Talking Taxes In a Truck Podcast

Brian Reardon
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Talking Taxes In a Truck Podcast

Tax policy, politics, and more from a Main Street perspective. Hosted by Brian Reardon, President of the S-Corp Association based in Washington, D.C.

  1. AUG 7

    Ken Kies

    Our guest this week is Ken Kies -- Managing Director of the Federal Policy Group, a former Chief of Staff at the JCT, and one of DC’s foremost tax policy experts. Ken discusses the looming “fiscal cliff” and what it means for pass-throughs, outlines the long-term fiscal imbalance we face, and shares his best marathon training tips.

    38 min

  2. MAY 6

    Carol Roth Explains Why It’s Time to Repeal the CTA

    Our latest podcast guest is Carol Roth, a New York Times bestselling author, small business advocate and most recently, a staunch ally in the fight to repeal the burdensome and ill-conceived Corporate Transparency Act. Carol starts by talking about how her time in the investment banking world exposed her to the uneven playing field between small businesses and larger corporations, and how that experience led her to become a Main Street advocate. Later she dives deep into the CTA and its onerous reporting requirements, her recent testimony on Capitol Hill that focused on the new statute, and the many compliance horror stories she’s heard from small business owners nationwide.  You can connect with Carol at CarolRoth.com/news or on X (@CarolJSRoth)

    41 min

  3. MAR 9

    The CTA Compliance Wrinkle No One’s Talking About

    The Corporate Transparency Act is now in effect, imposing complex reporting requirements on every small business in the country, and many large ones too. But what if the person best equipped to assist those businesses with compliance – your local CPA --wasn’t allowed to do so? To explore this dynamic, we talked to Jim Hamill, Director of Tax Practice at the Albuquerque-based accounting firm Reynolds, Hix, and Company and an Associate Professor of Accounting at Texas A&M Commerce. Jim explains how the CTA puts tax professionals in a bind and forces them to choose between helping their clients and possibly engaging in unauthorized practices. He also explores how difficult the CTA’s “beneficial owner” definition is to pin down, why compliance will cost small businesses far more than FinCEN estimates, and how it is all unlikely to deter money laundering.

    35 min

  4. MAR 2

    Tax Foundation’s Scott Hodge on the Outsized Role that Taxes Play in Our Daily Lives

    Our latest guest is Scott Hodge, who is president emeritus at the Tax Foundation and author of the excellent new book Taxocracy: What You Don't Know About Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life. Through the lens of history’s most ill-conceived taxes – like the “chicken tax” and 17th century “window tax” – Scott explains how tax policy shapes virtually every aspect of our lives and drives human behavior. He and Brian then discuss more recent policies, including the SALT cap and proposed wealth tax, the ongoing (and often misguided) debate over book versus tax accounting, and the pivotal role that S corporations play in all of it. Scott’s book is available for pre-order and comes out on April 9. This episode of Talking Taxes in a Truck was recorded on March 1, 2024, and runs 49 minutes long.

    49 min

  5. JAN 12

    Eurasia Group’s Jon Lieber on the Tax Package, Elections, and More

    We’re just two weeks into the New Year and Washington is already abuzz with potential deals on spending and taxes. What’s in the bill? What’s out? Can lawmakers get it across the finish line? This week we’re joined by Jon Lieber, head of research and managing director for the United States at Eurasia Group. Jon makes the bull and bear cases for a tax package moving and how it all affects the 2025 fiscal cliff landscape. Later he discusses what’s at stake for Main Street businesses in the upcoming elections and the looming debt crisis facing the American economy.

    43 min

  6. 12/09/2023

    The State of State Taxes

    Congress may have skipped tax policy this year, but the states have been busy. To get an idea of where things stand both good and bad, we talked to Jared Walczak, Vice President of State Projects at the Tax Foundation and one of the more active players in this space. Our conversation starts with the wealth taxes several states have proposed in recent months, the important but ignored Antio case moving through the Washington State courts (look out investors!), and a quick review of the record number of states implementing rate cuts reforms this year (go states!). We close by discussing some of the more bizarre state-level taxes that are still on the books.

    47 min

  7. 11/03/2023

    Tax Grab Bag with Ryan Ellis: IRS Funding, SALTy Rumors, Year-End Tax Bill, and Mo(o)re

    Congress is in overdrive tackling its legislative to-do list and things are starting to pile up on the tax policy front. To help us keep track of it all we’re joined by repeat podcast guest Ryan Ellis, Enrolled Agent and President of the Center for a Free Economy. Ryan kicks things off with a look at the latest developments on Capitol Hill, including the election of House Speaker Mike Johnson, rumors of a SALT cap deal, and ongoing negotiations over a year-end tax package. Ryan then draws on his experience as an IRS Enrolled Agent to talk IRS funding and the tax gap, and shares his thoughts on how the Supreme Court could shape the tax code through Moore v. U.S.

    50 min

  8. 09/16/2023

    George Callas on Moore: Will the SCOTUS Upend the Tax Code?

    How far will the Supreme Court go when it takes up Moore later this year? Will the IRS need to start writing refund checks? Is the entire pass-through regime in jeopardy? Can civil society survive?  To answer these questions, we’re joined by repeat podcast guest and S-Corp ally George Callas, EVP of Public Finance at Arnold Ventures and a long-time respected voice in the Capitol Hill tax policy world. George breaks down the 2017 tax law, what the suit alleges, and what’s at stake for S corporations and investors alike.

    48 min
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Tax policy, politics, and more from a Main Street perspective. Hosted by Brian Reardon, President of the S-Corp Association based in Washington, D.C.

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