The 2022 midterm elections are wrapping up, and taxpayers are looking at a divided Congress for the next two years. Senior Policy Analyst Garrett Watson sits down with Jesse at Tax Foundation's headquarters to give a quick analysis of what these elections mean for tax policy. They talk through what we can expect from the approaching "lame-duck" session, what a Republican House and Democrat Senate could find agreement on, and what priorities the upcoming Congress should focus on.

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https://taxfoundation.org/tax-extenders-2022/ 
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-cuts-jobs-act-business-tax-increases/

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If you’ve been following taxes closely these past few months, you know that the UK is currently undergoing a drastic change.

This episode of The Deduction is part one in our ongoing coverage of the UK’s tax battles. Jesse chats with Tom Clougherty, research director and head of tax at the Centre for Policy Studies in London. Tom talks us through what all went down in the UK this fall: from the leadership elections to the countless U-turns the new prime minister has made to try and reform the country’s tax code.

Shortly after we finished recording this episode, news broke that Chancellor Kwasi Kwatern was being ousted, and Jeremy Hunt would take over the Exchequer, with the promise that, yet again, another U-turn would happen on the country’s budget.

While this episode doesn’t get into that turn of events, it is still a very informative start showing how we got here and where the country should go on taxes.

A quick British glossary for this episode—“Bugbear”: a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing.

Links:
https://www.taxfoundation.org/mailbag
https://cps.org.uk/our-team/tom-clougherty/
https://taxfoundation.org/uk-capital-allowances-super-deduction/
https://taxfoundation.org/2022-international-tax-competitiveness-index/

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From the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 to the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law just this summer, lawmakers across the political spectrum are often tempted to implement temporary tax reforms.

But is this how tax policy should be done?

Garrett Watson joins Jesse to discuss the pros and cons of writing tax laws that have an end date and why we find ourselves having a debate at the end of each year about so many temporary provisions.

Links:
https://taxfoundation.org/making-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-individual-income-tax-provisions-permanent/
https://taxfoundation.org/economic-growth-opportunity-tax-reforms/
https://taxfoundation.org/temporary-tax-policies-in-budget-reconciliation/
https://taxfoundation.org/cbo-report-us-gdp-budget-deficit/
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-extenders-expiring-tax-provisions-2021/

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Maine has blueberry taxes. Alabama has mosquito taxes. Each state and county has its tax quirks. But when state and local governments want to raise revenues, there are four key taxes they turn to. Depending on where you live, the differences in these taxes between states can be significant. 

Katherine Loughead, senior policy analyst at the Tax Foundation, joins Jesse Solis to discuss trends we are currently seeing in state and local taxes and to break down how stable these revenue sources are for the places we call home.

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https://taxfoundation.org/state-local-tax-collections/
https://taxfoundation.org/mailbag

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The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law recently by President Biden, includes a book minimum tax, which is raising the eyebrows of accountants everywhere.

This new policy–a 15 percent tax applied to the financial statement income that companies report to their investors–is one of the law’s largest revenue raisers and joins plenty of other “minimum” taxes for multinational corporations, including GILTI and the OECD global minimum tax.

Scott Dyreng, a professor of accounting at Duke University, and Daniel Bunn, executive vice president at the Tax Foundation, join Jesse to discuss how these minimum taxes work and, more importantly, how the accounting will work as companies aim to comply with all these new complex rules and tax increases.

Links:
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act/
https://taxfoundation.org/book-minimum-tax-analysis/
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act-minimum-tax/
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act-accelerated-depreciation/

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finds itself under fire often. Outdated technology, millions of unanswered calls, and cafeterias full of paper returns--it's clear that America’s tax collector needs improvement.

In the same way that technology has helped shape the tax policy debate, tech also has a role to play in advancing tax administration.

Jesse is joined by Courtney Kay-Decker and Jared Ballew, chair and vice chair (respectively) of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC). They discuss ETAAC's annual report that lays out what the IRS is doing right, and what it's doing wrong, as the agency continues to see its duties grow. They also discuss the IRS funding in the Inflation Reduction Act, and define what steps the agency and Congress should take in order to truly keep the IRS focused on serving taxpayers.

Links:
https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/electronic-tax-administration-advisory-committee-etaac
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p3415.pdf
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act/
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-season-reform/
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act-irs-funding/
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-gap/

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The House of Representatives is set to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the latest iteration of President Biden’s tax and climate agenda.

The road to get to this final package has been anything but easy--with congressional Democrats drastically scaling back the initial $3 trillion Build Back Better agenda.

Garrett Watson joins Jesse to discuss what sacrifices were made by key lawmakers to bring this bill to the finish line. They also look at what the economic impact of this proposal would be as the country continues to face historic rates of inflation.

Links:
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act/
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-on-stock-buybacks/
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act-accelerated-depreciation/
https://taxfoundation.org/inflation-reduction-act-corporate-taxes/
https://taxfoundation.org/book-minimum-tax-analysis/

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After months of stalled negotiations, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that he has reached a deal with Senate Democrat leadership on a reconciliation package.

Called the Inflation Reduction Act, the legislation would raise taxes on corporations and top earners with the goal of funding a number of programs to reduce carbon emissions, address prescription drug costs, and spur the economy.

Garrett Watson joins Jesse Solis to talk through what these tax changes would mean for the economy: Will they reduce inflation, and do they break the President's pledge not to raise taxes on those earning less than $400,000?

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https://taxfoundation.org/biden-corporate-minimum-book-tax/
https://taxfoundation.org/prescription-drug-pricing-reform/
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-gap/
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-reform-options/?option=28

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Technology is moving rapidly--especially when it comes to taxes. With advancements in AI and machine learning, we are seeing technology being utilized in every corner of the tax world.

From policy to filing, from accounting to compliance: technology is truly shaping the future of taxes. Jesse chats with Ben Alarie, CEO of Blue J, and Garrett Watson, Senior Policy Analyst at the Tax Foundation, about how companies are utilizing technology to comply with new innovations in the tax code and how policymakers can use technology to advance tax laws that support an ever-evolving economy.

Links: https://www.bluej.com/
https://taxfoundation.org/overview-tax-foundations-taxes-growth-model/ 

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On July 1st, 2021, over 130 countries agreed to a sweeping overhaul of the global tax system.

This agreement -- on a 15% global minimum tax -- was unprecedented, taking on over a century of how international tax competition has been done.

One year later, the deal appears stuck. Countries are moving ahead with caution before codifying this new tax into their laws.

Daniel Bunn, Tax Foundation's executive vice president, joins Jesse to discuss what this delay means for countries and multinational corporations, and what the path ahead looks like for global tax policy and competition.

Intro: 00:02
Overview: 01:15
Myths and Misconceptions: 12:54
Key Takeaways: 15:45
Outro: 17:50

Links: https://taxfoundation.org/global-minimum-tax-us-international-tax/

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