
Tax Chats
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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 166 episodes
Tax Chats
Latest Episodes
A Proposal for a Standard Business Deduction: A Chat with Kathleen Thomas
Jeff and Scott chat with Kathleen Thomas, a UNC tax law professor, about a recent proposal to allow businesses to have a standard deduction, rather than track expenses. Kathleen explains how this proposal would simplify compliance with and admi...
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Season 1
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Episode 153
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36:34

One Big Beautiful Bill, One Short Sagacious Summary (insofar as it is accurate)
The House Ways and Means Committee has pass The One Big Beautiful Bill the TOBBB). Knowing this was coming up, Jeff invited Scott to go on a Tax Chats road trip, but, got rejected--Scott was too busy. So, Jeff watched the process from a d...
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Season 1
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Episode 152
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35:21

The Tax Family Tree: A Genealogical Discussion with Kyle Pomerleau
Jeff and Scott talk about the relationship taxes have with each other. How are value added taxes related to sales taxes or the border adjustment tax, and how are all related to income taxes (or are they just unrelated)? Find out by ...
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Season 1
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Episode 151
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47:30

Tariffs in 2018: Ryan Monarch on what we know about the first round of Trump Tariffs
Jeff and Scott talk to Ryan Monarch, economics professor at Syracuse University, about what we know about the tariffs imposed by the first Donald Trump administration in 2018.
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Season 1
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Episode 150
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40:32

Which is the worst Tax Expenditure?: A Chat with Adam Michel
Jeff and Scott chat with Adam Michel of the Cato Institute about tax expenditures. Adam currently has on his X account the Tax Expenditure Madness brackets (also on his substack: https://adamnmichel.subst...
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Season 1
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Episode 149
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39:53
