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SponsorsFyle: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/fyleRewind: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/rewindAFO Wealth Management Forward: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/afoShow Notes2:00 – 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 Portalhttps://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 Programhttps://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/27/paycheck-protection-program-ending-501046 13:49 – Nearly 500 taxpayers had over $150M in their IRAshttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/nearly-500-taxpayers-had-over-150m-in-their-iras 16:53 – New IRA product allows for tax-free Bitcoin mininghttps://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 currencyhttps://reut.rs/3ygDh7S 23:10 – Tether Executives Said to Face Criminal Probe into Bank Fraudhttps://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 Backhttps://smallbiztrends.com/2021/07/customers-prefer-texting-business-real-people.html 27:16 – Small businesses face bookkeeping challenges, overdue invoices during pandemichttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/small-businesses-face-bookkeeping-challenges-overdue-invoices-during-pandemic 32:17 – It doesn’t fucking matterhttps://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 – TechCrunchhttps://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 deedshttps://www.theregister.com/2021/07/28/xero_login_glitch_resolved/ 45:42 – New & Improved in FreshBooks: Advanced Client Search, KeyPay Payroll, and Morehttps://www.freshbooks.com/blog/product-updates-july-2021 46:40 – Sage Q3 2021 Resultshttps://www.sage.com/investors/financial-information/results/ 47:41 – Introducing Zoom Apps: Use the Apps You Love, Right in Zoomhttps://blog.zoom.us/start-using-zoom-apps/ 48:47 – PandaDoc for Zoomhttps://marketplace.zoom.us/apps/hHK3qVpjTCycz2xXS249gA 50:22 – Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open-source business management software developer, at a $2.3B+ valuationhttps://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 TouchThanks 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) 695-1040Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.comLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsPodchaser: http://cloudacctpod.link/podchaserSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/OvercastClassifiedsFuture Firm: https://futurefirmaccelerate.com/Ambitious Bookkeeper: http://bkworkshops.online/Accounting Podcast Network: