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April 8, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

The crazy calculation behind Trump's tariffs

April 8, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
The crazy calculation behind Trump's tariffs

David and I demonstrate live how to create convincing fake receipts using AI—and discuss the serious implications for fraud detection. We also break down the weird math of Trump's new tariffs.

April 8, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: The Accounting Podcast

April 8, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

You can now make realistic fake receipts with GPT-4o

April 8, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
You can now make realistic fake receipts with GPT-4o

While everyone else was using ChatGPT to create Studio Ghibli-style images last week, accountants took a different route. We're not making beautiful Japanese anime. We're making fake receipts!

April 8, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: fraud, AI, ChatGPT, receipts, fake receipts

April 7, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

"I was accused of lying": PCAOB's Christina Ho on standing up to Senator Warren

April 7, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
"I was accused of lying": PCAOB's Christina Ho on standing up to Senator Warren

In my recent conversation with Christina Ho on the Earmark podcast, she shared her experience as the first PCAOB Board Member to publicly dissent on a proposal and the surprising backlash that followed.

April 7, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: PCAOB, Christina Ho, Elizabeth Warren, Earmark Podcast

April 6, 2025
Blake Oliver
Taxes

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

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

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

April 6, 2025
Blake Oliver
Taxes

Tagged: tariffs, Tru, Trump, Tax Foundation

April 3, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

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

April 3, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
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?”

April 3, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: PCAOB, audit, DOGE

April 2, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

17% of millennials are considering not filing taxes this year

April 2, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
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.

April 2, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: The Accounting Podcast

April 1, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

How PCAOB inspections favor big accounting firms and burden smaller ones

April 1, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
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.

April 1, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: PCAOB, audit, audit deficiencies

March 31, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

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

March 31, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting
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.

March 31, 2025
Blake Oliver
Accounting

Tagged: PCAOB, audit, Christina Ho, Earmark Podcast

March 29, 2025
Blake Oliver
Tax

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

March 29, 2025
Blake Oliver
Tax
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.

March 29, 2025
Blake Oliver
Tax

Tagged: IRS, DOGE, tax compliance

March 26, 2025
Blake Oliver
Taxes

Why is there so much tax misinformation on social media?

March 26, 2025
Blake Oliver
Taxes
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.

March 26, 2025
Blake Oliver
Taxes

Tagged: misinformation, tax hacks

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