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Congrats to the Top 50 Women in Accounting! Also, details on Intuit’s “Expert Connections” test, how many accounts you should have in your CoA, and more

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Show Notes

  • 00:10 -- Top 50 Women In Accounting 2018Practice Ignition — The winners ranked among the highest on an “anonymised scoring system which took into account the communication of professional and community achievements.” Check out Madeline Pratt’s Facebook Live panel discussion with nine of the winners which is also available on the Finding Fearless podcast.
  • 02:48 -- Intuit Expert ConnectionsIntuit ProConnect — Thanks to one of our listeners for sending over a link to this “still in concept phase” offering for tax professionals. The idea, according to Intuit, is to help you “easily find and hire Intuit-screened accounting professionals to support your practice with temporary or in-season help.”
  • 07:43 -- Report Suggests Congress And IRS Should Give Taxpayers More Time To File In 2019Forbes — It’s not your imagination: It really is a different kind of tax season. It’s so different that the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) is calling on Congress to extend the tax filing season.
  • 10:12 -- Metric of the Month: Number of Accounts in the Chart of AccountsCFO — While there is no precisely right or wrong answer in terms of how many accounts an organization should have in its COA, this metric provides some guidelines.
  • 15:42 -- Facebook’s Workplace reaches 2M paid users, targets SMBsComputerWorld — Workplace by Facebook, the company's enterprise-focused collaboration offering, has seen strong growth since its launch in 2016. Will we see more accounting firms adopt the corporate internal social network in 2019?
  • 20:06 -- Remote control? Over half of accountants say they can ‘work smarter’ from homeXero Blog — 53% of respondents to a South African survey claimed they could perform their duties more effectively if they were allowed to do so from beyond the office — but 75% are based in the office and only 13% work from home.
  • 22:01 -- Nationwide, BlueVine partner on small business lendingFox Business — Nationwide has partnered with BlueVine to bring small business lending to its customers.
  • 23:20 -- Funding Circle Reveals Plans For Canada LaunchPYMTS — The company issued a press release Thursday (March 7) announcing it will add Canada to the list of jurisdictions in which it operates, which currently include the U.S., U.K., Germany and the Netherlands.
  • 23:42 -- PayPal Hits £1B UK SMB Lending MilestonePYMTS — The company said in a statement that the total amount of funding advanced to firms was up 60 percent, reaching that £1 billion tally in 2018, and that more than 37,000 businesses have tapped into its working capital offerings, which debuted five years ago.
  • 24:02 -- Square Capital head: We are leveraging data to extend credit to small businesses that lack access to traditional loansCNBC — Jim Cramer sits down with Jackie Reses, the head of Square Inc.'s Square Capital, to discuss how the lending arm is helping businesses that have trouble getting traditional loans.
  • 27:18 -- When You Should Hire a CPA or Tax ProThe Wirecutter — The New York Times owned publication says, “Working with a tax preparer who takes advantage of tools such as cloud accounting and apps that allow you to securely send documents and electronically review and sign your return can save time and trips to their office.” You read that right — cloud accounting gets a mention in a consumer oriented review site!
  • 31:30 -- Certify Merges With Chrome River In $1B DealPYMNTS — Under the terms of the deal, K1 Investment Management will own a majority stake in the combined business.
  • 33:22 -- Wave acquires Canadian SME account provider EveryFintech Futures — Software firm Wave has acquired Every, a Toronto-based fintech that provides business accounts and debit cards to SMEs.
  • 34:02 -- Why FLEETCOR Bought NvoicepayPYMNTS — The Nvoicepay acquisition means FLEETCOR will expand its existing card payment processing capabilities to include automated accounts payable transactions for a range of payment methods, with a broader focus on modernizing the AP process overall.

Get in Touch

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think on Twitter. Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Also, to make sure you don’t miss any Cloud Accounting Podcast news, please like our Facebook page!

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Show Notes

  • 00:10 -- Top 50 Women In Accounting 2018Practice Ignition — The winners ranked among the highest on an “anonymised scoring system which took into account the communication of professional and community achievements.” Check out Madeline Pratt’s Facebook Live panel discussion with nine of the winners which is also available on the Finding Fearless podcast.
  • 02:48 -- Intuit Expert ConnectionsIntuit ProConnect — Thanks to one of our listeners for sending over a link to this “still in concept phase” offering for tax professionals. The idea, according to Intuit, is to help you “easily find and hire Intuit-screened accounting professionals to support your practice with temporary or in-season help.”
  • 07:43 -- Report Suggests Congress And IRS Should Give Taxpayers More Time To File In 2019Forbes — It’s not your imagination: It really is a different kind of tax season. It’s so different that the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) is calling on Congress to extend the tax filing season.
  • 10:12 -- Metric of the Month: Number of Accounts in the Chart of AccountsCFO — While there is no precisely right or wrong answer in terms of how many accounts an organization should have in its COA, this metric provides some guidelines.
  • 15:42 -- Facebook’s Workplace reaches 2M paid users, targets SMBsComputerWorld — Workplace by Facebook, the company's enterprise-focused collaboration offering, has seen strong growth since its launch in 2016. Will we see more accounting firms adopt the corporate internal social network in 2019?
  • 20:06 -- Remote control? Over half of accountants say they can ‘work smarter’ from homeXero Blog — 53% of respondents to a South African survey claimed they could perform their duties more effectively if they were allowed to do so from beyond the office — but 75% are based in the office and only 13% work from home.
  • 22:01 -- Nationwide, BlueVine partner on small business lendingFox Business — Nationwide has partnered with BlueVine to bring small business lending to its customers.
  • 23:20 -- Funding Circle Reveals Plans For Canada LaunchPYMTS — The company issued a press release Thursday (March 7) announcing it will add Canada to the list of jurisdictions in which it operates, which currently include the U.S., U.K., Germany and the Netherlands.
  • 23:42 -- PayPal Hits £1B UK SMB Lending MilestonePYMTS — The company said in a statement that the total amount of funding advanced to firms was up 60 percent, reaching that £1 billion tally in 2018, and that more than 37,000 businesses have tapped into its working capital offerings, which debuted five years ago.
  • 24:02 -- Square Capital head: We are leveraging data to extend credit to small businesses that lack access to traditional loansCNBC — Jim Cramer sits down with Jackie Reses, the head of Square Inc.'s Square Capital, to discuss how the lending arm is helping businesses that have trouble getting traditional loans.
  • 27:18 -- When You Should Hire a CPA or Tax ProThe Wirecutter — The New York Times owned publication says, “Working with a tax preparer who takes advantage of tools such as cloud accounting and apps that allow you to securely send documents and electronically review and sign your return can save time and trips to their office.” You read that right — cloud accounting gets a mention in a consumer oriented review site!
  • 31:30 -- Certify Merges With Chrome River In $1B DealPYMNTS — Under the terms of the deal, K1 Investment Management will own a majority stake in the combined business.
  • 33:22 -- Wave acquires Canadian SME account provider EveryFintech Futures — Software firm Wave has acquired Every, a Toronto-based fintech that provides business accounts and debit cards to SMEs.
  • 34:02 -- Why FLEETCOR Bought NvoicepayPYMNTS — The Nvoicepay acquisition means FLEETCOR will expand its existing card payment processing capabilities to include automated accounts payable transactions for a range of payment methods, with a broader focus on modernizing the AP process overall.

Get in Touch

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think on Twitter. Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Also, to make sure you don’t miss any Cloud Accounting Podcast news, please like our Facebook page!

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