Filming on Location? It's Lights, Camera, Tax Breaks!
By now it's no secret that many states offer film and television productions huge tax breaks. But what you may not know is that those tax breaks can be bought and sold, and they've been ending up in t...
2 Juli 20208min
Pascal Saint-Amans on Progress With Global Tax Talks
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin created a stir earlier this month when he sent a letter to the OECD asking it to pause its years long effort to change the way multinational companies are taxed, whic...
25 Juni 202021min
Pandemic Crash Puts E-Commerce in State Tax Crosshairs
Two years ago, the Supreme Court gave states the authority to collect sales tax from out-of-state online retailers with its historic Wayfair opinion. Now, with the pandemic blowing gaping holes in bud...
18 Juni 202012min
Congress Unleashes Torrent of Cash, But Is It Working?
Congress has lowered the boom and allocated trillions of dollars to counteract the pandemic and its devastating economic fallout. It also made numerous tweaks to the tax code, all aimed at getting mor...
11 Juni 202026min
Paycheck Program in Flux as Congress Tweaks Its Rules
The federal Paycheck Protection Program was rolled out in a hurry—and it showed. Its initial round of loans totaling nearly $350 billion, intended to keep businesses afloat during the pandemic crisis...
4 Juni 202013min
SCOTUS May Curb Treasury Civil War-Era Lawsuit Shield
Trying to get a court injunction against an IRS rule that hasn't been used yet to take your taxes? You may be out of luck. A law dating back to the mid-1800s specifically forbids taxpayer lawsuits tha...
28 Maj 202011min
Accountants Must Forecast the Future, Pandemic or Not
This is not a great time to be in the future predicting business, but unfortunately that's what accountants at companies large and small are paid to do. On this week's episode of Talking Tax, host Ama...
21 Maj 202016min
How Pandemic Vacations Can Turn Into Tax Nightmares
Many people are now working and living away from their usual homes or offices, either by choice or otherwise, as they wait out the spread of the coronavirus. In which jurisdiction do these people pay...
14 Maj 20208min
