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The Case for Taxing Prison Labor
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11/18/22 • 30 min
Stephanie Hunter McMahon of the University of Cincinnati College of Law discusses why labor performed by incarcerated workers should be subject to tax.
For more, read Hunter McMahon's article in Tax Notes, "Prison Work Is Taxing and Should Be Taxed."
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This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.
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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner and Audio Engineer: Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
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05/05/23 • 13 min
Tax Notes reporter Andrew Velarde discusses the penalty dispute in Farhy v. Commissioner and the case’s implications for other penalties and future refund decisions.
For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- In Farhy’s Wake, Taxpayer Advocate Renews Call for Penalty Change
- Fallout From Farhy on Assessable Penalties Could Be Extensive
- IRS Lacks Assessment Authority for Information Return Penalties
- Information Return Penalty Assessment Controversy Still Swirls
- Information Return Penalty Assessment Fight Coming to a Head
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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner and Audio Engineer: Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
03/28/25 • 16 min
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.
Listen to more Tax Notes Talk episodes from our critical tax theory series:
- The Inadvertent Price of a Gender-Neutral Tax Code
- Race-Based Poll Taxes and 20th-Century Discrimination
- Examining Treasury’s Review of Racial Bias in the U.S. Tax Code
- State Tax Authority and Native Americans: Complex and Convoluted
- Wealth, Inequality, and Taxes in the U.S.
- Taxes and the LGBTQ Community
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This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.
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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
The TCJA Five Years Later: Federal Tax Issues
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12/09/22 • 28 min
In the second of a three-episode series, Jennifer Acuña, now with KPMG and former tax counsel for the Ways and Means Committee, discusses how guidance for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is still evolving.
Listen to the first episode in the series here: The TCJA Five Years Later: State Tax Issues
For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- This Isn’t Your Father’s Tax Extender Package
- Year-End Tax Title Still in Rumor Realm
- Dems Ready to Deal; GOP Is a ‘Maybe,’ Former Top Pelosi Aide Says
- Lame-Duck Talks May Be Stalled Through December 6
- Lack of GOP Wave Dims Section 199A Permanence Chances, Group Says
- Research Amortization Procedural Guidance Expected This Year
In our “Editors’ Corner” segment, Michelle Markham, a professor at Bond University, chats about her Tax Notes column, Markham on Managing Disputes, and her latest installment, “Advancing Tax Certainty: The New OECD Bilateral APA Manual.”
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This episode is sponsored by SafeSend. For more information, visit safesend.com.
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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner and Audio Engineer: Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
Bad Credit: A Look at Switzerland’s Bank Secrecy
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04/07/23 • 30 min
Tax Notes contributing editor Robert Goulder discusses the history of bank secrecy, Credit Suisse’s role in it, and the bank’s recent collapse.
For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- Government Goes After ‘Bank Hopping’ Couple for FBAR Penalties
- Finance Committee Says Hidden Swiss Bank Accounts Fight Isn't Over
- UBS May Have Bought Credit Suisse’s Undeclared Account Troubles
- FATCA Shortfalls Bring Calls for Elimination, Better Enforcement
- France Again Denies UBS Whistleblower’s Compensation Request
- Report: U.K. Residents Have £570 Billion Stashed in Tax Havens
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- Robert Goulder: @RobertGoulder
- David Stewart: @TaxStew
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This episode is sponsored by Practising Law Institute. For more information, visit pli.edu/taxplanning23.
This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax/events.
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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner and Audio Engineer: Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
IRA Energy Credits, Part 1: History and Early Guidance
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10/20/23 • 31 min
In the first of a two-episode series, Tim Jacobs of Hunton Andrews Kurth discusses the energy credits enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act and the major pieces of guidance released so far.
Listen to our other episodes on the tax-related provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act:
- The New Excise Tax on Corporate Stock Buybacks
- U.S. Tax Provisions Driving the Fight Against Climate Change
- $80 Billion in New Funding: What’s Next for the IRS?
- Analyzing the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax
For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- Analysis: Apprentices and Emergency Repairs
- Analysis: For U.S. Territories, IRA Credits Remain a Complicated Question
- Analysis: Proposed Labor Requirement Regs Contain Few Surprises
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This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.
This episode is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati. For more information, visit online.uc.edu/taxation.
This episode is sponsored by Practising Law Institute. For more information, visit pli.edu/taxstrategies23.
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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
09/29/23 • 32 min
Robert Kerr, formerly with the IRS and now with Kerr Consulting, discusses latest developments from the IRS, including the tax agency’s plans for a government shutdown and its handling of the employee retention credit.
For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- Looming Shutdown Threatens to Derail IRS’s Progress
- IRS Isn’t Shutdown-Proof After All
- IRS to Scale Back EITC Audits, Citing Racial Disparities
- NTEU: IRS’s Push to Hire 3,700 Auditors Is Doable but Difficult
- IRS Floats Adding Partnerships to Prefiling Compliance Program
- IRS Hopes to Sic 3,700 New Revenue Agents on Big Businesses
- IRS Halts ERC Claims Processing Amid ‘Tsunami’ of Fraud
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This episode is sponsored by Practising Law Institute. For more information, visit pli.edu/taxstrategies23.***
Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
04/18/25 • 12 min
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.
For more, check out the Tax Notes coverage of the IRS FOIA system:
- IRS FOIA Backlog Expected to Grow
- FOIA Appeals Fail So Often, Taxpayers See a Broken System
- The IRS Is Getting Fewer FOIAs. Why Aren’t Response Times Improving?
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This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.
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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Analyzing the EITC’s Role in Poverty Reduction
Tax Notes Talk
06/07/24 • 26 min
Susan Lanham, Amanda Thompson-Abbott, and Tom Norton of Marshall University discuss their research on the earned income tax credit’s effectiveness in alleviating poverty.
For more, read Lanham, Thompson-Abbott, and Norton's Tax Notes article, "Assessing the EITC’s Role in Poverty Alleviation."
For more coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- CBO Analysis of Taxpayer Race Data Shows Disparities
- Refundable Credit Audits Should Reflect Equity, GAO Says
- Data Could Help IRS Evaluate ‘Racialized Burdens’
- Tax Prep Industry Bashes ‘Outdated’ EITC Report
- Retail Tax Prep Companies Accused of Targeting Minorities
- GAO Finds $22 Billion Sent in Error for Earned Income Tax Credit
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- Alex Rifaat: @alexrifaat
- David Stewart: @TaxStew
- Tax Notes: @TaxNotes
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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
Year-End Collection: Tax Oddities of 2023
Tax Notes Talk
12/22/23 • 22 min
Tax Notes reporters recap some of the strangest stories they encountered in 2023, from a video game that can prepare tax returns to the IRS attempting to seize a 200-year-old Italian cello.
For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:
- The ‘Gamification’ of Tax Return Preparation Has Arrived
- Tax Wonk Calls Foul on Massachusetts Surtax After NBA Player Departs
- Taxpayer Hits Sour Note in Quest to Protect Cello From IRS Levy
- Forged Documents Shatter Iranian Seizure Deduction Claim
- Strained Vacation Locales Embrace Tourism Taxes
Listen to other tax oddities episodes:
- Year-End Collection: Tax Oddities of 2022
- Year-End Collection: Tax Oddities of 2021
- Year-End Collection: Tax Oddities of 2020
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- Caitlin Mullaney: @MullaneyWrites
- Emily Hollingsworth: @EmilyHoll9
- Sarah Paez: @PaezWrites
- David Stewart: @TaxStew
- Tax Notes: @TaxNotes
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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart
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How many episodes does Tax Notes Talk have?
Tax Notes Talk currently has 378 episodes available.
What topics does Tax Notes Talk cover?
The podcast is about News, News Commentary, Podcasts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Tax Notes Talk?
The episode title 'The Case for Taxing Prison Labor' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Tax Notes Talk?
The average episode length on Tax Notes Talk is 25 minutes.
How often are episodes of Tax Notes Talk released?
Episodes of Tax Notes Talk are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Tax Notes Talk?
The first episode of Tax Notes Talk was released on Oct 12, 2017.
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