{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Accounting Podcast","title":"How Sam Leon Uses Claude Cowork to Prep Tax Returns 5x Faster","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4066,"description":"Can one accountant really do tax prep five times faster with AI? Blake and David talk with Sam Leon, founder of The Millennial CPA, about how he uses Claude projects to turn client documents into tax workpapers, speed up review, and run a solo firm built around software. They also dig into where AI still falls short, why review remains the bottleneck, and what firms can realistically automate today.\nChapters\n \n\nShow Notes\nJudge Smacks Down Trump's IRS Settlement And Orders Sanctions\nhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/trump-irs-judge-ruling-settlement-sanctions\nInstead of Uniting the Left, California's Billionaire Tax Measure Has Split Democratic Allies\nhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/07/08/instead-of-uniting-the-left-californias-billionaire-tax-measure-has-split-democratic-allies/186379/\nNYC lawyers slam pied-a-terre tax as a half-baked money grab\nhttps://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/nyc-lawyers-slam-pied-a-terre-tax-as-a-half-baked-money-grab\nA 1948 IBM computer with no memory at all, fed by punchcards, was still doing the accounting at a Texas filtration company as recently as 2020\nhttps://scienceblog.com/t-1948-ibm-402-punchcards-sparkler-filters-accounting-2020/\nTime saved by AI partially canceled out by time spent checking AI\nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/time-saved-by-ai-partially-cancelled-out-by-time-spent-checking-ai\nResearch Suggests Jobs May be Safer at Companies that Embrace AI\nhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/07/07/research-suggests-jobs-may-be-safer-at-companies-that-embrace-ai/186281/\nAI Is No Longer Just a Tech Occupation Story: It's Spreading Across Job Titles in the US and Europe\nhttps://www.hiringlab.org/2026/07/08/ai-is-no-longer-just-a-tech-occupation-story/\nThe 2026 Best Accounting Firms for Technology\nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/the-2026-best-accounting-firms-for-technology\n\nNeed CPE?\nGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark: https://earmarkcpe.com\nSubscribe to the Earmark Podcast:...","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}