Journal of Accountancy Podcasts

Mike Decker, the vice president of examinations at the AICPA, discusses changes being made to the exam as a result of tax reform — and about how Excel will now be available for use on the test.

Nancy Droesch, CPA, co-founder of WILLO LLC, explains what employers can do to make their women’s initiatives stronger and more successful.

Four women CPAs look back at that time, and share their funny, inspiring, and eye-opening stories about what it was like to be a pioneering female CPA.

Time management specialist Pam Vaccaro, CEO of Designs on Time, discusses ways CPAs can improve their focus to become more productive and satisfied at work.

Forget Boomers, Millennials, and Xers. Robby Riggs, co-author of Counter Mentor Leadership, says generational conflict in the workplace boils down to tensions between two groups: the BOSSes and the KIDS.

Providing accounting services to marijuana businesses is full of potential legal and ethical minefields. This episode explores what CPAs need to know about the latest developments in providing accounting services to marijuana businesses.

For 40 years, employees at HMWC CPAs and Business Advisors in Orange County have taken part in an annual tradition dubbed the “Death March”: a camping, hiking, or rafting trip in one of the continent’s most beautiful national parks.

Todd Cohen, a regular speaker at the AICPA’s CFO Conference, explains why we should network regularly, as opposed to networking only when we need to.

Brandy Amidon, CPA, the CFO at South Carolina marketing and creative agency Brains on Fire, found a way to hold employees’ interest and get them to care more about the organization’s profitability.

Mark Zyla, CPA/ABV/CFF, joins this edition of the podcast to talk about business prenups and divorce — and how they can impact your business’s valuation.

Wesley Middleton, CPA, founder and managing partner of MiddletonRaines+Zapata, discusses his unique leadership style and how and why his firm does things differently.

CPAs around the country are still trying to figure out how the recent national tax reform will impact their clients at the federal level. But they’re also interested in how it will impact their clients at the state level. In this podcast, guest Eileen Sherr, a CPA and CGMA who is an AICPA tax expert, addresses some of the key questions CPAs — and their clients — need answered.

What will accounting firms and accounting departments look like after lower-level, repetitive tasks are automated and unprecedented amounts of data can be mined for business insights? That topic takes center stage in the second part of our annual accounting technology roundtable podcast.

Three of the profession’s top technology experts discuss the radical changes emerging technologies will bring to accounting — and accountants — over the next 1–5 years.

Individual taxpayers have plenty of questions about how the new tax reform law will impact them. So we asked Amy Wang, a CPA who is a senior technical manager for tax advocacy at the AICPA, to provide some clear, easy-to-understand answers to some of the most common questions. If you care about tax reform — whether you’re a CPA or a CPA client — this podcast is for you.

Borrowing money to pay for school has grown in popularity over the years, but it can have consequences that linger long after graduation. We examine what potential borrowers need to know when considering taking out private student loans.

We take a look at what potential borrowers need to know when considering taking out a government-funded student loan.

Detecting fraud is often extremely difficult. But there are some things that accountants can watch out for. Howard Silverstone, a CPA who is a director at Forensic Resolutions Inc., shares some great stories about fraud — and explains the red flags that they help illustrate.

Accounting history is a lot more exciting than you realize. Historian and MacArthur Fellow Jacob Soll, author of "The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations," discusses the vital role accounting played in the French and American revolutions.

Tax reform is the hot topic in Washington right now. In this episode of the podcast, which was recorded Nov. 6 at the AICPA National Tax Conference, we talk about what CPAs need to know with tax reform expert Tony Nitti, CPA, a tax partner with WithumSmith+Brown and an editorial board member of The Tax Adviser.