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Cool Careers in Accounting Ep. 39 - Public Accounting's Hidden Specialty: Real Estate Tax Credits with Nic Mathias (opens the original)
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What do affordable housing, solar fields, and historic rehabs have in common? Tax credits—and a fast-growing niche in public accounting. In this episode, CohnReznick partner Nic Mathias breaks down tax-incentivized real estate in plain English, from how deals are financed to why the work can be both profitable and purpose-driven. He also shares candid career lessons from 23 years at one firm: building a partner path, learning business development, and staying adaptable. Join us for a practical,
Balancing the Future Ep. 37 - Sarbanes-Oxley Without the Burnout: A Better Internal Audit Model with Ian Burnett (opens the original)
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Is SOX 404 helping internal audit—or hijacking it? In this conversation, Ian Burnett, Managing Director at Sirius Solutions, and host Chris Mitchell revisit the chaos of early SOX, why internal audit became the default owner despite not being named in the Act, and how "material weakness" pressure can drive outsized focus on IT general controls. Ian shares practical guidance for aligning management, internal audit, and external auditors, and explains how modern AI tools could automate rules-based
Tax News Now Ep. 22 - Never Stop at Formation Day: How the Right Entity Choice Evolves with Your Business with Tony Nitti (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Tax News Now Podcast, Mark Gallegos and his guest, Tony Nitti, Partner in EY's National Tax Office, for a wide-ranging conversation on entity choice and one of the tax code's most powerful — and most misunderstood — provisions. Tony breaks down how the TCJA's corporate rate cut and the expansion of the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) exclusion have made C corporations a potentially attractive entity form. He walks through the technical traps that can disqualify stock
BAP Ep. 8 - An Insider Tour of Oil & Gas Accounting with Rayna Kordonowy (opens the original)
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Rayna Kordonowy, CFO at United Energy, joins us to unpack the story behind North Dakota's 75 years of oil production—and the next big push: "Crack the Code 2.0." She explains how horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing transformed the Bakken, why the industry is chasing enhanced oil recovery methods, and what it could mean for production and investment decisions. She then brings it back to the CPA lens: reserves, depletion, asset retirement obligations, joint interest billing, and the impac
Cool Careers in Accounting Ep. 38 - The Bold Moves That Built a Modern Accounting Firm with Matt Fargo (opens the original)
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Matt Fargo joins host Mike Potenza to share how he went from an entry-level CPA to co-founding Kurtz Fargo and growing it into Colorado's largest locally owned accounting firm. He breaks down the early risks, the scrappy decisions that built momentum, and why he rejected traditional public accounting "sacred cows" like hourly billing and brutal busy seasons. You'll also hear his pragmatic take on AI: why knowledge is becoming cheaper, judgment more valuable, and why the best firms will use tech
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