The Accounting Podcast

Blake and David dig into reports from the Illinois CPA Society and National Pipeline Advisory Group highlighting issues like long work hours, the 150-hour rule, and low starting salaries. They examine the potential disruption of traditional accounting software by startups and vertical SaaS companies offering embedded accounting functionality and review some of the CPA Practice Advisor Readers' Choice Awards. Wrapping things up, they highlight the health risks of long working hours, and discuss the need for better work-life balance in accounting firms, based on a recent WHO report.


Chapters

• (01:44) - Does QuickBooks have some new competition?
• (07:05) - Layer wants to be a GL service
• (10:08) - Lili's place in the marketspace
• (13:26) - The role of accountants in software success
• (16:28) - CPA Practice Advisor's 2024 Reader Choice Awards
• (18:53) - Illinois CPA Society survey results
• (25:31) - WHO publishes estimates on health costs from working long hours
• (30:02) - The long-awaited NPAG Impact Report was released!
• (33:11) - Identifying pipeline problems
• (35:06) - Reasons students don't choose accounting majors
• (49:45) - Final points from report
• (53:31) - Blake's theory on why accounting starting salaries are low
• (01:00:15) - Thanks for listening and remember to subscribe

 

Show Notes

Teal Announces $8M Seed Investment to Drive Next-Gen Accounting Products for Vertical SaaS

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240520567117/en/Teal-Announces-8M-Seed-Investment-to-Drive-Next-Gen-Accounting-Products-for-Vertical-SaaS

Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing QuickBooks
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/15/embedded-accounting-layer-2-3m-quickbooks/?guccounter=1

Illinois CPA Society Releases Updated CPA Pipeline Report
https://www.icpas.org/about-us/press/press-release-details/2024/05/16/illinois-cpa-society-releases-updated-cpa-pipeline-report

National Pipeline Advisory Group releases draft strategy report
https://www.accountingpipeline.org/draft-report/

Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing Quickbooks | TechCrunch                

 

The Best Tech for Accounting Firms: CPAs Voted for Readers Choice Tech Awards        

 

Lili Launches New Accountant AI for Small Business Financial Management   

 

Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing QuickBooks     

 

Kabbage Inc. Settles Allegations of PPP Fraud        

 

US accounting group bows to calls for faster path for recruits

 

National Pipeline Advisory Group releases draft strategy report - National Pipeline Advisory Group   

 

Bench and Shopify alumni announce $11M CAD to build “the Stripe for accounting” with Teal - BetaKit                

 

Embedded accounting startup Teal raises $8M seed          

 

The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

 

Canadian fintech Teal raises $8M to build ‘Stripe for accounting’               

 

Kabbage to pay $120M in PPP fraud settlements with DOJ

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