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Hello and welcome to a Tuesday edition of Good

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News York. I'm your host Mike Brindisi. Follow

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me on all socials at MikeBTV. We did not have

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a show yesterday because we were under 10 feet

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of snow. I thought about building an igloo, actually,

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and Matt and I doing it from there, but that

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fell through, literally. Listen, it is Tuesday.

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by a special guest. It is, I would say this season

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is your Super Bowl. Senior tax and accounting

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specialist from Key Advising, excuse me, Frank

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Donaldson. Frank Donaldson, welcome to the show,

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man. Thank you, thank you very much. You are

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very welcome. I appreciate the clap. No, I do

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that for each guest, because we don't have a

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studio audience, but I feel like you should get

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a warm welcome. Thank you. You're here. So much

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to talk about. Frank, you bring over 15 years

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of tax and accounting experience to Key Advising.

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And you're very passionate about building long

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-term relationships, helping clients feel confident

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and informed. But before we get into the numbers,

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how does one just kind of start off and go, you

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know what, accounting, that's my thing. Because

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I'll tell you what, while some people might think,

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I can never do accounting, it's too many numbers,

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it's just, it takes a special person to be able

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to do it. Not just for the mathematics, but for

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having to deal with everything that comes along

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with it. So when did you know, like, you know

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what, this is what I wanna do? Well, I'm a weirdo

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in that I was always good at taxes. Not taxes,

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but just numbers in general. So I remember when

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you'd go around the kids in school and be like,

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what are you going to be? And they'd be like,

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firefighter, police officer. I literally said

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accountant. Now I had a family member who was

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an accountant, so I kind of. knew them and it

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seemed like they were cool and everything. So

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that might have been what led to it. But yeah,

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no, I've always kind of wanted to be an accountant.

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I don't think it was really until college when

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I was like, oh, this is actually kind of hard.

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Yeah, most certainly is. Maybe a special type

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of personality. It most certainly is. And you

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know, I love that so much because You know, I

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always grew up, and as a young kid, I knew I

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was like, I want to be creative and be on camera

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and be on stage. And it's something I knew, you

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know, at an early age. But like the thought of

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doing something like what you do is completely

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the opposite of what I do. And I'm just thankful

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there are people out there that do want to be

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accountants because what would we do if you all

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just disappear? Right. Exactly. What do you think

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one of the biggest misconceptions people have

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about accountants? I mean I think there was always

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a misconception even when I was in college like

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they would have Especially when it came to the

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tax end of things You know because you either

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kind of went into an audit category or a tax

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category and the audits would Meet with clients

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and go to lunch and the tax people would just

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sit at their desk and do work 24 -7 I mean I

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still kind of end up doing that still but I would

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say there's more it's more than just Sitting

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in a cubicle and doing work like especially with

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taxes. It's a lot of interfacing It's a lot of

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I mean almost teaching in a way and babysitting

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Clients and make sure that they're doing things

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that make sense for taxes or at least they know

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if you do this it's gonna Uncle Sam's gonna be

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calling right, right, right, you know, so yeah,

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I mean it's been a lot more of this and interacting

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with people that I think that maybe some people

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picture accountants sitting in a cubicle just

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running reports to. That's awesome. What was

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the moment in your career when you were like,

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you know what? I'm actually good at this. Was

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it something right away or did it take some time?

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It was pretty much year one. Like, and I wasn't

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sure what. category I'd fall in in accounting

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and whether it be like you know bookkeeping and

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kind of keeping track of books or on the audit

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side or just doing taxes but as soon as I was

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introduced to taxes I kind of just clicked a

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thing in my brain of just realizing how much

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money people can save or how much money people

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can owe if they do things incorrectly or if they

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just have so much money there's not you know

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sure there's no way around it. You know I have

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thought about this question Every tax season,

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I think about this when I meet with an account.

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I've had different accountants over the years.

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And this might be a dumb question, but I think

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I speak for most of the public that really don't

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know the complete ins and outs of this of this

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business. Is there really, you know, let's say

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I go to Frank Donaldson for my to do my taxes

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and I don't know, you stop practicing. So I go

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to a new person. Is there a huge difference between

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each account? Like, is it pretty? I guess, consistent

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across the board on what our return or what we

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would owe would be, or does each tax accountant

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have their own way of finding more details? And

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you should be a little bit choosy with who your

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accountant is. I think you should definitely

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be choosy because, you know, especially in the

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accounting business that there are some people

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who are rigid. in the way that they think. So

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like if you have a small business and you don't

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want to use like a home office expense, some

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will be more forward to doing it. Some will be

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a little bit conservative when that goes. Also

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again with just meeting someone who actually

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is interested in your business or your tax situation

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because everyone's different and what helps you

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might not help another person. So you really

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have to dive in as an accountant to kind of be

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like, all right, so what's going on here in your

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situation? What will actually benefit you? And

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some might not be as forthcoming with that and

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kind of just stick to their sort of rigid ways.

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So there is a possibility you could be leaving

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some money on the table if you're not with the

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right accountant? Correct, yes. Wow. That's my

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biggest fear. Great. Well, it sounds like advising

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is a big part of this which makes sense the name

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of of the company is key Well, the proper name

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is key advising correct. Okay, it's just key

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advising. All right, it was key financial and

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advising key advising and I wanted to ask Tell

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us a little bit about how the company started

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and like how did you get? How did you become

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a part of that team? Well, I'm new to it. I didn't

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start till literally this past summer in August.

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But Jeff, who Jeffrey Keeler is where the name

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key kind of came from, you know, kind of had

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a cushy corporate job and decided that he wanted

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to work out on his own. And he had more of a

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passion for small businesses and like his. his

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sort of niche is into bookkeeping and fractional

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CFO services. So basically a business starts

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up, their accounting's overwhelming. He'll come

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in there and be like, all right, so how do we

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get our books accurate? How do we get them accurate?

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And in a way to where the owner who might not

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be an accountant can spend more time on the owning

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stuff and not on the bookkeeping. If you get

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certain softwares that integrate with certain

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things, eliminating redundancies and then from

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there. once you have accurate books and everything

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sort of streamlined, how can we be more profitable?

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So that was sort of what he brought. And he didn't

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have a tax background. So he had always, we had

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shared some clients. So we had always wanted

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to add something because there's not too many

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firms that do the bookkeeping, help you with

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being more profitable and can offer you tax advice

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and tax preparation as well. So we got together

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and worked it out. Would you say that is kind

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of, in that world, is that what makes key advising

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kind of stand out from the rest? Is that you

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offer all of those services? Correct. I'm sure

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that there might be some small ones out there

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that'll do everything, but there's, yeah, especially

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in Syracuse, there's not many that you can, you

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know, you usually have to have your bookkeeper

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and then you'd have your own tax account and

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then you try to get everybody on the same schedule

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and it's a little bit harder than, you know.

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You just have one and you can send one email

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out to everybody and it gets to me or one meeting

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that we can sort of work out and really kind

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of hammer that all down because taxes can get

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kind of steep if you're not prepared for it.

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Right. Right. With the advising and everything

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that kind of comes along with it, what's the

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most common financial mistake that you see smart

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people make over and over again? I mean sometimes

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it's timing of things and a lot of it will be

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like with property especially now because there

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are certain rules with the Trump tax plan and

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now his you know Trump tax plan 2 .0 that is

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beneficial for property owners and some people

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will sell a business or sell a property buy a

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new property and either not do it properly you

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know as far as with the exchange. or just not

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really speak with a tax advisor to realize, oh,

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you know, I'm still stuck with paying 30 grand

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in taxes on this rental property I sold kind

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of a thing. So I mean, it's really the timing

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with that goes, because I think everybody sort

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of thinks, oh, I sell this property. I'm just

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going to buy a new property. And you don't have

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to pay tax on it. It's not really. Oh, I learned

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that lesson. Correct. My wife and I had a house.

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We used it as a rental property when we bought

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a new house. Yeah. We sold it, and we got hit

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with the capital gains. And yeah, it's not fun.

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But I'm glad you said that. It was perfect. It

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was almost like you knew I was going to ask this

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question. A lot of what you do does work alongside

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of the federal and state government. I mean,

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that's the whole deal, right? That's the taxes.

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How do you and other accountants and your company,

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how do you stay up to date? Things are changing,

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especially with this administration. Things are

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changing daily. Can you kind of take us through

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that and how you navigate that? Well, yes. Well,

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first off, for anyone who's licensed like me,

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you have to do... I have to do 72 hours of continuing

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ed every three years, 16 minimum. Obviously,

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I did a little bit more this year just because

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there was a lot of new stuff to kind of get in

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there. But I mean, yeah, it's sort of the job.

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You have to do the continuing education as licensed

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by, you know, the government, but then also,

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you know, really trying to keep up on it because

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there are a lot of... Changes, most of them aren't

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as beneficial as I think people think they are,

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but yeah, it's just part of the job. It's partially

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mandated and then part of it is kind of your

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own. Correct, yeah. Does your company, Key Advising,

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do you strictly work with commercial businesses

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or do you work with individual clients as well?

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I mean, what we sort of, what we go after, or

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I say what? Jeff has more of a passion for, me

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have more of a passion doing, our clients that

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are small businesses. So that's primarily who

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our clients are, you know, might just be a single

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member LLC that just runs a consulting business

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that's just them. It could be an HVAC company

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that has 10, 15 employees. Like we don't really

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like going after the corporate culture just because

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it's not. as fun and rewarding, I guess, as working

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with small businesses. But that's primarily,

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I mean, there are some personal tax clients that

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we do and that we'll add, but as far as for what

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I would say our niche is, is more of that small

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business. And I love that because, you know,

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it goes back to what you said at the beginning

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about... You're also advising and you're getting

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personal with these people and getting into the

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minutia of their everyday lives and business.

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So I think that's key. I love that you're dealing

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with local small businesses and helping the community.

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What are some people, what's something that people

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think they need to worry about financially, but

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they actually, they don't? That's a good question.

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I mean, I would say the the biggest misconception

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that I usually get in taxes are people's investment

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accounts You know how much money is in my IRA?

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How much of my IRA and how much my 401k earn?

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All those I mean are good to know financially,

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but for taxes you will only have to pay tax when

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you either sell that stock in a brokerage account

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or if it's an IRA or 401k until you start taking

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the money out of it. At that point, you end up

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having to pay tax on it. But I think there's

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one, because that's usually where people bring

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in these and like, oh, the... the market did

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really good this year and it's sitting in their

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401k and it's like, I mean, it might be a problem

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in the future, but for right now, not so much.

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Yeah. What do you think separates businesses

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that survive from the ones that kind of quietly

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disappear? Because I'm sure you unfortunately

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see that from time to time. Yep. I mean, a lot

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of it is accounting related. Either you're not

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prepared for the sales stack that comes out monthly

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or the income tax bill that comes out at the

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end of the year. Yeah, because you do have to

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sort of factor in, oh, I have this business,

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but now all of a sudden I have to factor in my

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taxes. And then plus, I have this business, and

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I'm doing it myself, I'm running the accounting

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myself, it's taking 10, 15 hours a week. Is that

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really the best thing for you? Or is it better

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to do what you're good at? Whatever that is.

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And leave the accounting, I guess, to more people

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who are a little bit more. specialized in it.

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When you're working with these companies, I mean,

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is it just you, Frank Donaldson, of Key Advising,

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working alone, or is there a team that kind of

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helps you? Because I'm sure there's so many details

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that go into each client. Yep. I mean, at least

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with Key Advising, again, we have Jeff, we have

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an assistant controller as well, who will go

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out and help more on the bookkeeping end. The

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taxes is kind of falling on me at this point

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just because of new when I just got started in

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August, so kind of a new service that we're adding

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and maybe looking to hope to grow that in the

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future. But yeah, so you have that, but then

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also, you know, if you have a small business

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that has 10, 15 employees, you probably already

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have a bookkeeping accounting clerk that you

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need there 24 -7, you need them all the time.

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So, you know, you have that and then us that

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kind of comes in more on the advising end of

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making sure that the processes that you're doing

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aren't taking four hours longer than it should.

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You know, oh, you could have just done it in

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this software and it would have integrated right

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in. You didn't have to spend one minute, you

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know, entering everything individually like how

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you did then. So yeah, the accounting is, you

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know, generally you'll have that person who's

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always there to do your bills and your accounts

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receivable and all that stuff. And then us to

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kind of advise and make sure that it's going

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well. And then obviously, you know, the planning

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and making sure that you're running as profitable

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as you can. You know you you mentioned how you

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don't really work with corporations and and you're

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kind of your bread and butter is Small businesses

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in this area you grew up in Cicero, New York

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Is there something unique about advising clients

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in in central New York compared to what it would

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be like in bigger cities? I mean I would guess

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since we have a pretty good mix of people on

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the I guess on the spectrum of how they feel

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about taxes I'd say the unique thing about Central

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New York is, I mean, many people who are here

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grew up here and decided to live through these

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winters. And at least in my time spending with

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the most small business clients around here in

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Syracuse, New York that's stuck in Syracuse,

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I find that they're more, I guess, I don't want

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to say noble, but they treat their employees

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well. I mean, it's actually a pretty good community.

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There's a lot that... that the small business

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community gives to certain charities. Yeah, I

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mean, I just feel like the class of people in

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Syracuse, New York, and small businesses are

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maybe a little bit more family oriented than

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a big city where it's profit first and don't

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care about anybody else. What do you think is

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one financial move you wish more people in Syracuse

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would make sooner? I mean, it's always... Creating

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the retirement accounts as early as possible.

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I mean I fell for it I mean I didn't really start

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until I got into my 30s and now thinking like

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if I just Started that 401k earlier that extra

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10 years of growth and money put into it could

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make my retirement account a Couple hundred thousand

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more at least At time of retirement, so that

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I mean it's something that I usually because

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when you're young One, unfortunately, when you're

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young, you have a lot more expenses than maybe

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15, 20 years ago with house buying and everything

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else. So it's a little bit tough for him to start

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out. But yeah, if you can start a retirement

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account as early as possible, I mean, you'd see

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it better in the future again. That's what I

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tell my kids. They're like, Dad, shut up. I don't

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want to hear about that. I'm like, I'm telling

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you. What do you think is one of the most stressful

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money conversations people avoid, but they shouldn't?

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I mean, I think it is retirement. Just to go

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on the same thing, and again, I'm not really

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a financial advisor. I'm more on the tax end

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of things. So maybe someone that's a little bit

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more in finance would have a better answer for

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it. But I think there's always a tough discussion

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of, here's my retirement account. if I throw

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it in this calculator, this is how much it's

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going to be at age 65 or whatever age that you

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want to retire. Social Security, if it's still

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there when it gets to that point, who knows?

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Yeah, I mean, I think there really is. There's

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like this immediate need and there's immediate

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need to go buy that new car. But, you know, you

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really see it when you get older of once it gets

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to retirement age and you see these people just

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living off of Social Security or small retirement

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account. It's worth it to kind of go through

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it and try to save as much as possible in my

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opinion. Absolutely What's a popular I guess

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money rule that you completely disagree with

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is there one? Or maybe that's like overrated,

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you know It's a good question I mean, there's

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usually the big thing now, now that it feels

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like there's, again, for retirement stuff, there's

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pre -tax and post -tax retirement accounts of

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what's better. I mean, because most people will

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just say, do the max into a regular 401k to put

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as much income as possible. And there is some

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advantage of maybe doing something more post

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-tax. You pay tax on it now, but then... when

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you take it out, it's tax -free kind of a thing.

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That'd be the only kind of just trying to find

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that mix. And again, it's personal to where your

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income situation is. If you're in a high tax

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bracket, maybe you want to load up on as much

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pre -tax stuff now. But if you're not in that

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high of a tax bracket, maybe you should start

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planning and doing some more stuff into different

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accounts. A few more questions because again,

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I know this is like your Super Bowl, right? This

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is your season, man. You got to get back to work.

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No, I'm not going to mention exact names, but

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there are chains that do your taxes for you.

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And I know, again, you work with small businesses.

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This is more of a selfish question. Do you find

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that going to a chain like that is okay and it

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has its benefits or would you recommend? going

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with a private person or firm? I'd say nothing

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against some of those firms. Again, they're for

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-profit corporations, so the people they have

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working on them aren't licensed generally in

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any way. At least most of them aren't. They're

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just people who kind of went through their program,

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and then they go through their software and do

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everything. If your taxes are simple, it's just

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a W -2, and maybe that would kind of make more

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sense, or trying to find an online software that

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you can do it yourself. Personally, I find that

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some of those firms kind of overcharge a little

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bit. That's what I thought. They felt cookie

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cutter to me, to be honest with you. That's kind

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of the vibe I got. They plug in your W -2, they

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ask you a couple questions, and then here's a

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$400 tax bill. Yeah. That sounds about right.

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Yeah. Couple more questions. What do you think

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is like a respectable time period between when

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you file your taxes with an accountant, whether

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it's a small business or whether it's individual?

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You know, I've had years where it comes back

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in about a month or maybe a few, even three weeks.

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And then I've had years where it took like four

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or five months. Do you think there's kind of

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a window that accountants should hit? I mean,

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when it comes to refunds, it's sort of out of

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our control as soon as we hit that send button

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and the federal and state government get a hold

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of it. Now the IRS will say two to three weeks,

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90 % will get refunded. Usually when it's after

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three weeks, there's some sort of issue, whether

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it got hung up in processing somewhere or just

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manually it checks a box and now they have to

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have an employee actually review it, which during

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certain times, especially around COVID. would

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take six, seven months to get your refund. And

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the state doesn't really have anything published

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for how long they take, but usually they're more

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in the three to four week type of a range of

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how that refund goes. But as soon as we hit the

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send button, it's all on them. The whole thing

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is just making sure that you accurately and timely

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filed it so that generally there's a better chance

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that it's gonna go through as quickly as possible.

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Here's the real question. How the hell do you

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ever reach an actual person at the IRS? Are you

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able to do that as an accountant? So as a practitioner,

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there is a line that I can call. You've got the

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magic number, Frank. That can get ahold of somebody

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generally easier. Though those lines are a little,

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they're a little bit better now. I will say this,

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but there was a good time period for three, four

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years where you'd call, you'd be on hold for

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two hours, and then they would just either hang

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up on you, or they'd say, we're not gonna get

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to it today, and hang up on you. What do you,

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tax season ends in April -ish. I remember I managed

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a music venue bar, and every year in April, these

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accountants locally would come and have a party.

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They would bring, we would cater it, the whole

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thing. And it really was them blowing off steam.

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Do you feel like you need, do you get a couple

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days off after the deadline? How does that work?

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Do you blow off some steam? Do you crash? Pretty

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much. I'll be honest, it's a little bit better.

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A lot of the firms now are really pushing the...

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work -life balance. So it's not as bad as when

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I first started when it was like you'd work 80,

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90, 100 hours a week. It would be tough at that

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point to stay awake and get alone, keep some

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sanity, especially with taxes, especially when

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you got that last rush of taxes in April where

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you just wanted to strangle everybody who was

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taking a long time. Of course. Now before we

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:20.329
go, let's talk about You know, anything you want

00:23:20.329 --> 00:23:23.930
to plug about the company, Frank Donaldson, company

00:23:23.930 --> 00:23:27.309
is key advising. Anything you want to mention,

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any events coming up, any calls to action for

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customers, anything you want people to know,

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final thoughts? Yeah, I mean, a little bit. So,

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I mean, basically, again, I mean, we're a firm

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that's with you throughout the entire year. We're

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not looking to just be a tax season. Client we

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want to be someone that you can talk to to be

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if you have an idea of oh Should I do this should

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:51.380
I do that? And again, we also have the business

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:54.400
that's more to business clients of doing bookkeeping

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and you know Analyzing your books and making

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sure there's a profitability part to that. It's

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a little bit late for any kind of 2025 tax season

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Savings, I guess at this point. There's not really

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:09.720
much you can do but yeah, if you're looking for

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:12.200
Business that can help you with your accounting

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and then also kind of add this tax Side because

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I mean the timing of things if you buy something

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in December versus January could cost you $20

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,000 if you didn't think of the full picture

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.869
of all that so Yeah, if you're looking for any

00:24:26.869 --> 00:24:28.730
kind of help to reach out look up there was a

00:24:28.730 --> 00:24:31.049
key advising comm yeah, please give the plugs

00:24:31.049 --> 00:24:37.690
go and Yeah, look into us. Well, we'll do a good

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job that gives me that sparked one last question.

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Yeah, that is I Think I mean, it's a broad question

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But is there any tip you can give for a regular

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old Joe like me that maybe you know? Don't, when

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you're doing your taxes, people always overlook

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this. Make sure you look into this. Anything

00:24:58.069 --> 00:25:02.089
like that. Any tips for us? I mean, the big thing

00:25:02.089 --> 00:25:05.710
this year is just that we have a few new things

00:25:05.710 --> 00:25:08.410
that you can do. So whether it's seeing a tax

00:25:08.410 --> 00:25:10.869
advisor, especially this year, to make sure that

00:25:10.869 --> 00:25:13.509
you're filing it accurately, because some of

00:25:13.509 --> 00:25:15.430
those things, again, depending on your tax bracket,

00:25:15.549 --> 00:25:18.029
could help quite a bit. Now, I think when they

00:25:18.029 --> 00:25:21.900
pass the whole no tax on tips over time, no tax

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on Social Security, which it didn't end up going

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:26.180
through. I think some people are thinking that

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they might be saving more money in taxes than

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will actually happen, just because there's little

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nuances with that. And, you know, it depends

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on your income and, you know, the overtime, for

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:39.640
example, you only get the deduction for that

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:42.339
half pay. So if you made 20 ,000 in overtime

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:45.180
wages, you're going to pay tax on the time that

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:47.420
was your 100 % full pay. The deduction is only

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:49.950
for that half pay. Mm -hmm. So that's like one

00:25:49.950 --> 00:25:52.170
little thing that I've already kind of seen some

00:25:52.170 --> 00:25:54.269
people have been like, why does it only say $500?

00:25:54.490 --> 00:25:56.650
I know I did way more and overtime wages on that

00:25:56.650 --> 00:25:59.369
That's all that kind of ends up getting deducted

00:25:59.369 --> 00:26:01.970
So there's a lot of little nuances that really,

00:26:02.009 --> 00:26:04.250
you know Look up as much as you can or see a

00:26:04.250 --> 00:26:06.789
tax advisor. Make sure you're filing it accurately.

00:26:07.150 --> 00:26:11.069
Perfect. And then the real question Why am I

00:26:11.069 --> 00:26:14.529
43 and still have trouble filling out a W -4?

00:26:15.329 --> 00:26:19.220
Because when I got hired here or any time I I

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:23.579
stare at that thing like it is in hieroglyphics.

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:27.079
I don't understand how I am at this age and not

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.779
able to, do you find there's a lot of adults

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:31.819
that still struggle with that? That's the biggest

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:34.200
tax issue that comes along if someone doesn't

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:36.779
file the W -4 correctly. Now it used to be easier,

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.700
like, you know, you're a single, oh, I've got

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:41.339
one kid, I claim myself, bam, and it somehow

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:43.039
worked out to where they took out the right amount

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:46.579
of tax. Now it's single. You have to go through

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:48.740
this chart if you have multiple jobs or if you

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:51.200
have a spouse. And then there's this little tiny

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.880
box that everyone sort of skips. Like, do I have

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.440
a spouse that makes within one half of my pay?

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:58.420
A lot of people don't check it. And then all

00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:00.019
of a sudden they file their taxes and they owe

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:03.660
$4 ,000. And look at the W -2 and it's like...

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.839
They just didn't take out as much tax as they

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:09.480
should have. See, I didn't even say the right

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.619
one. It's the W -2 you fill out. Well, the W

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.960
-2 is what you get from the employer. Oh, yeah,

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.420
no, I was right. The W -4 is what you fill out

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:16.279
so that they hopefully take out the right amount

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.240
of tax. Yeah, so that happened to me last year.

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:20.140
Maybe, you know, after we get off the air, I

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.759
think I'm going to have you teach me how to fill

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:25.599
out the W -2. Anyway, Frank Donaldson, key advising

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.559
right here in Syracuse, New York, senior tax

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:29.690
and accounting specialist. Thank you for your

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time and for everything you do for us knuckleheads

00:27:31.809 --> 00:27:33.849
that have no idea what we're doing. We really

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Check out Key Advising. And with that, that is

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another Tuesday edition. And Frank, thank you

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for coming, by the way. Oh, thank you. And with

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00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.740
Welcome to Good News York. I'm very excited because

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:08.579
this is the episode where we get to tell you

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:11.799
about our weekend that's coming up here. And

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:14.680
we are joined, you might remember if you've been

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:17.880
a fan of this show. This gentleman's been on,

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:21.220
we've talked about him a few times, and honestly

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:24.180
helped us get our start last year at his event.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.000
Everybody welcome back to the show. Stereo Steve

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.460
Becker is here. How are you, Steve? Thank you,

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:34.240
Matt, thank you. You got a point. You launched

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:37.900
Good News York at our winter fair last year,

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:41.140
Syracuse Winter Fair 2025. And look what you're

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:44.339
doing, my gosh. We've grown by leaps and bounds

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:47.289
in... in just under a year, which is pretty cool

00:28:47.289 --> 00:28:51.470
and terrifying all at the same time. But yeah,

00:28:51.490 --> 00:28:54.529
Steve mentioned he is the gentleman behind the

00:28:54.529 --> 00:28:57.529
incredible event known as the Syracuse Winter

00:28:57.529 --> 00:29:00.670
Fair that takes place this coming weekend, the

00:29:00.670 --> 00:29:02.869
30th through February 1st at the Great New York

00:29:02.869 --> 00:29:06.670
State Fairgrounds in the Expo Center. It's a

00:29:06.670 --> 00:29:11.049
fair. It's at the fairgrounds, but it's all indoors.

00:29:11.430 --> 00:29:13.670
That's right. This is an incredible kind. Ninety

00:29:13.670 --> 00:29:16.410
percent of it is indoors. We're bringing summer

00:29:16.410 --> 00:29:20.430
fun into winter. That was the concept. And also

00:29:20.430 --> 00:29:22.769
to bring the community together. Yeah. You know,

00:29:22.849 --> 00:29:25.690
because, you know, we have the midway rides.

00:29:25.950 --> 00:29:28.049
Where do you see midway rides in the middle of

00:29:28.049 --> 00:29:30.049
winter? You can go on rides. There's nothing

00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:33.390
like this in New York State because we have to

00:29:33.390 --> 00:29:37.309
really thank New York State for building that

00:29:37.309 --> 00:29:39.450
Expo Center. It's over one hundred thousand square

00:29:39.450 --> 00:29:43.400
feet. It's the largest. open space outside of

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:45.839
New York City between Boston and Cleveland. And

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.680
it's right here. We're a destination. And that

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:53.380
was my whole concept in the beginning was to

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:56.019
give people something. I mean, you take a look

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:58.539
at the weather that we're having right now. Guess

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:01.799
what? It's going to be nice and warm inside.

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:05.519
You get to get all those things that you usually

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:08.859
experience during the summer. We have so much

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:11.599
food pizza. Freight will be there and we got

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.359
limp lizard Even chick -fil -a is coming in really.

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:18.579
Yes Friday and Saturday. They will be there and

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:23.440
then We'll have kiki's with their Greek cuisine.

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:26.960
That's good We have a place coming out of Connecticut

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.589
called the taste of Ukraine and they're going

00:30:29.589 --> 00:30:33.190
to have stuffed cabbage and beet soup. Oh, wow.

00:30:33.369 --> 00:30:36.230
It's something for everybody there. And we also

00:30:36.230 --> 00:30:38.809
want to thank Onondaga County. They're going

00:30:38.809 --> 00:30:41.630
to do the fireworks. There are some things outside

00:30:41.630 --> 00:30:45.730
that we're doing the fireworks. Ryan McMahon

00:30:45.730 --> 00:30:50.170
supporting this again. We have our ice sculptures.

00:30:50.589 --> 00:30:54.950
We will have ice sculptures out there from Averdi.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:31:01.619
And we also have Woodford Brothers. They'll be

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:03.460
there. And of course, we're going to have the

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:05.900
reindeer out there. And that's going to be on

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:10.460
Saturday from 10 to four. They were young last

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:13.240
year and their antlers are even bigger. Oh, wow.

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.779
And we want to thank Good News York for being

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:19.740
the sponsor. Absolutely. And 10 to four, you

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:22.940
come, take a selfie with them and then come on

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:27.099
in. and just enjoy the other ones. We want to

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:30.539
thank Destiny USA. They're a destination. We're

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:33.220
a destination. We're working together. When you

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:35.960
go into Destiny, when you look at their directories

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:40.220
or that big screen that they have rotating around,

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:43.400
they're promoting. Yeah. Syracuse Winter Fair

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:45.500
2026. I've seen the Winter Fair ads in the mall.

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.339
It's pretty cool. And we've got great entertainment

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:49.240
because we're doing something a little bit different.

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:51.819
We've got some great groups at night. We're going

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:55.779
to have Los Blancos at 5 o 'clock on Friday.

00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.839
Then at 7 o 'clock, it will be Brass Inc. And

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:03.359
then on Saturday at 5 o 'clock, it will be the

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.000
Barn Dogs. And then a group that everybody is

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.339
like these 80s music. It's going to be the arcade.

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.819
And then on Sunday, we wrap everything up with

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:14.039
the black lights. But during the day, we're going

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.599
to be focusing on our kids, students from elementary

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:21.339
school up through college, dancing, singing,

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:25.680
performing, because we want to show what our

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:27.980
community is all about. Yeah. So people will

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:30.039
come out and we're doing something special. We're

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:33.119
dedicating the entire event to Van Robinson.

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:37.460
He passed away last May. And Van was always a

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:40.660
visionary here and a community leader. And he

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:42.960
really did help us in getting this thing off

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:48.059
the ground. And that was in 2019. And so we want

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:51.319
to give thanks to Van. That's great. We're doing

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:55.500
a special presentation at 1 .50 on Saturday afternoon.

00:32:55.819 --> 00:33:01.180
Linda Robinson, Linda Brown Robinson, she will

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:06.039
be there. That is the wife of Van. Mayor of the

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:08.980
city of Syracuse Sharon if Owens will be there

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:13.519
nice I made a very special plaque in honor of

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:15.980
then and we expect there will be other, you know

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:19.319
representatives there and such then afterwards

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:23.160
I don't know if you ever heard of Dom Caballari.

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:26.680
I don't know Dom is one of the founders of the

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:30.440
field of dreams They're building in Carrier Park

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:34.779
as he's unbelievable. He's an attorney and He's

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:38.740
a great singer. He has sung at the Dome. He has

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:41.599
sung at the ballpark. Wow. And he's going to

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:45.460
sing the national anthem. And I call him Dom

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:48.799
Dio Cambareri, because he styles himself after

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:51.220
Ronnie James Dio. That's great. So he'll give

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:54.319
a rousing addition. And then right after that,

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:57.680
we're going to have the Scouts doing a campfire

00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.059
setting. We're going to have a campfire on the

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:03.220
video screen. And they'll be doing sing -alongs

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:06.559
with the attendees. I love that. I love that.

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:08.260
You always change it up. You always have some

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:11.940
different community group That performs whether

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:14.820
it's you know dancers or whatever this year It's

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:17.760
the Scouts which I love as an old boy scout myself

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.599
here in some of those campfire songs. That's

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:22.119
gonna be awesome It's it's fun because you have

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.199
you have I guess you would call it the traditional

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.780
live entertainment, right? We've got a lot of

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:28.239
these well -known musical acts all throughout

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:31.639
but we also get This kind of community entertainment.

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:33.739
I feel like you don't even at the fair I feel

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.460
like you don't necessarily see a lot of events

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:38.500
like that and The crowd loves it. I mean, the

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:40.760
people that you pack in for those things. Well,

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.780
you know, it's a great idea, Steve. I've said

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:47.099
it. One of my joys is hearing the kids scream

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.820
on the rides in the middle of winter. Sure. And

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:51.460
you come out. I mean, we're going to have at

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:55.599
least a dozen rides out there for the youngsters.

00:34:56.880 --> 00:35:00.480
that are over 30 inches, we have a good seven,

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:03.159
eight rides, you know, marico round and roller

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:07.059
coaster. But for the older ones that are 48 inches

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:11.760
will will twirl you around a lot. You know, my

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:14.260
kids love it. That's that's the best part there.

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.599
And we try to make it reasonable from the standpoint

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:20.960
of expense, especially these days. And so there's

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:25.469
different ways that you can get tickets. that

00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:29.250
are inexpensive in a sense. We have our online

00:35:29.250 --> 00:35:32.150
ticket, and that's $5 for adults with a small

00:35:32.150 --> 00:35:36.170
fee. And then for seniors and teens, it would

00:35:36.170 --> 00:35:39.510
be $3. Children, 10 and under are free. I think

00:35:39.510 --> 00:35:41.650
that's huge, that part right there. Yeah. But

00:35:41.650 --> 00:35:44.789
even more so, one of our sponsors, the hoop area.

00:35:45.070 --> 00:35:47.789
Boy, I have to tell you, some of the players

00:35:47.789 --> 00:35:50.590
coming out that will be doing autograph signing

00:35:50.590 --> 00:35:53.380
and such. But we raised money for the Boys and

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:56.119
Girls Club in the hoop area. And we want to thank

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:59.179
Market 32 Price Chopper for helping with that.

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:01.440
They donate, they promote, but they approached

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:04.320
me and said, Steve, we'd like to sell tickets.

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:08.760
They're in 130 locations in seven states. Wow.

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:13.300
We want people to come from all over and tickets

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:15.639
at Price Chopper. You can go, you know, even

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:20.639
during the event, 450 for adults. and for seniors

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:24.380
and teens, two bucks. Wow. Now at the box office,

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.300
it's eight bucks for adults, six bucks for seniors

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:29.960
and teens, always the kids 10 and under are free.

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.800
So we encourage people to bring the families.

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:35.159
And of course, there's lots of shopping there,

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:40.880
crafters, and do you need gutters on your roof?

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:44.539
I mean, you know, it really is that flavor that

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:47.510
you get during the summer. Yeah, that's that's

00:36:47.510 --> 00:36:49.610
the thing that's so neat is there's there's everything

00:36:49.610 --> 00:36:51.929
you love. There's the food There's the you know,

00:36:52.010 --> 00:36:54.409
you mentioned all the the kind of meal foods

00:36:54.409 --> 00:36:57.150
But they're also the favorite fair snack foods,

00:36:57.349 --> 00:36:59.550
right? You got your cotton candy and you're all

00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:01.789
of those incredible sweets that I shouldn't eat

00:37:01.789 --> 00:37:04.150
But I am definitely gonna dig in you like pickles.

00:37:04.170 --> 00:37:07.829
We have all sorts of pickles the all, you know

00:37:07.829 --> 00:37:12.710
nuts cheeses I'm thinking that the wine slushy

00:37:12.710 --> 00:37:14.829
folks will be back hopefully. Yeah, okay. That's

00:37:14.829 --> 00:37:16.920
what she will be there That's my kryptonite,

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:20.059
right? We actually have a place out of Canada.

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:23.280
Oh, wow. And they're called Super Crunch. They

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:27.139
cook up the fruit. Wow. And they put it on like

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:32.960
a stick. Wow. Like, you know, and have all different

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.199
fruits on there. And they're a hit. And they'll

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:39.340
be there. You know, baked goods. You know, we

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:43.460
really tried to use variety. We talked about

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:46.719
the hoop area and some of the athletes coming

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:50.280
out on Friday. We're going to have James Mongrel

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:55.039
there from four to five. James played for Syracuse

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:58.539
and he wound up playing for the Indiana Colts.

00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:01.699
Oh, wow. And won the Super Bowl ring. We have

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:03.780
another gentleman, even though he didn't go to

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:08.099
SU, he's from this area and his name is Leroy

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:12.679
Collins. Leroy wrote a book. Where he had a really

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.340
serious accident. He was in a wheelchair as a

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:18.760
child But he worked his way back and at his high

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:21.480
school. He set records He played for Alford State

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:25.159
for Louisville and he played in the NFL play

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:27.619
for the Redskins That's incredible for the Jaguars

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:30.739
up in Canada. Well, he lives in this area his

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:34.320
wife works here He lives in Fulton, but you're

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:38.039
ready for this. He's the running back coach For

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:40.659
CBA Christian Brothers Academy with our state

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:43.199
champs, so he'll be there and then we got Rob

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:46.460
Drummond on Saturday along with Mookie Jones

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:50.880
remember Mookie and then on Sunday Full tilt

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:53.599
we got Roosevelt Bowie. You've met Rosie. We

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:56.340
know Rosie great guy We got Gene Waldron coming

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:59.780
out and then we have the entire Lemoine basketball

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:03.739
team coming So, you know, it's all for a good

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:06.739
cause. We've raised over $15 ,000 for the Boys

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:10.800
and Girls Club and we want to help. And we're

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:14.440
doing it in the honor of Lawrence Moten. Lawrence

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:17.599
was an amazing person. He was so happy to be

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:21.000
back where he grew up and helping kids. And unfortunately,

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:24.460
he passed away back in September. So we're honoring

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:28.019
Lawrence as well. Wow. Wow, that's incredible.

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.559
We keep talking about all those things and that

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:33.860
just goes back to your original comment of the

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:36.400
size of this Expo Center and how neat of a resource

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:39.500
this is that we have here at the State Fairgrounds.

00:39:40.889 --> 00:39:42.949
We talk about the food, we talk about the rides,

00:39:43.050 --> 00:39:45.090
we talk about the entertainment. We should probably

00:39:45.090 --> 00:39:47.329
get a little love to the vendors because that's

00:39:47.329 --> 00:39:51.150
a part that I think is pretty neat. Whether you're

00:39:51.150 --> 00:39:53.489
at a fair or festival, anything like that, you

00:39:53.489 --> 00:39:56.309
know that there's a type of vendor, type of folks,

00:39:56.590 --> 00:40:00.449
local small business owners usually, that have

00:40:00.449 --> 00:40:02.989
products and neat things that you can't get anywhere

00:40:02.989 --> 00:40:05.309
else. And normally you can't find any of those

00:40:05.309 --> 00:40:08.590
products until the summer. And we have certain

00:40:08.590 --> 00:40:12.579
non -profits. We want to thank LaToya Jones with

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:16.920
Lead Safe Coalition CNY. That's part of the United

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:19.559
Way. They're going to be our sponsor for the

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.199
Healthcare Village. Wow. And, you know, right

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:26.800
now we care about our kids. We care about the

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:29.920
lead in the water and such. So they will be there

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:32.719
and they'll be interacting. We have some other,

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:35.860
you know, healthcare organizations and such.

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:39.909
But like you said, You know, the latest thing

00:40:39.909 --> 00:40:43.530
is 3D printing. Yeah. What they create and all.

00:40:43.849 --> 00:40:46.170
The technology is unbelievable. But it really

00:40:46.170 --> 00:40:49.449
is. If you need a new bath or shower, we got

00:40:49.449 --> 00:40:51.170
Bathfitter there. They're going to be one of

00:40:51.170 --> 00:40:54.489
our ice sculptor sponsors and the free parking

00:40:54.489 --> 00:40:57.349
from AmeriQ. Yes. Come on. You know, I mean,

00:40:57.789 --> 00:41:04.289
and we have to really let people know. You're

00:41:04.289 --> 00:41:06.750
not going to be walking over a bridge. the park

00:41:06.750 --> 00:41:09.949
you're not going to be taking a bus all the parking

00:41:09.949 --> 00:41:12.570
that's right there it's a five minute walk and

00:41:12.570 --> 00:41:16.369
it's absolutely free and so there's really no

00:41:16.369 --> 00:41:18.530
excuse not to be there that's that's a great

00:41:18.530 --> 00:41:20.010
point see if i didn't think about that because

00:41:20.010 --> 00:41:22.130
when you do think about the the state fair in

00:41:22.130 --> 00:41:24.670
the summer you think about parking somewhere

00:41:24.670 --> 00:41:27.730
off in god's country and hoofing it to the event

00:41:27.730 --> 00:41:31.269
this you literally pull up to the door And we

00:41:31.269 --> 00:41:33.409
want to thank the state fair, the people that

00:41:33.409 --> 00:41:36.489
we're working with and such very supportive.

00:41:37.090 --> 00:41:40.050
This is our seventh year. Yeah. And I, you know,

00:41:40.090 --> 00:41:45.329
I pinch myself of going, wow, you know, and that's

00:41:45.329 --> 00:41:48.769
the smile I get is seeing like what you're doing

00:41:48.769 --> 00:41:53.210
for this community and how you just what spaghetti

00:41:53.210 --> 00:41:57.610
warehouse you took over for that and create something

00:41:57.610 --> 00:42:00.960
cutting edge. but it's not cutting edge anymore.

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:04.840
And that's what it really, you started with IT

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:10.159
and then look what you're doing. Clickstream,

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:16.800
I mean. And you said to me, just like I do some

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:19.760
Facebook advertising, in the last 28 days they

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:22.880
said there has been over 300 ,000 views. And

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:25.280
you told me, what, six and a half, almost seven

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:28.320
million views in one year? Yeah, yeah. GNY, we

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:32.619
hit, and this stat was as of a little over a

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:34.960
month ago, six and a half million views. So in

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:37.179
less than a year, we were able to generate that

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:41.639
kind of buzz. And it's been incredible. And since

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.400
we're on that topic, let's talk for just a second

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:45.159
about what we're going to do there, right? Because

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:46.900
we're going to be at Winter Fair. We're not just

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:50.730
a sponsor of the reindeer. as fun as they are.

00:42:51.329 --> 00:42:53.969
But we'll be inside. Steve has upgraded us to

00:42:53.969 --> 00:42:56.469
an even bigger space. Well, what we would like

00:42:56.469 --> 00:42:59.869
to see, sometimes you see the cooking demonstrations

00:42:59.869 --> 00:43:03.349
and their seats and everything. Well, why not

00:43:03.349 --> 00:43:06.210
have some seats there where people can stop and

00:43:06.210 --> 00:43:08.809
watch you interview? And there's going to be

00:43:08.809 --> 00:43:11.130
a whole array of people you interview, from the

00:43:11.130 --> 00:43:14.949
businesses to some of our representatives. I

00:43:14.949 --> 00:43:18.630
know Senator Chris Ryan will be there. Usually

00:43:18.630 --> 00:43:23.670
we see a host of people and we're hoping that

00:43:23.670 --> 00:43:26.889
County Executive Ryan McMahon will be out there.

00:43:28.849 --> 00:43:34.030
You see a vision here. I understand the detractors.

00:43:34.190 --> 00:43:36.989
This has been a difficult situation when some

00:43:36.989 --> 00:43:41.150
of the manufacturers have left. And this has

00:43:41.150 --> 00:43:43.730
always been a manufacturing hub. Now we have

00:43:43.730 --> 00:43:47.320
Micron. And yeah, you know, I mean, like anything,

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:52.000
you know, you can't do it in a day. Yeah. But

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.760
I'm out there. And I'll tell you what I'm hoping

00:43:55.760 --> 00:44:00.579
for next year is to show off Micron, the aquarium.

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:06.059
Yeah. I mean, these are visions that if you want

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:09.760
to attract people, there's a lot to do here.

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:13.159
Can you imagine? Know destiny at one time was

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:15.500
gonna have an aquarium now. It's just across

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:19.539
the street. Yep, and I'm very I think I would

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:22.679
love you know, I'm getting up there, you know

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:26.320
age -wise but There are certain people that are

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:28.699
well in their 80s 90s and the hundreds still

00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:31.500
doing stuff I hope I can still be there to see

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:35.659
the fruition of all the efforts and it's very

00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:39.360
rare In this political climate to see everybody

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:43.320
come together. Yeah No, it's it's it's a great

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:44.900
thing Steve. I'll tell you the first time I walked

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:47.199
in there and saw that and looked around like

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:50.619
This is this is no joke, you know I've known

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:52.539
Steve for a little while at that point and heard

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:54.440
about the event and like yeah that sounds neat

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:57.980
until you walk in the door and Realize the the

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:59.800
scale of it and all there is to do and everything.

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:02.019
It's just it's truly incredible Steve I still

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:03.480
have figured out how you pull it off what I've

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:05.960
been doing lately on some zoom calls You know

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:10.139
that I'm doing and such for interviews. I have

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:13.750
the background Where they can see all these booths

00:45:13.750 --> 00:45:17.929
set up and rise and yes such because You get

00:45:17.929 --> 00:45:20.710
the oh wow when you walk in there, you know because

00:45:20.710 --> 00:45:23.969
it's so big Yeah number one, but it's filled

00:45:23.969 --> 00:45:28.190
to the brim. Yeah, and I'm so glad that you know

00:45:28.190 --> 00:45:31.849
There is a slogan sometimes Where people say

00:45:31.849 --> 00:45:34.510
it's going to be bigger and better. Yeah, and

00:45:34.510 --> 00:45:37.150
to me well, then what are you doing now? Yeah,

00:45:37.570 --> 00:45:41.239
I always look to enhance I look for new ideas.

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:45.380
And that's what can happen is, you know, after

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:48.099
last year I said, well, why don't we focus on

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:51.219
the kids? When you do the ice sculptures, you

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:55.360
know, last year we did it a summer theme. And,

00:45:55.679 --> 00:45:57.820
you know, you could see somebody swinging a bat

00:45:57.820 --> 00:46:01.559
or out on the beach, sunshine. This time you'll

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:03.920
see a baby through the course of graduating.

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:07.940
Oh, cool. And we're going to have, I believe,

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:10.840
like five of these ice sculptures that will signify.

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:14.679
Those are so neat. And it's cool. You take pictures

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:18.760
and things like that. So we try something. I

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:21.239
mean, that term, something for everyone. But

00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:26.719
I think that's what you feel. And I added the

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:30.960
sun on our billboards, and we're doing movie

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:33.719
advertising. We've got the word out there. And

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:36.940
usually it's the week leading into it that most

00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:41.659
people let's go, you know. No, that's it. It

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:44.320
is the Syracuse Winter Fair. It is the great

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:47.280
at the great New York State Fairgrounds starts

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:49.900
this Friday, the 30th at three o 'clock. Doors

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:52.599
open. Yeah. What happens is officially we say,

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:54.780
but if people are standing in line, we start

00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:57.199
letting them in around two thirty. Same thing.

00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:00.239
Saturday, it's 11 to nine and Sunday from 11

00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:03.710
to five. And we jam pack it. You know, with the

00:47:03.710 --> 00:47:07.570
rides, people ask, it's a $25 unlimited ride.

00:47:07.590 --> 00:47:10.730
You can do everything. But we also, you know,

00:47:10.730 --> 00:47:13.889
you see how many tickets each ride takes and

00:47:13.889 --> 00:47:18.070
you pick and choose. But what we do say, you

00:47:18.070 --> 00:47:21.690
know, because we look out for safety. If any

00:47:21.690 --> 00:47:24.670
of your children are under 30 inches, it's more

00:47:24.670 --> 00:47:31.110
liability and such to look out. And so any child

00:47:31.110 --> 00:47:34.510
30 inches or more can ride at least about seven

00:47:34.510 --> 00:47:36.789
rides. That's incredible. And then the bigger

00:47:36.789 --> 00:47:40.889
ones are at least 48 inches because I think you

00:47:40.889 --> 00:47:43.849
like Dakota, don't you? That twirls around. I

00:47:43.849 --> 00:47:46.050
don't. My daughter does. She did that one a few

00:47:46.050 --> 00:47:48.670
times last year, actually, I think. So no. And

00:47:48.670 --> 00:47:52.250
we got the Avenger coming back and Giant Slide.

00:47:52.550 --> 00:47:54.170
I was just going to say you got the Giant Slide.

00:47:54.170 --> 00:47:56.130
That's the thing that always stands out. And

00:47:56.130 --> 00:47:58.630
I think this one may be lighting up. Oh, wow.

00:47:58.849 --> 00:48:04.570
Oh, yeah. No. I have to thank Kevin and Steven

00:48:04.570 --> 00:48:07.929
Genkowitz. They run Main Event Amusements, and

00:48:07.929 --> 00:48:10.329
they're out of Solvay. And they're out during

00:48:10.329 --> 00:48:14.929
the summer and all over. And one of the point

00:48:14.929 --> 00:48:17.369
people. You must make them interrupt their winter

00:48:17.369 --> 00:48:19.289
vacation here to come do this event or something,

00:48:19.369 --> 00:48:22.869
don't you? Well, they were just down in Pennsylvania.

00:48:23.349 --> 00:48:25.349
There was a big conference down there. Oh, wow.

00:48:26.010 --> 00:48:30.429
They won an award. for 2025 of being one of the

00:48:30.429 --> 00:48:35.849
top, you know, event people. And I've known Kevin

00:48:35.849 --> 00:48:40.369
a long time, but my person who works with them

00:48:40.369 --> 00:48:45.369
is Alan Leventure. And I thank Alan because he's

00:48:45.369 --> 00:48:48.989
taken different roles over the years. And he

00:48:48.989 --> 00:48:52.349
works with them. for these spring, summer, fall

00:48:52.349 --> 00:48:56.550
events. And it's just, it's great to have a good

00:48:56.550 --> 00:49:00.090
staff, as you know, people working with you that

00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:03.630
get it, that, you know, that, you know, and again,

00:49:03.809 --> 00:49:08.769
I'm appreciative of the fair, recognizing, you

00:49:08.769 --> 00:49:11.550
know, what we're doing. I want to thank Julie

00:49:11.550 --> 00:49:15.650
LeFay. I know they're already working on the

00:49:15.650 --> 00:49:18.250
fair for the summer. Of course. Announcing...

00:49:18.250 --> 00:49:22.869
You know, different groups. And, you know, I

00:49:22.869 --> 00:49:26.730
came here in 1979 and did radio, as you said,

00:49:26.849 --> 00:49:30.150
my nickname Stereo Steve. And I started working

00:49:30.150 --> 00:49:32.769
with all the fare directors. It was Tom Young,

00:49:33.510 --> 00:49:37.050
Wayne Gallagher, who came from Texas, their Big

00:49:37.050 --> 00:49:40.969
Fair, then Pete Cappicelli, then Dan O 'Hara.

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:44.940
then Troy Waffner, then Sean Hennessey, and now

00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:48.940
Julie LaFave. And I thank Julie for the support.

00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:52.300
Because I know I did see her come out with her

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:56.739
son last year to enjoy. Yeah. Yeah. No, it was

00:49:56.739 --> 00:50:00.320
great. Julie's the best. We interviewed her at

00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:03.360
the beginning of the summer fair this year for

00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:06.699
her first fair. She was wonderful to us. So I'm

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:09.750
glad to have her on board. Steve, the website

00:50:09.750 --> 00:50:13.989
is nyswinterfair .com, which is a great place

00:50:13.989 --> 00:50:15.989
to go get your tickets in advance, like we talked

00:50:15.989 --> 00:50:18.849
about. One other thing I will toss out, if you

00:50:18.849 --> 00:50:20.530
follow us on Facebook, and if you don't follow

00:50:20.530 --> 00:50:22.789
us on Facebook, what are you doing with your

00:50:22.789 --> 00:50:26.969
life? Get it together. But if you go to our Facebook

00:50:26.969 --> 00:50:28.809
for good news York, you will see the top pin

00:50:28.809 --> 00:50:31.989
post is a post about winter fair and we are giving

00:50:31.989 --> 00:50:35.150
away some tickets and We're probably gonna choose

00:50:35.150 --> 00:50:37.190
the winner of that tomorrow. So today's the last

00:50:37.190 --> 00:50:39.909
chance but just share that post and tag us a

00:50:39.909 --> 00:50:43.309
hundred people have already make sure You put

00:50:43.309 --> 00:50:47.130
down our Facebook, you know, it's it's all there

00:50:47.130 --> 00:50:52.570
winter fair and We got some great responses because

00:50:52.570 --> 00:50:56.570
you know, we've done tickets like with family

00:50:56.570 --> 00:51:01.329
ties. I think they had like a thousand people

00:51:01.329 --> 00:51:05.909
reacting, you know. But yeah, if you go to the

00:51:05.909 --> 00:51:07.789
Good New York page and share that particular

00:51:07.789 --> 00:51:09.909
post and help spread the word about Winterfair,

00:51:10.150 --> 00:51:12.610
we will choose a couple of folks to get some

00:51:12.610 --> 00:51:15.050
free tickets for. Oh, and there's one thing.

00:51:15.550 --> 00:51:18.070
You know, we talk about the fair in agriculture.

00:51:18.590 --> 00:51:21.110
And we have something very special. I don't know

00:51:21.110 --> 00:51:23.610
if you've met Mike Atkins, I think when you were

00:51:23.610 --> 00:51:27.170
at the press conference. Mike has been doing

00:51:27.170 --> 00:51:29.530
this project at the King's School, Martin Luther

00:51:29.530 --> 00:51:34.289
King's School. And he is showing students how

00:51:34.289 --> 00:51:39.010
to grow vegetables, hydroponics. And he's going

00:51:39.010 --> 00:51:43.030
to be out there with the students, showing seedlings

00:51:43.030 --> 00:51:48.219
growing with You know, hydroponics, they're going

00:51:48.219 --> 00:51:52.400
to take a piece of parcel across the street,

00:51:52.659 --> 00:51:56.679
create this whole because that's for, you know,

00:51:56.800 --> 00:52:00.079
no offense to when you go into a supermarket

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:03.119
and if you are looking for collard greens, they're

00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:06.599
like about this size. Yeah. His are like this.

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:09.820
Wow. And he's teaching the kids. That's awesome.

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:12.059
I love to hear that. And that's going to be like

00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:15.219
right in the front as you come in. Cool. So many

00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:17.780
cool things at Winterfair. We, the entire Good

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:19.679
New York team, will be there. We'll have a mini

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:22.300
set set up where we'll be doing this very show

00:52:22.300 --> 00:52:24.280
right there at the fair interviewing all kinds

00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:26.679
of people. We got people lined up. Steve's got

00:52:26.679 --> 00:52:29.079
people lined up. We'll grab randoms from the

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:30.940
crowd and have great conversations with them

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:32.820
as we always do, especially after we're a couple

00:52:32.820 --> 00:52:34.179
of months. And you're going to be right by the

00:52:34.179 --> 00:52:37.099
stage. We're going to have a special set up for

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:41.050
you where you can interview and... We have a

00:52:41.050 --> 00:52:45.590
great duo that I was able to put together. A

00:52:45.590 --> 00:52:47.869
lot of people are talking about Sydney Irving.

00:52:48.610 --> 00:52:51.309
She just got a record contract with Warners.

00:52:51.369 --> 00:52:54.769
Wow. And she's going to play in New York, Philly,

00:52:54.929 --> 00:52:57.989
Washington. I love it. Actually, she played Winterfair

00:52:57.989 --> 00:53:01.190
four years ago when she was 18. She's 22. And

00:53:01.190 --> 00:53:03.170
she's going to play with Just Joe. Oh, nice.

00:53:03.170 --> 00:53:06.210
An acoustic songwriter set. And that's going

00:53:06.210 --> 00:53:12.019
to be at 3 o 'clock. I mean, right now, I'm going

00:53:12.019 --> 00:53:15.539
to do a very bad interpretation. Right here on

00:53:15.539 --> 00:53:18.860
off stage, it's the Ed Sullivan variety show,

00:53:19.019 --> 00:53:22.340
you know? I love it. I love it. Winterfair, that's

00:53:22.340 --> 00:53:25.099
it. The name of the game is Family and Value.

00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:29.179
Free parking, thanks to AmeriQ. Free admission

00:53:29.179 --> 00:53:31.079
for kids under 10. I mean, that's half the crowd.

00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:35.159
10 and under. 10 and under. All kinds of incredible

00:53:35.159 --> 00:53:39.000
value. Food, fireworks. Which honestly are some

00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:41.159
of the favorite part which which evening is the

00:53:41.159 --> 00:53:45.539
fire Friday and Saturday at 845 and if it's cold

00:53:45.539 --> 00:53:49.139
to sit in your car Watch the fireworks. They'll

00:53:49.139 --> 00:53:50.920
be out there. That's what I did last year as

00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:53.659
I was Getting ready to head out. I sat comfortably

00:53:53.659 --> 00:53:56.039
in my car and I saw the whole show It was so

00:53:56.039 --> 00:53:59.659
cool two years ago. It was minus 20. Yeah, I

00:53:59.659 --> 00:54:02.250
still went off I Honestly, there's something

00:54:02.250 --> 00:54:04.429
about, I don't know, the way they look in the

00:54:04.429 --> 00:54:05.989
sky and maybe it has something to do with the

00:54:05.989 --> 00:54:07.449
temperature. It's brighter because of the chill

00:54:07.449 --> 00:54:09.250
in the air. It's a neat thing. You don't usually

00:54:09.250 --> 00:54:10.409
see fireworks in the winter. Oh, it's great.

00:54:10.550 --> 00:54:13.530
And it's a 15 -minute demonstration. Yeah, it's

00:54:13.530 --> 00:54:15.050
a legit show. You get everything. You get a great,

00:54:15.269 --> 00:54:18.550
you know, everything popping up for the finale

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and such. And we try to schedule it so everybody,

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because we wrap up our music around 8 .30. Perfect.

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And then at 8 .45, you just... Go out to the

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car. And two nights of it is great because what'll

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happen on Friday nights is the fireworks will

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go off and half the people on Facebook will go,

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did you hear fireworks? Where did those come

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from? And you can tell all your friends they

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came from Winterfair and if you go tomorrow on

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Saturday, you can actually catch the whole show

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from start to finish. And not only that, on Saturday,

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if you can't make it to the dome, we're going

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to run the SU Notre Dame game on the monitors.

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There you go. There you go. What more could you

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possibly ask for? in a weekend of entertainment

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in central New York. I'll tell you what, Steve,

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thank you for joining us on the show. And for

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everything you do with all these projects. So

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we really appreciate it. And catch Steve and

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I tomorrow on Bridge Street. We will be talking

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even more about fares and reindeers. Oh, it's

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gonna be, and you can talk about. You know click

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stream and what you're doing there and I got

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a hard time not talking about it Steve Guys this

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has been a great episode of good news York Please

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like follow share all of that stuff and don't

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forget our sponsor ads on the go get ads on the

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truck Steve knows Zach. Yeah, and they'll be

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advertising it'll be there on there. He'll be

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there. So Yeah Peace out