SponsorsFreshBooks: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/freshbooksCanopy: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopyRelay: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relayNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes1:46 – Intuit owes customers $141 million after it 'cheated' them out of free tax serviceshttps://www.engadget.com/intuit-owes-consumers-141-million-after-it-cheated-them-out-of-free-tax-services-090115518.html Intuit Will Refund $141 Million to Low-Income TurboTax Users - The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/business/turbotax-intuit-settlement.html 4:36 – Study: Nearly half of returns could be automatically populatedhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/study-says-nearly-half-of-tax-returns-could-be-automatically-pre-populated 8:09 – In-Person BNPL Coming Soon as Block Connects Seller, CashApp Ecosystemshttps://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2022/in-person-bnpl-coming-soon-as-block-connects-seller-cashapp-ecosystems/ 9:43 – H&R Block Wins Injunction Against Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-report/h-r-block-wins-injunction-against-jack-dorseys-block-inc 11:23 – Fireside chat with IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettighttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/fireside-chat-with-irs-commissioner-chuck-rettig 19:00 – Marcum merges in Friedman to create $1B megafirmhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/marcum-merges-in-friedman-to-create-1b-megafirm 19:54 – Klean Books Offering Free Business Bookkeeping Services With New Promotionhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/04/2435980/0/en/Klean-Books-Offering-Free-Business-Bookkeeping-Services-With-New-Promotion.html 21:18 – PwC US announces $2.4B employee investmenthttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/pwc-us-announces-2-4b-employee-investment 28:05 – Let's Mesh Other Business Buzzwords to Form the Next Big Accounting Firm Namehttps://www.goingconcern.com/lets-mesh-other-business-buzzwords-to-form-the-next-big-accounting-firm-name/ 31:11 – In KPMG Australia Cheating Scandal, Apparently Cheaters *Do* Winhttps://www.goingconcern.com/in-kpmg-australia-cheating-scandal-apparently-cheaters-do-win/ 32:58 – Why the Metaverse matters to youhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/podcast/why-the-metaverse-matters-to-you 37:49 – What It Will Take for Augmented Reality to Become Our Realityhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/what-it-will-take-for-augmented-reality-to-become-our-reality-11651844452 Law firm says employees can work from home full-time – but only if they take a 20% pay cuthttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/05/workers-at-uk-law-firm-to-take-20percent-pay-cut-to-work-from-home-full-time.html 46:38 – Back In My Day, Accountants Had to Walk Uphill Both Ways In the Hot Sun to Get to Work, Says Crotchety Old British Guyhttps://www.goingconcern.com/back-in-my-day-accountants-had-to-walk-uphill-both-ways-in-the-hot-sun-to-get-to-work-says-crotchety-old-british-guy/ 51:41 – Pizza accountant to pay $2M for insider tradinghttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/ex-dominos-accountant-to-pay-2m-for-insider-trading 55:34 – Stripe Offers Businesses Customer-Account Verification Toolshttps://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2022/stripe-offers-businesses-customer-account-verification-tools/ 56:29 – Experiment finds RPA is 745% faster than manual processeshttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/experiment-finds-rpa-is-745-faster-than-manual-accounting-processesGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040Need Accounting C