Welcome back to yet another episode of.. The Fun CPA!

This week, Yuri invites Daniel Steinberg – speaking, communications, marketing extraordinaire and Rabbi..

Daniel combines his comedic and religious background to create an approach that is uniquely him, which is to say, authentic and attention-grabbing.

Daniel joins Yuri to discuss his unusual journey from funny man, to marketer, to Rabbi and how that has informed his current business and outlook on communication. Daniel shares the basics to storytelling, shares some of his biggest flops, drops some tips on self-assessement and much more!

Episode Highlights:
0:00 - Teaser
0:37 - Episode beginning and intro to Daniel
6:15 - Daniel’s time with SNL, what drew him to comedy
12:56 - “How do you recover from a flop?”
16:23 - Public speaking deep dive
23:11 - Storytelling, advice to be a better communicator
27:24 - Self-assessment
32:30 - Authenticity
37:48 - Present day, Daniel’s business, public speaking
47:51 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT HOST YURI KAPILOVICH

Yuri, aka #thefuncpa, has been in the accounting profession for over 15 years and has seen, first hand, the challenges the profession brings. After seeing that no firm was fitting the bill, Yuri set out to do things his own way with his firm K&A and the journey began with LinkedIn posting at the front end.

Yuri is proud to bring you #thefuncpa podcast highlighting the fun and all the amazing opportunities our profession can bring us all.

Recently, Yuri also launched Mentors Count a community for accountants struggling to find true mentorship in the profession. With tax technical and soft skills we cover it all!

CONNECT WITH YURI KAPILOVICH

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykapilovich/
Website: https://www.thefuncpa.co/

CONNECT WITH DANIEL STEINBERG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealdanielsteinberg/
Website: https://maggidmethod.com/

This week on The Fun CPA, Yuri is joined by Nate Sosa, CPA, MST, Manager of the National Tax Department and Audit Defense Division at Hall CPA – for a deep dive into the “BBB” (a.k.a. the Big Beautiful Bill).

Nate brings his trademark clarity and technical depth as they unpack what this new bill brings to the table for high income earners, home owners, business owners, those in real estate and more.

They also cover some of what’s changing and staying the same with the bill and what you (the tax pro) can do to better serve clients or a business owner trying to navigate the latest policy changes.

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Teaser
1:06 - Episode beginning and intro to Nate
4:21 - What’s changed?
6:01 - State and property tax changes (explained)
11:07 - What’s stayed the same
12:36 - Depreciation and the real estate space
17:45 - Tax rates in general
22:22 - If you’re tax planning…
27:09 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT HOST YURI KAPILOVICH

Yuri, aka #thefuncpa, has been in the accounting profession for over 15 years and has seen, first hand, the challenges the profession brings. After seeing that no firm was fitting the bill, Yuri set out to do things his own way with his firm K&A and the journey began with LinkedIn posting at the front end.

Yuri is proud to bring you #thefuncpa podcast highlighting the fun and all the amazing opportunities our profession can bring us all.

Recently, Yuri also launched Mentors Count a community for accountants struggling to find true mentorship in the profession. With tax technical and soft skills we cover it all!

CONNECT WITH YURI KAPILOVICH

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykapilovich/
Website: https://www.thefuncpa.co/

Mentors Count: https://mentorscount.com/

CONNECT WITH NATE SOSA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathansosacpa/
Website: https://www.therealestatecpa.com/

Welcome back to yet another episode of.. The Fun CPA!

This week, Yuri is joined by Dominic Piscopo the founder of Big4Transparency.com, a widely used resource for salary transparency in the accounting industry, reaching nearly 250,000 accounting professionals. This data source was developed by Dominic himself, and helps professionals across the industry navigate the job market, pick the right employer and get paid what they’re worth.

Dominic joins Yuri to share what drove him to create such a game-changing tool – and why he felt the need to create more clarity in an industry that is notorious for being slippery on the details of compensation.

Dominic also covers his time as an entrepreneur, the challenges (and benefits) he’s
experienced and the secret sauce behind his slightly unusual, yet potent marketing strategy.

Episode Highlights:
0:00 - Teaser
0:41 - Intro to Dom
2:43 - Dom’s early journey with firms
8:05 - Working on exciting projects
9:55 - The main driver behind going private
12:23 - “Jumping” firms and how it relates to your salary
17:10 - Dom’s take on people “jumping ship”
21:07 - Asking for a raise
27:37 - How Dom is helping increase pay clarity
34:27 - Being an entrepreneur full time
38:14 - Social media
45:41 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT HOST YURI KAPILOVICH

Yuri, aka #thefuncpa, has been in the accounting profession for over 15 years and has seen, first hand, the challenges the profession brings. After seeing that no firm was fitting the bill, Yuri set out to do things his own way with his firm K&A and the journey began with LinkedIn posting at the front end.

Yuri is proud to bring you #thefuncpa podcast highlighting the fun and all the amazing opportunities our profession can bring us all.

Recently, Yuri also launched Mentors Count a community for accountants struggling to find true mentorship in the profession. With tax technical and soft skills we cover it all!

CONNECT WITH YURI KAPILOVICH

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykapilovich/
Website: https://www.thefuncpa.co/

Mentors Count: https://mentorscount.com/

CONNECT WITH
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dopiscopo/
Website: Big4Transparency.com