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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. 

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Trump Pauses Tariff Increases
• EU Poised to Impose 25 Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods
• China Announces Reciprocal Tariffs on U.S. Imports
• Trump’s Tariffs Generate Tons of Criticism as Uncertainty Abounds

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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?"

Listen to more Tax Notes Talk episodes from our critical tax theory series:

• Addressing Tax Policy Challenges for Workers With Disabilities
• Race-Based Poll Taxes and 20th-Century Discrimination
• Examining Treasury’s Review of Racial Bias in the U.S. Tax Code

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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. 

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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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."

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• IRS Rollout of In-Person Work Faces Obstacles
• Treasury, IRS Still Finalizing Next Staff Reductions, Krause Says
• IRS to Pause Technology Modernization Work
• Trump Replaces Acting IRS Chief Counsel
• Ousted IRS Human Capital Officer Pushed Back on Firings, DOGE
• Former IRS Officials Warn of Consequences to Staff Cuts

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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. 

Listen to our previous episodes on the CTA:

• The Corporate Transparency Act: Recent Challenges and Confusion
• Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Corporate Transparency Act Found to Violate Fourth Amendment
• Treasury Announces Shift in CTA Focus to Foreign Companies
• FinCEN Pauses Beneficial Ownership Reporting Penalties

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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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• Top Tax Cases of 2024, Part 1: Partnerships
• Top Tax Cases of 2024, Part 2: S Corporations

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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."

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Tax Court Rejects Engineer’s S Corp Dissolution Defense
• ABA Pushes for More Guidance on S Corp Reorganizations

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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. 

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• DOJ Touts Tax Court Win on Limited Partner Exception
• Tax Pros Weigh Impact of Ruling on IRS Basis Calculation Method

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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."

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Bye-Bye Round Numbers, Hello Rate Tweaks for Rescored TCJA Bill
• Movement on Trump Tax Proposals Is Reconciliation Wild Card
• Moores' Counsel Says Case Signals Court Is Not Open to Novel Taxes

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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."

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• IRS Claims Filing Season Staff Are Exempt From Buyout
• Fiscal 2026 Budget Cycle Could Be Critical for IRS Funding Path
• Federal Hiring Freeze Quickly Hits Prospective IRS Attorneys

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