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Sponsors OnPay: [link] OnPay is offering an exclusive promo code only for the listeners of The Cloud Accounting Podcast to get three free months of OnPay payroll service for any of your clients that you set up by February of 2020! Visit the sponsor link, and use code "CAP3FREE" to take advantage of this offer! Show Notes 01:57 – The gentlemen discuss a big reveal at the Digital CPA Conference – a proposed revamping of the CPA licensure model and what it could mean!
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