News Update with Marie Phillips, CPA and Jennie Taber, CPA at the Accounting & Finance Show LA

July 25, 2019 / 35:03/E98

Los Angeles CPAs Marie and Jennie join the podcast at the #AccountingShowLA to discuss the iNSYNQ QuickBooks hosting ransomware attack, how Trump’s tax law threatened TurboTax’s profits (and how Intuit fought back), the sad statistic that only 60% of accounting firms use remote access tools, why the 4-day workweek could be the next big thing, and the problem(s) with timesheets

This episode was recorded live at the Accounting & Finance Show LA at the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 24, 2019.

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Show Notes

02:31 — QuickBooks Cloud Hosting Firm iNSYNQ Hit in Ransomware Attack — Krebs on Security (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/07/quickbooks-cloud-hosting-firm-insynq-hit-in-ransomware-attack/)
09:50 — Trump’s Tax Law Threatened TurboTax’s Profits. So the Company Started Charging the Disabled, the Unemployed and Students. — ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-law-threatened-turbotax-profits-started-charging-disabled-unemployed-and-students)
13:42 — SURVEY: 60% of Firms Employ Remote Access Tools (https://cpatrendlines.com/2019/07/14/survey-60-of-firms-employ-remote-access-tools/)
16:22 — About Marie Phillips, CPA (https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipsmarie/)
19:28 — Here's where you can have a 4-day work week. Is this the next big thing? (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/17/jobs-4-day-work-week-next-bif-thing/1748695001/)
24:58 — The problem(s) with timesheets
32:00 — About Jennie Taber, CPA: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennie-taber-cpa-778408120/)

Connect with Marie

Marie Phillips, CPA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipsmarie/
Gursey | Schneider LLP: https://www.gursey.com/

Connect with Jennie

Jennie Taber, CPA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennie-taber-cpa-778408120/
Armanino LLP: https://www.armaninollp.com/

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