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Banking on Change: How Renegade Firms Redefine Success (from The Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast:Live from Austin on the Advisory Amplified tour, Blake sits down with Madeline Reeves of Fearless Foundry and...
Unlocking Capacity: The Workflow Revolution (from The Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast:Blake sits down with Mary Delaney, CEO of Karbon, and Kenji Kuramoto, co-founder of Acuity, to explore how st...
NASBA Enters the Chat on PE in Accounting & Intuit to Open Retail Stores
Is private equity eroding the soul of the accounting profession? Blake and David unpack NASBA’s PE task force, the BDO–First Brands meltdown, and why ‘appearance of in...
Pricing For Profit: Unlocking Your Firm’s True Value (from The Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast:Most accounting firms are dramatically underpricing their services, but the fear of losing clients keeps them...
Intuit Connect 2025: What's New With QuickBooks
Alicia Katz Pollock joins the show fresh from Intuit Connect with detailed notes on everything announced for QuickBooks Online and the accounting profession. The discu...
Burning It Down To Build Better: How Community Is Key To Battling Burnout (from The Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast: Recorded live in Seattle at the first stop of the Advisory Amplified tour, Blake sits down with Madeline Ree...
BDO vs Going Concern, Trump's $3 Trillion Tariff Tax & Film Accountant's $2M Fraud
Blake and David cover BDO's legal threat against Going Concern over independence questions, Crowe hiring an investment bank to explore private equity options, and Trum...
Trump to Target IRS at Left-Leaning Groups & NASBA Needs An Audit
What if a “stable” coin wasn’t? Blake and David unpack Paxos’s accidental minting of $300 trillion in PayPal USD—and what it reveals about stablecoin “pegs.” They also...
Deloitte Caught Making AI Workslop, IRS Shutdown Continues
Could an AI catch what auditors and a CFO missed? This week, Blake and David unpack how a founder used Claude to scan QuickBooks and uncover a $2.1M embezzlement in 18...
WNBA Commissioner Has Worst Week of Any CPA
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Entry Level Auditor Jobs Fall 43% & the AI Workslop Heading Downstream
Blake and David examine the growing threat of AI-generated fake receipts, with 32% of accountants unable to recognize fraudulent documents and 30% reporting an increas...
Accounting Firm Revenues, Profits, Compensation Rise
Are accounting firms quietly having their best year ever? Blake and David break down why revenues and partner comp are rising—despite AI anxiety—and what it means for ...
The HIRE Act Would Tax Firms 25% for Offshore Labor
Blake and David examine several major developments affecting the accounting profession, including the proposed HIRE Act that would impose a 25% excise tax on offshore ...
Who Gets No Tax on Tips, Why Firms Struggle With Tech, Xero Updates
Are AI “super agents” like Xero’s Jax actually useful—or just shiny chatbots? Blake and David unpack Xerocon announcements, why embedded agents lack context, smarter w...
Excel Gets AI, FP&A Pros Under Threat, QBO AI Feeds Blowback
Are AI bank feeds helping—or just creating more work? Blake and David unpack Intuit’s missteps, why “use AI to make the rules” matters, and how a no‑code agent now pos...
AI Shakes Up Big Four Accounting Job Market
Can AI agents actually reduce your workload—or just add hype? Blake demos how he rebuilt bill-entry “Hubdoc-style” in about an hour with Zapier Agents, then maps out w...
Can ChatGPT Agent Mode Reconcile My Checking Account?
Can an AI reconcile your books while you sleep? Blake and David run a live experiment with ChatGPT-5’s Agent Mode in Xero—watching it match transactions, stumble on pr...
GPT-5 Launch & Charting Fail, Crazy $$$ Going Into AI Accounting Tech
Blake and David discuss how both AICPA and NASBA have officially endorsed a 120-hour CPA licensure pathway in the ninth edition of the Uniform Accountancy Act, validat...
Who's Most Likely to Quit Your Firm? & Higher Wages, Fewer Jobs
What happens when the traditional path from college to accounting career gets disrupted by AI and automation? This week, Blake and David explore who's most likely to q...
Colbert's Losing P&L, Impending AI Fraud Crisis, House Holds FASB Hostage
What happens when politicians threaten to cut funding from accounting standard-setters unless they eliminate specific rules? Blake and David explore unprecedented poli...
