Intuit Grows More Defensive, CCH Gets an IRS Extension, QuickBooks Live Quintuples, and Xero Has a New Americas President

Sponsor Xero: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/joinxero Show Notes 03:11 - Thanks for the reviews! Click here to leave a review on iTunes and we'll read it on the air. 05:44 - Elon Musk tells Tesla employees he'll review all of company’s expenses in new cost-cutting plan | FOX Business 07:20 - IRS statement and instructions regarding recent software outage | Internal Revenue Service 09:07 - QuickBooks Live Bookkeeping Update: May 2019 | Firm of the Future 15:29 - Intuit CEO in Internal Video: Hiding Free TurboTax Was In “Best Interest of Taxpayers” | ProPublica 19:18 - Audio of a phone call with a TurboTax customer support agent who repeatedly cites false information | Twitter 26:12 - Intuit grows more defensive | Accounting Today 26:47 - Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP : Announces the Filing of a Consumer Class Action Lawsuit Against Intuit Inc., Maker of TurboTax, for Improperly Charging Fees 28:09 - Subscribers boost gives accounting software giant Sage profit spike of 16% 29:30 - Drury family stake in Xero soars to $1.1b after Xero moves into profit | Stuff.co.nz 31:09 - Sage's Nancy Harris: "We do not intend to push our customers to the cloud" | Twitter 32:42 - Xero announces Tony Ward as new President of the Americas | Twitter 33:31 - Matt Paff on the appointment of Tony Ward as President of the Americas | Twitter 34:56 - Sage Research Reveals that 90% of Accountants Worldwide Believe There Has Been a Cultural Shift in the Accountancy Profession | AP News 41:05 - Warren Buffett decries accounting rule change that has made a mess of Berkshire's earnings | Yahoo Finance 45:06 - Developing your own specialized niche practice | Journal of Accountancy Get in Touch Thanks for listening! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary . Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, do us a favor and write a review on iTunes . Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Google Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlay Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast