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May 1, 2024 Podcast

The world's most expensive bathroom

On this episode, we talk about:The world's most expensive bathroom, the regulations that led to it, and how can we be better in our own cities?Houston is broke, but why? McKinsey suggests automat...

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Apr 23, 2024 Podcast

The Doom Loop

In this episode, Chad and Pat debrief from the Utah City Managers Association conference and talk about differences in management cultures among these United States. We talk about the growing concern...

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Apr 4, 2024 Podcast

Amazon lockers, appraisal boards, and zoning reform

In this episode, we talk about:The sales tax implications of Amazon lockers and whether remote taxpayers should be subjected to detailed audits to verify that their tax payments are accurate;Recent ch...

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Mar 22, 2024 Podcast

The episode about nothing

Fresh off of Spring Break and without a lot of hard hitting topics to discuss, Pat and Chad bounce between friendly and city topics. 00:12 - Intro00:42 - Spring Break activities03:09 - Paw Patrol Live...

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Mar 7, 2024 Podcast

The Great Reversals

In this episode, Pat and Chad talk about a couple of big reversals. First, March sales tax allocations in Texas appear to have unwound all of the audit adjustments from last month. Pat and Chad talk a...

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Feb 22, 2024 Podcast

The (audit) adjustment bureau

A major sales tax audit adjustment hit cities across the state of Texas in February. Chad and Patrick talk about the adjustment and some issues it highlighted. We follow up with a discussion on the re...

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Jan 25, 2024 Podcast

The mo is slow

In this episode:(01:20) Sales tax momentum has been slowing for some time now. We dig in to the numbers and issue a red flag warning as cities head into mid-year budget amendments and next year's...

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Jan 16, 2024 Podcast

The Gourmet Underwear

Pat and Chad are back for the first episode of 2024. After some throat-clearing chit chat, we discuss:What do you do when a local news report or social media post gains traction, but you know the meat...

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Dec 14, 2023 Podcast

Retail sales and leases

In this episode, Patrick and Chad talk about softening retail sales figures and changes to the retail real estate landscape. We finish with a March Madness style Christmas movie showdown.The American...

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Nov 30, 2023 Podcast

The Holiday Episode

On today's episode, Pat and Chad talk about the holidays, from retail sales forecasts to planning holiday events to the appropriate time to start decorating. And because we can never seem to get...

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