Alright, Alright, Alright
The Accounting Podcast
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Show Notes
2:00 – 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 Portal
12:17 – Small Business Administration to Revamp PPP Forgiveness in Bid to End Historic Program
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/27/paycheck-protection-program-ending-501046
13:49 – Nearly 500 taxpayers had over $150M in their IRAs
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/nearly-500-taxpayers-had-over-150m-in-their-iras
16:53 – New IRA product allows for tax-free Bitcoin mining
https://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 currency
23:10 – 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 Back
https://smallbiztrends.com/2021/07/customers-prefer-texting-business-real-people.html
27:16 – Small businesses face bookkeeping challenges, overdue invoices during pandemic
32:17 – It doesn’t fucking matter
https://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 – TechCrunch
43:40 – Xero says accounting software users were locked out by login glitch, not nefarious deeds
https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/28/xero_login_glitch_resolved/
45:42 – New & Improved in FreshBooks: Advanced Client Search, KeyPay Payroll, and More
https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/product-updates-july-2021
46:40 – Sage Q3 2021 Results
https://www.sage.com/investors/financial-information/results/
47:41 – Introducing Zoom Apps: Use the Apps You Love, Right in Zoom
https://blog.zoom.us/start-using-zoom-apps/
48:47 – PandaDoc for Zoom
https://marketplace.zoom.us/apps/hHK3qVpjTCycz2xXS249gA
50:22 – 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!
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