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Sponsors OnPay: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Show Notes 00:56 – How much pain has the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act caused? | WSJ 01:29 – Blake left his heart in San Francisco , with Jirav, where he's now director of marketing 03:17 – Blake's excited to get back to his old stomping ground, helping educate CPAs, and small-biz accountants and bookkeepers 04:24 – Veem and Xero team up to offer a kinder, gentler, less-clunky invoicing system | CPA Practice Advisor 07:37 – While it's not the perfect AR/AP payment solution, David talks about some of the benefits of using a service like Checkbook.io 09:14 – Cruisin' on down the highway - QBO now offers mileage tracking | Insightful Accountant 09:57 – BQE Core is also offering mileage tracking | BQE 11:07 – David’s #1 prediction of 2019 comes true! 11:20 – Intuit and Visa are on the small-biz track, joining forces to offer instant deposits | Business Insider 12:16 – We’re not quite sure what we’re selling, but it’s in the TOS! | Intuit QuickBooks 12:25 – Thanks to Nina Casey for sending in this story, and offering her insights! 13:56 – Has Rich Preece left the Intuit building? 15:08 – Paro , a high-end accounting temp agency raises $10m in their latest round of funding | Accounting Today 17:58 – EasierAccounting.com , yet another new kid on the same ol’ AI-Accounting block? | Yahoo! 20:02 – Short story long , Expensify has launched “the world’s smartest corporate card! | CPA Practice Advisor 21:48 – Blake’s take on Expensify’s grassroots-y approach to marketing 25:50 – Brex teams up with Radius Bank to target those well-funded startups | PYMNTS.com 28:49 – Bank of America targets small business but misses the mark | Bank Innovation 31:02 – Mark your calendars! September 18th is now Bill.com Day in Houston! | CPA Practice Advisor 31:42 – Robinhood tightens their tights for another shot at banking | Bank Innovation 32:54 – Is Intuit overtaking Xero in the UK race? | Scoop Independent News 34:41 – Revolut is on the fast track to becoming Europe’s MVP in the fintech space | City A.M. 36:34 – The MyPayrollHR fallout continues | Albany Business Review 38:38 – Pioneer Bank , Michael Mann’s bank of choice, seems to be at a loss for useful words | Times Union 39:53 – New York State Department of Financial Services starts to gather intel in the search for missing payroll regulations | WSJ 42:13 – Bigger isn’t always smarter – More on California’s fiscal project fiasco | Government Technology 46:45 – The One-Percent crowd pays less taxes than the rest of us | Washington Post 47:32 – The rich keep getting richer, and the poor keeping being cheaper to audit | ProPublica 50:33 – The kiddos are raking in the allowance, with little to no savings to show for it | AICPA 55:42 – It’s time for reviews! Thanks to all our excellent listeners! 57:12 – Should Blake compose and perform the new Cloud Accounting Podcast theme song on his cello? Let us know what you think! Get in Touch Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary . Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes , or Podchaser . Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus . Meet Blake and David in person! October 22-25: Sage Intacct Advantage in Las Vegas October 29-30: AcuityCon in Atlanta November 5-8: QuickBooks Connect in San Jose November 5: Practice Ignition PreCon Party in San Jose November 6: VIPartners Party with Gusto, Routable & Jirav in San Jose December 9-11: Digital CPA Conference in Seattle Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities. TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Google Play: