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Sep 23, 2022 Podcast

The profitable city

Pat and Chad talk about what it means for cities to be profitable, and why it matters.

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Sep 9, 2022 Podcast

I'm your density... I mean, your destiny

It's Patrick's episode today. He has 100% control over the content and deserves 100% of the blame for any concerns you may have.RIP Queen Elizabeth IITennis serves vs Baseball pitchesTarrant...

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Aug 26, 2022 Podcast

Meddlers of the world, unite (then cut it out, please)

Pat and Chad return from summer holiday with an action packed discussion of meddling: from sales tax rule changes to property tax rule changes to employee tracking.The Rise of the Worker Productivity...

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Jul 15, 2022

Feature Friday: A walk to remember

Introducing a new walkability helper for property tax analysis

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Jun 16, 2022

Introducing the new Command Bar

The new Command Bar makes it easier to search your data and get around ZacTax

Apr 22, 2022 Podcast

Isn't budgeting so much fun these days?

Kyle Lester, finance director for Colleyville, Texas, joins us again. Two years ago, he was on the pod to talk about building a budget under the looming cloud of Covid-19, something that we all knew n...

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Mar 31, 2022 Podcast

Open Mic Morning

It's another free-wheeling roundtable discussion, covering the economy, pro-family policymaking, housing, building new cities, internal audits, and much more.American Consumers Are Starting to Hi...

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Mar 10, 2022 Podcast

Local impacts of Ukraine and the 2020 Census changes

Pat and Chad talk about local impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the anonymity changes to the 2020 CensusWhy the 2020 census has 9 fake people in a single house (Full Stack Economics)Cloud...

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Nov 16, 2021 Podcast

Software subscriptions and a stock market for cities

We welcome Doug Martella of GoVirtual CFO to chat about GASB 96, a new statement covering software subscription accounting, and to pontificate on the half-baked idea of a municipal stock market.GASB 9...

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Nov 3, 2021 Podcast

A stemwinder on sales tax, staffing, supply chains, speed bumps, and scooters

Chad and Pat are back with a wide ranging discussion, including upcoming sales tax numbers, inflation's impact on pay, Austin's minimum PD staffing proposition, zoning's impact on our s...

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