Tax Notes Talk

Tax Notes State Editor in Chief Jeanne Rauch-Zender talks with Amy Vetter, a keynote speaker and presenter, on how to survive – and thrive – personally and professionally despite the unique challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. 

In the segment In the Pages, Tax Notes Executive Editor for Commentary Jasper B. Smith chats with reference attorney Linda Friedman about the new Document Comparison tool available to Tax Notes readers.

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes Talk host David D. Stewart chats with Tax Notes chief correspondent Stephanie Soong Johnston and Tax Notes contributing editor Nana Ama Sarfo about recent developments on the OECD’s work to rebuild the international corporate tax system for the digital age.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• G-20 Ministers Greenlight New Deadline for OECD Global Tax Accord
• OECD Now Aiming for Global Corporate Tax Reform Deal by Mid-2021
• EU Will Respect New OECD Deadline for Reaching Global Tax Deal
• OECD Chief to Push G-20 Ministers to Step Up on Global Tax Deal
• Countries Push U.S. to Curb BEAT in OECD Minimum Tax Proposal
• BEPS 5 Years Later: Action 1 and the Quest to Tax Digital Activity

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes contributing editor Marie Sapirie talks with American University tax professor Caroline Bruckner about the lack of consideration by Congress on how the U.S. tax code affects women-owned businesses and what can be done.

For additional coverage, read Marie Sapirie's analysis in Tax Notes:

• A Seat at the Tax Hearing Table for Women-Owned Businesses

In the segment In the Pages, Tax Notes Executive Editor for Commentary Jasper Smith chats with the 2020 winner of the Christopher E. Bergin Award of Excellence in Writing, Alex Zhang of Yale Law School, about his winning paper, “The State and Local Tax Deduction and Fiscal Federalism.”

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes contributing editor Joseph J. Thorndike and University of Iowa law professor Andy Grewal take a closer look at the The New York Times reporting on President Trump’s tax returns.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• Trump Disputes Reports, Claims He's Paid ‘Millions’ in Income Taxes
• Trump Tax Revelations Spur Fresh Calls for IRS, Tax Reforms
• Trump's Seven Springs Property Could Be Subject to SALT Cap
• Trump Tax Returns Call Consulting Fees Into Question
• Trump Tax Reveal Puts Spotlight on Organization's Business Practices

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes reporter Nathan J. Richman talks with outgoing IRS Criminal Investigations division Chief Don Fort about his decades-long career with the tax agency, his plans for retirement, and the future of the division.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• Incoming CI Chief Plans New Law Enforcement Network
• Another Longtime CI Veteran Will Be Next Division Chief
• Practitioners Say Fort Is Leaving CI Better Than He Found It
• CI Chief Fort Retiring at End of September
• Criminal Tax Investigators Learning to Cope With Coronavirus

In the segment In the Pages, Tax Notes State Editor in Chief Jéanne Rauch-Zender chats with Lynn A. Gandhi, a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, about her recent piece, “The Broad Reach of Michigan’s Industrial Processing Exemption.”

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes contributing editor Roxanne Bland chats with Donnie Charleston, the public policy and advocacy director of the nonprofit E Pluribus Unum, about how state and local tax policies can exacerbate racial inequity and what some communities are doing to address it.

For more about the intersection of U.S. tax policy and racial wealth inequality, check out our podcast episode, "The Tax Code and Economic Justice in America."

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Allison Christians, the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law at McGill University, tells Tax Notes Executive Editor for Commentary Jasper Smith about her principles for writing good papers in law school and beyond.

For additional coverage, read Christians's paper, "Really Basic Rules for Writing Good Papers in Law School."

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes Today International Editor in Chief David D. Stewart talks with Tax Notes reporters Jonathan Curry and Alexis Gravely about the tax policies proposed by President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• GOP Takes Subdued Victory Lap on TCJA at Republican Convention
• Payroll Tax Deferral for Federal Employees Prompts Criticism
• Biden Tax Agenda Gets Brief Nods at Democratic Convention
• Trump on the Hunt for Solutions to Payroll Tax Memo Problems
• Biden Would Fund Caregiving Plan by Cutting Like-Kind Exchanges
• Biden Wants to ‘Build Back Better’ With Business Tax Changes

In the segment In the Pages, Tax Notes Federal Editor in Chief Ariel Greenblum chats with Tax Notes contributing editor Benjamin M. Willis about the piece he coauthored, “Biden-Harris’s High Hopes for Mitigating Tax Rate Disparities.”

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Francine J. Lipman, a law professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, talks with Darrick Hamilton, a stratification economist and the New School’s incoming Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, about the intersection of U.S. tax policy and racial wealth inequality.

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White

Tax Notes senior reporter Paul Jones talks with Richard C. Auxier, senior policy associate at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, about tax issues raised by the gig economy and how policymakers are working to address them. 

Note: This episode was recorded prior to a California court decision mandating Uber and Lyft to reclassify drivers in the state as employees.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• California Chamber Backs Labor, Payroll Tax Exemption for App-Based Companies
• Labor, Payroll Tax Law Exemption for App-Based Companies on California Ballot
• Businesses, Lawmakers Urge Suspension of Pending Tax Policies
• Ride-Sharing Companies Fight California Labor Law on 2 Fronts
• Tax Pros Seek Clarity on California Insurance Mandate, Employment Law 
• California FTB Mulls Gig Economy Tax Challenges
• California Governor Signs Employment Reclassification Law

In the segment “In the Pages,” Tax Notes Executive Editor for Commentary Jasper B. Smith interviews Tax Notes contributing editor Nana Ama Sarfo about her recent piece, “Rwanda Leading African Sustainable Investment Drive.”

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White