Podcasts by Talking Tax

Kevin Brady Has Big Plans for Last Year in Congress from 2022-01-20T21:58:19

Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is planning one final legislative push before he retires at the end of this Congress. During the Trump administration...

Poor IRS Phone Service Among Many Tax Season Hurdles from 2022-01-13T21:18

Tax preparers are bracing for another frustrating filing season as the IRS warns of unprecedented challenges driven by the pandemic and staffing shortages. The IRS is facing some major issues ahead...

What's In Store for IRS 2022 Enforcement Agenda from 2021-12-30T20:11:43

Tax pros are keeping a close eye on Capitol Hill negotiations, with the Internal Revenue Service's 2022 enforcement agenda dependent on how much money Congress gives it to do the job. The Biden adm...

Crypto Exchanges Enlisted by IRS as Ally in Tax Fight from 2021-12-16T20:16:42

Cryptocurrencies had a big year in 2021, with the asset class drawing in over $2.2 trillion of value. However, these gains have drawn scrutiny from tax authorities. The U.S. in particular has made ...

Unraveling a SPAC Is Harder Than It Seems from 2021-11-26T09:00

SPACs—Special Purpose Acquisition Companies or "blank check companies"—became a hot commodity in recent years. The speculative nature and promise of large gains has turned the practice into a major...

For Global Tax Deal, Dust Beginning to Settle: Now What? from 2021-11-04T20:02:03

Last month saw the resolution of years-long negotiations over a global tax deal. Nearly 140 countries signed an agreement to create a 15% global corporate minimum tax rate and reallocate a portion ...

Netflix in Tax Crosshairs as Cable Revenue Dries Up from 2021-10-28T20:08:21

The growth of so-called "cord cutters" canceling their cable TV subscriptions has had an unintended consequence for local governments: their revenue from the right-of-way fees they impose on the ca...

Breaking Down Facebook's $9 Billion Tax Fight With IRS from 2021-10-21T19:24:56

Facebook's long-running tax dispute with the IRS finally resumed this month after a lengthy delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The social media giant is fighting IRS allegations that the compan...

Global Tax Pact Gets G-20 Boost, Implementation Awaits from 2021-10-14T19:57:49

The Group of 20 finance ministers have formally backed a global plan to overhaul where and how multinationals are taxed and set a minimum 15% corporate tax rate. The OECD-brokered deal—backed by 13...

What the House International Tax Plan Would Do from 2021-09-23T16:39:18

The House Ways and Means Committee passed a proposal last week to revamp the way U.S. multinationals pay taxes—but to a lesser extent than other Democratic plans on the table. The proposal—part of ...

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Biden's Capital Gains Overhaul Loses Traction in House from 2021-09-16T20:02:41

The House Ways and Means Committee approved its portion of a multi-trillion dollar economic and social spending plan this week. But despite this latest victory, Democrats still have a lot of work t...

Irish Tax Schemes a Thing of the Past, Economist Says from 2021-09-09T18:56:09

Four years after enactment of the 2017 tax law, the ramifications of Congress' tax code overhaul can be felt thousands of miles away in Ireland, as firms are no longer using the Emerald Isle to shi...

Tax Tips for Job Seekers in ‘The Great Resignation’ from 2021-09-02T19:31:36

Workers across the U.S. are reconsidering their careers at this stage of the pandemic, looking for new job opportunities that offer better pay, benefits, remote work, and other flexibility. The tre...

Newly Wealthy Student Athletes to Encounter Tax Issues from 2021-08-26T21:05:21

College football season starts this weekend and this will be the first year in which the players suiting up can earn significant income off of their name, image, and likeness. Partially in response...

Infrastructure Bill Reignites Superfund Tax Debate from 2021-08-19T21:10:57

The Senate-passed infrastructure bill aims to revive nineties-era taxes on chemical companies and importers to pay for cleaning up some of the nation's most contaminated sites. While the bill still...

Crypto Industry Braces for Tax Reporting Requirements from 2021-08-12T14:54

The Senate-passed infrastructure bill includes contentious cryptocurrency tax reporting requirements that the industry is hoping to change when the bill is considered by the House. The requirements...

Corporate Taxes Increasingly Seen as Social Obligation from 2021-08-05T19:29:36

Investors interested in how companies meet environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are also becoming increasingly interested in where—and whether—a company is paying tax. Witold Henis...

States Eye Plans for Accelerated Sales Tax Collection from 2021-07-29T19:34:18

For decades retailers have held onto the sales taxes they collect from consumers for weeks before sending those funds to state revenue agencies. States are becoming increasingly impatient with this...

Deloitte Partner Defies Accounting’s Diversity Gap from 2021-07-22T21:06:55

Thalia Smith, a partner at Deloitte, is using her experience as a Black woman in the Big Four to help students looking to break into accounting. Smith, an audit and assurance partner, is leading De...

Rep. DelBene on the New Monthly Child Tax Credit from 2021-07-15T19:24:36

Tens of millions of families across the U.S. this week received their first monthly advance on the child tax credit from the IRS. The new monthly payments, which launched Thursday, are the result o...

European Tax Reporting Rule Has Multinationals on Edge from 2021-07-01T18:48:03

Large multinational corporations have for a few years now been required to report to the EU how much they pay in taxes to each European country they operate in. But now, after an agreement last mon...

Digital Advertising Profits Entice State Tax Collectors from 2021-06-24T19:33

Pandemic-related budget fears have prompted states to search for new sources of tax revenue. Lawmakers across the country are beginning to look toward social media as a mother lode of untapped corp...

G7 Tax Agreement Was Big, But Now Comes the Hard Part from 2021-06-17T18:44

After years of grueling negotiations, the world's wealthiest countries reached an agreement on how—and how much—to tax multinational corporations. Now comes what could be a heavier lift: Getting bu...

Inside the Frenzied Launch of the PPP Loan Program from 2021-06-10T19:34:50

The first loan approved through the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program went out the door just one week after the program was created last spring. At the time, with the pand...

Pioneering Black CPA Reflects on His Long Career from 2021-05-27T20:02:05

A few weeks ago, a Talking Tax listener reached out about an episode from last summer that focused on why so few CPAs are Black. Lynnwood G. Campbell's stories from a more than 40-year-long career ...

Red Hot SPAC Market Cools After Accounting Warning from 2021-05-20T20:37:18

The market for special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, was all the rage over the last year, with exponential asset growth in just a few months plus the involvement of celebrities like R&B ...

Biden, Yellen Inject New Life Into Global Tax Talks from 2021-05-13T19:52:08

The Biden administration has given a boost to a years-long effort toward global agreement on digital tax rules as negotiators work to strike a deal in the coming months.Since she took office, Janet...

Pandemic-Challenged IRS in Line for Big Funding Boost from 2021-04-15T19:27:38

It has been a challenging year for the IRS, which is dealing with yet another prolonged tax-filing season while also distributing pandemic relief payments to hundreds of millions of people. Those c...

Dissecting Biden's Infrastructure Plan Tax Hikes from 2021-04-01T20:19:39

President Joe Biden this week unveiled his plan to pay for sweeping infrastructure investments by raising taxes on corporations. The proposals include raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, imposin...

Tax Teams Still Struggling With Virtual Work a Year In from 2021-03-25T19:25:12

Once again, we are in the middle of a protracted tax filing season. And for yet another year, tax execs closed the books virtually. This week on our podcast Talking Tax, we hear how the season is g...

Diving Into the Effects of a Longer Tax-Filing Season from 2021-03-18T18:39:53

The IRS announced this week that it would push back the deadline for some individuals to file and pay their taxes, a move that comes as the agency and taxpayers are grappling with changes in the ne...

Americans Navigating Another Chaotic Tax Season from 2021-03-11T19:57:23

We are in the heart of tax filing season in the U.S. and, so far, it appears to be going much better than last year. That, however, is an extraordinarily low bar, given that last year's season ran ...

Stimulus Checks Split Economists, Even on the Left from 2021-03-04T21:12:59

A $1.9 trillion stimulus package that includes a third round of direct cash payments to American households will likely wind up on President Joe Biden's desk within the next few weeks. The direct p...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...

Tax&Accounting Podcast- Episode 26- Draft Health Care Bill Faces Compromises Before Vote from 2017-06-23T21:56:07

The Senate is likely to vote the week of June 26 on a draft health care bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act's taxes. Senate Republicans are working to compromise on various aspects of t...