From Accidental Sales Tax Accountant to Cannabis CPA and Casino Game Inventor: Daryl Jendras's Unlikely Journey

🎙️ From Accidental Sales Tax Accountant to Cannabis CPA and Casino Game Inventor: Daryl Jendras's Unlikely JourneyDaryl Jendras, founder of Salt Cap and managing director of Green Rush Accounting and Tax, shares his journey from switching out of engineering at Purdue after one week, stumbling into sales tax accounting because nobody in school teaches it, and spending 30 years becoming one of the country's most versatile state and local tax experts. Through candid stories about flying to Texas unannounced to get a signature that saved his client $3 million, navigating the absurd tax disadvantages facing cannabis businesses, developing a casino table game in 1995 that is still running in Iowa casinos today, and surviving a pancreatic surgery that a surgeon told him had kept him from dying by the end of the year, Daryl reveals what it looks like when a numbers guy refuses to stay in a box.✨ Key Insights You'll Learn:The Wayfair ruling and how economic nexus changed everything for e-commerce sellers who thought they only owed sales tax in their home stateWhy cannabis businesses pay income tax on gross revenue rather than profit under 280E, and what the rescheduling from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 could mean for the industry471C deductions available to cannabis cultivators and processors and why dispensaries get almost noneFlying unannounced to a stranger's office door to get a signature that erased a $3 million audit assessmentWhy most CPA firms do not have a state and local tax practice and how Daryl positions himself as the left-handed reliever called in to get out of the jamA casino table game called Matchem Hi-Lo invented in 1995, patented, running in Iowa casinos for over 12 years, and now heading to a table game conference at Hard Rock Tulsa for a shot at a Las Vegas placementA pancreatic tumor discovered during what he thought was heartburn, surgery that removed the tail of his pancreas and his spleen, and a surgeon who told him he would have been dead by year's end without itMentoring social equity cannabis license holders and anyone who wants to learn sales tax from the ground up🌟 Daryl's Key Mentors:First Boutique Manager Who Pulled Him Into His Office: Told him never to say no to a field assignment when Daryl was only months in and not yet comfortable going alone, a lesson that sent him to almost every industry and every state over the next several yearsPartner Who Suggested Going Independent in 2012: Pointed out that Daryl was doing the selling and the work and asked why they were still working for someone else, which planted the seed for eventual independenceTable Game Conference Expert Who Reviewed Matchem Hi-Lo: Identified a single statistical error Daryl had missed in seven iterations of the game's math, validated the house edge, and gave the game the green light to go to marketDowntown Chicago Surgeon: Delivered the blunt second opinion that Daryl would have been dead by end of year without surgery, which reframed the rest of his life around gratitude and mentoring others👉 Don't miss this conversation about why sales tax is harder than federal tax, why cannabis companies pay taxes on money they never actually made, and how a CPA invented a casino game, won a horse race, and survived cancer all without becoming your typical accountant.🔗 Connect with Daryl Jendras:Email: [email protected] Company: Salt Cap Website: salt-cap.com Also: Green Rush Accounting and Tax, 3J Gaming📄 Transcript Available: From Accidental Sales Tax Accountant to Cannabis CPA and Casino Game Inventor: Daryl Jendras's Unlikely Journey📺 Watch on YouTube: Inspired Stories Podcast🌐 Our Website: The Inspired Stories Podcast📄 Special Thanks to Anthony Codispoti & AddBack Benefits Agency: AddBack Benefits Agency - Providing innovative employee benefits solutions that improve employee well-being while optimizing your bottom line Website: addbackbenefits.com