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Show Notes

01:02 – Talking Disney and Bars ...

15:37 – Commissioner to Congress: IRS will clear backlog by year’s end

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2022/mar/commissioner-congress-irs-will-clear-backlog-years-end.html

16:18 – IRS plans to hire thousands likely to fall short

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-plans-to-hire-thousands-more-employees-likely-to-fall-short

19:50 – IRS Struggles Allow Secret Election Spending To Flourish

https://campaignlegal.org/update/irs-struggles-allow-secret-election-spending-flourish

20:43 – IRS Starts Using Chatbots for Calls

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/tax-compliance/news/21260152/irs-starts-using-chatbots-for-calls

21:46 – PCAOB confirms talks with China on audit firm access

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/pcaob-confirms-talks-with-china-on-audit-firm-access

25:19 – The SEC is investigating the Big Four accounting firms for potential conflicts of interest that could influence their audits, people familiar say

https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-four-accounting-firms-come-under-regulators-scrutiny-11647364574

28:12 – Accounting Faces Reckoning After Years of Sluggish Pay Growth

https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/accounting-faces-reckoning-after-years-of-sluggish-pay-growth

Big Four Accounting Firms Reportedly Probed by SEC

https://www.businessinsider.com/big-four-accounting-firms-sec-probe-conflict-of-interest-report-2022-3

32:14 – Workers Care More About Flexible Hours Than Remote Work - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/workers-care-more-about-flexible-hours-than-remote-work-11643112004

33:20 – 58% of Consumers Check on Work While Not in Office, Outside Normal Working Hours

https://www.pymnts.com/connectedeconomy/2022/consumers-check-on-work-while-not-in-office-outside-working-hours/

35:30 – Tucson woman accused of gambling away $5M in embezzled funds

https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-woman-accused-of-gambling-away-5m-in-embezzled-funds/article_b010f994-a70c-11ec-9940-7fa3aaccf602.html