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Trump's tariffs are a $2,100 tax hike per household in 2025
Taxes Blake Oliver 4/6/25 Taxes Blake Oliver 4/6/25

Trump's tariffs are a $2,100 tax hike per household in 2025

New tariffs will cost households $2,100 this year.

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Should the PCAOB be disbanded? A board member's surprising take
Accounting Blake Oliver 4/3/25 Accounting Blake Oliver 4/3/25

Should the PCAOB be disbanded? A board member's surprising take

Should DOGE “delete” the PCAOB? In other words, should the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board be disbanded and its responsibilities returned to the SEC? And has the PCAOB had any contact with DOGE, the “Department of Governmental Efficiency?”

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17% of millennials are considering not filing taxes this year
Accounting Blake Oliver 4/2/25 Accounting Blake Oliver 4/2/25

17% of millennials are considering not filing taxes this year

In our latest episode of The Accounting Podcast, we dive into this shocking statistic and IRS officials' claims that budget cuts will widen the tax gap by $500 billion.

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How PCAOB inspections favor big accounting firms and burden smaller ones
Accounting Blake Oliver 4/1/25 Accounting Blake Oliver 4/1/25

How PCAOB inspections favor big accounting firms and burden smaller ones

Did you know smaller audit firms face PCAOB inspections at a higher rate than the Big Four? I didn’t. I learned that in my recent Earmark Podcast conversation with Christina Ho, a PCAOB Board Member appointed in 2021.

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Is the PCAOB's 46% audit deficiency rate misleading investors?
Accounting Blake Oliver 3/31/25 Accounting Blake Oliver 3/31/25

Is the PCAOB's 46% audit deficiency rate misleading investors?

What if the numbers we use to measure audit quality are fundamentally flawed? PCAOB Board Member Christina Ho reveals why the headline-grabbing 46% deficiency rate in public company audits deserves serious scrutiny.

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IRS cuts could cost $500 billion: Is tax compliance about to collapse?
Tax Blake Oliver 3/29/25 Tax Blake Oliver 3/29/25

IRS cuts could cost $500 billion: Is tax compliance about to collapse?

Blake Oliver questions Washington Post claims about IRS cuts causing $500B in lost revenue, arguing technology investment—not more auditors—is the real solution.

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Why is there so much tax misinformation on social media?
Taxes Blake Oliver 3/26/25 Taxes Blake Oliver 3/26/25

Why is there so much tax misinformation on social media?

Why is there so much misleading tax information on social media? Jasmine DiLucci says it’s not that tax influencers are malicious. It’s that the social media algorithm rewards oversimplified content.

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How to use AI to analyze data and draft financial reports in minutes
Accounting Blake Oliver 3/23/25 Accounting Blake Oliver 3/23/25

How to use AI to analyze data and draft financial reports in minutes

In my latest Earmark Podcast episode, I dive deep with Nicolas Boucher, LinkedIn's #1 finance thought leader, who demonstrates how to leverage ChatGPT, Python, and specialized AI tools to transform financial workflows.

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Testing Claude AI's analysis capabilities with Earmark app data
Technology Blake Oliver 3/22/25 Technology Blake Oliver 3/22/25

Testing Claude AI's analysis capabilities with Earmark app data

Here's an example of the incredible data analysis you can do with Claude Sonnet 3.7 today.

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How Rippling caught Deel's alleged spy
Technology Blake Oliver 3/22/25 Technology Blake Oliver 3/22/25

How Rippling caught Deel's alleged spy

It’s easily the wildest corporate drama we've ever covered on The Accounting Podcast.

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