About this episode
Blake and David explore Intuit's new Enterprise Suite, a product that appears to compete with NetSuite in the mid-market ERP space. They also discuss a major audit failure by PwC in China related to Evergrande, raising concerns about the ethics and integrity at large accounting firms. They also discuss the tragic death of a young accountant at EY in India due to overwork and explore the implications of OpenAI's latest model outperforming humans on IQ tests. Sponsors LiveFlow - http://accountingpodcast.promo/liveflow The Small Business Research Institute - http://accountingpodcast.promo/ceanow SafeSend - http://accountingpodcast.promo/safesend Chapters (01:32) - Intuit's New ERP System (03:43) - Target Market and Pricing Concerns (06:11) - Comparing to Competitors (18:18) - PwC's Massive Fine in China (19:04) - Evergrande's Financial Collapse (26:59) - The Bigger Picture of Audit Quality (30:08) - Australian Accountants and the PwC Debacle (31:05) - Tragic Death of EY Employee in India (33:16) - The Hypocrisy of Overwork in the Big Four (40:42) - OpenAI's New Model: A Game Changer (49:43) - Driverless Cars: The Future of Transportation (53:15) - NASBA's New Competency-Based CPA Pathway (01:01:23) - Conclusion and Farewell Show Notes Intuit Introduces Intuit Enterprise Suite to Help Businesses Grow, Streamline Operations, and Scale https://investors.intuit.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1213/intuit-introduces-intuit-enterprise-suite-to-help-businesses-grow-streamline-operations-and-scale PwC faces record fine over Evergrande audit in China https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pwc-faces-record-fine-over-131518742.html Death of young Ernst & Young employee raises questions about workplace culture https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/death-young-ernst-young-employee-raises-questions-workplace-culture-rcna171945 Comparison of Models: Quality, Performance & Price Analysis https://artificialanalysis.ai/models Waymo significantly outperforms comparable human benchmarks over 7+ million miles of rider-only driving https://waymo.com/blog/2023/12/waymo-significantly-outperforms-comparable-human-benchmarks-over-7-million AICPA, NASBA propose a new pathway to CPA licensure https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2024/sep/cpa-competency-based-licensure-pathway.html Need CPE? Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark: https://earmarkcpe.com Subscribe to the Earmark Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.com Get in Touch Thanks for listening and the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary . Find us on Facebook and Instagram . If you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser . Call us and leave a voicemail; maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040. Sponsorships Are you interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus . 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 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAccountingPodcast Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Podchaser: http://cloudacctpod.link/podchaser Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast Classifieds Forwardly - https://www.forwardly.com/ Client Hub - https://clienthub.app/ Want to get the word out about your newsletter, webinar, party, Facebook group, podcast, e-book, job posting, or that fancy Excel macro you just created? Let the listeners of The Accounting Podcast know by running a classified ad. Go here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd Transcripts The full transcript for this episode is available by clicking on the Transcript tab at the top of this page