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Sponsors Fyle: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/fyle Rewind: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/rewind AFO Wealth Management Forward: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/afo Show Notes 2:00 – A rundown of our visit to AICPA Engage in Vegas, plus news on some other upcoming events. You can find out more about the latest, greatest accounting conferences here: https://accountingconferences.com 12:00 – SBA Announces Opening of Paycheck Protection Program Direct Forgiveness Portal https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/jul/28/sba-announces-opening-paycheck-protection-program-direct-forgiveness-portal 12:17 – Small Business Administration to Revamp PPP Forgiveness in Bid to End Historic Program https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/27/paycheck-protection-program-ending-501046 13:49 – Nearly 500 taxpayers had over $150M in their IRAs https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/nearly-500-taxpayers-had-over-150m-in-their-iras 16:53 – New IRA product allows for tax-free Bitcoin mining https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/new-ira-product-allows-for-tax-free-bitcoin-mining 21:02 – Fed's Brainard: Can't wrap head around not having U.S. central bank digital currency https://reut.rs/3ygDh7S 23:10 – Tether Executives Said to Face Criminal Probe into Bank Fraud https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-26/tether-executives-said-to-face-criminal-probe-into-bank-fraud 24:40 – 74% of Consumers Prefer Texting with Businesses if a Real Person is Texting Back https://smallbiztrends.com/2021/07/customers-prefer-texting-business-real-people.html 27:16 – Small businesses face bookkeeping challenges, overdue invoices during pandemic https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/small-businesses-face-bookkeeping-challenges-overdue-invoices-during-pandemic 32:17 – It doesn’t fucking matter https://medium.com/@thedannorris/it-doesnt-fucking-matter-391a399c7caa 40:11 – Homebase raises $71M for a team management platform aimed at SMBs and their hourly workers – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/29/homebase-raises-71m-for-a-team-management-platform-aimed-at-smbs-and-their-hourly-workers/ 43:40 – Xero says accounting software users were locked out by login glitch, not nefarious deeds https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/28/xero_login_glitch_resolved/ 45:42 – New & Improved in FreshBooks: Advanced Client Search, KeyPay Payroll, and More https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/product-updates-july-2021 46:40 – Sage Q3 2021 Results https://www.sage.com/investors/financial-information/results/ 47:41 – Introducing Zoom Apps: Use the Apps You Love, Right in Zoom https://blog.zoom.us/start-using-zoom-apps/ 48:47 – PandaDoc for Zoom https://marketplace.zoom.us/apps/hHK3qVpjTCycz2xXS249gA 50:22 – Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open-source business management software developer, at a $2.3B+ valuation https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/29/summit-invests-215m-into-odoo-an-open-source-business-management-software-developer-at-a-2-3b-valuation/ 51:12 – We’ve Got Reviews! Thanks, Smackramen, and Brianqzo! 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 , and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram ! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040 Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.com Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Podchaser: http://cloudacctpod.link/podchaser Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Google Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlay Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast Classifieds Future Firm: https://futurefirmaccelerate.com/ Ambitious Bookkeeper: http://bkworkshops.online/ Accounting Podcast Network: