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Tax Chats are brief discussion sessions, wherein we describe and discuss recent tax news, tax proposals, or other interesting tax-related issues, and answer questions for the audience.

The Latest from the Podcast

SALT Cap Workaround: A Chat with TaxOps' Stacey Roberts and Meredith Smith – Tax Chats

  1. SALT Cap Workaround: A Chat with TaxOps' Stacey Roberts and Meredith Smith
  2. Empirically Addressing Repurchase Allegations: A Chat with Nick Guest
  3. Generative AI and Taxes: A Chat with BlueJ CEO Benjamin Alarie
  4. A proposal to (partially) avoid the coming fiscal cliff: Chatting with Natasha Sarin.
  5. Advocating for the Taxpayer: Chatting with former National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olsen

Latest Chats

Should we tax companies with excessive CEO Pay?

September 15, 2021

  1. The “CEO Pay Ratio Tax” see item #1 in this article: Four CEO Pay-Related Taxes in Play on Capitol Hill – Inequality.org
  2. The proposed “Stock Buyback Tax” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/us/politics/stock-buybacks-partnerships-democrats-tax.html
  3. Proposed increase in the corporate tax rate House Democrats Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate – WSJ

Over the next few weeks, I will schedule additional tax chats to cover all of the tax proposals being floated by lawmakers in the four page document linked in this article: Senate Democrats float tax options to pay for Biden’s multi-trillion dollar plan (nbcnews.com), also available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8tlpo8v9bhlnro/523044904-SFC-Dems-Possible-Revenue-Provisions-and-Descriptions.pdf?dl=0

Can taxing or eliminating stock buybacks help reduce income inequality?

September 22, 2021

If you missed last week’s discussion, you can find recordings here:

Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/rec/share/mf4b_1Etq2OB3jMzHonP8p231tE9lJ6u5wSIQt-GxJwtMV0DLjAQ6AQOIbiXVaqC.uFdjI8nBz0-yUcwJ

Youtube: https://youtu.be/CIssaqJZRI8

Over the next few weeks, I will schedule additional tax chats to cover all of the tax proposals being floated by lawmakers in the four page document linked in this article: Senate Democrats float tax options to pay for Biden’s multi-trillion dollar plan (nbcnews.com), also available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8tlpo8v9bhlnro/523044904-SFC-Dems-Possible-Revenue-Provisions-and-Descriptions.pdf?dl=0

Taxes and Retirement Savings

September 29, 2021

Articles can also be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s93d1d9yvgbd6vh/AACWxj9EAR-yZcI89sb0tz9Qa?dl=0

If you missed last week’s discussion, you can find recordings here:

Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/rec/share/99ErU7Tt1hwm7ZiQrB4MFtH775vaxEEEiKOouhWOfPZivQ7zVaLtqEJvFnbzJAFq.J9TptFHafyWpHxhY

Youtube: https://youtu.be/dqVmXxvudIc

Over the next few weeks, I will schedule additional tax chats to cover all of the tax proposals being floated by lawmakers in the four page document linked in this article: Senate Democrats float tax options to pay for Biden’s multi-trillion dollar plan (nbcnews.com), also available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8tlpo8v9bhlnro/523044904-SFC-Dems-Possible-Revenue-Provisions-and-Descriptions.pdf?dl=0