yaeger CPA Review, including their new Instructor Hotline
• 34:41 - How to connect with Ryan and Megan on social media

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Show Notes

• 00:24 - About Clint's firm Smart Business Concepts
• 01:50 - What's your tech stack?
• 04:16 - On premises versus cloud for manufacturing
• 05:45 - What were you doing before owning your own firm?
• 06:20 - Do your employees work remotely?
• 07:35 - Clint is hiring!
• 08:23 - What was your big takeaway from last year's Accounting Salon?
• 10:53 - What is something our listeners can only learn from Clint?
• 11:19 - What does "advisory" mean to you?
• 13:31 - Follow Clint on Twitter @clintbowers25

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