Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAI and Tax Research: A (third!) Chat with BlueJ Tax CEO Ben Alarie
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Jeff and Scott chat for a third time with BlueJ CEO Ben Alarie about new innovations in tax research using artificial intelligence, especially how these tools are being used by tax prac…
Published on 4 months ago
Tax Morality with Ruth Braunstein
Season 1 Episode 154
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In this episode, Scott and Jeff chat with Ruth Braunstein about her recent book "My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America" wherein we discuss complicated issues related to u…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
A Proposal for a Standard Business Deduction: A Chat with Kathleen Thomas
Season 1 Episode 153
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Jeff and Scott chat with Kathleen Thomas, a UNC tax law professor, about a recent proposal to allow businesses to have a standard deduction, rather than track expenses. Kathleen explain…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
One Big Beautiful Bill, One Short Sagacious Summary (insofar as it is accurate)
Season 1 Episode 152
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The House Ways and Means Committee has pass The One Big Beautiful Bill the TOBBB). Knowing this was coming up, Jeff invited Scott to go on a Tax Chats road trip, but, got rejected--Scot…
Published on 6 months ago
The Tax Family Tree: A Genealogical Discussion with Kyle Pomerleau
Season 1 Episode 151
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Jeff and Scott talk about the relationship taxes have with each other. How are value added taxes related to sales taxes or the border adjustment tax, and how are all related to income …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Tariffs in 2018: Ryan Monarch on what we know about the first round of Trump Tariffs
Season 1 Episode 150
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Jeff and Scott talk to Ryan Monarch, economics professor at Syracuse University, about what we know about the tariffs imposed by the first Donald Trump administration in 2018.
Published on 7 months ago
Which is the worst Tax Expenditure?: A Chat with Adam Michel
Season 1 Episode 149
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Jeff and Scott chat with Adam Michel of the Cato Institute about tax expenditures. Adam currently has on his X account the Tax Expenditure Madness brackets (also on his substack: https:…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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 7 months, 4 weeks 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 8 months, 4 weeks 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 9 months ago