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Generally Accepted Accounting Podcast

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The Generally Accepted Accounting Podcast (GAAP, for all you accounting nerds) is produced by Casey Peterson, LTD. We talk about tax, finance, accounting, audit, data analytics, and a bunch of other hip and cool topics!

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Episodes

  1. 051 - Wild IRS & Tax Headlines You May Have Missed

    Why does the IRS audit taxpayers at both ends of the income spectrum? What happens if you haven’t filed a tax return? And could the IRS remove a late penalty automatically? In this episode, Hillary Dobbs-Davis and Evan Ludes dig into some of the wildest recent IRS and tax headlines. We cover: Why...

  2. 050 - Charitable Giving in 2026: What's Changed?

    Somehow, we’ve hit our 50th episode (which dovetails nicely with our upcoming 50th anniversary)! Thanks to all of you for listening and tolerating our bad puns and worse jokes. We hope you were also able to learn a little something along the way. For our 50th episode, we’ve got a guest who’s new…

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  3. 049 - Medicare Vaccine Billing Update

    Our recent blog post about a Medicare Part B vaccine billing update highlighted a clarification from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In this GAAP episode, our VP and health care cost report expert, Mark Lyons, provides a little more color to the situation and what it means for Rural...

  4. 048 - Covid Penalty Refunds

    We're issuing our first-ever Generally Accepted Accounting Alert! If the IRS charged you a penalty during COVID, you might be entitled to a refund. Listen in to learn more, and check the links below for handy resources on this evolving tax case. Casey Peterson, LTD blog: IRS Penalty Refunds May…

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  5. 047 - IRS CP53E, Paper Checks Phase-Out, & Remote Payroll Issues

    For this episode, we’re focusing on some recent tax headlines. In about 10 minutes, you’ll hear about an IRS notice that’s causing consternation and how it’s related to the government moving away from paper checks, a calculator that shows what your federal taxes pay for, and what employers need…

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  6. 046 - Rural Health Transformation Program Part 2

    That's right, we're back with Part 2! For background information on the Rural Health Transformation Program, be sure to listen to Part 1 here. In this episode, we dig further into the details and talk about how the funds are being distributed, and what rural healthcare facilities need to know....

  7. 045 - Rural Health Transformation Program Part 1

    There’s a recurring theme in every episode we do about healthcare, and it goes something like this: This stuff’s really complicated. (Listen, we didn’t say it was an earth-shattering theme). Anyhoo, the recently created Rural Healthcare Transformation Program is no different. In fact, there are…

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  8. 044 - Basics of Depreciation Under the OBBB

    If you’ve ever had questions about depreciation, bonus depreciation, or section 179 deduction, you’re a nerd, and this quick-hit podcast is for you. Shareholder, CPA, PFS, and CVA Zach Van Sambeek explains what depreciation is, how it works, and how it changed under the One Big Beautiful Bill…

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  9. 043 - How to Avoid Lifestyle Creep

    Although “financial lifestyle creep” might sound like a lost verse to a Radiohead hit, that’s not actually what we’re talking about on this episode. Shareholder and CPA, Kayce Gerlach, and senior associate and CPA, Shay Casey, offer some solid, not-preachy advice about how to avoid the trap of...

  10. 042 - Financial Therapy with Rick Kahler

    It’s episode 42 of the podcast, and for fans of “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” you know that means this one’s the answer to everything. Fittingly enough, the topic is financial therapy, and it might very well be the answer to everything. Our guest for this episode is financial therapist Rick...

  11. 041 - 2025 Tax Planning with Lori Larson

    It’s that special, magical time of the year! Sure, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s … those are great. But we’re talking about getting ready for the 2025 tax season! CPA Lori Larson offers five quick-hit tips for individuals and businesses so you can plan ahead now without having to add any...

  12. 040 - Accounting in Philanthropy with Dr. Eric Zimmer

    If you think charitable giving is just writing a check and hoping for the best, this episode might give you a little food for thought. Our guest is Dr. Eric Zimmer, Vice President of Philanthropy and Special Projects for Black Hills Area Community Foundation. He explains what the foundation does,...

  13. 039 - Jenny Schmidt from Black Hills Advocate and @our605life

    We don’t usually get famous people on the pod (OK, we never get famous people on the pod, even if all of our guests are stars to us), so this episode’s extra exciting. Jenny Schmidt and her wife, Tina, have garnered a huge social media following on TikTok and other platforms. But for this…

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  14. 038 - The One About the One Big Beautiful Bill

    Today we’re talking about the One Big Beautiful Bill, which, still surprisingly, is the name of the latest tax legislation and not a Netflix rom-com. Our tax expert, shareholder Kayce Gerlach, is back on the pod to break it all down — what’s in it for individuals, what’s in it for businesses…

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  15. 037 - Work Trends with Yutaka Takagi

    You might have noticed that discussions about the topic of “work” have been all over the board since the pandemic. Whether it was “quiet quitting” or “nobody wants to work anymore,” it’s been hard to get any kind of consensus. So, our HR and payroll partners at isolved started doing research,...

  16. 036 - New Rural Health Clinic Standards and Profitability

    New Rural Health Clinic Standards If you’ve listened to any of our previous episodes about rural healthcare, you’ve probably come to the not-surprising conclusion that, well, this stuff is complicated. When you add in new rural healthcare clinic standards — including issues like vaccines, roster...

  17. 035 - Roth IRA Conversions and Financial Therapy

    Episode 35: Roth IRA conversions and financial therapy Any time the markets get a little extra wonky, questions come up about Roth IRA conversions. So, we sat down with Emily Millsap — a Certified Financial Planner® and Certified Exit Planning Advisor™ with our friends at Avantax — to talk…

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  18. 034 - Medicare Bad Debt

    Healthcare organizations nationwide are navigating tighter margins and shrinking reimbursement rates. That’s why considering opportunities from Medicare bad debt is one way to find additional reimbursements. If the term “bad debt” makes you wonder what “good debt” is, our shareholder and…

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  19. 033 - Funded Depreciation and Rural Healthcare

    Rural healthcare continues to be a hot-button topic. So, we brought back one of our frequent guests, Mark Lyons — who heads up our healthcare team — to talk about a kind of niche topic — funded depreciation. Mark defines what it is, talks about some scenarios, and gives advice about the approach...

  20. 032 - Meet the Miles Education Team Members

    In the past year, Casey Peterson, LTD has hired some team members who are part of the Miles Education program. These new team members have come to work in the firm’s various offices by way of India with some stops along the way in U.S. communities that were quite a bit larger and different than...

  21. 031 - What to Bring to Your Tax Appointment

    If you’re dreading visiting your CPA or accountant this tax season, no need to fear! One of our newest shareholders, Zach Van Sambeek, a CPA and CVA, is here to let you know what you should bring to your appointment to save yourself some time and money. Zach explains what information is helpful…

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  22. 030 - Top 3 GAAP Episodes of 2024

    If you were disappointed by your results from Spotify’s Wrapped this year, we’ve got something to lift your spirits. It’s the Top 3 Casey Peterson, LTD GAAP episodes of 2024! Now, did we use listener feedback and data analytics to compile this highly scientific list? Pfffff, absolutely not. Evan...

  23. 029 - Mark's Path to Glory

    Have you often thought that the path to managing shareholder of a mid-sized Midwestern CPA firm was full of wonder and glory? Have you actually ever considered the path of a managing shareholder at all? … Yeah, we thought not. Either way, Casey Peterson, LTD’s own managing shareholder, Mark…

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  24. 028 - Energy Incentives and Future Taxes with Dave McGuire

    It’s part two of our conversation with Dave McGuire of McGuire Sponsel, our cost segregation partner! Last time was all cost seg all the time. This time, we talk about some of the new energy incentives, how businesses can utilize them, and discuss what could happen after the upcoming election (it...

  25. 027 - Fixed Assets and Cost Segregation with Dave McGuire

    Today’s episode is part one of our conversation with Dave McGuire of McGuire Sponsel, our new partner that helps with cost segregation studies. We’re revisiting our very first episode about cost seg and depreciation to get into some more details. This is a great episode for businesses looking for...

  26. 026 - All About Audit & Attest

    Audit, review, compilation, agreed-upon-procedures … oh my. It’s a podcast all about attest services. … Wait! Where are you going?! You’re going to want to hear this one, promise! On today’s episode, we talk to CPA, shareholder, and vice president of our attest services team, Deidre Budahl.…

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  27. 025 - Meet Laura Gillen from Avantax

    Welcome to another Generally Accepted Accounting Podcast Happy Hour! This one’s with Laura Gillen, Certified Financial Planner, who works for Avantax, our firm’s wealth management and financial services planning partner. Laura’s taken a kind of nontraditional path to financial planning, and…

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  28. 024 - Rural Health Clinics Part II

    Here’s part two of the first-ever Generally Accepted Accounting Podcast Happy Hour! We’re back with the CEO and Family Nurse Practitioner, Micki Lyons. Micki leads one of the firm’s clients, Crook County Medical Services District, and is married to our firm’s managing shareholder, CPA Mark Lyons....

  29. 023 - Rural Health Clinics & Fruit Pizza

    It’s the first Generally Accepted Accounting Podcast Happy Hour! For our first-ever installment, we did a first-of-its-kind interview with Micki Lyons, CEO and Family Nurse Practitioner with Crook County Medical Services District — one of the firm’s clients — in Sundance, Wyoming. Micki has...

  30. 022 - Fun with Allowable Costs and Activities and Medicare Advantage Plans

    Our managing shareholder, Mark Lyons, is back as we continue our healthcare series. This time, we start with Medicare allowable costs and activities. And then, we enter into the seedy underbelly of Medicare Advantage Plans. … OK, it’s not all that seedy, but it sure makes things complicated for...

  31. 021 - Meet Casey Peterson, the Guy Whose Name Is on the Building

    In 1977, a young accountant named Casey Peterson decided to take a bit of a risk and start his own firm. He did so, in part, because he thought there might be a better way to do business and relate to clients and employees. More than 45 years later, a couple of those employees sat down with him…

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  32. 020 - Top 5 Blogs of 2023

    GAAP Episode 20 – Our Biggest Blog Topics of 2023 Who doesn’t love a good retrospective? People love Spotify’s “Wrapped” so much that we figured, “You know what they’d love more? A look back on our top accounting blogs in 2023!” No need to thank us. Anyway, we’ll take a look at how come your tax...

  33. 019 - Profit is a Good Thing

    For a lot of ag producers, the end of the year means it’s time to find ways to lower their tax burden by spending and deferring. But shareholder and CPA Leah Heidler argues that a profitability mindset is a better way to approach this time of year. She outlines her argument, provides some…

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  34. 018 - Accounting: But Y Tho?

    If accounting makes you picture some grumpy old dude hunched over a spreadsheet, we’ve got good news (unless you like grumpy old dudes hunched over spreadsheets). Despite what TV and the movies have told us, the profession has a lot more nuances. Two of our team members — Cady Erb and Tyler...

  35. 017 - Meet the Hosts

    Have you ever wondered about the two yahoos behind the mic? No? Well, that’s a shame because they’re as interesting as they are hilarious … mostly. Also, they realized that after almost 20 podcast episodes, they’ve never actually said who they are or why they’re doing what they’re doing. And so,...

  36. 016 - The Basics of AI - Part II

    In case you couldn’t get enough of the robots the first time around (no, we don’t mean our AI experts Mark Erickson and Ryan Nankivel), we’re back with part two of the basics of AI! You’ll get more ethical and business discussions and some bonus anecdotes. And it’s all original content not...

  37. 015 - The Basics of AI - Part I

    If terms like “artificial intelligence” or ChatGPT fill you with dread, uncertainty, or confusion, this episode is for you. Two of our resident AI experts sat down with us to define a lot of terms and talked about what different types of AI do. We also discussed business — and ethical —...

  38. 014 - The Basics of Capital Gains

    We get a lot of questions about capital gains. Are they good? Bad? Does it just depend? In this episode, our resident tax experts — Shareholder and Tax Vice President Kayce Gerlach and Senior Associate Garth Sandberg — give you just enough details without bogging you down with too much…

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  39. 013 - Nursing Home Star Ratings

    GAAP Episode 013 – Nursing Home Star Ratings Whether you manage a nursing home, work in one, or are considering one for a loved one, this episode is for you. Our resident nursing home experts, Charles Frizzell and Jackie Jermolenko, discuss the three main criteria for determining a nursing home’s...

  40. 012 - Mental Health & the Future of Accounting

    Today we're talking with our Firm Administrator, Vanessa Kaiser. Vanessa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, which means her background isn't in spreadsheets and numbers *gasp* but instead, she's worked with people and feelings! We talk about Vanessa's unique perspective as a non-traditional…

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  41. 011 - Healthcare Allocation Statistics

    This week, we sit down with managing shareholder Mark Lyons to discuss the ins-and-outs of allocation statistics and how they can impact healthcare cost reports. Listen in to learn more! 0:00 Intro 1:45 What are cost reports? 2:24 What are allocation statistics? 3:23 How often do statistics and...

  42. 010 - Dashboards and Data Visualization

    Our in-house data visualization experts, Mark Erickson, Neil Frizzell, and Devon Hochstetter, answer some helpful questions during this podcast. Questions like “data visual-what now?” What’s Jirav? Is that like a giraffe?” (It’s close!) “Is Power BI some kind of weight-lifting move?” But…

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  43. 009 - Starting a New Business

    If you’ve been thinking about starting your own business, our resident business expert and CPA Jennie Steinmetz is here to tell you everything you need to know. You’ll learn about regulations, registration, sales tax, payroll tax, R&D tax credits, B.A.I.L. (not the prison kind), and more. Listen…

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  44. 008 - Your Business & Inflation

    We sit down with CPA and managing shareholder Mark Lyons to discuss tips and techniques to help your business fight inflation. Stick around to learn more about profit margins, raising prices, employee productivity, expenses, automation and more! https://caseypeterson.com/podcast

  45. 007 - Actively Managed Portfolios

    Our Avantax friend, Kevin Dement, is back and we're talking about portfolios. Specifically, what makes an actively managed or asset allocation portfolio different from other portfolio types. What are the benefits, risks, and how do you find a partner that you can trust? Listen in to learn more!...

  46. 006 - What Exactly is a Fiduciary?

    You've heard the term before, and know it's vaguely financial in nature, but... what exactly is a fiduciary? This week, we talk with Kevin Dement from our wealth management partner, Avantax. We'll discuss fiduciary responsibilities, what it means to be a fiduciary, and how you should select a...

  47. 005 - Audits for Schools and Governments

    GAAP Episode 5 - Audits for Schools and Governments We sit down with Casey Peterson income partner Devin Pfaff to discuss what's different for audits with government entities (such as schools and municipalities). Stick around to learn more about all audits, all the time! Show Notes 1:50…

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  48. 004 - Audit Tips for Nonprofits

    GAAP Ep 004 – Audit Tips for Nonprofits – Show Notes We sit down with Casey Peterson CPA and income partner Devin Pfaff to discuss audits for nonprofits and attempt to make sense of attestation, internal controls, compliance, cash vs accrual, and all kinds of other jargon! Plus we'll learn about...

  49. 003 - Where to Start With End-of-Life Planning

    Prepare to die! No, really. In this episode, we sit down with Casey Peterson income partner Lori Larson to talk about death, taxes, wills, and more! Why does it matter, what can you do, and where do you even begin on something of such monumental importance? Stick around to find out! View show…

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  50. 002 - Data Analytics and Process Automation

    In this episode, we sit down with Mark Erickson (data analytics client manager at Casey Peterson) to discuss recent developments in data analytics. We've all heard the buzzword before, but how are Amazon and Starbucks using data analytics, and what are the potential business implications? Stick...

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