G'day! Welcome back to season 4!

Best on Ground

The ATO shows off its data strength with Bushfire support - Automated lodgement deferrals by postcode. Software can’t do that. 

Receipt Bank raises $73m to dislodge everything we thought about the Xero/Hubdoc move of 2019 (so last year).  

https://www.receipt-bank.com/blog/receipt-bank-raises-73m-in-series-c-round/ 

Check out these tools for accountants to help with bushfire victims 
IPA: https://www.publicaccountant.com.au/news/ipa-offers-support-to-bushfire-victims 
CA: https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/news/australian-bushfires-support-resources-for-you-your-clients-and-communities 
CPA: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/professional-resources/business-management/business-recovery/disaster-recovery-toolkit 

Indinero founder calls out Intuit for over hyping AI and ML 

https://futurefirm.co/indinero-the-accounting-firm-of-the-future/ 

Worst on Ground

Accountants without significant new training are not business advisers but this message comes from someone who has been advocating the opposite for years. 

https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/13895-accountants-cautioned-on-advisory-jump

David can’t work out if this comment is a joke or not but it highlights the tech challenge the average firm is struggling with.”Our organisation does not have access to a smart phone so can I go back to lodging paper returns?”

https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/technology/13731-ato-details-mygovid-implementation-roadmap#!/ccomment-comment=8264

What's your social media obligation when posting old content?

About Us

From the Trenches is brought to you by Paul Meissner from Freedom Mentoring and David Boyar from Change GPS. Proudly sponsored by BGL and The Outsourced Accountant.

G'day! Welcome back to season 4!
Best on Ground
The ATO shows off its data strength with Bushfire support - Automated lodgement deferrals by postcode. Software can&rsquo;t do that.&nbsp;
Receipt Bank raises $73m to dislodge everything we thought about the Xero/Hubdoc move of 2019 (so last year).&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.receipt-bank.com/blog/receipt-bank-raises-73m-in-series-c-round/">https://www.receipt-bank.com/blog/receipt-bank-raises-73m-in-series-c-round/</a>&nbsp;
Check out these tools for accountants to help with bushfire victims&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>IPA: <a href="https://www.publicaccountant.com.au/news/ipa-offers-support-to-bushfire-victims">https://www.publicaccountant.com.au/news/ipa-offers-support-to-bushfire-victims</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>CA: <a href="https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/news/australian-bushfires-support-resources-for-you-your-clients-and-communities">https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/news/australian-bushfires-support-resources-for-you-your-clients-and-communities</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>CPA: <a href="https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/professional-resources/business-management/business-recovery/disaster-recovery-toolkit">https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/professional-resources/business-management/business-recovery/disaster-recovery-toolkit</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Indinero founder calls out Intuit for over hyping AI and ML&nbsp;
<a href="https://futurefirm.co/indinero-the-accounting-firm-of-the-future/">https://futurefirm.co/indinero-the-accounting-firm-of-the-future/</a>&nbsp;
Worst on Ground
Accountants without significant new training are not business advisers but this message comes from someone who has been advocating the opposite for years.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/13895-accountants-cautioned-on-advisory-jump">https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/13895-accountants-cautioned-on-advisory-jump</a>
David can&rsquo;t work out if this comment is a joke or not but it highlights the tech challenge the average firm is struggling with.&rdquo;Our organisation does not have access to a smart phone so can I go back to lodging paper returns?&rdquo;
<a href="https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/technology/13731-ato-details-mygovid-implementation-roadmap#!/ccomment-comment=8264">https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/technology/13731-ato-details-mygovid-implementation-roadmap#!/ccomment-comment=8264</a>
What's your social media obligation when posting old content?
About Us
From the Trenches is brought to you by Paul Meissner from Freedom Mentoring and David Boyar from Change GPS. Proudly sponsored by BGL and The Outsourced Accountant.

In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. 
David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small - medium businesses rely on their accountant for technical knowledge, business acumen and professional (and often personal) support. As the way accountants work (through technology) and service (through new services like Virtual CFOs) changes, we have to ask If accountants are helping their client’s, who is helping Accountants? 

If you read the Accounting Industry news and listen to the industry leaders then the Accounting industry is at war. It’s a war against technology, the ATO and even UBER (apparently). The problem is that most of the leaders have never worked in practice. They are subject matter experts but can't offer the perspective of someone who had to actually have conversations with clients about implementing technology, actually moved to value pricing, actually compared technology features and how an entire team may be impacted by them. 

Each week in this podcast, 2 plucky Chartered Accountants will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’. This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following a simple podcast formula, David and Paul will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. With segments like ‘best and worst of the week’, ‘Fake News exposed’ and a the rapid format ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ special guest interviews, what more could you want. This podcast won’t be for the faint hearted.

https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/

From The Trenches

In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. 

David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small - medium businesses rely on their accountant for technical knowledge, business acumen and professional (and often personal) support. As the way accountants work (through technology) and service (through new services like Virtual CFOs) changes, we have to ask If accountants are helping their client’s, who is helping Accountants? If you read the Accounting Industry news and listen to the industry leaders then the Accounting industry is at war. 

It’s a war against technology, the ATO and even UBER (apparently). The problem is that most of the leaders have never worked in practice. They are subject matter experts but can't offer the perspective of someone who had to actually have conversations with clients about implementing technology, actually moved to value pricing, actually compared technology features and how an entire team may be impacted by them. Each week in this podcast, 2 plucky Chartered Accountants will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’. 

This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following a simple podcast formula, David and Paul will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. With segments like ‘best and worst of the week’, ‘Fake News exposed’ and a the rapid format ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ special guest interviews, what more could you want. 

This podcast won’t be for the faint hearted. https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/

In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small - medium businesses rely on their accountant for technical knowledge, business acumen and professional (and often personal) support. As the way accountants work (through technology) and service (through new services like Virtual CFOs) changes, we have to ask If accountants are helping their client’s, who is helping Accountants? If you read the Accounting Industry news and listen to the industry leaders then the Accounting industry is at war. It’s a war against technology, the ATO and even UBER (apparently). The problem is that most of the leaders have never worked in practice. They are subject matter experts but can't offer the perspective of someone who had to actually have conversations with clients about implementing technology, actually moved to value pricing, actually compared technology features and how an entire team may be impacted by them. Each week in this podcast, 2 plucky Chartered Accountants will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’. This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following a simple podcast formula, David and Paul will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. With segments like ‘best and worst of the week’, ‘Fake News exposed’ and a the rapid format ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ special guest interviews, what more could you want. This podcast won’t be for the faint hearted. https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/

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