Talking Tax

About Talking Tax

Talking Tax, from Bloomberg Tax, is a weekly discussion of the most pressing issues facing tax and accounting professionals. Each week the podcast features discussions with lawmakers, federal regulators, lawyers, and journalists. From the courts to Capitol Hill to the IRS, Talking Tax has it covered.

Publisher

Bloomberg Tax

Category

government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jun 2017

Latest episode

15 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

114 of 436 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Corporate Tax Disclosures Let Investors Peer Into the Black Box

   Investors are getting a lot more information about an area that’s been a mystery in the past: What goes into companies’ tax bills. The US, the European Union, and Australia all have new or forthcoming requirements for companies to publicly disclose more details about the makeup of their tax payments—especially where they’re paying. That can help investors compare companies and shed light on instances where multinationals might be locating their profits in lower-tax countries to cut their payments. The new requirements are already forcing companies like Meta Platforms Inc., Merck & Co. Inc., and Caterpillar Inc. to disclose that they’re making big tax payments in countries like Ireland and Switzerland that have long had a reputation as “tax havens.” Meta paid Ireland $567 million in income taxes last year, according to its first-ever disclosures as part of new US accounting requirements. Still, the different regions' rules differ significantly—in some ways they complement each other, but gaps in information remain. On this week's Talking Tax, Bloomberg Tax reporters Jorja Siemons and Michael Rapoport discuss the new sets of rules, how the new disclosures will play out, and how companies are responding to them and in some cases trying to get around them. Do you have feedback on this episode of Talking Tax? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.

2. 

   8 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Accounting Firms Navigate Compensation as AI Tools Upend Work

   Dominic Piscopo, founder of Big 4 Transparency, discusses with Jorja Siemons how accounting firms adapt compensation strategies to attract and retain talent amidst AI-driven workflow changes.

3. 

   1 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   IRS Pivots to Fill Holes in Tax Filing Season After DOGE Cuts

   Time is running out to file your taxes to the IRS as the April 15 deadline approaches. But for the IRS, the work is only just beginning and it's off to a rocky start. Elon Musk's Department Government Efficiency in 2025 pressured about a quarter of the IRS's workforce to leave, and the agency is on its seventh leader in the span of a little over a year. The agency also managed during one of the longest shutdowns in US history and a presidential-mandated hiring freeze. That meant the IRS had to change direction for the 2026 filing season. IRS workers from the human resources and technology divisions were told they'd be helping out process tax returns—an unusual move for the agency. Customer service workers at the start of the season weren't fully trained and critical tax season tech also wasn't ready. Bloomberg Tax's Erin Schilling and Erin Slowey spoke with David Schultz about the implications of the decisions of DOGE and what that means for taxpayers. Do you have feedback on this episode of Talking Tax? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.

Inside a recent episode

Corporate Tax Disclosures Let Investors Peer Into the Black Box

Published 15 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] All EU member states have implemented these requirements and companies reports are coming in. In Australia, we'll see the first reports under their requirements later this year. The impetus behind them is much the same as in the US to require companies to be more transparent about what goes up in their tax bills, especially the taxes and income in other countries where they do business and to give investors more information they can use to analyze companies' finances and raise questions with companies. However, though, it sounds like for the EU rules, there's a pretty big loophole, which is the commercially sensitive data exception. […]

Who has been a guest on Talking Tax

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tom O'Saben
• Karen Kelly
• Daniel Moore
• Representative Ron Estes
• Stephen Lusch

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,011,047

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

113 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

95

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

97

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Books guests

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