For CPA firms and accountancy practice owners, staying up to date on the latest industry trends, insights, and regulatory changes is imperative. However, doing so through a webinar or an interview session feels more like homework. You absorb about 40% of it and spend the rest of the time answering emails. Podcasts are different, not because they’re more engaging in some abstract sense, but because they fit into the time you’ve already written off. The drive to a client meeting. A lunchtime walk. Twenty minutes before the school run.
The Best Accounting Podcasts for Practice Growth and Technical Updates
The Best Accounting Podcasts for Practice Growth and Technical Updates
The Accounting Podcast
The industry standard for news and updates.
The Profitable Accountant
Focus on advisory services and value-based pricing.
CPA Talk Series by Datamatics
Navigating global outsourcing & the impact of AI.
Gear Up For Tax
Technical AICPA insights and tax law changes.
The Small Firm Revolution
Modernizing your business model for the digital age.
The accounting podcast has been a mainstay in the industry since 2016. For accounting practice owners, it is perhaps the most useful show in the space. Hosted by Oliver and Leary, the podcast covers everything from firm news to software updates to regulatory developments without padding. The 45–90-minute episodes cover every significant industry event in detail. It’s better suited for longer commutes or background listening during your everyday work.
2. The Profitable Accountant by Amanda Watts
The Profitable Accountant podcast focuses primarily on practice owners running smaller, advisory-focused firms in the UK. The podcast gives a blunt take on running the commercial side of a practice: pricing, client segmentation, and getting off the hourly billing treadmill. The underlying advice shared during every episode remains grounded and true to the facts.
3. CPA Talk Series by Datamatics Business Solutions
If outsourcing is on your radar, the CPA Talk Series from Datamatics Business Solutions is worth listening to. The talk series, aimed at finance leaders and practice owners, covers AI adoption, regulatory change, talent pressure, and global volatility. The guests are practitioners, not product managers, and the conversations don’t steer toward a sales pitch as obviously as you might expect. The shorter episode lengths make it perfect for a quick snack time or lunchtime listening.
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4. Gear Up For Tax from the AICPA
The Gear Up for Tax from the AICPA gives deep dives into estate planning changes, IRS updates, and partnership taxation presented by practitioners for practitioners. The podcast is strictly focused on the industry and does not cover lifestyle content or entrepreneurial inspiration. Just the technical information you’d otherwise have to dig out yourself.
5. The Small Firm Revolution (hosted by Jody Padar)
If you are considering retaining your service model, The Small Firm Revolution is definitely worth listening to. Padar has given a detailed view of a fixed-fee, cloud-based practice for years, and the podcast extends that thinking into real firm case studies. Useful if you’re asking serious questions about capacity and pricing rather than just looking for CPE.
Final Words
We work exclusively with CPA firms worldwide, and every firm has different needs when it comes to business. Similarly, every podcast you come across will have a different perspective on everything that’s going on in the industry and how you should run your firm. But the practitioners who tend to adapt fastest are usually the ones who’ve been consuming industry thinking consistently, not in a seminar room once a year, but in fifteen-minute increments over months. That’s not a grand claim. It’s just pattern recognition from watching firms that stay ahead versus those that don’t. If you are ready to transform your practice and grow, write to us at marketing@datamaticsbpm.com, and our experts will reach out with solutions to your business needs.
Are any of these podcasts eligible for CPE credit?
Gear Up For Tax is AICPA-produced and some episodes qualify for CPE. The others generally don’t, they’re professional development in the informal sense, not the regulatory one.
How do I find time to listen when I'm already stretched?
You probably don’t find time, you substitute. Swap a podcast for the radio on your commute or let it run during routine tasks that don’t require heavy concentration.
Are UK-specific podcasts worth following if I'm a US-based CPA?
Selectively. The Profitable Accountant addresses practice management issues that are geography-agnostic. MTD-specific content or UK tax episodes are safe to skip.
