It's tax season! (and the best time to steal your competitors' clients)

SponsorsQuickFee: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickfeeAccountingSuite: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/asuiteOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayShow Notes05:31 – Fresh back from the Sage Accountants Advisory Council, in Dallas, Blake is basking in brisket afterglow and ready to talk cloud accounting!06:21 – David takes a field trip to a real accounting firm! 07:53 – It’s tax season! Yay … | Accounting Today08:41 – Are IRS audits becoming an endangered activity? | CNBC 11:51 – When the IRS fails to collect from cheaters, it costs everyone else up to $3K | Accounting Today 15:25 – Wanna get new biz for your firm? Start during tax season! | CPA Trendlines17:08 – IRS calls open season on tax-prep competition, and gives the Free File program a makeover | ProPublica 19:43 – Straight from the source - Free File: File Your Taxes Online for Free | IRS23:16 – According to a recent survey, accountants are upping their tech game and their advising skills! | AccountingWEB29:56 – Hello Pot, this is Kettle – Is Amazon feeling too much heat from Honey? | PYMNTS31:28 – California – Land of Confusion – When it comes to the new privacy law | Fox and Hounds Daily  35:42 – Way to keep that private info safe, Facebook! | Bloomberg 37:35 – No time like the present – the California Board of Accountancy switches to email distribution of its newsletter, just in time to let everyone know they raised their fees | CBA39:30 – New Year's Bug Takes NYC Parking Meters Offline | PYMNTS41:53 – Virtually screwed –Thomson Reuters’ Virtual Office goes down for the count … But at least they’re providing status updates!  | Thomson Reuters 47:49 – What’s your favorite way of dealing with client 1099s? | CPA Trendlines49:51 – “Hey, you! Get off of my screen!” Chase just says no to screen-scrapers | Bank Innovation 51:51 – Do banking consumers really want to know who owns their bank data? | CNBC 54:43 – What is open banking, anyway? | American Banker 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!   Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities.TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch SubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast  ClassifiedsFutureFirm.co: https://futurefirm.co/cloudaccounting/ Go here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd