On this episode of tax break, host Rob Kovacev interviews former IRS Chief Counsel and newest addition to the Miller & Chevalier tax practice, Mike Desmond. They discuss Mike's tenure as Chief Counsel, the challenges facing the IRS under the new administration, and the changing legal landscape for Treasury regulations.

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Thank you to Mike Desmond for joining us: https://www.millerchevalier.com/professional/michael-j-desmond

Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

We all knew that 2025 would be a watershed year for tax policy, with the expiration of several key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) alone guaranteed a busy tax policy year. Now the 2024 elections are over, resulting in the election of President-elect Trump and a Republican Congress. On this episode of tax break, host Rob Kovacev is joined by Miller & Chevalier Tax Policy Co-Lead Jorge Castro to answer some pressing questions: Do the election results provide taxpayers with more certainty or less? What is likely to happen to TCJA? What are the other big changes that may happen to the tax code?

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Thank you to Jorge Castro for joining us: https://www.millerchevalier.com/professional/jorge-e-castro

Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode tax break, Miller & Chevalier Counsel Jaclyn Roeing interviews Rob Kovacev on the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Case No. 22-451 (June 28, 2024). The opinion provided a resounding rejection of the Chevron doctrine and the deference previously afforded to agency regulations, and is expected to have wide-ranging effects. Rob provides insights on the Supreme Court opinion, considerations on how Treasury and IRS regulations may be reviewed moving forward, and other thoughts on how Loper Bright will impact the world of tax.

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Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier . We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

This week on tax break, host Rob Kovacev and guest John Schoenecker, Government Relations and Regulatory Strategy Director of TaxBit, discuss the recently proposed regulations under IRC 6045, particularly concerning additional reporting requirements for digital asset transactions.

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Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier and hosted by Loren Ponds and Rob Kovacev. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

This week on tax break, host Rob Kovacev interviews fellow Miller & Chevalier Tax Member George Hani on the various procedures the IRS offers for resolving tax disputes short of litigation. The IRS offers alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures to taxpayers before, during, and even after the traditional IRS Appeals process. George provides insight into these procedures and how taxpayers can best utilize them to their advantage.

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Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier and hosted by Loren Ponds and Rob Kovacev. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

This week on tax break, host Rob Kovacev is joined by former IRS Commissioner and Miller & Chevalier Senior Counsel Larry Gibbs to discuss the IRS's Strategic Operating Plan and where the IRS should devote its additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier and hosted by Loren Ponds and Rob Kovacev. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

This week, host Rob Kovacev is joined by Miller & Chevalier colleagues Joe Rillotta and Ian Herbert to discuss tax enforcement under state False Claims Acts.

The False Claims Act has been around at the federal level since the 1860s. It generally provides for civil penalties and qui tam enforcement in instances where there is a fraud on the government, and it was actually passed to address procurement fraud during the Civil War. A lot of states have passed their own versions of the False Claims Act, based on the federal statute. But tax controversy and compliance lawyers haven't had to worry too much about the False Claims Act, because the federal statute expressly says that it cannot be applied to alleged violations of the tax code. But then in the 1990s, something interesting started happening: Some states enacted versions of the False Claims Act without any limitation on tax claims (or interpreted their acts to allow such claims). In 2010, New York made a big splash when it expressly amended its statute to allow tax-based enforcement and created a whole component within its Attorney General's office to bring and review such cases. Most recently, in 2021, DC enacted provisions modeled on New York. Some high-profile cases have been brought attempting to redress allegations of state tax evasion though False Claims Acts. And this raises a lot of questions.

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Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier and hosted by Loren Ponds and Rob Kovacev. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.

And we're back! In our season 2 premiere, hosts Loren Ponds and Rob Kovacev discuss the latest Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum outlining more burdensome procedures for taxpayers requesting R&E credit refund claims. They'll outline the content of the new memo, discuss APA implications of rulemaking in the form of a CCM, give takeaways for taxpayers, and make some observations on litigating refund claim suits from both the perspective of representing the taxpayer and representing the government.

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Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com.

tax break is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts.

tax break is a podcast about tax law, brought to you by Miller & Chevalier and hosted by Loren Ponds and Rob Kovacev. We'll provide you with perspective on select tax issues that will go deeper than what the tax press covers, but not so deep that you’ll have to pull out your regulations or read treatises to follow along. The aim of tax break is to focus only on the tax law issues that we find interesting. Subscribe to tax break wherever you get your podcasts.