This week on Under the Hood, we hear from our friends Heather Smith and Tyler Caskey, co-hosts of the Accounting Apps Podcast. In this episode, Heather and Tyler cover the flurry of new AI tools emerging in Q1 2026, and other developments in the accounting tech space.

Tune in to hear more about:

• How AI is rapidly transforming accounting workflows.
• Major platforms that are evolving into all-in-one ecosystems.
• New automated features that promise to reduce admin.
• How rising API costs might affect new apps.
• Upcoming local and global accounting conferences.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Emma is joined by public practice accounting recruiter Christine Foggiato to talk about the current hiring landscape, the top perks her clients are looking for and how AI is shifting the skills firms are prioritising in candidates.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Christine's career journey and how she got to where she is today.
• What separates firms that struggle to hire from those that easily attract talent?
• The top perks her clients have been looking for in employers.
• How AI, offshoring and talent shortages have affected the hiring landscape.
• The skills firms are prioritising in the AI landscape.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Emma is joined by Grant Thornton's national head of technical tax, David Montani, to chat about his new book, Tax Wars, which tackles the political forces behind Australia's tax reform gridlock.

Tune in to hear more about:

• David's career journey and how he got to where he is today.
• What inspired him to write Tax Wars?
• The difference between holistic and piecemeal tax reform.
• Mythbusting common policy misconceptions.
• Why the average Australian should care about tax reform.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Emma is joined in the studio by Ben Johnston, director of Johnston Advisory, to talk through the challenges and highlights of advising unconventional clients, including entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Ben's career journey and how he got to where he is today.
• What it's like to advise surfers, creatives and entrepreneurs.
• The challenges of structuring wealth for non-traditional, non-linear careers.
• Property asa tried and true wealth-building strategy.
• Challenging accounting stereotypes, perceptions versus reality.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.

This week on UTH, Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Adrian Cartland, principal solicitor at Cartland Law, about what he sees as necessary taxation changes for South Australia, which formed the basis of a manifesto he published ahead of the state's election later this month.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Lingering issues with SA's taxation system.
• The "uncontroversial" changes that the state government can and must make.
• Cartland's views on anti-overtaxing provisions, payroll tax grouping provisions, a consistent definition of charity across tax laws, and more.
• How the state of SA could benefit from needed tax changes.
• How individual practitioners can better advocate for needed change.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team at editor@accountantsdaily.com.au.

On this episode of Accountants Daily Insider, Imogen is joined by John Munden, chief strategy officer at Cloudoffis, to chat about the importance of curiosity in the evolving world of technology.

Tune in to hear more about:

• John's expansive career.
• Perspective on navigating large scale change across technology waves.
• The importance of human-centered AI.
• Why some accounting firms may be experiencing software fatigue.
• What the future of accounting technology looks like.

If you would like to learn more about Cloudoffis, you can visit its website here.

On this month's episode of Advisory Advantage, co-hosts Imogen and Brent are joined once again by Dr Marli Watt to chat about how mindset can be the biggest barrier to advisory, the importance of leaning into discomfort and how perfectionism can keep accountants stuck.

Tune in to hear more about:

• How mindset, not capability, can be the biggest barrier to getting into advisory.
• The value of a 'progress over perfection' mindset.
• How small actions can build confidence and capability.
• Why presence and curiosity are essential to effective advisory.
• How leaning into discomfort can help you master new skills.

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For Imogen's final UTH episode, she joins Emma in the studio to reflect on her journey growing the podcast, share behind-the-scenes stories and challenges, and to talk about what's next.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Imogen's career journey and how she got to where she is today.
• What two years reporting on the accounting industry has taught her.
• Imogen's favourite (and least favourite) accounting topics to report on.
• How she picks her guests for UTH, and what she'll miss the most about the pod.
• Her guiding principles in creating thoughtful, industry-focused journalism.

You can contact the Accountants Daily team and podcast host Emma at emma.partis@momentummedia.com.au.