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Lifting the auditors' vail

Audit week can be one of the most stressful times of the year for city management. In this episode, Doug Martella from GoVirtual CFO returns to talk about his experience auditing cities, and what...

The Single Local Tax Rate Episode

In October 2019, the State of Texas implemented its new Single Local Tax Rate for online and out-of-state sellers. On this episode, we talk to Doug Martella of GoVirtual CFO about the new program...

Mr. Miyagi, Facebook, and Christmas Spite

Patrick and Chad shoot the bull on a variety of topics, including our upcoming talk at the UMANT One-Day Conference, the ethical implications of cities continuing to invest in social media, and we...

Rework

This episode of ZacCast is all about Rework, a book by the founders of Basecamp. We talk about some of the bigger principles in the book, like embracing constraints, thinking small, productivity...

Haters gonna hate (local control)

In this episode, we discuss the now-notorious Bonnen Tapes, in which the Speaker of the Texas House is caught outlining his desire to make life difficult for local governments across Texas. What...

Origins

In this episode, Patrick and Chad discuss the origins of ZacTax, including how we met, finally getting to work together, all of our failed business ideas, and finally finding a niche that worked...