Tax Chats
Dyreng and Hoopes
Taxes touch every aspect of society, including who rules, where factories are built, what people drink, what car they buy, when they have children, and when they die. Scott Dyreng (Duke) and Jeff Hoopes (UNC), two accounting professors, chat about taxes, including current events, with the energy of an over-caffeinated chihuahua. Listening is guaranteed to be far more entertaining than actually paying your taxes.
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Jul 18, 2023 • 29min
Filing for Freedom: A Chat with James Freeman
Send us a textWe chat with James Freeman about Filing for Freedom, a non-profit organization that helps military personal comply with the tax law by aiding in the tax return filing process.
Jul 3, 2023 • 29min
Taxes and the American Revolution: A Chat with Benjamin Carp
Send us a textHistorian Ben Carp talks with us about the role of taxes in the American revolution. Among many other things, we discuss whether taxes were the only grievance the colonists had against Britain, how heavily the colonies were taxed relative to the English in England, and, most importantly, how much of a party was the Boston tea party.Ben is the author of several books, including, relevant to our discussion today, "Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party & the Making of America" and most recently, "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution"
Jun 29, 2023 • 34min
Transferable tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act. A Chat with Gary Hecimovich
Send us a textScott and Jeff chat with Gary Hecimovich about the transferability of tax credits in the post-IRA world, including the markets for tax credits, and how non-profits can now take advantage of the new green energy incentives provided in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Jun 22, 2023 • 29min
Tax Robots: A Chat about Tax Automation with Kelly Necessary
Send us a textJeff and Scott Chat with Kelly Necessary, a Partner at FORVIS, a large public accounting firm. We chat with Kelly about the role of automating routine tax tasks that historically have been very time consuming. We also talk about whether opening envelopes can be mechanized.
Jun 14, 2023 • 32min
Tax Research Then and Now: Chatting about 30 Years of Tax Research with Joel Slemrod
Send us a textScott and Jeff chat with Joel Slemrod, Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan about tax research over the past 30 years.
Jun 1, 2023 • 21min
Chatting about the Pink Tax with Sarah Moshary
Send us a textIn this episode, Scott and Jeff chat with Berkeley Professor of Marketing Sarah Moshary about the Pink Tax. Sarah and co-authors have written a paper that systematically examines the issue.
May 24, 2023 • 32min
Chatting about the Global Tax Landscape with Marna Ricker, EY Global Vice Chair -- Tax
Send us a textIn this episode, Marna Ricker, Global Vice Chair -- Tax at EY joins us from the Milken Institute Global Conference 2003 to discuss the global tax landscape. We get Marna's perspective on the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project, the TCJA, and how AI might affect the world of tax practice.
May 19, 2023 • 35min
Rich People Who Want to Tax the Rich? A Chat with Morris Pearl.
Send us a textWe chat with Morris Pearl, Chairman of the Board of Patriotic Millionaires, an organization of millionaires who, among other policy objectives, are advocating to alter the tax system so that the rich pay more in tax.
May 8, 2023 • 33min
A Taxing Dilemma: A Revenue Riddle with Brian Riedl
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May 1, 2023 • 31min
Excise Taxes on Firearm Suppressors: A Chat with Silencer Central CEO Brandon Maddox.
Send us a textWe chat with Silencer Central CEO Brandon Maddox about the excise tax stamp on firearm suppressors, which is a $200 federal tax introduced as part of the 1934 National Firearms Act., which is part of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC § 5801 – 5872). We discuss the origins of the tax, its purpose, and how it is implemented today. We discuss the formation of so-called "gun trusts" as legal entities to purchase suppressors.
