Tax Notes Talk

Tax Notes Talk

A discussion of cutting-edge developments in tax, including up-to-the-minute changes in federal, state, and international tax law and regulations.

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May 30, 2025 18 mins

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Tax Notes Capitol Hill reporters Cady Stanton and Katie Lobosco discuss the final version of the House’s reconciliation bill and what’s next as the legislation heads to the Senate.

Listen to our previous episode on the bill's clean energy credit changes, "The House Budget Bill’s Clean Energy Tax Credit Changes."

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Jenny Speck with Vinson & Elkins discusses the clean energy tax credits in the House’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including last-minute changes to the House Rules Committee’s version. 

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May 16, 2025 47 mins

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Four policy experts discuss the Trump administration’s actions on tariffs, their economic impacts, and their effects on tax policy during a live recording from the American Bar Association Section of Taxation May meeting.

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Tax Notes chief correspondent Stephanie Soong discusses how the Trump administration’s tax priorities have been shaping negotiations on the OECD’s two-pillar project. 

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Professors Joshua Blank and Leigh Osofsky, authors of Automated Agencies: The Transformation of Government Guidance, discuss the IRS and other federal agencies’ use of artificial intelligence and chatbots in providing legal guidance to the public.  

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Tax Notes Capitol Hill reporters Cady Stanton and Katie Lobosco outline Congress’s progress on drafting the tax-focused reconciliation bill and the obstacles still remaining.

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Tax Notes chief correspondent Amanda Athanasiou discusses her recent investigation into the IRS's handling of Freedom of Information Act requests and trends from two decades of agency data.

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April 11, 2025 29 mins

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Mat Mermigousis of BDO discusses the Trump administration’s ever-changing tariff policies and what they may mean for U.S. businesses. 

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Professor Andrew Kahrl, author of The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America, discusses his argument that local property taxes have contributed to the disenfranchisement of Black homeowners.   

Read Thorndike's book review in Tax Notes, "Is the ‘Predatory’ Property Tax an Instrument of Oppression?"

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Kimie Eacobacci of the National Council on Disability details how a 60-year-old revenue ruling can exclude workers with disabilities from standard employment benefits and protections. 

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Tax Notes IRS reporter Benjamin Valdez provides an update on the IRS’s recent staffing developments and how they may affect filing season.  

Check out our most recent episode on the IRS, "Trump's Hiring Freeze and the IRS."

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Melissa Wiley of Kostelanetz LLP provides an update on the Corporate Transparency Act’s legal status after Treasury announced it would not enforce penalties against domestic companies. 

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In the third of a three-part series, Damien Martin and Tony Nitti of EY discuss their top tax cases from 2024, focusing on two C corp cases: Ju et al v. United States and Stead v. Commissioner

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In the second of a three-part series, Damien Martin and Tony Nitti of EY discuss their top tax cases from 2024, focusing on two S corp cases: Maggard v. Commissioner and Estate of Thomas Fry et al v. Commissioner

Watch the first part of the series, "Top Tax Cases of 2024, Part 1: Partnerships."

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February 21, 2025 47 mins

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In the first of a three-part series, Damien Martin and Tony Nitti of EY discuss their top tax cases from 2024, focusing on two partnership cases: Denham Capital Management LP v. Commissioner and Surk LLC v. Commissioner

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Tax Notes contributing editor and historian Joseph J. Thorndike discusses President Trump’s referral to “the forgotten man” and how the phrase connects to a conservative case for taxing the rich. 

Read Thorndike's article in Tax Notes, "The Too-Well-Remembered Man: A Conservative Case for Taxing the Rich."

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February 7, 2025 24 mins

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Robert Kerr, formerly with the IRS and now with Kerr Consulting, discusses the recent federal hiring freeze and buyout offer and speculates how they may affect the IRS.

Listen to our previous episode on how Trump's executive orders relate to international tax, "Former U.S. OECD Negotiator Talks Trump's Global Tax Impact."

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Scott Levine, former Treasury deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs, discusses President Trump’s executive order on the OECD’s global tax deal and its potential impact on the two-pillar project. 

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Tax Notes investigations editor Lauren Loricchio discusses security concerns regarding tax software platforms’ data-sharing practices.   

Read Loricchio's article, "Monetization of Tax Data Sparks Concerns About Security."

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Lili Martin-Mashburn of Morris, Manning & Martin provides an update on where the Corporate Transparency Act stands in light of the recent litigation regarding its constitutionality.

Listen to our previous episode on the CTA, "Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act."

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