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Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 40: Decoding the CTA Legal Fight with Caleb Kruckenberg

The Corporate Transparency Act enforcement has been on quite a roller coaster in the past two months, so Main Street businesses can be forgiven if they have lost track of their filing obligations. To help shed some light on the issue, we’re joined by Caleb Kruckenberg, the Center for Individual Rights’ Litigation Director. Caleb breaks down the latest rulings out of SCOTUS and the Texas Eastern District, the interplay between cases currently being appealed in the Eleventh and Fifth Circuits, additional challenges that have been filed across the country, and the Trump administration’s response.

This episode of Talking Taxes in a

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2025-01-29T17:16:34+00:00January 29, 2025|

Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 39: 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.

This episode of Talking Taxes in a Truck was recorded on August 5th, 2024, and runs 38 minutes long.

2024-08-07T14:58:46+00:00August 7, 2024|

Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 38: Helping Students Read Better

Our latest podcast guest is Marc Matsoff, President of Read Naturally, a Minnesota-based company that helps developing readers of all ages.

Marc discusses the company’s fascinating history and how the S corporation structure has helped it stay in the family for three generations, as well as the various tax challenges they currently face – from the looming expiration of Section 199A to their inability to deduct their R&E tax regime.

This episode of Talking Taxes in a Truck was recorded on June 20, 2024, and runs 29 minutes long.

 

2024-06-22T14:46:35+00:00June 22, 2024|

Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 37: 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

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2024-05-06T21:57:34+00:00May 6, 2024|

Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 36: 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

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2024-03-08T18:36:23+00:00March 9, 2024|