Top Trump Negotiator Talks Future of Global Tax Rules
"In retrospect, I had no idea what I was getting myself into." Lafayette "Chip" Harter joined the Treasury Department in 2017 as deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs. He quickly be...
11 Feb 202111min
Biden's Promised Tax Hikes Loom for Corporate America
President Joe Biden's campaign promises to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy got a big boost when Democrats swept the Georgia runoffs, giving them control of both the House and the Senate. O...
4 Feb 202120min
The 2017 Tax Law Report Card: Grading the Big Promises
The architects of the 2017 tax code overhaul had lofty goals: They predicted the law would make filing your taxes easier, boost wages and investment, and cut tax rates without increasing the deficit. ...
28 Jan 202119min
PPP Loan Restart Working Well for Small Lenders
The second round of the Paycheck Protection Program reopened with fewer bumps for struggling businesses and small lenders that work with under-served communities. The program, revived by the latest Co...
21 Jan 202110min
States Pursue Online Ad Taxes to Help Fill Budget Gaps
The pandemic-induced economic downturn has been a huge challenge for states trying to make their budgetary ends meet. Now, some lawmakers are looking to offset a drop in sales taxes and other revenue ...
14 Jan 202117min
Tax Breaks in Stimulus Fulfill Lawmakers' Wish Lists
The stimulus bill signed by President Trump was significant not just for its size but also because many lawmakers inserted tax items into the bill they'd been wanting for some time to become law. On t...
7 Jan 202110min
Leaner Times Mean Trickier Tax Scenarios in 2021
The economic fallout from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will shape the world of taxes at the international, federal, and state levels in the coming year. That's according to three tax attorneys we ...
30 Des 202015min
The Strangest, Weirdest, Oddest Tax Cases of 2020
Who says taxes are boring? Today on a holiday edition of our weekly podcast, Talking Tax, we bring you a few of the more humorous tax disputes of this year. Bloomberg Tax reporter Hamza Ali joins us t...
24 Des 202012min
