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Sponsors Zoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zoho LiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Anchor - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/anchor Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe (00:00) - Thank you to our sponsor, Zoho (00:27) - Preview: We need to make accountants aware of accounting career paths with real work life balance (01:11) - Introduction and quick overview of Blake's week and FAA meltdown (11:22) - What logic did the firm give David for letting him go? (21:15) - Thank you to our sponsor, Zoho (22:40) - Not enough firms are offering remote work (25:38) - Accountants don't need help getting clients (27:56) - Blake shares a story about his friend switching firms (29:44) - Blake shares a chart from CPA Trendlines (33:35) - What is the starting salary for a CPA at a medium to large firm? (37:16) - Thank you to our sponsor, LiveFlow (38:25) - Quick follow up on the story of a recent accounting graduate choosing the military over a Big 4 firm (40:06) - What is Profit First? And what do you do? (46:20) - Parkinson's Law (49:53) - Thank you to our sponsor, Anchor (52:39) - Jennifer's voicemail about her networking event for students (56:19) - Going over some comments in our live chat (01:02:47) - Linda's message about Illinois lowering the CPA hours requirement from 150 to 120 hours to sit for the exam (01:06:26) - Bernard's feedback on the Ron Baker episode (01:10:25) - David makes a new 2023 prediciton (01:11:08) - Rusty's message about North Carolina's CPA license requirements (01:13:54) - Wrap up and where to reach Blake and David (01:15:14) - Classifieds (01:15:16) - Client Hub (01:15:53) - RightTool (01:16:15) - Federal Tax Updates Podcast (01:17:27) - How to advertise in these classifieds Links More remote workers than work https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/more-remote-workers-than-work-5073937/ http://btaxgo.com/ufadlli SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini Following Crypto Collapse Contagion https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2023/sec-charges-genesis-and-gemini-following-crypto-collapse-contagion/ IRS Provides Tax Relief for California Storm Victims https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-news/irs-provides-tax-relief-for-california-storm-victims-53808/ AICPA Unveils Plans for Redesigned CPA Exam in 2024 ... https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2023/01/aicpa-unveils-plans-for-redesigned-cpa-exam-in-2024/ 2023: The Year of Crypto Compliance https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/2023-crypto-predictions/ Quickbooks missed a golden opportunity to market itself with the FTX saga https://medium.com/coinmonks/quickbooks-missed-a-golden-opportunity-to-market-itself-with-the-ftx-saga-d381c373af05?source=rss----721b17443fd5---4 The Financial Future: The Impact of AI on Finance and Accounting https://medium.com/@businessbreakthrough/the-financial-future-the-impact-of-ai-on-finance-and-accounting-d8d350edcb1d Most companies pay $11 or more per expense report https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/most-companies-pay-11-or-more-per-processed-expense-report Terry Smith fires darts at Meta, Apple, Unilever and accounting ... https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1002893/terry-smith-fires-darts-at-meta-apple-unilever-and-accounting-practices-after-fundsmith-underperforms-1002893.html Intuit Plans To Launch Crypto-Related Software’s https://thecryptobasic.com/2023/01/10/intuit-plans-to-launch-crypto-related-softwares/ IRS audit rates declined further in 2022 https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-audit-rates-declined-further-in-2022 Addressing the accounting hiring crisis https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/addressing-the-accounting-hiring-crisis IRS Cultivating Ties With Crypto Companies to Combat Fraud https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2023/irs-cultivating-ties-with-crypto-companies-to-combat-fraud/ Sam Bankman-Fried Tweets From Parent’s Basement, Denies Moving Funds From Alameda Research https://beincrypto.com/sam-bankman-fried-tweets-parents-basement-denies-moving-funds-alameda-research/ Chewy CFO Seeks Labor Cost Savings via Automated Fulfillment https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2023/chewy-cfo-seeks-labor-cost-savings-via-automated-fulfillment/ AICPA Says It Was Not Hacked, Refutes Report https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/01/12/aicpa-says-report-about/75816/ Attackers steal AICPA emails passwords https://cybernews.com/news/attackers-steal-aicpa-emails-passwords/ Connect with Ron Saharyan Website: https://profitfirstprofessionals.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-saharyan-3846a8/ Twitter: <...