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Anthony Infanti, professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and author of The Human Toll: Taxation and Slavery in Colonial America, discusses how taxation helped create and uphold the institution of slavery in Colonial America.

For more on Infanti's book, read Thorndike's review in Tax Notes, "Subjugation With a Budget Line: How Tax Law Protected Slavery."

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Tax Notes Capitol Hill reporter Cady Stanton previews what to expect from Congress this fall, from IRS funding to the possibility of a lame-duck tax package. 

For more, read the following in Tax Notes:

• House Sends Stopgap Funding Bill to Trump’s Desk
• Senate May Act on Chief Counsel, Tax Court Nominees After Recess
• All Eyes on Lame Duck for Last-Chance Tax Package in 2026

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Tax Notes Talk is taking a hiatus for the month of August. We’ll be back in your feed in the fall! In the meantime, be sure to check out our extensive back catalogue. 

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Four international tax policy experts discuss how tax policy could strengthen Europe's technology sector and improve its global competitiveness.

For the entire discussion, watch or listen to "Bridging Europe’s Innovation Gap: Tax, Capital, and Scale."

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Tax Notes legal reporter Trevor Sikes investigated how the qualified tips deduction under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has affected tipped workers in the year since the law's enactment.

Sikes and fellow legal reporter A.J. Collins interviewed the following people for this episode: 

• Morgan Harms, a server at William Jeffrey’s Tavern in Arlington, Virginia 
• Michael Chittenden, a lawyer with Covington and Burling 
• Matt Catchpole, owner of the South Carolina restaurant group Panhandle Slam Hospitality 
• Jim Toole, a clubhouse manager for the Lancaster Stormers, an American professional baseball team in Pennsylvania 

For more, read Sikes and Collins' story in Tax Notes, "Check, Please: Workers React to ‘No Tax on Tips’ One Year In."

Our audio sources for this episode:

• Vice President Vance Delivers Remarks in Michigan on Tax and Spending Cuts Legislation
• Secretary Scott Bessent Testifies on Treasury Department 2027 Budget Request
• Former President Trump Holds Rally in Las Vegas

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Freelance reporters Emilia Sroka and Roland Papp discuss paying taxes in Poland and Hungary and how the citizens in those countries feel about it. 

Listen to the full series: 

• Around the World in Taxes: the Netherlands and Brazil
• Around the World in Taxes: Greece and Italy

For more, read the tax morale series for free in Tax Notes:

• Church or State: Italian Income Taxes and Symbolic Choice
• Haratsi to I Krísi: Avoiding Taxes as an Act of Greek Patriotism
• Closing the Gaps: How Polish Local Governments Boost Tax Morale
• Carrots and Sticks: How Hungary Taught a Generation to Pay Taxes
• ‘Friendly Collection’: Brazil’s Plan to Reduce Taxpayer Mistrust
• Pay or Drown: How the Dutch Fostered Resilient Tax Compliance

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Freelance reporters Olaf Geurts and Bárbara Mengardo discuss paying taxes in the Netherlands and Brazil and how the citizens in those countries feel about it. 

Listen to last week's episode: Around the World in Taxes: Greece and Italy

For more, read the tax morale series for free in Tax Notes:

• Church or State: Italian Income Taxes and Symbolic Choice
• Haratsi to I Krísi: Avoiding Taxes as an Act of Greek Patriotism
• ‘Friendly Collection’: Brazil’s Plan to Reduce Taxpayer Mistrust
• Pay or Drown: How the Dutch Fostered Resilient Tax Compliance

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Tax Notes reporter Elodie Lamer and freelance reporter Matteo Rizzi discuss paying taxes in Greece and Italy and how the citizens in those countries feel about it. 

For more, read the tax morale series for free in Tax Notes:

• Church or State: Italian Income Taxes and Symbolic Choice
• Haratsi to I Krísi: Avoiding Taxes as an Act of Greek Patriotism

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Brandon DeBot of the Tax Law Center at New York University discusses President Trump’s lawsuit and subsequent settlement with the IRS, where things stand with the "Anti-Weaponization" Fund, and potential legal ramifications. 

For more, read the following articles in Tax Notes:

• Judge Dismisses 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund Challenge as Moot
• DOJ’s Reversal on Trump Fund Proves Collusion, Former Judges Say
• Government Files Notice Refusing to Declare Trump Fund Dead
• Trump Tells Court It Has No Power to Reopen IRS Case

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Tax Notes reporter Kennedy Wahrmund discusses how states are increasingly turning to tax policy to address the high costs of raising children. 

For more, read Wahrmund's article in Tax Notes, "Tax Policy Becoming a Key Tool in States’ Pro-Family Strategies."

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Tax Notes contributing editor Carrie Brandon Elliot discusses the rising interest in universal basic income, especially as artificial intelligence disrupts the job market, and the role of tax policy in paying for it.

For more, read Brandon Elliot's article, "Pandemic and Precariat: AI Courts Universal Basic Income," for free in Tax Notes.

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Brian Reed of Alvarez & Marsal discusses the application of the economic substance doctrine in Liberty Global Inc. v. United States and the questions raised by the Tenth Circuit's interpretation.

For more, read the following articles in Tax Notes:

• Otay Wants to Rebrief Dispute Over Basis Adjustment, IRS Says
• Liberty Global Has Tax Pros Fretting Over Planning Uncertainty
• Government Wins Economic Substance Battle in Liberty Global

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Four international tax policy experts discuss the details of the OECD side-by-side package deal on the global minimum tax framework and how implementation is going both in the United States and abroad. 

For the entire discussion, watch or listen to "Global Minimum Tax Coordination After the Side-by-Side Agreement."

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Tax Notes reporters Paul Jones and Emily Hollingsworth discuss how bias in artificial intelligence can affect automated systems that select taxpayers for audits and what their investigation of California's and New York’s audit selection processes revealed.

For more, read Jones and Hollingsworth's investigation for free: "Unwatched: How State Audit Selection Systems Bypass Oversight."

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Three policy experts discuss the uncertain future of the OECD's global tax framework amid stalled progress and waning consensus, during a live recording from the American Bar Association Section of Taxation May meeting.

For more, read the following articles in Tax Notes:

• Slovenia Starts Piloting Submission of Pillar 2 Minimum Tax Returns
• Switzerland Weighs Delaying OECD Pillar 2 Deferred Tax Guidance
• More Work on Pillar 2 Reporting Is Needed, Treasury Official Says

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Professor Sakinah Tillman of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law discusses how the complexities of state tax debt collections disadvantage low-income taxpayers.

For more, read Tillman's article, "Impact of Vague State Tax Collection Alternatives on Low-Income Taxpayers."

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

• Addressing Tax Policy Challenges for Workers With Disabilities
• 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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Professor Lauren Shores Pelikan of the University of Missouri School of Law discusses her proposal to create a tax benefit for individual childcare service providers to ease costs for working parents.

For more on Shores Pelikan's proposal, read "Toddlers, Investors, and Tax Policy."

For more on the LendingTree study, read "It Costs an Additional $303,418 to Raise a Child Over 18 Years, Up 1.9%."

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Former IRS Criminal Investigation division Chief Guy Ficco examines the agency's future, including immigration enforcement and the use of artificial intelligence, as his decades-long tenure ends.

For more on the IRS Criminal Investigation division, read the following in Tax Notes:

• IRS Criminal Investigators Pull Back From Immigration, Policing
• Firmness of IRS Voluntary Disclosure Policy Worries Tax Lawyers
• J5 Warns of Use of Crypto Platforms for Tax Evasion, Other Crimes
• IRS Shakes Up Leadership With Filing Season Looming

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Benjamin Angel, director of direct taxation at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, discusses the EU’s biggest tax challenges right now, including windfall taxes and the side-by-side package. 

For more, read the following in Tax Notes:

• EU Draft Floats Binding Measures to Reduce Electricity Taxes
• Tax Cuts Don’t Pay for Themselves, EU Commission Says
• Simplify Pillar 2-Linked Rules, Avoid DSTs, Stakeholders Tell EU

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Jennifer Bernardini of PwC discusses the recently released guidance for the material assistance and prohibited foreign entity rules affecting some of the clean energy credits in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

For more, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Dems Lay Groundwork to Restore Clean Energy Credits Post-Midterms
• GOP Bill Would Pause Clean Energy Credit to Pay for Crude Oil
• ANALYSIS: Lessons From the Energy Tax Credit Market in 2025

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Tax Notes senior reporter Cady Stanton investigated a provision of the low-income housing tax credit and talked to housing advocates and tenants about how a 1990s tax policy has affected affordable housing.  

 Stanton interviewed the following people for this episode: 

• Teresa Myers, a former tenant of Rosewood Estates in Springfield, Missouri
• Jennifer Schwartz, director of tax and housing advocacy at the National Council of State Housing Agencies 
• Gina Chiala, executive director and staff attorney at the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom 

For more, read Stanton's investigation for free in Tax Notes:

• Absent Congress, Protecting LIHTC-Funded Housing Has Fallen to States
• Congress Gave Developers Flexibility. It’s Costing People Their Homes.

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Erika Isabella Scuderi, visiting assistant professor of tax law at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, discusses her proposal for establishing taxing rights in outer space. 

For more, read Scuderi's article, "On Sovereignty, Outer Space, and Taxation."

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Tax Notes contributing editor Robert Goulder discusses the Supreme Court's ruling invalidating the tariffs set in place by President Trump and what to expect for refunds. 

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For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• New Trump Tariffs Hit With Multistate Legal Challenge
• ANALYSIS: The Real Liberation Day: IEEPA Tariffs Go Down in Flames

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Tax Notes Talk presents History Is Taxing, our new podcast exploring the tax origins of today’s biggest topics, connecting the present to the past with tax experts Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike of Tax Notes. 

In this episode, Goulder and Thorndike explore how America’s first tariffs shaped the nation’s fiscal policy and set the stage for today’s federal income tax. 

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Special thanks to Christopher Trigo and Carolyn Kuimelis for their help on this episode.

U.S. Tax Court Chief Judge Patrick Urda discusses the effects of the IRS’s staff changes and generative AI on the court and its continued evaluation of online access to documents. 

Listen to our episode with Judge Kerrigan: Updates From the Tax Court: Post-COVID Plans and New Funding

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Tax Notes chief correspondent Stephanie Soong discusses the OECD’s recent pillar 2 side-by-side package deal and how countries are adapting to the new landscape. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• U.S. Focusing on OECD Guidance for Pillar 2 Side-by-Side Package
• Hungary Expands Global Minimum Tax Registration Form
• U.S. Treasury Officials Declare Death of OECD Pillar 1

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Rozeta Atlas of HubSync discusses the IRS’s plan to overhaul its legacy IT systems and what a modernized agency may mean for practitioners.

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Palantir Contracts Under Scrutiny Amid IRS Tax Data Controversy
• IRS Adopts Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy
• IRS No-Paper Initiative Jammed by Staffing Issues, Watchdog Says

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Professors Jeremy Bearer-Friend and Sarah Polcz discuss their recent paper, “Sharing the Algorithm: The Tax Solution to Generative AI,” which outlines their proposal for taxing generative AI companies.

For more, read Bearer-Friend and Polcz's article.

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Professor Andrea Campbell, author of Taxation and Resentment: Race, Party, and Class in American Tax Attitudes, discusses why Americans' beliefs about taxes often don’t align with the specific tax policies they support.

For more on Taxation and Resentment, you can read Joseph Thorndike's book review here: "ANALYSIS: Why Do Americans Ignore Their Self-Interest When It Comes to Taxes?"

If you're interested in hearing more about Andrew Kahrl's research on the property tax, check out our episode, "Tax or Theft? Examining the History of the Property Tax." 

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Damien Martin and Tony Nitti of EY discuss the second three of their top six tax cases of 2025, focusing on what qualifies as a deduction in Savage v. Commissioner, Kelly v. Commissioner, and Weston v. Commissioner.

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Damien Martin and Tony Nitti of EY analyze the first three of their top six tax cases from 2025, focusing on what constitutes income in CF Headquarters Corp. v. Commissioner, Franklin v. Commissioner, and Feige v. Commissioner.

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Philip Hwang, national chair of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, discusses the issues the IRS and return preparers could face this filing season following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• IRS Prepared to Meet Service, Collection Goals, Bisignano Says
• Proposed IRS Funding Cut Draws Concern From Tax Watchers
• IRS Sets Filing Season Start Date Amid Lofty Refund Expectations

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Jaye Calhoun of Kean Miller discusses key tax issues that states will likely address in 2026, including One Big Beautiful Bill Act provisions and the adoption of artificial intelligence tools. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Iowa DOR Issues Withholding Guidance on OBBBA Tax Deductions
• U.S. Chamber Backs Florida Bid to Challenge California Apportionment Rule
• States to Face Budget, Tax Policy Questions in 2026 Conformity Debate

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Tax Analysts Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Scott reviews the 2025 developments in U.S. tax legislation and speculates what may lie ahead in 2026.

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• These Expiring Tax Provisions Could Get Renewed in 2026
• New Deficit Projections to Hinge on Giant Tax Bill, Tariffs
• More Clean Energy Credits Are Set to Expire in 2026 Under OBBBA
• Tips and Overtime Reporting Expected to Test Employers in 2026

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Tax Notes reporters recap some of the most memorable stories they encountered in 2025, from the establishment of a "crypto church" to how the "no tax on tips" provision may apply to certain professions. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Will IRS Know Pornography When It Sees It for Tips Deduction?
• Pass Go, Collect Millions: Hasbro to Get Tax Breaks for Boston HQ
• Marital Discord Is No Defense to FBAR Penalties, U.S. Says
• Crypto Evangelist’s Tax Evasion and Other Convictions Upheld

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Vanessa Williamson, author of The Price of Democracy, discusses her argument that the history of American fights over fiscal fairness reveals a connection between taxation and democratic power.

For more on The Price of Democracy, you can read Joseph Thorndike's book review here: "ANALYSIS: Democracy Comes With a Bill Attached: A Tax-Centered History of America."

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Tax Notes reporters discuss updates on the biggest tax issues of the year, including the expiring Affordable Care Act credit and the Trump administration's recent tariff and trade announcements.

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Senate Set to Reject Dueling Bills, Leaving ACA Credit in Limbo
• New Guidance Provided on Expanded HSA Eligibility
• Trump Threatens Mexico With Tariffs Over Texas Water Spat
• House GOP Pushes Trump to Revive Tariffs on France Over DST

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Trudy Muscat of Deloitte Malta discusses Malta's changing international tax landscape, including its adoption of the two-pillar system and recently implemented transfer pricing rules. 

For more episodes from Lisbon, listen to:

• From Lisbon: The Search for Consensus on International Tax
• From Lisbon: The Future of International Tax Cooperation
• From Lisbon: Portuguese Tax Administration in the Digital Age
• From Lisbon: Highlights From the 2025 IFA Congress

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Bulgarian Parliament Approves Tax Treaty With Malta
• EU’s Tax Priorities Shift as Reform Stalls, Researchers Say
• MNE Profit Shifting Still Persistent, OECD Report Says

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Juan Manuel Vázquez of Loyens & Loeff discusses the evolving international tax agenda, including ongoing pillar 2 negotiations and taxing the digital economy.

For more episodes from Lisbon, listen to:

• From Lisbon: The Future of International Tax Cooperation
• From Lisbon: Portuguese Tax Administration in the Digital Age
• From Lisbon: Highlights From the 2025 IFA Congress

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• G20 Leaders Affirm Goal for OECD Global Minimum Tax Accord
• If Pillar 2 Directive Reopens, EU Won’t Close It, Official Says
• OECD Talks on U.S. Pillar 2 Exemption Focused on Simplification
• Italy Defends DST and Urges OECD to Restart Digital Talks

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Tax Notes reporters Cady Stanton and Benjamin Valdez discuss the tax credit debate that led to the government shutdown and the potential effects on the IRS and the 2026 filing season. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Democrats Say It's Too Late for Any ACA Credit Alternative
• Shutdown May Hinder Filing Season Timeline, Former IRS Chiefs Say
• Republican Leaders Harden Stance Against ACA Tax Credit

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Tax Notes managing legal reporter Caitlin Mullaney explores the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in V.O.S. Selections and Learning Resources and predicts whether the Court will strike down President Trump’s tariffs. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Michigan Agencies Forecast Tariff Impacts on Prices, Jobs
• Supreme Court Justices Question Trump's IEEPA Tariffs
• Trump-Xi Summit Yields Lower Tariffs All Around

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Carolyn Schenck, former IRS national fraud counsel, shares insights from decades at the agency, including her pioneering role and her recent move to private practice. 

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Fresh Look at Exempt Orgs Could Be Good, Former CI Employee Says
• Move to Direct IRS CI at Left-Leaning Groups Is Questioned
• ‘Tax Enforcement Is Not Dead,’ Departing IRS Fraud Counsel Says

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Elisângela Rita, a former member of the U.N. Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters, discusses her career in international tax and the evolution of U.N. global tax convention discussions. 

For more episodes from Lisbon, listen to:

• From Lisbon: Portuguese Tax Administration in the Digital Age
• From Lisbon: Highlights From the 2025 IFA Congress

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• U.N. Trudges Forward on Framework Convention
• U.N. Tax Committee to Tackle Transfer Pricing, AI, Tax Nexus
• EU Commission's U.N. Tax Mandate Faces Countries' Pushback

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Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority General Director Helena Alves Borges discusses the agency’s modernization efforts and preparation for pillar 2. 

For more episodes from Lisbon, listen to "From Lisbon: Highlights From the 2025 IFA Congress."

For more tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• More Countries Still Considering Amount B Adoption
• OECD Building Out Work on AI Usage in Tax Administration
• EU Wants Its U.S. Subsidiaries to Be Subject to Top-Up Tax

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Tax Notes contributing editor Robert Goulder discusses the upcoming oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the validity of the Trump administration's recent reciprocal tariffs and speculates on the Court's reaction.

For more tax news and analysis, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Nonprofits Urge SCOTUS to Side With Trump Admin in Tariff Dispute
• President Can Impose Tariffs Under IEEPA, Admin Tells SCOTUS
• ANALYSIS: V.O.S. Selections, Part 2: Will SCOTUS Rescue Trump's Tariffs?
• ANALYSIS: V.O.S. Selections, Part 1: Are Trump's Tariffs 'Too Big to Fail'?
• Supreme Court Will Hear Trump's Appeal of Tariff Rulings

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Tax Notes reporter Sarah Paez breaks down the biggest international tax developments from the annual Congress of the International Fiscal Association in Lisbon, Portugal.

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• OECD Plans 2026 Draft on Transfer Pricing Guidelines Revisions
• EU Wants Its U.S. Subsidiaries to Be Subject to Top-Up Tax
• ESG Ratings Don’t Inform Tax Risk, HMRC Official Says
• Pillar 2 Permanent Safe Harbor Talks Focused on Integrity Issues

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Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes

April Harding, former IRS director of user experience services, discusses her proposed agency modernization plan and the future of IRS digital products. 

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Shutdown Uncertainty Adds to Difficult Year for IRS Employees
• Direct File Derailed by Dissension, Not Performance, Werfel Says
• What's Next for the IRS? Another Overhaul?

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Host: David D. Stewart
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Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes

Karen Kelly, former acting assistant attorney general of the Justice Department Tax Division, discusses the upcoming elimination of the division and how it could affect civil and criminal tax enforcement. 

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• House Bill Would Formalize Abolition of DOJ Tax Division
• Tax Community Pushes to Keep DOJ Tax Division Intact
• Idea to Disperse DOJ Tax Lawyers Draws Mixed Initial Reaction

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes

Professors David Gamage and Darien Shanske discuss their recent paper, “Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level,” which lays out their argument for a state-level wealth tax.

For more, read Gamage and Shanske's article, coauthored by Professor Brian Galle.

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• U.K. Labour Deputy Leader Hopeful Campaigns for Wealth Taxes
• Report on 16,500 Millionaires Quitting U.K. 'May Be Fabricated'
• Tax Justice Network Report Urges Wealth Tax for Climate Finance

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes

Tax Notes contributing editors Robert Goulder and Joseph Thorndike discuss the recent Nvidia deal to export chips to China, and they question its constitutionality and implications. 

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• ANALYSIS: The Nvidia Affair: So Now We're Taxing Exports?
• ANALYSIS: Trump’s Nvidia Deal Is Almost Certainly Unconstitutional — Not That It Matters
• White House Eyes Replicating Nvidia Deal for Other Industries
• Nvidia Deal Sparks Dismay From Tax Observers

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes