Tax Notes Talk

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." ** Credits Host: David D. Stewart Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones Producer: Jordan Parrish Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian **** This episode is sponsored by Portugal...

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%." ** Credits Host: David D. Stewart Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones Producer: ...

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, PolicingFirmness of IRS Voluntary Disclosure Policy Worries Tax LawyersJ5 Warns of Use of Crypto Platforms for Tax Evasion, Other CrimesIRS Shakes Up Leadership...

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 TaxesTax Cuts Don’t Pay for Themselves, EU Commission SaysSimplify Pillar 2-Linked Rules, Avoid DSTs, Stakeholders Tell EU** Credits Host: David D. Stewart...

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-MidtermsGOP Bill Would Pause Clean Energy Credit to Pay for Crude OilANALYSIS: Lessons From the Energy Tax Credit Market in 2025** Credits Host: David D. Stewart Executive Producers:...