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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 ease costs for working parents.For more on Shores Pelikan's proposal...
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 his decades-long tenure ends.For more on the IRS Criminal Investigation...
The European Commission’s 2026 Tax Outlook
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.
Clean Energy Tax Credits: New Guidance and Industry Response
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...
The Tax Provision Worsening the Affordable Housing Crisis
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 i...
Taxation in Outer Space: How Countries Could Vie for Star Power
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, "
Going, Going, Gone: The Supreme Court Ruling on Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs
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. Subscribe to History Is Taxing today for fr...
Could Tariffs Replace the Income Tax? Lessons From U.S. History (From History Is Taxing)
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.&...
Tax Court Chief Judge Talks AI and Transparency
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:
Pillar 2 Project Continues: Updates on the OECD
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
Upgrading the IRS Through Tech and Automation
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:
Taxing Generative AI: The Future of Tax Policy and Tech
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 Pol...
Are Americans Antitax? The Gap Between Politics and Self-Interest
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 ...
Top Tax Cases of 2025, Part 2: What Are Deductions?
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.
Top Tax Cases of 2025, Part 1: What Is Income?
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...
IRS Advisory Committee Chair Previews 2026 Filing Season
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 fol...
State Tax Policy Trends to Watch in 2026
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 followin...
2026 U.S. Tax Legislation Forecast
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:
Year-End Collection: Tax Oddities of 2025
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...
Who’s Included in 'We the People'? Taxes and the Fight for Democracy
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 Democr...
Tariffs, Trade, and Congress's Tax Credit Limbo
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 fol...
From Lisbon: The Evolution of Malta's International Tax System
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
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: