SponsorsOnPay: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayClient Hub: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthubRewind: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/rewindNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes00:52 – Blake’s got a new Mac! 02:27 – David’s Bank-Feed Debacle 05:58 – The Threshold of Hell  – Watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? 06:57 – Blake's Takeaways from Almost Inside Digital CPA 08:46 – It’s Time to Get Rid of the IT Department              https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-rid-of-the-it-department-11637605133 15:33 – The AICPA's Melancon: ‘The profession that constantly reinvents itself’ | Accounting Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/the-aicpas-melancon-the-profession-that-constantly-reinvents-itself 19:35 – Accounting 4.0: Don’t become Blockbuster Videohttps://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/accounting-industry-4-0-is-happening-dont-become-blockbuster-video 22:45 – Are You Under-Pricing Your Client Accounting Services? - CPA Trendlineshttps://cpatrendlines.com/2021/10/21/are-you-under-pricing-your-client-accounting-services/ 29:49 – Voices Art of Accounting: Timesheet dispute redux | Accounting Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/art-of-accounting-timesheet-dispute-redux 30:35 – A Timesheet Debate & Why Work Takes So Longhttps://podcast.earmarkcpe.com/episodes/the-great-timesheet-debate-with-ed-mendlowitz 33:05 – Blake’s Timesheet Use Case 35:35 – What Is a “Reasonable” Number of Work Hours? - CPA Trendlineshttps://cpatrendlines.com/2021/10/11/what-is-a-reasonable-number-of-work-hours/ 38:39 – New QuickBooks research reveals the impact of late payments on mid-sized businesseshttps://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/growing-complex-businesses/midsize-payments-research/ 44:08 – Majority of Mid-Sized Businesses Outgrow Technology or Overpay for Unused Featureshttps://investors.intuit.com/news/news-details/2021/Majority-of-Mid-Sized-Businesses-Outgrow-Technology-or-Overpay-for-Unused-Features/default.aspx 46:00 – Here’s How You Zoomed Over the Past Year - Zoom Bloghttps://blog.zoom.us/how-you-zoomed-over-the-past-year-2021/ 51:07 – H&R Block names Xero a preferred solution providerhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/h-r-block-names-xero-a-preferred-solution-provider 51:22 – Twitter comment from Zachary Owen, re: H&R Blockhttps://twitter.com/ZachJOwen/status/1469429680348479491 52:37 – Canopy raises $35M in latest funding round | Accounting Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/canopy-raises-35m-in-latest-funding-round Canopy’s Accounting Practice Revolution Receives $35M Injectionhttps://aithority.com/it-and-devops/cloud/canopys-accounting-practice-revolution-receives-35m-injection/ 53:51 – Intuit QuickBooks Canada and Dataswitcher join forces to automate conversion to a cloud-based accounting solutionhttp://www.canadian-accountant.com/content/partner-posts/intuit-quickbooks-canada-and-dataswitcher-join-forces 54:22 – Oracle Gains After Sales Top Estimates on Cloud Performancehttps://news.yahoo.com/oracle-gains-sales-top-estimates-215221263.html 54:48 – FreshBooks, Sensibill Bolster Small Business Expense Managementhttps://www.pymnts.com/smbs/2021/freshbooks-sensibill-bolster-small-business-expense-management/ 54:58 – Kabbage® from American Express Launches Kabbage Funding™ to Help Simplify Funding for U.S. Small Businesseshttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211208005617/en/Kabbage%C2%AE-from-American-Express-Launches-Kabbage-Funding%E2%84%A2-to-Help-Simplify-Funding-for-U.S.-Small-Businetransactions55:16 – Accounts payable automation startup Tipalti raises $270M, quadruples valuation to $8.3Bhttps://techcrunch.com/2021/12/08/accounts-payable-automation-startup-tipalti-raises-270m-quadruples-valuation-to-8-3b/ 55:35 – CPA funding portal expands with loan-financing option for small biz clients | Accounting Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/cpa-funding-port