Accounting Today Podcast

Mar 24 2025 99 ep. 27 mins 828
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Accounting Today’s editors talk with thought leaders and changemakers from across the public accounting profession.

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Are you offering what clients value?

Mar 24 2025 29 mins  
All too often, what accountants are selling are services that clients have to endure, says Joe Woodard, a leading consultant to accountants and the impresario behind the Scaling New Heights Conference, and not the sort of thing that they really value. To succeed in the face of automation, AI and other changes in the profession, accountants need to find new ways to create value in

An inside look at the alternative practice structure

Mar 10 2025 23 mins  
Accounting firms all across the country are adopting alternative practice structures as private equity investment sweeps across the profession -- but who knows what an APS really looks like? William Kelly, chief counsel at PE-backed accounting firm platform Ascend dives into the details.

A tumultuous tax season

Mar 03 2025 33 mins  
What will the firings at the IRS and other developments in Washington mean for tax season? Neil Fishman, returning president of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, dives into these and other major tax issues.

Taking the helm at the AICPA

Feb 24 2025 32 mins  
The new head of the AICPA, Mark Koziel, shares his thoughts about the profession, his plans for the organization, and more.

The state of CAS

Feb 10 2025 29 mins  
Kim Blascoe, senior director of CAS professional services at CPA.com, shares some of the highlights of their most recent CAS Benchmark Survey -- from the area's extraordinary growth rates to the key practices of a high-performing CAS practice.

Diving into tax season

Feb 03 2025 27 mins  
Neil Fishman, returning president of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, shares the issues his members are paying attention to as they head into tax season -- and what they're keeping an eye on for the rest of the year, too.

What's ahead for 2025

Jan 13 2025 29 mins  
Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood outlines the major trends and developments that accountants should be keeping an eye out for over the next 12 months.

New ways to CPA

Dec 16 2024 26 mins  
As the profession grapples with lower numbers of people becoming accountants and CPAs, discussions about what it should take to become a CPA have proliferated; in this episode, Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs CEO Jennifer Cryder dives into why and how new paths to getting licensed are opening up.

Looking ahead with Barry Melancon

Dec 09 2024 28 mins  
On the eve of his retirement, longtime AICPA chief Barry Melancon turns his eagle-eye to the future, talking about the challenges and opportunities facing the profession, and what it needs to do to get ready for both.

Looking back with Barry Melancon

Dec 02 2024 25 mins  
As he prepares to step down from his long tenure as president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs, Barry Melancon looks back at how the institute – and the accounting profession – have changed over the past 30 years.