Blake Oliver
Founder and CEO of Earmark CPE
Appears in 561 Episodes
The Death of the Financial Close: Aaron Harris on AI's Accounting Revolution
Live from the Sage Future conference in Atlanta, Aaron Harris, CTO of Sage, joins Blake and David to explain why he wants to completely eliminate the financial close r...
Real Life Ways Accountants Use AI, How Sage Will Eliminate the Close
Blake and David return from Sage Future 2025 with insights into how AI is reshaping accounting—from eliminating the financial close to real-world use cases. They also ...
The $400 Million Question: Should Congress Eliminate the PCAOB?(From the Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast: What happens when Congress votes to eliminate the watchdog that's overseen public company audits for two de...
Excel Still Trumps AI, Tariffs Under Threat, QBO Price Increases Justified?
What happens when a major newspaper publishes a summer reading list where only five of the 15 books actually exist? Blake and David explore this real example of AI-gen...
Beyond the Hype: Real-World AI in Accounting and Finance
How close are we to expense reports that create themselves? In this crossover episode recorded live at Emburse in Motion, Blake Oliver explores real-world AI implement...
One Big Beautiful Podcast Episode: Taxes, QuickBooks, & Tesla
What happens when Congress passes a $3.8 trillion deficit-increasing bill by just one vote while promising fiscal responsibility? Blake and David break down the "Big B...
Intuit's Tariff on Developers, Arizona Tariff Shelters, $1T Stolen Annually from US
Could the Pope be on the hook for US taxes? As the first American elected Pope, Leo XIV faces an unusual conundrum under US citizenship rules. Meanwhile, Intuit's cont...
Cut Your Tech Stack 50%, Threat to CPA in Florida, IRS Cuts Recap
What if your firm could cut its tech stack in half while delivering faster results to clients? In this episode, Blake and David explore the consolidation revolution in...
Firms Using AI Make More $, PCAOB Shutdown Fight, The Impossible Tariff Test
Could AI create a $20 trillion professional services earthquake? In this episode, Blake and David dive into the data showing that AI firms generate $45,000 more revenu...
Ramp Wants to Be the Federal Spend Card, Interview with Mark Koziel
Could you spend years earning your CPA license only to be told you can't use it? In this episode, Mark Koziel, president of the AICPA, joins Blake and David to discuss...
AI Spreadsheets, IRS Mass Resignations, Recession Signs
Could AI be doing a day's work in just minutes for accountants? In this episode, Blake and David explore how accounting technology is revolutionizing traditional workf...
DOGE Proves IRS Can Move 100X Faster Without Red Tape
What happens when a trade war meets bureaucratic red tape? In this episode, Blake and David dive into the explosive impact of 145% tariffs on Chinese goods and what it...
Work Less, Earn More: Transforming Accounting into a Rewarding Career (from the Earmark Podcast)
Earmark Media Presents a bonus episode of Earmark Podcast:Join Blake Oliver as he interviews Yuri Kapilovich, a CPA who's cracked the code on balancing work and life i...
The Crazy Calc of Trump's Tariffs & How to Make Fake Receipts With AI
Could AI-generated fake receipts upend expense reporting as we know it? In this eye-opening episode, Blake and David demonstrate live how easy it's becoming to create ...
IRS Officials Claim Cuts Will Widen Tax Gap by $500 Billion
What happens when tax enforcement weakens? With 17% of millennials considering skipping their tax filing altogether, Blake and David dig into how IRS budget cuts might...
Fired IRS Workers Reinstated, Rippling v. Deel, DOGE Cuts Consultants
Blake and David dive straight into the headlines, starting with the controversial IRS workforce cuts and their potential impact on tax collections. They examine corpor...
The Broken CPA Exam: Why Pass Rates Are Collapsing and How to Fix It
Is the CPA exam fundamentally flawed? With FAR section pass rates plummeting to a 15-year low of 36% and a staggering 40-point gap between discipline section pass rate...
How Trump's Pick to Run Medicare Paid No Medicare Taxes in 2023
This week on the pod: Judge orders 6 agencies (including IRS?) to rehire fired probationary workers, we dig into the tax trick Dr. Oz used to pay no Medicare taxes, AI...
IRS to Lay Off 50%, How Trump's Tariffs Are Working
How does a profession revitalize itself when salaries haven't budged since 2007? In this episode, Blake and David examine the shocking reality that Big Four audit asso...
Green Screens and Pink Slips: An IRS Agent's Layoff Story
What happens when political changes collide with tax enforcement? In this revealing conversation, former IRS revenue agent Jeff Johnson shares his firsthand account of...
