{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Accounting Podcast","title":"Excel Still Trumps AI, Tariffs Under Threat, QBO Price Increases Justified?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d49bff9a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5092,"description":"What happens when a major newspaper publishes a summer reading list where only five of the 15 books actually exist? Blake and David explore this real example of AI-generated content gone wrong and what it means for accounting professionals who increasingly rely on automated tools. They break down QuickBooks' latest price increases, demonstrate how AI can now build complex consolidation spreadsheets in minutes, and discuss why Excel skills still outrank AI knowledge in finance hiring. Plus, they examine the legal challenges facing Trump's tariff policies, alternative CPA pathway expansion, and hear from accounting student Jason Farley about the dangerous gap between classroom education and real-world cloud accounting practice.\nChapters\n \n\nShow Notes\nChicago Sun-Times fake summer reading list article\nhttps://www.chicagosuntimes.com/fake-summer-reading-list-2025\n\nSouth Carolina passes alternative CPA pathway legislation\nhttps://www.scstatehouse.gov/cpa-pathway-legislation-2025\n\nNew Jersey alternative CPA pathway bill\nhttps://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/cpa-alternative-pathway-2025\nOregon CPA licensure reform legislation\nhttps://www.oregonlegislature.gov/cpa-pathway-reform-2025\nMinnesota CPA education requirements change\nhttps://www.revisor.mn.gov/cpa-education-requirements-2025\nIllinois CPA pathway legislation\nhttps://www.ilga.gov/cpa-pathway-bill-2025\nTrump tariffs constitutional challenge court ruling\nhttps://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-tariffs-constitutional-challenge-2025\nCourt of International Trade blocks global tariffs\nhttps://www.cit.uscourts.gov/trump-tariffs-ruling-2025\nInternational Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff authority\nhttps://www.treasury.gov/ieepa-tariff-authority-analysis\nPCAOB elimination provision in tax bill\nhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/pcaob-elimination-provision\nBilly Long IRS Commissioner confirmation hearing\nhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/billy-long-confirmation-hearing\nBilly Long tribal tax credits promotion controversy...","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}