Talking Tax
Talking Tax, from Bloomberg Tax, is a weekly discussion of the most pressing issues facing tax and accounting professionals. Each week the podcast features discussions with lawmakers, federal regulators, lawyers, and journalists. From the courts to Capitol Hill to the IRS, Talking Tax has it covered.
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April 15, 2026 • 11 mins
Investors are getting a lot more information about an area that’s been a mystery in the past: What goes into companies’ tax bills.
The US, the European Union, and Australia all have new or forthcoming requirements for companies to publicly disclose more details about the makeup of their tax payments—especially where they’re paying. That can help investors compare companies and shed light on instances where multinationals might b...
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April 8, 2026 • 16 mins
Artificial intelligence is putting accounting firm leaders on alert for workers well-versed in using and managing the new tools as the industry invests heavily in modernizing workflows.
Firms should be staying attuned to the talent market and updating their salary structures accordingly to both attract early-career workers and retain staff looking to climb the ranks, according to Dominic Piscopo, founder of compensation data an...
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April 1, 2026 • 13 mins
Time is running out to file your taxes to the IRS as the April 15 deadline approaches.
But for the IRS, the work is only just beginning and it's off to a rocky start.
Elon Musk's Department Government Efficiency in 2025 pressured about a quarter of the IRS's workforce to leave, and the agency is on its seventh leader in the span of a little over a year. The agency also managed during one of the longest shutdowns in US history...
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March 25, 2026 • 11 mins
Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are taking a closer look at a range of bipartisan IRS administration changes.
House tax writers have advanced several pieces of legislation that would fix problems identified by taxpayer advocates and tax professionals. Some have become law.
Senate Finance Committee lawmakers, meanwhile, recently introduced a large package that includes dozens of provisions that include digitizing more ...
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March 18, 2026 • 10 mins
States are struggling to make up for revenue gaps in the wake of federal cuts and President Donald Trump's tax-and-spending law.
In Washington state, lawmakers have answered the challenge with a novel tax on millionaires. The legislature recently sent a bill (S.B. 6346) to Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) that would create the state's first income tax.
If Ferguson signs it, which he is expected to do, individuals and households in Was...
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March 11, 2026 • 17 mins
There are about five weeks left in tax filing season — the busiest time of year for the IRS and tax preparers.
IRS CEO Frank Bisignano told lawmakers earlier this month the tax season has so far been a success, with quick refund turnaround times and a shrinking backlog. That is despite a tumultuous 2025 for the agency, when the IRS lost about a quarter of its workforce to resignation offers, began implementing the GOP's new tax-...
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March 4, 2026 • 12 mins
Tax-filing season is well underway, and yet many states are still figuring out whether to conform to or decouple from provisions in last year's GOP-led tax overhaul, especially the deductions and other breaks for corporate taxpayers. The upshot is one of the more complicated filing periods in recent years.
Corporate taxpayers are watching which states reject federal tax policy changes, such as those related to immediate expensin...
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February 25, 2026 • 12 mins
The Supreme Court's decision to nix a wide swath of the Trump administration's tariffs comes with some big tax and transfer pricing questions for tax executives as companies battle to collect refunds from the government.
The court's 6-3 ruling sets up what would be a messy refund process, though the justices basically said nothing about it, leaving companies to take their claims to court.
If the refunds come in, businesses w...
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February 18, 2026 • 17 mins
Tax enforcement has entered a new age.
The decades-old Justice Department Tax Division is now split between the broader civil and criminal divisions. Critics say the reorganization sends a signal that tax enforcement won't be a priority.
While the reorganization may mean tax attorneys are pulled into different DOJ priorities, it also could mean more investigations will include tax charges, said Karen Kelly, who was the top o...
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February 11, 2026 • 15 mins
Data centers have emerged as a major political target in state capitals as they proliferate across the country and elected officials hear complaints from their voters about the massive, energy-guzzling warehouses.
That has put tax breaks for data centers—which can amount to hundreds of millions of dollars annually in some states—squarely in the legislative cross hairs.
State lawmakers in more than a dozen states have introduc...
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February 4, 2026 • 14 mins
A new slate of leaders is poised to make its mark on the US audit board and launch the next chapter for the embattled regulator.
Among those set to serve on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board are two administration officials who have held key roles at federal agencies targeted by a White House campaign to hobble federal agencies and derail regulations. Those agencies include the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an...
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January 29, 2026 • 16 mins
Trump administration cuts to federal funding are trickling down to cities and states across the country—and a top public-sector accounting leader is taking note.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board Chair Joel Black is leading his team in crafting public sector financial reporting rules at a time when local governments are assessing resource constraints following cuts to funding resulting from the 2025 GOP tax law.
The b...
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January 21, 2026 • 10 mins
A global minimum tax deal that exempts American companies from key provisions is a better outcome for European business than the alternative of US retaliatory taxes, the co-chair of the OECD’s business committee said.
The package agreed to this month by more than 145 countries at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headed off a threat of steep US taxes on foreign companies if global concessions weren’t made...
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January 14, 2026 • 15 mins
Republicans on Capitol Hill are keenly watching how other countries implement a long-sought OECD agreement that exempts US companies from parts of the global minimum tax framework.
Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, hasn't ruled out resurrecting legislation imposing retaliatory taxes on firms from nations that slow-walk codifying the deal.
The deal was reached earlier this month a...
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January 7, 2026 • 16 mins
The OECD just published the parameters of a deal that would exempt US companies from two key enforcement rules in the global minimum tax framework.
The deal, which spans 88 pages in the form of administrative guidance, includes a slew of safe harbor rules that address everything from how US companies can get the exemption to more advantageous treatment of substance-based tax incentives like the US R&D credit. It includes a perman...
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December 31, 2025 • 13 mins
We're off for the New Year holiday, so we're serving up an encore presentation of a Talking Tax podcast about challenges with paying student athletes.
Ever since student athletes gained the right to be compensated for use of their image in advertisements and merchandise sales, the money has flooded in, but so have some problems.
The athletes can now be compensated for their name, image, and likeness—or NIL—but schools still c...
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December 23, 2025 • 16 mins
PwC's new training program aims to give early-career recruits hands-on experience integrating artificial intelligence tools into everyday work.
The Big Four accounting and advisory firm started piloting AI immersion sessions in October, with a full rollout to new US associates slated for July. The sessions are happening across PwC's tax, assurance, and advisory business.
"We truly believe that the role of the new associate ...
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December 10, 2025 • 12 mins
A slew of big tax disputes and the worldwide upheaval brought on by the Trump administration's aggressive trade policy made for an exceptionally interesting year for transfer pricing professionals, and left them with lingering questions heading into 2026.
President Donald Trump's April tariff announcements sent shock waves through the global economy and forced corporate tax heads—and C suites—to start figuring out what it all me...
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December 3, 2025 • 14 mins
Anyone thinking about pushing the boundaries of tax law should remember that there's no federal statute of limitations on prosecuting fraud, even with weakened IRS enforcement, said Carolyn Schenck, who spent 20 years at the agency primarily combating tax evasion.
"If people think that a current administration or a past administration might go soft on tax fraud, that's still an awfully big gamble," said Schenck, who's now at Cap...
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November 26, 2025 • 14 mins
For the holidays, we serve up an encore presentation of a Talking Tax podcast that shows cross-border tax fraud has been around a long time.
When researchers studied a previously mislabeled scroll, they discovered detailed attorney notes for a case against taxpayers accused of using forged documents and sham transactions between the Roman provinces of Judaea and Arabia to escape taxes on their assets. The assets in question were...
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