On the Air: Accounting Today podcasts

Neil Fishman of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners dissects the current state of the filing season, what to expect in the run-up to April 15 -- and what's coming after that.

Charlotte Rushton of Thomson Reuters shares the lessons she's learned from interviewing women who've risen in the profession for her own podcast, 'Her Accounts.'

Stop worrying about managing time, says Joe Woodard: The successful advisor is focused on being effective, not efficient.

Winding River Consulting's Gary Shamis, himself the founder of a Top 100 Firm, shares the most important factors in creating a successful organization.

Some accountants worry that entering into financial planning services may create conflicts of interest -- and they're right, according to John Napolitano of U.S. Wealth Management, though the specific conflicts may not be what they expect.

With FASB reviewing the standards for goodwill, PJ Patel, co-CEO and senior managing director at Valuation Research Corp., dives into the evolving complexities in the field.

Private companies got a reprieve for implementation of this major standard -- and they'll need all of it, according to LeaseQuery's George Azih.

Setting a growth goal is about much more than picking a percentage -- firms need to dive deeper to understand what it will really take to hit that goal, says Bob Lewis of The Visionary Group -- and they need to make sure they have people who can bring in the new business they need.

The brand-new withholding form for 2020 will present taxpayers with challenges, and tax pros with opportunities, says ADP's Pete Isberg.

The clients and markets of the future will require firms and accountants to think more clearly about the investments and effort they want to put into developing new capabilities, according to consultant Gale Crosley.

Erik Asgeirsson describes the new audit tools and many other developments coming out of CPA.com and the American Institute of CPAs.

Technology is ready to disrupt this core service of the profession, and that's going to require a serious response from auditors, according to Alan Anderson of Accountability Plus.

Everyone has them, but there are plenty of ways to deal with those painful clients, according to John Napolitano.

Neil Fishman of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners shares the main issues that tax preparers should be paying attention to as the next filing season approaches.

For all the worry about the interaction of blockchain and assurance, there haven't been many real-life examples of it -- until now, with Top 100 Firm Armanino's release of a new attest product around stablecoins. The firm's Scott Copeland and Andries Verschelden share the details, and what it means for the future of assurance.

Leaders from the two top workplaces in accounting in 2019 -- Victor Ramsauer of LevitZacks and James Rinn of Maxwell, Locke & Ritter -- dive into what sets their firms apart.

Zach Gordon, a pioneer in serving the marijuana business and senior manager of the cannabis practice at Janover LLC, shares the issues facing this new niche, and how accountants can and should work with it.