Latest Elizabeth warren Podcast Episodes
Professor Arthur Laffer on His Curve
Tax Chats - June 01, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss the effects the tax rate has on how much taxes are raised with Professor Arthur Laffer, for whom the Laffer Curve is named. The Laffer Curve shows the likely relationship between tax rates and tax revenue. We hear the famous story of drawing the c...
Taxing Robots w/Rita de la Feria
Tax Chats - May 25, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff are joined by Rita de la Feria @delaFeriaR to discuss her new paper (co-authored with Maria Amparo Grau Ruiz) called "Taxing Robots". The abstract of her paper reads in part: "In recent years, the idea of taxing robots has been progressively gaining mom...
Was Trump's Tax Reform Effective?
Tax Chats - May 18, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was effective. Often referred to as the Trump tax cuts, or the Trump Tax Reform, recent commentators have argued that it was highly effective. For example, Tyler Goodspeed and Kevin Hassett argued in the Wal...
The "Secret IRS Files": A Conversation with ProPublica's Paul Kiel
Tax Chats - May 11, 2022 16:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott, Jeff, and Paul Kiel discuss the series of articles published by ProPublica based on a massive leak of private tax return data on the wealthiest individuals in the United States. The series of articles can be found here: https://www.propublica.org/series/the-secret...
Tax Short - Why do quarters have ridges, and what does it have to do with taxes (and inflation!)?
Tax Chats - May 06, 2022 13:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Jeff explains why quarters have ridges, and what it has to do with taxes and inflation.
Should death eliminate taxes? A conversation about carryover basis with Kathleen Thomas
Tax Chats - May 04, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss the idea of carryover basis with Kathleen Thomas. Currently, when someone dies with appreciated capital gains, they get a step-up in basis, meaning their estate pays no taxes on their accumulated gains. The downside is they have to die. An alternat...
A Bigger Burden for Billionaires? David Gamage on Biden's Mega Millionaire Minimum Tax
Tax Chats - April 27, 2022 16:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss Biden's proposed Mega Millionaire Minimum Tax with David Gamage, one of the thought-leaders behind the proposal and its variations. We discuss the basics of what the minimum tax might look like. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this type ...
Progressive Taxation: What is it? Why would we want it? Do we have it?
Tax Chats - April 20, 2022 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss progressive taxation. While most agree progressive taxation is desirable, there is less agreement about how much progressivity is desirable, what it even is, and if our current tax system is progressive. Scott and Jeff tackle these issues by askin...
Should we even tax corporations? It's not as obvious as you might think.
Tax Chats - April 13, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss the reasons a corporate tax makes sense. The answers might surprise you. Among the least compelling arguments: corporations have a lot of income, corporations use infrastructure, corporations have special legal status. Among the most compelling arg...
Crypto Tax -- About as Simple as it Sounds. A Conversation with Tyler Menzer
Tax Chats - April 06, 2022 16:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss Crypto taxes with Tyler Menzer, PhD student at the University of Iowa studying the tax implications of Crypto currency in the marketplace. We briefly discuss some of the basics, but, also discuss slightly more complicated crypto issues like airdrop...
A Private Score: Rich Prisinzano on the Penn Wharton Budget Model
Tax Chats - March 30, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff talk with Rich Prisinzano of the Penn Wharton Budget Model about revenue scoring. Scott, Jeff and Rich discuss topics such as how precise revenue scores are, how private revenue scores are different from those provided by the government, how politicians mi...
What is Tax Justice? A Conversation with Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of Citizens for Tax Justice and ITEP
Tax Chats - March 23, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss tax justice with Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of Citizens for Tax Justice and its sister organization, ITEP (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy). We ask Amy what a fair tax system would look like. We discuss problems with the current tax ...
Tax Short - Do the Girl Scouts have to pay taxes on their cookie income?
Tax Chats - March 22, 2022 16:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Jeff explains how some non-profits owe income taxes on the unrelated business income, but, how because of the mission of the Girls Scouts, they don't pay taxes on the proceeds from the cookies sales.
Have your Cake and Eat it too? Why Tax Accounting and Financial Accounting are Different.
Tax Chats - March 16, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. In this episode, Scott and Jeff discuss why financial accounting rules and tax accounting rules are different. They give some examples. They talk about some firms that have reported very high income while also paying very low taxes. They also talk about how the opposite ...
Taxing Cannabis: A Conversation with Caroline Weber
Tax Chats - March 09, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss Cannabis taxation with economist Caroline Weber. We chat about the history of cannabis taxation, the advantage of legalizing cannabis to make it easier to tax, the use of taxes to set a price floor, and other issues related to cannabis taxation. We...
Protecting People from Politicians by Pledge: A Chat with Grover Norquist
Tax Chats - March 02, 2022 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff interview Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR). We discuss the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which has been signed by many national and state-level politicians, including past presidents, many senators, sitting governors, and others. ...
Are tax boycotts a real thing?
Tax Chats - February 23, 2022 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss tax boycotts. Some corporate mangers say they are careful with their tax planning because they don't want to make their customers mad--customers might not buy things from a company they perceive as overly aggressive with their taxes. In this episod...
The Good Ol' Days of Bipartisan Tax Reform: A Conversation with Ken Kies about the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86)
Tax Chats - February 16, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff talk with Ken Kies about TRA86, the last major tax reform since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Ken was the Chief Republican Tax Counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee during the process of passing TRA86. How bipartisan was the TRA86? Was Ronald Reagan i...
(Extra)Ordinary and (Un)Necessary? Write it off!!!
Tax Chats - February 09, 2022 18:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsJeff and Scott discuss several business deductions that were claimed that are unusual, and might not be thought of as "ordinary and necessary" as required by the Internal Revenue Code. Some of them turned out to be legitimate deductions and upheld when challenged in court. Seinfeld explaining "...
The War Tax Resister: A Conversation with Lincoln Rice
Tax Chats - February 02, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff interview Lincoln Rice, Coordinator of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, a group which would have you ask yourself "are you praying for peace, but paying for war?" We learn what it means to be a War Tax Resister. We discuss the risks,...
Tax Tune - Capital Gains Sea Shanty
Tax Chats - February 01, 2022 23:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Capital Gains Sea Shanty Sung by Dyreng's Deductions Lyrics by Jeff Hoopes There once was a man who bought some stock In a little firm they call gamestop The price went up so he sold his shares Sittin on his gains so unaware Then, oh, the taxman come To tax his gains a...
Tax Short - Can Stepped-Up Basis Help You Save Taxes?
Tax Chats - January 28, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott explains the step-up in basis loophole. He describes how it can help you pass your wealth to your heirs tax efficiently.
The In(Ex)clusive Framework: A Conversation with Afton Titus on Why the Global Minimum Taxes Might Harm Developing Countries
Tax Chats - January 26, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Are big countries bullying developing countries under the guise of the OECD's Inclusive Framework? It the framework really inclusive, or is it really an exclusive club of rich countries looking out for themselves? Jeff and Scott discuss these issues with Afton Titus who ...
Tax Short - Is Inflation a tax?
Tax Chats - January 19, 2022 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Jeff talks about the relationship between taxes and inflation, and, introduces us to the term seigniorage.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Tax Perjury Trial: A conversation with Edgar Dyer
Tax Chats - January 15, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Martin Luther King Jr. is the only person to have ever been tried for perjury with regards to state income taxes in Alabama. Jeff and Scott interview Edgar Dyer about the tax perjury trial of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1960. Eddie wrote an article entitled "A Triumph of J...
Realizations about Realization
Tax Chats - January 12, 2022 18:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff discuss the principle of realization. As a general rule, most income taxes are levied when it is realized, usually when a transaction takes place. For example, gains in shares held as an investment are not taxed unless those shares are sold. The principle ...
Tax Tune - Taxes Taxes, Where's my Refund?
Tax Chats - January 11, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Taxes Taxes, Where's my Refund Taxes Taxes Where’s my refund? Taxes Taxes I’m so angry Cuz I paid too much and April is so far away (far away) Taxes Taxes Where’s my refund? Taxes Taxes Give me what is due Cause I need money Help me pay my debts I know I’ve claimed so...
Tax Short - Should You Invest in a Roth IRA or a Traditional IRA?
Tax Chats - January 10, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott discusses one of the factors contributing to whether you should invest in a Roth IRA or a Traditional IRA.
Should You Invest in a Roth IRA or a Traditional IRA?
Tax Chats - January 10, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsScott discusses one of the factors contributing to whether you should invest in a Roth IRA or a Traditional IRA.
Tax the Billionaires' (Income)!? A Conversation with Brian Galle About Taxing Unrealized Gains.
Tax Chats - January 05, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Scott and Jeff welcome Brian Galle, Professor of Law at Georgetown University to discuss the proposed Billionaires' Income Tax, which is a tax on unrealized capital gains. Brian and 218 other law professors and economists recently sent a letter to Congress in favor of th...
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