Accounting Teacher Tells Students Accountants Hate Their Lives

Blake and David discuss issues relating to the accounting profession's talent pipeline, including a high school student's negative experience in her first accounting class and efforts by state CPA societies to reduce licensing barriers. They move on to tech topics, like the slow adoption of AI tools such as ChatGPT among accountants and new product features announced by Intuit and Xero. Wrapping things up, they share listener feedback on finding resources to learn new accounting software and workflows and provide commentary on app subscription price increases and the need for accountants to price their services properly.Sponsors OnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay CCH Access - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/axcess Keeper - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/keeperChapters(00:00) - Preview: Accountants need to charge more (00:43) - Welcome to The Accounting Podcast : Blake talks to high school senior in an accounting class (10:22) - The South Carolina Accociation of CPAs introduces new changes to 150 rule (19:43) - Air traffic controllers are understaffed and narrowly avoiding disaster (22:09) - The number of EA's in The NAEA is down 23% over the last 5 years (24:28) - Comparing air traffic controller shortage to accounting shortage (29:44) - Attestation reports are not audits (32:27) - Listener mail from a bookkeeper asking for recommendations on how to learn QuickBooks better (37:20) - What should firms do when accounting software raise their prices? (43:10) - LegalZoom launches LegalZoom Books (44:15) - How many Ohio CPAs have tried ChatGPT at all? (47:10) - Intuit released their year end earnings (50:20) - Some new Xero AI news & Xerocon is back in the US for 2024 (54:28) - Relay ups FDIC insurance to $2.5 million and Stripe offers sales tax calculations (56:38) - Wrap up and where to reach us Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow NotesProduct wrap from Xerocon Sydney 2023 | Xero Blog        https://www.xero.com/blog/2023/08/product-wrap-from-xerocon-sydney-2023/ 150 Hours is a Barrier – Really! - Going Concern  https://www.goingconcern.com/150-hours-is-a-barrier-really/ Jacob Schroeder: 86% of OSCPA Town Hall attendees have not used ChatGPT at allhttps://x.com/jacobbschroeder/status/1694748226904060157?s=12 SCACPA Proposing Legislation to Address Pipeline Challenges – SCACPAhttps://www.scacpa.org/scacpa-proposing-legislation-to-address-pipeline-challenges/ Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Knownhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/21/business/airline-safety-close-calls.html Please join the Arizona State Society of Enrolled Agents “Town Hall”          https://aztaxpros.org/images/meeting/082323/Town_Hall/azsea_invite_to_town_hall_on_aug_23__2023.pdf Question from a bookkeeperhttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7094151084134338560/Upcoming changes to QuickBooks Desktop pricing + FAQshttps://www.firmofthefuture.com/product-update/quickbooks-desktop-pricing-changes/ Dext pricing change from today https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/dext-pricing-change-from-today Introducing Ramp Plus   https://ramp.com/blog/introducing-ramp-plus Fintech Ramp is Raising Capital at $5.5 Billion Valuation, Down 30%           https://www.theinformation.com/articles/fintech-ramp-is-raising-capital-at-5-5-billion-valuation-down-30 Accountants face up to the cost of cloud app stacks          https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/accountants-face-up-to-the-cost-of-cloud-app-stacks Stripe Unveils “Tax for Platforms” to Streamline Tax Compliance for Small Businesses         https://smallbiztrends.com/2023/08/stripe-unveils-tax-for-platforms-to-streamline-tax-compliance-for-small-businesses.html Intuit (INTU) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript      https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2023/08/24/intuit-intu-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript/ Why Students Opt for Accounting (or Don’t)         https://cpatrendlines.com/2023/08/20/why-students-opt-for-accounting-or-dont/ CPA Exam Changes and Pipeline Woes Are a Perfect Storm of Problems For the Profession               https://www.goingconcern.com/cpa-exam-changes-and-pipeline-woes-are-a-perfect-storm-of-problems-for-the-profession/ Stop calling them auditshttps://blockworks.co/news/blockchain-audits-ey FTX Bankruptcy Burning Through $1.5M in Legal Costs Every Dayhttps://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/23/ftx-bankruptcy-burning-through-15m-in-legal-costs-every-day/ 150 Hours is a Barrier - Really!    https://www.go...