Tax Notes Talk

Modernizing the IRS: What's The Plan?

Tax Notes reporters Tyrah Burris and Emily Hollingsworth discuss their investigation into the IRS's longtime efforts to update its aging technology and the uncertain

U.N. Tax Talks: Keep or Change The Status Quo

Tax Notes reporters Elodie Lamer and Sarah Paez discuss their biggest takeaways from the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a U.N. framework

Taxation's Hidden Role in Protecting Slavery

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 taxa

Checking In With Congress: Fall 2026 Preview

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,

Taking an August Break

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.  *

Building Europe's Tech Edge With Tax Policy

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

'No Tax on Tips’ One Year Later: A Win for Workers?

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

Around the World in Taxes: Poland and Hungary

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 se

Around the World in Taxes: the Netherlands and Brazil

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

Around the World in Taxes: Greece and Italy

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

Trump’s IRS Lawsuit and Settlement: What Comes Next?

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-W

The High Cost of Raising Kids and State Tax Solutions

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&a

Universal Basic Income, AI, and Tax Policy

Tax Notes contributing editor Carrie Brandon Elliot discusses the rising interest in universal basic income, especially as artificial intelligence disrupts the job market

Liberty Global Decision and the Economic Substance Doctrine

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

The Side-by-Side Package Deal and International Tax Cooperation

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 i

How AI Bias Affects State Audit Selection

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

BEPS 3.0? What's Next for International Tax Cooperation

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 Ame

The Hidden Burden of State Tax Debt Collections

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 disadva

Can Tax Policy Address the Childcare Crisis?

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 e

Ex-IRS Official Talks Immigration Enforcement, Artificial Intelligence

Former IRS Criminal Investigation division Chief Guy Ficco examines the agency's future, including immigration enforcement and the use of artificial intelligence, as