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Regulated Capital Conversations

Blake Andrews•www.buzzsprout.com
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Interviews with utility industry finance professionals who influence technology decisions and direction.

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Talking Tax Reform: ADIT, Depreciation, and Building Your Solid Foundation

In this episode, Panpilas Fischer returns and is joined by Utility Tax Titan Cavan Hayes to discuss accumulated deferred income taxes (ADIT), the role of depreciation, and the importance of data integrity. They explore the collaboration required between tax and regulatory teams to maintain accurate records and the challenges faced in ensuring that all elements align correctly. The conversation also delves into the evaluation of deferred taxes under APB 11 and FAS 109, as well as the implications...

Jun 05, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5

Talking Tax Reform: How to Prepare for Tax Reform Today

Blake is joined by Scott Lampert, Craig Wheeler, and Tom Syner, an experienced tax trio with decades of supporting clients with tax expertise. We're focusing on how maintaining an accurate historical tax basis and validating your accounting system configuration today, is elemental to being tax reform-ready when changes arise.

May 12, 2025•56 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Talking Tax Reform - TCJA War Stories

In this episode, Elhadj Bah welcomes special guest Panpilas Fischer to discuss the implications of potential corporate tax rate changes by reflecting on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017. Panpilas gives us her war stories from her time as a Regulatory Tax Director when the TCJA "bomb" dropped and shares her insights for what could be coming soon with rate changes. Timestamps 00:00 - Introducing Panpilas 04:17 - When the TCJA Bomb Dropped 10:29 - How Panpilas' Department Found Success Duri...

Mar 31, 2025•37 min

Talking Tax Reform - What is Coming?

Let's talk Tax Reform! The possibility of another round of federal tax reform is on the horizon. How will rate changes effect utility finance? For this new series of episodes, we're giving the mic to utility tax experts to walk us through it all. How utility tax teams are responding to discussions of federal tax rate changes. Lessons learned from the last major tax overhaul (TCJA 2017). Best practices for modeling tax rate changes and ensuring system readiness. Strategies to prepare teams and ta...

Mar 12, 2025•7 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Tax Planning In An Uncertain Environment

Key takeaways The 2017 tax reform posed significant challenges for utility companies. Accurate modeling is crucial for understanding the impact of tax changes. Starting with a correct baseline is essential for accurate calculations. Proactive preparation can mitigate surprises during tax law changes. Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Scott! 02:56 The Impact of 2017 Tax Reform on Utilities 05:48 Understanding the Complexity of Rate Changes 09:07 Modeling Approaches for Rate Changes 11:55 Inputs and Me...

Mar 12, 2025•29 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Pete Jorgenson - How to excel on your next financial systems project via catalytic communication

00:00 - 01:15 | Introducing Pete! 01:16 - 04:10 | Pete's non-traditional background: From athletic training in the US Football League to technology consulting, Pete's wandering path to where he is today 04:11 - 06:30 | The importance of bridging the gap between the business and IT 06:31 - 14:01 | Pete's key success factors on large projects, including how you increase the "organizational capacity for change" 14:02 - 15:36 | Agile, waterfall, or hybrid - what's the right approach? 15:37 - 24:20 |...

May 13, 2024•44 min

Kevin Hampton - How do you ensure customer adoption? By listening to your customers!

Kevin is a little different than our prior guests in that he is not solely focused on utility Finance automation. Rather, Kevin and his team are focused on improving the lives of everyone from the men and women doing the physical work to keep our electric infrastructure up and running, to the folks in the utility back office. He brings a wonderful perspective on how starting with the problem to be solved, and empathizing with the people that will be impacted, is much more likely to result in a s...

Apr 09, 2024•49 min

Joe Vaccaro - Driving Innovation and Efficiency using Microsoft Forms and RPA through ConEd Accounting's Finance Intelligent Automation Team

1:56 <- Joe's journey from tech-savvy accountant to leading the Finance Intelligent Automation Team 7:00 <- The accounting department's decision to move from "Citizen Development" to "Joe Development" 10:30 <- How Accounts Receivable used Microsoft Forms to transform from wrangling emails to organized processing of a structured AR data set (without burdening IT). 21:16 <- How RPA allows the team to take the structured data and complete the end-to-end process. 23:35 <- Using "Hours...

Feb 05, 2024•51 min

The Finangineers - Mike Givens on Making Finance Tasks More Efficient and Most Importantly, More Fun

EDITOR'S NOTE: We made a mistake by mentioning the wrong email in our outro. Please send your questions, notes, comments, and interview suggestions to podcast@rcconversations.com 11:30 - Introduction 12:54 - What's a Senior FinTech Automation Analyst (Analyst? Nope - Engineer!) and what do they do? 19:22 - Mike is an insta-hero - 2 weeks to create an automation the team had waited 1 year for! Auto-administration of email distribution lists. 21:29 - How do you differentiate between the tools Micr...

Oct 19, 2023•38 min

Yelena Veisman - Protecting Large ERP Investments, Data Integrity, Technology Funding, and the 2-Hour Tax Close

EDITOR'S NOTE: We made a mistake by mentioning the wrong email in our outro. Please send your questions, notes, comments, and interview suggestions to podcast@rcconversations.com 3:15 - What is a Sr. Manager of Tax Technology and what do they do? - To implement something, don't necessarily try to convert whatever was in the old system and put it in the new - Don't just automate an existing process and expect improvement to happen. 11:15 - What are the primary responsibilities of a Sr. Manager of...

Aug 28, 2023•51 min
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