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 c

From The Trenches is a news podcast hosted by David Boyar, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

David Boyar hosts From The Trenches, a news show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  "It's pretty Epic"

  Nov 21, 202426 minS9

  <p>G'day friends,</p> <p>Been a while but Dave made Paul a promise - that he could make the most content rich accounting event, filled with high value content, a fair balance for sponsors and organizers, and a proper party.</p> <p>And Paul is the sort of person who holds people to account....</p> The agenda is finalised The band is booked The drinks budget has been broken The Access Group has a monstrous new take on AI to share <p> </p> <p>And there's about 30 tickets left.................... and Dave said it would sell out ....so you know...h...

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  Can CA regulate the profession? | MYOB's ripper new add | The biggest innovation in 10 years

  Feb 18, 202429 minS8

  <p>As Statler said to Waldorf, the witty old blokes in the VIP box on the Muppet show;</p> <p>“There’s a lot to be said about this program.”</p> <p>To which Waldorf quipped back;</p> <p>“Too bad you can’t say it on a family show!” The bothed harrumphed and probably cut to a clip of Kermit trying to get animal ready for his next scene.</p> <p>And in the spirit of that nostalgia Trenches starts it's 8th year.</p> <p>Paul and David say a huge THANK YOU for investing some of your time listening to...

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  Episode #3

  Joseph Boyar Z"L

  Aug 30, 202345 minS7

  <p>My Father was a public practitioner for 40 years and my family lost him this year. </p> <p>One day, everyone of your families will be in this position. This episode, might be important to them. At some point in your life, it might be important for you. </p> <p>The first 8.5 minutes of this episode I talk about Dad. He came to Australia with very little, was brought up through welfare homes and then together with my mum raised my sister and I, while building an accounting practice that sustained my family through millions of happy moments. If it is...

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  Episode #2

  Death of Accountants Exemption | Economic Own Goals | Xero's state of the union

  Mar 14, 202338 minS7

  <p>This show was recorded in mid February but thanks to Dave being busy getting the ChangeGPS new TaxPlan Advanced product ready we had a delay getting it out. Oh how we long for the days 6 years ago when we'd record and publish in a 2 minute workflow. </p> <p> </p> <p>Before we begin.....To The Xero's...https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7039489285565161472/ </p> <p>Best</p> <p>A very simple explanation about why we don’t know what to do in the current Australian Economy</p> <p>Australians head for their first endogenous shock in 30 years - Mac...

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  What are going to see in '23?

  Jan 31, 202338 minS7

  <p>While the entire world changes in response to war, inflation, the Covid Era work habits that are sticking round and Jim Chalmers attempt to alter the course of capitalism, our pertinacious host Paul Meissner proudly declares that TECH WILL NOT CHANGE (even though he knows ChangeGPS will drop 3 new products this year)! <br><br>Before we dive in, a huge thank you to our episode sponsors 'Access Offshoring'. Are you struggling to find quality staff in your firm? <br><br>Speak to the team at Access Offshoring. They specialise in finding quality talent in the Phillipines, trained on Australian ta...

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