{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Accounting Podcast","title":"JPMorgan's RTO Drama, VC Love for Accounting and the Fall of Bench","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4420,"description":"Blake and David examine Bench's bankruptcy filing, revealing fascinating details about their spending patterns and challenges with the business model. They also explore venture capital's growing interest in accounting firms, particularly focusing on AI automation claims and their potential impact on the profession, and there's a lively discussion about JP Morgan's controversial return-to-office mandate and its implications for workplace flexibility, sparked by Blake's viral tweet that garnered nearly 5 million views.Chapters Show NotesAI Has Venture Investors Excited About (Yes) Accounting Firmshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-has-venture-investors-excited-about-yes-accounting-firms-3b9b3226Bench Accounting, Inc. and 10Sheet Services, Inc. https://www.ksvadvisory.com/experience/case/bench JPMorgan tells all its employees they must return to office full-timehttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-tells-employees-must-return-140000800.html Work From Home Policies and Practiceshttps://pearlmeyer.com/insights-and-research/research-report/work-from-home-policies-and-practices Workplace Policies and Pay Transparencyhttps://pearlmeyer.com/insights-and-research/research-report/workplace-policies-and-pay-transparency H&R Block Agrees to $7M FTC Settlement and Will Make Downgrading Tax Tiers Easierhttps://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/h-r-block-agrees-to-7m-ftc-settlement-and-will-make-downgrading-tax-tiers-easier/ Capital One sued by CFPB over alleged deception on savings account interest rateshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/capital-one-sued-by-cfpb-over-alleged-deception-on-savings-account-interest-rates/ar-BB1rr4nY Imposing a $500,000 Fine, PCAOB Sanctions Baker Tilly US, LLP for Quality Control Violationshttps://pcaobus.org/news-events/news-releases/news-release-detail/imposing-a--500-000-fine--pcaob-sanctions-baker-tilly-us--llp-for-quality-control-violationsNeed CPE?Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark: https://earmarkcpe.comSubscribe...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BBmKVcKOQ6x_m3yMMvg6kZR2Y9d_FKTdVd0Ofv-4fhw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxNzMvMTY4OTYx/NzY3MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}