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."

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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%."

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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, Policing
• Firmness of IRS Voluntary Disclosure Policy Worries Tax Lawyers
• J5 Warns of Use of Crypto Platforms for Tax Evasion, Other Crimes
• IRS Shakes Up Leadership With Filing Season Looming

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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 Taxes
• Tax Cuts Don’t Pay for Themselves, EU Commission Says
• Simplify Pillar 2-Linked Rules, Avoid DSTs, Stakeholders Tell EU

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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-Midterms
• GOP Bill Would Pause Clean Energy Credit to Pay for Crude Oil
• ANALYSIS: Lessons From the Energy Tax Credit Market in 2025

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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 interviewed the following people for this episode: 

• Teresa Myers, a former tenant of Rosewood Estates in Springfield, Missouri
• Jennifer Schwartz, director of tax and housing advocacy at the National Council of State Housing Agencies 
• Gina Chiala, executive director and staff attorney at the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom 

For more, read Stanton's investigation for free in Tax Notes:

• Absent Congress, Protecting LIHTC-Funded Housing Has Fallen to States
• Congress Gave Developers Flexibility. It’s Costing People Their Homes.

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer and Editor: Jordan Parrish

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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, "On Sovereignty, Outer Space, and Taxation."

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer: Jordan Parrish
Audio Editor: Laura Kondourajian

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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 free: taxnotes.co/historypodcast

For related tax news, read the following in Tax Notes:

• New Trump Tariffs Hit With Multistate Legal Challenge
• ANALYSIS: The Real Liberation Day: IEEPA Tariffs Go Down in Flames

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer and Editor: Jordan Parrish

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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. 

In this episode, Goulder and Thorndike explore how America’s first tariffs shaped the nation’s fiscal policy and set the stage for today’s federal income tax. 

Subscribe to History Is Taxing today for free: taxnotes.co/historypodcast

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer and Editor: Jordan Parrish

Special thanks to Christopher Trigo and Carolyn Kuimelis for their help on this episode.

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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: Updates From the Tax Court: Post-COVID Plans and New Funding

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer and Editor: Jordan Parrish

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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:

• U.S. Focusing on OECD Guidance for Pillar 2 Side-by-Side Package
• Hungary Expands Global Minimum Tax Registration Form
• U.S. Treasury Officials Declare Death of OECD Pillar 1

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Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.