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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2019 · 49 MIN

Visor fails, Pilot raises, and the arrogance of the tech industry in accounting

from The Accounting Podcast · host Blake Oliver & David Leary

SponsorXerocon: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/xeroconShow Notes00:52 -- Welcome to our first guest co-host, Rachel Fisch!01:36 -- We got another review! Leave us a review and we’ll read it on the air.02:32 -- Visor, the $99 app-based online tax service, did NOT have a great busy season. David’s got all the sordid details in a detailed LinkedIn article.20:16 -- …and after all that, David didn’t even get to chat with Claudell :(23:30 -- Zoom raises IPO price and could begin trading with a $9B valuation27:16 -- Online tax filing on the rise, retail on the decline, data finds30:03 -- Pilot, the AI accounting service, raises $40M35:26 -- Eide Bailly is acquiring a data analytics service37:41 -- IRS releases 6-year plan to modernize aging computer systems40:14 -- Is the CPA license losing its lustre? (upcoming free virtual roundtable)45:37 -- Educating the next generation of leadersGet in TouchThanks for listening! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, do us a favor and write a review on iTunes.

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Rachel Fisch joins the podcast as our special guest! We discuss David’s investigation of Visor, which did NOT have a great busy season. In other news, Zoom is about to go public, online tax filing is on the rise, Pilot (the AI accounting startup) raised $40 million, Eide Bailly is acquiring a data analytics service, the IRS released a plan to modernize its computer systems, and we wonder if the CPA license is loosing its luster.

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