UnAccountable!

Unaccountable Episode 49 and feelin’ fine! Your hosts are ready to dazzle you with dad jokes and also information pertinent to the accounting world:

Tyler “Money Maestro" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Spreadsheet Sorcerer" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

Extra, Extra! It’s In Da News! We’re reviewing the Melio updates, Canopy unclunking, and Intuit goes into HR.

In Offshore or Not Sure, we are talking about labor: off-site and foreign.

On App Snack, we show you Shogo, an automated integration between your point-of-sale or eCommerce solution and your accounting system.

Accounting Mashup: one of our favorite games returns - mash up the accounting term with the correct pop culture reference!

In Fast Figures, Jeremy is quizzing Tyler on trivia with numerical answers.

Winner of the Week: The Accountant 2
Loser of the Week: The Accountant 2

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

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🔔NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

This episode is sponsored by ⁠FinOptimal⁠. Automate accruals + so much more in QuickBooks.

FinOptimal’s apps make posting accruals, keeping up with monthly journal entries, and financial reporting feel easier than you can believe. Accruer automates accrual accounting, while Booker can help with any other journal entries. Wrangler is a lightweight and affordable reporting tool to share financials with your stakeholders or yourself without the constant logging in and downloading of manual reporting. Save 50% off your first two months and a 60-day money-back guarantee with code UNACCOUNTABLE: ⁠https://www.finoptimal.com/

It’s Episode 48 of Unaccountable, where our hosts are ready to inform and maybe even entertain you…

Tyler “Aspiring Accountant" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Basic Bookkeeper" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

First up, it’s In Da News! We are decompressing after tax day and talking about market speculations.

Next, Let’s Get Real (Estate), where we are in the market for answers about real estate accounting.

On App Snack, we are being fed some HumbleFax pie, an app that sends and receives faxes with your computer, email or phone.

Stay in Your Lane: what happens when companies like Gusto and Ramp branch out into other goods and services? Do podcast hosts like it? You’ll find out in this segment!

In Fast Figures, Jeremy is quizzing Tyler on “drafted” trivia with numerical answers.

Winner of the Week: Accountants!!

Loser of the Week: Deloitte

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

🔔NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

Welcome to UnAccountable Episode 47, where we’re subjecting you to jokes from our subject-matter expert hosts:

Tyler “ALP OG" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "TC PHD" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

First up, it’s In Da News! The IRS is predicting a tax revenue drop and working with banks to identify fraud. Sage has a new headquarters.

We are on a journey with Bona Fide Business Trippers: Tyler asks Jeremy to verify business travel expenses.

On App Snack, we are joking around with TryTrivia: a trivia, game, and icebreakers app that integrates with Slack and Teams.

Off the Mark: are you on target with these marketing trends according to AI?

In Fast Figures, Jeremy is quizzing Tyler on trivia with numerical answers. This edition: what year is it?

Winner of the Week: Independent CPA firms

Loser of the Week: Tesla’s Accounting

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

🔔NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

It’s Unaccountable Episode 46, and we’re accruing some laughs with some ledger-dary antics from our hosts:

Tyler “Debit Daddy" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Credit Crony" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

First up, it’s In Da News! Time to discuss what’s up with QBO tags and the return of the IRS agents

Code or Crap: Tyler asks Jeremy about tax codes or are they just crap Tyler made up?

On App Snack, Kahoot! Sounds fun - is it? We review this education-focused, and dare we say entertaining, learning app.

No, No, No: borrowing from Dkembe Mutumbo, Tyler quizzes Jeremy on advice for specific business situations.

In Fast Figures, Tyler is in the hot seat for March Madness-related trivia questions from Jeremy.

Winner of the Week: the 2025 Fastest Growing Accounting Firms

Loser of the Week: PWC

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

🔔NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

This episode is sponsored by FinOptimal. Automate accruals + so much more in QuickBooks.

FinOptimal’s apps make posting accruals, keeping up with monthly journal entries, and financial reporting feel easier than you can believe. Accruer automates accrual accounting, while Booker can help with any other journal entries. Wrangler is a lightweight and affordable reporting tool to share financials with your stakeholders or yourself without the constant logging in and downloading of manual reporting. Save 50% off your first two months and a 60-day money-back guarantee with code UNACCOUNTABLE: https://www.finoptimal.com/

It’s Unaccountable Episode 45! Our swimmingly good episode is hosted by these barnacles:

Tyler “Marine Mammal" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Sea Squall" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

In Da News, tariffs, DOGE accounting, IRS layoffs, and the Corporate Transparency Act.

We are pleased to have a special guest, the fine fellow, Seth Fineberg, Founder of Accountants Forward.

In Fast Figures, Seth is in the hot seat to answer trivia questions with numerical answers.

On App Snack, we are talking about conferences like Engage, Bridging the Gap, Intuit Connect, and more!

With Just the Tip - NO, not that. Jeremy is quizzing Tyler on the taxation of tip income.

Winner of the Week: US Tax Payers

Loser of the Week: Xero

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

🔔NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

This episode is sponsored by ⁠⁠Keeper⁠⁠. One app to run your bookkeeping business: communicate with clients, catch coding errors, track KPIs, and manage your work. For more information about this all-in-one bookkeeping practice management tool built to reduce your tech stack, follow this link: ⁠⁠unaccountable.co/keeper

Welcome back to Unaccountable Episode 44! We’ve got an action-packed episode with your hosts:

Tyler “Tax Titan" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Analysis Anomaly" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

In Da News, Melio and Amazon get together and the accounting world’s sexiest movie has a sequel coming up.

Everything’s gonna be AI’ght! Using results from Karbon’s latest report on AI usage in accounting, Tyler quizzes Jeremy on AI.
On App Snack, we are talking about Guru, part AI search, knowledge base, and intranet all on a single platform.

With Extra Credit​, Jeremy gets a taxing lesson on tax credits from Tyler.

Following that is Shady or No? Some big names in the news have made some plays that Tyler needs to guess - shady or no??

Winner of the Week: Aspiring CPAs

Loser of the Week: KFC

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

🔔NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

This episode is sponsored by FinOptimal. Automate accruals + so much more in QuickBooks. FinOptimal’s apps make posting accruals, keeping up with monthly journal entries, and financial reporting feel easier than you can believe. Accruer automates accrual accounting, while Booker can help with any other journal entries. Wrangler is a lightweight and affordable reporting tool to share financials with your stakeholders or yourself without the constant logging in and downloading of manual reporting. Save 50% off your first two months and a 60-day money-back guarantee with code UNACCOUNTABLE: https://www.finoptimal.com/

Do you feel the love for episode 43 of Unaccountable? We’ve got your spreadsheet sweeties:

Tyler “Ledger Legend" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Count of Accounts" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

In Da News, federal fund freezes, big IRS changes, tariffs, and RAMP bank accounts.

SWF WTF?​ Do Sovereign Wealth Funds make you say Huh?! Find out with SWF trivia!

On App Snack, we are talking about Anchor, an app that automatizes the process of getting paid by clients, end-to-end, with auto-invoice, auto-charge, and auto-sync them all with accounting softwares.

Following that is Under the Wire: we have some spicy sneaks for tax savings for 2024.

Next, we have Fast Figures! This week, Jeremy quizzes Tyler on trivia with (some romantic) numerical answers.

Winner of the Week: FUN 107 Listeners

Loser of the Week: Elon Musk (again)

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

🔔 NASBA-approved CPE and IRS-approved CE credits are offered via Earmark. Access our QAS Self-Study courses here.

This episode is sponsored by ⁠Keeper⁠. One app to run your bookkeeping business: communicate with clients, catch coding errors, track KPIs, and manage your work. For more information about this all-in-one bookkeeping practice management tool built to reduce your tech stack, follow this link: ⁠unaccountable.co/keeper

Welcome back to Unaccountable! It’s episode 42 with your most okay-est hosts:

Tyler “Functional Fiduciary" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Fiscally Irresistable" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

In Da News: new year, new administration, and some new changes including IRS personnel changes,  the IRS Hiring Freeze, automatic enrollments, and the global tax deal.

On IRSted Development​, Tyler is bringing the pain on Jeremy with some IRS penalties and audit risk questions.

On App Snack, we are talking about Monarch Money, a personal budgeting tool. Spoiler alert: Tyler’s a fan!

Next in Hit the NIL on the Head, we regress to college (more than normally) to explore the Name Image Likeness world of college sports.

Finally, we have Fast Figures! This week Tyler quizzes Jeremy on trivia with numerical answers.

Winner of the Week: (literally) the Excel World Champion

Loser of the Week: Elon Musk

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

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Is it payday?! Because we have a special payroll-focused episode 41 of UnAccountable, with your okay-est hosts:

Tyler “Tenacious D" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Vivacious VG" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

We have a special guest, fresh from his role at Gusto (and currently a free agent), the “Payroll Pimp” himself, Will Lopez.

In Da News, Paychex eats Paycor and Onpay gets funding dollars.

In Fire At Will​, we are literally firing off questions at Will. Can the birthday boy keep up?

On App Snack, we are talking about Gusto, the online payroll solution that offers a holistic HR tool kit.

Next, we have Fast Figures! This week Jeremy quizzes Tyler on trivia with numerical answers.

Winner of the Week: This Creative (and Fingerless) Accountant

Loser of the Week: This Rascal of a CPA

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at ⁠UnAccountable.co⁠ and join our ⁠Facebook group⁠. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!

This episode is sponsored by ⁠Keeper⁠. One app to run your bookkeeping business: communicate with clients, catch coding errors, track KPIs, and manage your work. For more information about this all-in-one bookkeeping practice management tool built to reduce your tech stack, follow this link: ⁠unaccountable.co/keeper

Lordy, lordy, it’s episode 40! Welcome back to Unaccountable, with your okay-est hosts who are year-end exhausted but still ready:

Tyler “Pot Stirrer" Otto from Specialized Accounting, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality and service industries.

Jeremy "Stir Crazy" Van Groll from Nonprofit Bookkeeping, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.

In Da News, we are yapping about some brash QBO changes, Dext getting acquired, and the IRS mileage rate.

In LOSS FOR THE YEAR​, we are admitting our big Ls for 2024 (Can you believe it? We make mistakes too?!).

On App Snack, we are talking about Keeper, which we may have mentioned a time or 10 before, but this time we are discussing the tax side of things.

With WIN FOR THE YEAR​, we are admitting our big Ws for 2024 - yes, we do some things right!!

Then, we look INTO THE FUTURE to see where we will be going as an industry and also in our individual companies.

Winner of the Week: Nonprofits! (And Jeremy if someone introduces him to Mackenzie Scott)

Loser of the Week: BAD Conference

For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips, subscribe to UnAccountable. Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you listen!

Find us at Unaccountable.co and join our Facebook group. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about!