What to Do if You Can't Find an Accountant for Tax Season

CNBC tells taxpayers to seek out EAs if they can't find a CPA, crypto fraud by a pastor who claims God told him to do it, issues with IRS taxpayer notices and filing, accounting irregularities at agricultural giant ADM send the stock plummeting, CPA reciprocity is a pain, AI updates including Microsoft Mesh VR meetings in Teams, FTC forcing TurboTax to stop advertising as "free," Wave’s new paid subscription model, and the liquidation threat facing massive Chinese developer Evergrande.


Chapters
  • (00:29) - Welcome to the show
  • (02:19) - CNBC article on what to do if you can't find a CPA to do your taxes
  • (07:12) - Trump tax leaker sentenced to 5 years in prison
  • (08:45) - FTC rules Intuit can no longer advertise their product as free
  • (12:51) - H&R Block and Intuit are suing each other and each one's AI
  • (18:39) - Brex is cutting 20% of their staff
  • (20:59) - Microsoft Mesh and virtual reality meetings
  • (24:14) - Wave introduces paid pro plan
  • (26:05) - Microsoft passes Apple as the world's most valuable company
  • (30:01) - Blake reads a few live viewer comments
  • (30:57) - ADM suffers big stock drop amid accounting investigation
  • (36:03) - Pastor charged with cryptocurrency fraud
  • (38:35) - FTX has amassed $4.4 billion by selling cyrpto assets
  • (39:54) - Tingo fraud update and correction
  • (44:43) - Iowa CPA survey shows CPAs support alternative pathways to license besides 150-hour requirement
  • (52:29) - A few IRS stories
  • (01:00:19) - Blake teases China and Evergrande story
  • (01:01:37) - Wrap up and please fill out our listener survey
 

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David Leary
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