BROADCASTS.com

Best on Ground

Paul:

• Congratulations to Deb Anderson on becoming a director of the Tax Practitioners Board
• We all got excited when the story of Michael Cranston’s involvement in his sons scam hit the press and now, he has been acquitted. https://www.afr.com/news/policy/tax/michael-cranston-acquittal-afp-loses-its-26-million-scalp-20190214-h1b9l9
• We all have cognitive bias https://www.visualcapitalist.com/18-cognitive-bias-examples-mental-mistakes/
• Xero Americas have respond to the Intuit bookkeeping service: https://www.xero.com/us/partner-programs/partners/commitment/
• Check out this great business resource https://www.business.gov.au

David

• Practice Management software is the biggest let down in the cloud space - almost 5 years on and we’re not getting this wishlist prepared by Lisa Callaghan https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140817064002-150577399-the-future-of-accounting-practice-management-software/?trk=hp-feed-article-title-comment
• We say farewell to Nicolette Maury who has stepped down from Country Manager at Intuit. CHECK OUT OUR INTERVIEW WITH NICOLETTE IN OUR INTUIT FROM THE GENERALS EPISODE

Worst on Ground

Paul:

• Futrli continues to push their own agenda in content marketing. This line in particular is not helpful because it isn’t true ““#Accountancy is a profession continually divided on the best way to serve clients. “https://www.futrli.com/advisory/can-advisory-and-compliance-coexist-in-2019/
• ASIC have a new logo design, it cost $40k, and it is exactly the same
• Myob advisor: https://twitter.com/shailanpatel/status/1097261665433804800?s=21
• Emoji number plates in Queensland, what’s wrong with letters and numbers? https://twitter.com/7newsbrisbane/status/1097415619148795908?s=21
• We discovered that app providers at the Xero roadshow were sharing email addresses. If you do this, please stop. As participants we don’t consent to it and it may be illegal.

David:

• ABC seems to have no idea what an accountant does in this deeply confusing article https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-18/financial-planning-accountants-and-conflicted-remuneration/10820526
• Franchising in the bad books again, The Yoghurtland story, a franchise system developed by an accountant who sold stores to his clients is a case study in bad old school franchising. David recommends what should have happened (besides the obvious massive conflict of interest)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.