Race and Taxes: A Chat with Bill Gale

Season 1 Episode 148

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 Jeff and Scott chat with Bill Gale of the Tax Policy Center about his new paper (with Oliver Hall and John Sabelhaus), "The Same But Different: How the Income Tax Affects Black, Hispan…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Tax Enforcement in Developing Countries: A Chat with Oyebola Okunogbe

Season 1 Episode 147

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Jeff and Scott chat with Oyebola Okunogbe, an economist at the World Bank. They discuss tax enforcement in the developing world, including the challenges developing world countries face…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Advising the President's Advisor: Elena Patel on working at the CEA

Season 1 Episode 146

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Jeff and Scott talk about Elena Patel , an economics professor at the University of Utah, about her time working at the Council of Economic Advisors. Elena worked as a tax economist adv…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

A Chat with Rita de la Feria on Tax Fairness

Season 1 Episode 145

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Jeff and Scott chat with Rita de la Feria on tax fairness. Fairness is in the eye of the beholder, and tax fairness, in particular, appears to be particularly sensitive to whose eye is …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Re-release: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Tax Perjury Trial: A conversation with Edgar Dyer

Season 1 Episode 144

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This episode originally aired on January 15, 2022. We are releasing it for Martin Luther King day, January 20, 2025. If you already heard it and don't wish to hear it again, skip it!

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Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Low Property taxes in California: Chatting about Prop 13 with Dan Walters

Season 1 Episode 143

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Jeff and Scott chat with Dan Walter's, an Opinion Columnist for CalMatters. They chat about Prop 13, a law that dramatically limits property tax increases in California, and was passed …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Democrats Lowering the Income Tax in Hawaii! A Chat with Seth Colby

Season 1 Episode 143

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Jeff and Scott chat with Seth Colby, a Tax Research and Planning Officer for the State of Hawaii. They discussed a recent policy change in Hawaii, where Hawaii dramatically reduced inco…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Regulation of Paid Tax Preparers: A Conversation with John Treu

Season 1 Episode 142

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Jeff and Scott chat with West Virginia University accounting professor, and lawyer, John Treu, about the regulation of paid tax preparers, including John's empirical evidence that they …

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Re-release: Are Craisins Candy? Must have tax information before Thanksgiving

Season 1 Episode 141

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Scott and Jeff discuss what constitutes candy, for sales tax purposes, in North Carolina. The discussion ends with the verdict on craisins--are they candy? Scott is quizzed on other typ…

Published on 9 months ago

Tax Notes: A Chat with Tax Analysts CEO Cara Griffith

Season 1 Episode 140

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Jeff and Scott chat with Cara Griffith, CEO of Tax Analysts about Tax Notes, the main product of Tax Analysts. Tax Notes is a tax practitioner publication catering to tax professionals,…

Published on 9 months ago