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Introducing "Audit Smarter," a new show from the Earmark team that helps practitioners upgrade from checklist managers to strategic advisors.
On The Accounting Podcast, I tested Perplexity new Comet browser - their AI assistant that promises to work across browser tabs and handle repetitive tasks. The test was simple: take a basic PDF invoice (one line item, $85 for web design) and enter it as a bill in Xero.
Total employment in accounting and tax services dropped by 9,200 jobs in the past year, but average hourly pay jumped 6.1% to $43.88.
Xero partners with Plaid to expand US small business bank feeds, offering over 1,000 direct connections by late 2025 for faster, more reliable banking data.
Treasury has just 45 days to write some rules for Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. That's not much time considering how complex this stuff gets.
The federal government just handed auditors a potential $2 trillion opportunity, but it might also recreate the financial chaos of the 1800s.