Congress and federal agencies are taking steps that, until recently, would have been unthinkable in an attempt to mitigate some of the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

On this episode of Talking Tax, we hear from reporter Allyson Versprille about whether the IRS is doing enough to make life easier for taxpayers—and for its own employees. And Bloomberg Tax's Colin Wilhelm talks about how Congress' $2 trillion spending package is essentially a "bridge loan for the American public."