Behind the Story: Investigating the Faults in the IRS’s FOIA System
Send us a textTax Notes chief correspondent Amanda Athanasiou discusses her recent investigation into the IRS's handling of Freedom of Information Act requests and trends from two decades of agency data.For more, check out the Tax Notes coverage of the IRS FOIA system:IRS FOIA Backlog Expected to GrowFOIA Appeals Fail So Often, Taxpayers See a Broken SystemThe IRS Is Getting Fewer FOIAs. Why Aren’t Response Times Improving?Follow us on X:Amanda Athanasiou: @akathanasiouDavid Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes**This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesProducers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
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Trump, Tariffs, and Trade Turmoil
Send us a textMat Mermigousis of BDO discusses the Trump administration’s ever-changing tariff policies and what they may mean for U.S. businesses. For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:Trump Pauses Tariff IncreasesEU Poised to Impose 25 Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. GoodsChina Announces Reciprocal Tariffs on U.S. ImportsTrump’s Tariffs Generate Tons of Criticism as Uncertainty AboundsFollow us on X:Michael Smith: @TaxesMichaelDavid Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes**This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesProducers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
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Tax or Theft? Examining the History of the Property Tax
Send us a textProfessor Andrew Kahrl, author of The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America, discusses his argument that local property taxes have contributed to the disenfranchisement of Black homeowners. Read Thorndike's book review in Tax Notes, "Is the ‘Predatory’ Property Tax an Instrument of Oppression?"Listen to more Tax Notes Talk episodes from our critical tax theory series:Addressing Tax Policy Challenges for Workers With DisabilitiesRace-Based Poll Taxes and 20th-Century DiscriminationExamining Treasury’s Review of Racial Bias in the U.S. Tax CodeFollow us on X:Joe Thorndike: @jthorndikeDavid Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes**This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesProducers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
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Addressing Tax Policy Challenges for Workers With Disabilities
Send us a textKimie Eacobacci of the National Council on Disability details how a 60-year-old revenue ruling can exclude workers with disabilities from standard employment benefits and protections. Listen to more Tax Notes Talk episodes from our critical tax theory series:The Inadvertent Price of a Gender-Neutral Tax CodeRace-Based Poll Taxes and 20th-Century DiscriminationExamining Treasury’s Review of Racial Bias in the U.S. Tax CodeState Tax Authority and Native Americans: Complex and ConvolutedWealth, Inequality, and Taxes in the U.S.Taxes and the LGBTQ CommunityFollow us on X:David Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes**This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesProducers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
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The Latest at the IRS: Personnel Changes, More Staff Reductions
Send us a textTax Notes IRS reporter Benjamin Valdez provides an update on the IRS’s recent staffing developments and how they may affect filing season. Check out our most recent episode on the IRS, "Trump's Hiring Freeze and the IRS."For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:IRS Rollout of In-Person Work Faces ObstaclesTreasury, IRS Still Finalizing Next Staff Reductions, Krause SaysIRS to Pause Technology Modernization WorkTrump Replaces Acting IRS Chief CounselOusted IRS Human Capital Officer Pushed Back on Firings, DOGEFormer IRS Officials Warn of Consequences to Staff CutsFollow us on X:Ben Valdez: @BenMValdezDavid Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes**This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesProducers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
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