FTA Tax Breaks

Tax Breaks LIVE: A Million Ideas, One Question: Where Do You Start?

In this LIVE episode, taped during the 2026 FTA Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. FTA Chief Operating Officer Ryan Minnick is joined by four guests - David Casey, t

How Executives and Attorneys are learning about AI with Alex Denniston

GenAI is evolving at a breakneck pace — and organizations across the private sector are racing to keep up. But how are they actually building meaningful knowledge, not ju

Tax Breaks Live: A Candid Conversation with Former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel

Get ready for one of our most energizing Tax Breaks episodes yet—recorded live and unfiltered in front of a room full of state and local tax administrators! Join FTA's E

Turning Data into Insights

Tax agencies hold an abundance of data but are they using it to its full potential? In this latest episode of the Tax Breaks Podcast, FTA Chief Operating Officer Ryan Min

Tax Breaks Live: The Future of Tax Technology

This live recording of the Tax Breaks podcast brings together a panel of forward-thinking leaders for an examination of technologies set to redefine tax administration. F

Talking Tax Collections with Virginia's Chiquita Hills and Wisconsin's Kyle Duerstein

Chiquita Hills with the Virginia Department of Taxation and Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s Kyle Duerstein are veterans within tax administration collections, leading t

Discussing Data Analysis and Community Outreach With Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman

Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman gives a sneak peek into a learning session she's leading at FTA's Annual Meeting in Chicago on boosting earned income tax credit (EITC

Nancy Prosser Reflects on Celebrated Career in SALT Law

This episode of Tax Breaks published just off the heels of Women’s History Month with FTA Chief Operating Officer Ryan Minnick catching up with recently retired Multistat

Understanding Generations in Today's Workforce

Leadership & Talent Development Consultant and generations expert Kitty Kollmeyer takes us on a trip through the ages to better understand our multigenerational workforce

Building a Culture of Kindness: The Nuts and Bolts of a Healthy Workplace

In this episode of FTA Tax Breaks, we talk with Marina Sallas with the Missouri Department of Revenue and Lauren Smith with the South Carolina Department of Revenue about

Ethics and the Era of Transparency with Andrew Blasi

Happy Global Ethics Day! Our latest FTA Tax Breaks guest believes we are well into an unprecedented global era of transparency, and you'll want to know why that matters.

VR, Deepfakes, and the Future of Digital Engagement with Professor Robby Ratan

In this episode, FTA COO Ryan Minnick dives deep into the world of virtual reality (VR) and deep fakes with Michigan State and Stanford professor, Robby Ratan! If you ca

Tax Breaks LIVE: Discussing CrowdStrike with Wisconsin DOR

How do you go from crisis to solution in less than 5 hours? For our first-ever LIVE episode from the main stage at the 2024 FTA Technology Conference, COO Ryan Minnick

The IRS from the pandemic forward with Commissioner Rettig

Following a brief hiatus after our successful first season of conversations with leaders from the public, private, and academic sectors, FTA Tax Breaks Podcast is back fo

AI and Ethics with I-Sah Hsieh

SAS Principal Social Innovation Manager I-Sah Hsieh joins FTA COO Ryan Minnick for an exciting and at times philosophical discussion of AI and how the intersection of tru

Customer Experience and 'Voice of the Customer' with Mike Lee

The Utah State Tax Commission is taking an associative approach to meeting customer needs by understanding the customer journey from the beginning. It’s part of Utah’s “V

What Makes a Great Workplace with Bob Grennes and Rob Woods

In this competitive labor market, businesses and organizations of all types are looking for every advantage when it comes to recruiting and retaining talented people. Thi

What is the National Taxpayer Advocate Service? With Erin Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate, IRS

The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) office plays a critical role working in the interest of the federal taxpayers. In this episode of the FTA Tax Breaks podcast, we talk

Taxpayer Experience with Courtney Kay-Decker

On this episode of FTA Tax Breaks, IRS Deputy Chief Taxpayer Experience Officer Courtney Kay-Decker joined us for a look inside the IRS’s Taxpayer Experience Office (TXO)

Project Management with Frank Nestore

Ryan sits down with Frank Nestore, VP at Mathtech, to discuss project management, how projects differ between government and the private sector, and what makes a project