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Sponsors Rippling: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/rippling Dark Horse: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/darkhorse Client Hub: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthub Show Notes 1:27 – David is leaving the building ... On vacation! 1:52 – CAP Voicemail – Thank you, Jonathan Weiss! Is it too hard to become a CPA? Practitioners speak out https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/is-it-too-hard-to-become-a-cpa-practitioners-speak-out 5:50 – CPA firms lay out top issues in 2021 and beyond https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/cpa-firms-lay-out-top-issues-in-2021-and-beyond 9:42 – Service levels hit new lows at swamped IRS https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/service-levels-hit-new-lows-at-swamped-irs 11:28 – IRS didn’t spot $20.6M in bogus nonresident tax refunds https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-didnt-spot-20-6m-in-bogus-nonresident-tax-refunds 12:04 – Florida man filed 745 tax returns in 4 years, collecting $235K in bogus refunds — ‘I found a flaw in your system, and I took advantage of it’ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-found-a-flaw-in-your-system-and-i-took-advantage-of-it-florida-man-filed-745-tax-returns-in-4-years-collecting-235k-in-bogus-refunds-11633540003 15:58 – Sage buys proposal software vendor GoProposal https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2021/10/05/sage-buys-proposal-software-vendor-goproposal/ Sage buys U.K. proposal management software maker https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/sage-buys-uk-proposal-management-software-maker 19:32 – Latest product news – October 2021 | Xero Blog https://www.xero.com/blog/2021/10/product-news-oct-2021/ 23:05 – FreshBooks Acquires FastBill to Boost Growth in Canada https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2021/freshbooks-acquires-fastbill-to-boost-growth-in-canada/ 24:24 – Google Drive Is Getting Labels for Your Files https://www.howtogeek.com/759458/google-drive-is-getting-labels-for-your-files/ 25:20 – Chargebee acquires RevLock https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/chargebee-acquires-revlock 26:17 – Pipe launches trading platform for recurring revenue https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/pipe-launches-trading-platform-for-recurring-revenue 30:05 – Hackers exploit MFA flaw to steal from 6,000 Coinbase customers https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-exploit-mfa-flaw-to-steal-from-6-000-coinbase-customers-report 32:59 – Sage Intacct 2021 Release 3: What’s New? https://www.accttwo.com/blog/sage-intacct-2021-release-3-whats-new 39:03 – Elizabeth Warren Shocked to Learn Big Public Accounting Firms Do Shady Sh*t https://www.goingconcern.com/elizabeth-warren-shocked-to-learn-big-public-accounting-firms-do-shady-sht/ 40:58 – The tax agency would like to look at your financial transactions above $600. What could go wrong? https://www.wsj.com/articles/internal-revenue-service-irs-rettig-yellen-brady-bank-account-tax-proposal-revenue-privacy-data-breach-11633287461 41:55 – Democrats eye narrowing Biden plan on bank reporting to IRS https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/democrats-eye-narrowing-biden-plan-on-bank-reporting-to-irs Banks enlist customers to kill Biden’s account data reporting plan https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/banks-enlist-customers-to-kill-bidens-account-data-reporting-plan 45:06 – Adios, David – Enjoy Cancun! 46:23 – Who Is John Zabel? Britney Spears' New Conservator Takes Over From Jamie Spears https://www.yourtango.com/news/who-is-john-zabel-britney-spears-new-conservator Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe 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?