Talking Tax

By Bloomberg 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 regulato... more

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How many episodes does Talking Tax have?

The podcast currently has 433 episodes available.

Talking Tax episodes:

February 11, 2019 Ways and Means Subpanel To Review Tax Cut Effects
A House Ways and Means subcommittee that deals with tax policy is set to hold a hearing on the effects of the 2017 tax law.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers want to make a tax break for alcohol producers permanent as some of these companies turn up the heat on Congress.
Bloomberg Tax’s Kaustuv Basu and Allyson Versprille joined host Amanda Iacone to discuss the latest in this episode of Talking Tax.

Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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10min
February 04, 2019 Trump Tax Return Push Could Soon Come Into Focus
A House Ways and Means subcommittee will meet Feb. 7 to discuss presidential tax returns, with all eyes on Democrats’ possible plan to request them from Presidential Donald Trump. The committee’s chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) has taken a measured approach so far.
Meanwhile, pressure is building for Congress to renew temporary tax breaks called extenders. Tax filing season lasts into April.
Bloomberg Tax reporters Kaustuv Basu and Allyson Versprille joined host Amanda Iacone to talk about the latest in tax developments on Capitol Hill—including the strength of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I.Vt.) estate tax proposal—in this episode of Talking Tax.
Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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11min
January 31, 2019 Fine Tuning an Estate Plan After Death (Part 2)
Marc Bekerman joins Andrea L. Ben-Yosef in a two-part podcast about post-mortem estate planning. Marc is a solo practitioner in Long Island, New York, and an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School where he formerly served as the Associate Director of its Graduate Tax Program. Marc is also a member of the Estates Gifts and Trusts Advisory Board for Bloomberg BNA.
It may be surprising to know that the death of a person does not end the ability to refine their estate plan. Marc discusses how estate planners can still take actions after a person’s death to maximize the benefit to the beneficiaries. Part 2 covers income tax planning opportunities. Part 1 covered estate tax considerations, such as whether to elect alternate valuation of assets and where and when to deduct administration expenses.
Part 1 is available at https://soundcloud.com/user-627250371/fine-tuning-an-estate-plan-after-death-part-1.
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21min
January 30, 2019 Democrats Want Debate Before Fixing Tax Bill Errors
Democrats in the House will consider fixing errors in the 2017 Republican tax law but only after “heavy negotiation,” a top Democratic aide said at a Jan. 29 Washington tax conference.

Meanwhile, Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) wants to prepare carefully if he moves forward with a request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

Bloomberg Tax’s Kaustuv Basu joined host Amanda Iacone to talk about tax policy developments in Congress in this episode of Talking Tax.
Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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7min
January 22, 2019 Neal and Treasury Spar Over Shutdown Hearing
The tensions and jousting in Washington in an era of divided government was evident the week of Jan. 14 as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared to decline a request by House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) to testify at a committee hearing on the partial government shutdown and the upcoming tax filing season. The shutdown began Dec. 22.
Bloomberg Tax’s Kaustuv Basu joined host Amanda Iacone to talk about what’s brewing in Congress in the latest episode of Talking Tax.

Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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5min
January 15, 2019 Tax Writers Begin to Chart Course in New Congress
Congressional steering committees have tapped lawmakers to join the tax-writing panels in the House and Senate, and those new additions are starting to set priorities.
Bloomberg Tax’s Lydia O’Neal and Kaustuv Basu join host Amanda Iacone to discuss the news in Congress while negotiations to end the partial government shutdown have stalled.
New Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has announced his intent to look into what authority he has to access President Donald Trump’s tax returns, though it is unclear whether he wants to release them or counter efforts by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.).
Neal’s committee added new members, including six members of the Progressive Caucus who could shift the panel’s agenda leftward.
Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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6min
January 11, 2019 The Over/Under: Sports Betting in 2019
In the third and final episode of The Over/Under, Richard Auxier of the Tax Policy Center gives Bloomberg Tax’s Ryan Prete a 2019 outlook. Next, Ryan discusses a newly released federal sports betting framework.
Ryan then takes a look at betting totals from 2018 and gets a 2019 sports betting prediction from Ted Leonsis, owner of the NBA’s Washington Wizards and Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals.
Host: Ryan Prete.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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10min
January 09, 2019 Fine Tuning an Estate Plan After Death (Part 1)
Marc Bekerman joins Andrea L. Ben-Yosef in a two-part podcast about post-mortem estate planning. Marc is a solo practitioner in Long Island, New York, and an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School where he formerly served as the Associate Director of its Graduate Tax Program. Marc is also a member of the Estates Gifts and Trusts Advisory Board for Bloomberg BNA.

It may be surprising to know that the death of a person does not end the ability to refine their estate plan. Marc discusses how estate planners can still take actions after a person’s death to maximize the benefit to the beneficiaries. Part 1 covers estate tax considerations, such as whether to elect alternate valuation of assets and where and when to deduct administration expenses. Part 2 will cover income tax planning opportunities.
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18min
January 07, 2019 IRS Readies Updated Shutdown Staffing Plan
Thousands of furloughed employees could soon be called back to join the Internal Revenue Service’s skeleton staff as the partial government shutdown enters its third week. The IRS is poised to release an updated contingency plan for the tax filing season, when more employees will be considered essential and allowed to work during a funding lapse.

Bloomberg Tax’s Lydia O’Neal joins host Amanda Iacone to discuss the shutdown and the latest developments on Capitol Hill.
Last week, the Senate Finance Committee added some new members, while House Democrats introduced legislation that would require presidential candidates to disclose 10 years of tax returns. In the coming days, watch out for a decision on who will fill open spots on the tax legislation-writing House Ways and Means Committee under new Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass).
Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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6min
January 02, 2019 Congress Runs Out of Time on Year-End Tax Issues
The 115th Congress is coming to a close and many of the tax items lawmakers hoped to address during lame-duck are still on the table. Bloomberg Tax’s Allyson Versprille discusses the measures that may get picked up again by the new Congress beginning Jan. 3 and other priorities that could garner bipartisan support in a split Congress.

Host: Amanda Iacone.
Producer: Nicholas Anzalotta-Kynoch.
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8min

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