Blake Oliver
Founder and CEO of Earmark CPE
Appears in 499 Episodes
It's Not Too Hard To Get The CPA, It's Too Much Time And Money
We've got more discussion on the CPA this week, including whether or not it's too hard to get a CPA, along with other news, such as how AOC's dress should have said, "...
Intuit Dome Needs A ProAdvisor Pavilion
Intuit secures naming rights to Clippers arena — for half a billion dollars! Meanwhile, some MailChimp employees aren't happy about the Intuit acquisition. Also, priva...
Survey Says Tax Preparers Charge Too Little, Too Late
On this episode, we'll finally talk about the results of the Drake Software 2021 tax preparer survey, along with the news that EisnerAmper bailed on the traditional CP...
How Deloitte Created A Marvel Hero
We've got a metric ton of news packed into this week's episode, including the rumor that Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $10B, Xero Tax in the UK gets personal, and the...
The ROI Of An Accounting Degree
Is it too hard to become a CPA? Also, most companies continue to struggle to hire workers, we investigate the ROI of an accounting degree versus your other options, ho...
Intuit's Aggressive Move To Combat Square Cash App
We're kind of all over the place today, but it's well worth a listen or three! We've got a TikTok sorority future CPA's take on managing the millions that her sororit...
Accounting Firm FreshBooks Becomes A Unicorn
Lots of ground to cover today, including why millions of PPP borrowers still haven't applied for forgiveness, what firms would have done differently this past tax seas...
Square Buys Afterpay for $29B, Could Have Bought Xero for Less
This week, we've got all the news that's fit to use, including a few interesting acquisitions, such as Square's acquisition of Afterpay. We're wondering why they didn'...
Alright, Alright, Alright
Feeling dazed, and confused? We've got a lot of news this week to level you out! We're talking about our recent trip to AICPA Engage, the accounting knowledge super-sp...
Why You Should (Not) Work 12-Hour Days
It's almost back-to-school time, so it's a good time to talk about how AICPA is trying to produce more accounting students by pitching high school guidance counselors ...
The End of the Beginning for Cloud with Ben Richmond of Xero
Ben Richmond CA is the Country Manager for the United States at Xero. He sat down with Blake and David in New Orleans to chat about what's been going on at Xero during...
Intuit TurboTax Drops Out of IRS Free File
We're live from the Big Easy, and we're talking about Intuit dropping out of the IRS Free File program, as well as how a startup called Ivix aims to help governments c...
Tax Evasion & Spreadsheets: A Lesson From Trump's CFO
Today, in news of the less-than-intelligent, we're talking about how someone's meticulous bookkeeping skills may lead to the downfall of the Trump Organization CFO. We...
Ted Callahan, Accountant Leader at Intuit, Talks QuickBooks Price Changes & More
Blake Oliver and David Leary sit down (virtually) with Ted Callahan, the Global Accountants Leader at Intuit. He joins the podcast to discuss Quickbooks and the curren...
Every App Wants A Slice Of The Payroll Pie
We're covering all the bases today, from how Congress wants to regulate tax preparers, and why the Taxpayer Advocate again bemoans IRS service levels. In app news, Gus...
How To Turn $2,000 Into $5 Billion Tax-Free
In this episode, we dive into the brilliant tax avoidance strategy Peter Thiel used to amass a $5 billion in a Roth IRA so that it will never be taxed, and also examin...
Why Accountants Don't Become CPAs
We've got a plethora of news today, including the reasons behind IMA's concerns about AICPA & NASBAs new accounting curriculum, and why accountants are passing on gett...
Secret IRS Files Reveal No Secrets
We're covering a lot of ground this week, starting with a bill in Congress that would make accounting part of the STEM curriculum. We'll also look into the secret IRS ...
Liz Mason And High Rock Don't Fear Bench Accounting
Liz Mason, CPA and CEO of High Rock joins the show! We're talking Arizona, today, specifically around the Maricopa County election audits, and we'll hear about some of...
Building an Accounting System for Scale with Jeffery Giavotella
Blake Oliver sits down (virtually) with Jeffery Giavotella, one of Sage's Finance Futurists, who are a diverse group of finance leaders who have been recognized for dr...
Questionable Reader's Choice Awards
Lots of news today, including reasons why the Dems in the Senate want to change up the PCAOB leadership, and how KPMG relaxes remote work policies to relieve remote wo...
The Cost of Busy Season Burnout
Kristen Keats, CPA, founder of Breakaway Bookkeeping & Advising, joins the show to talk about busy season burnout, KPMG Canada's new foray into outsourced accounting w...
Collective Raises $20 Million To Not Be An "Accounting Firm"
We've got a lot to talk about today, including how accounting first-year salaries are on the rise, and what Kabbage did to become under investigation for PPP fraud. In...
Bill.com Buys Divvy For $2.5 Billion
PPP is out of money and the IRS is out of ink for the printers. Meanwhile, Biden's plan to fund the IRS would also give the agency authority to regulate tax preparers....
IRS Is Getting $80 Billion To Audit The Rich
Today, we're scaling back the tax talk, talking only about how Biden wants $80 billion for the IRS, and how non-GAAP is back, baby! Then, we move on to copious amounts...
Why Business Owners Hire Bookkeepers
Apparently April showers bring lots of accounting news! We've got the latest on the SBA's SVOG portal reopening, and legislation introduced to fix PPP loan inequity. ...
IRS Can't Afford to Collect Taxes, Says IRS Chief Rettig
We just couldn't resist more talk about the IRS ... This week, we're examining how they may be losing up to $1 trillion per year due to tax cheats and a lack of tax co...
Ask AICPA: Is IRS Underfunded? Service Levels & The Tax Gap
Blake interviews Ed Karl, CPA & Vice President of Taxation at the Association of International Certified Public Accountants about Internal Revenue Service funding leve...
The IRS Is Infrastructure
Lots and lots of news today, including the latest on the SBA's SVOG fail, why stimulus checks can't arrive faster, when there is still $1.3 billion in stimulus waiting...
Value Pricing Secrets Revealed
Today, we're covering a wide range of topics, including why accounting needs to support #StopAsianHate, off-balance-sheet financing, and more on Pilot, who is now bei...
