DC Dynamics

Episode 25 of DC Dynamics examines the Trump administration's tax deregulatory agenda, focusing on how Treasury and the IRS are using regulatory authority to simplify or roll back complex tax rules rather than pursuing new legislation. Host Ray Beeman, managing partner at Washington Council EY, and Colleen O'Neill, EY US National Tax Department Leader, discuss how this effort builds on the first T...

In DC Dynamics episode 24: The Future of Tax Rules for Crypto and Digital Assets, host Ray Beeman, managing partner at Washington Council EY, and Bill Rys from the WCEY team walk through the current policy landscape for the tax treatment of cryptocurrency and digital assets.  

In DC Dynamics episode 23: The Latest Trade Winds, host Ray Beeman, managing partner at Washington Council EY, sits down with trade experts Blake Harden and Evan Giesemann from the WCEY team. Together, they unpack the latest developments in U.S. trade policy, covering topics such as sector-specific tariffs, legal challenges to tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (...

In DC Dynamics episode 22: Prospects for additional tax and health legislation, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, walks through the current legislative landscape and the two potential paths that Republicans can take to address additional legislation this year—either through a budget reconciliation vehicle or a potential package of bipartisan priorities that could be attach...

In DC Dynamics episode 21: Solving the Tax Bill Buzzle, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, discusses the Republican-led reconciliation bill focused on extending the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions set to expire at the end of 2025. The episode highlights how Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly passed the House version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill," navigating various inter...

In DC Dynamics episode 20: Budget Reconciliation Basics, special guest host Heather Meade, head of Washington Council Ernst & Young's health team, and Lisa Wolski, the newest member of WCEY's tax team, walk through the basics of budget reconciliation. Budget reconciliation is a process that permits legislation impacting revenues and spending to pass the Senate with 51 votes rather than the 60-vote...

In DC Dynamics episode 19: Super Bowl of Tax Pregame, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council Ernst & Young's managing partner, and Ryan Abraham, WCEY partner, take a look at the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, a big portion of which is slated to expire next year and may bring a reconsideration of the current US tax system along with it. This will happen at the end of 2025 with the big unknown ahead of us b...

In DC Dynamics episode 18: Taxmageddon: The Trailer, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council Ernst & Young's managing partner, provides an update on the pending tax bill in Congress and provides a preview of the looming tax debate when a big portion of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is slated to expire at the end of 2025. Washington Council EY helps clients achieve their legislative and regulatory obj...

In DC Dynamics episode 17: Time After Time: History of the Tax Extenders, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council Ernst & Young's managing partner, takes us down memory lane to explore the history of "tax extenders" – and why some extenders are made permanent, some are extended, and others are simply allowed to expire. Washington Council EY helps clients achieve their legislative and regulatory object...

In DC Dynamics episode 16: Monumental Decisions, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council Ernst & Young's managing partner, plays tour guide for this pre-August recess edition and walks through many of the open tax policy issues currently facing Congress. Washington Council EY helps clients achieve their legislative and regulatory objectives. In each case, the goal is to help you seize opportunities or...

In DC Dynamics episode 15: The Public Health Emergency is ending— what you need to know , host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner is joined by WCEY colleague, Heather Bell, a health policy analyst, to walk through the myriad of regulatory changes that are coming as a result of the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Guidance related to the end of the PHE is continu...

In DC Dynamics episode 14: Political Prizefighting, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, provides a ringside look at some of the looming battles in Washington in both the near and long term, and what's at stake.

In episode 13 of DC Dynamics, Demystifying the Revenue Estimating Process , host Ray Beeman, from Washington Council EY, is joined by Robert Carroll, the head of EY's Quantitative Economics and Statistics ("QUEST") group, to discuss how the revenue estimating process plays into the tax policy legislative process.    What EY can do for you   WCEY's professional services help clients achieve their l...

In DC Dynamics episode 12: 2022 Post-Election Outlook, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, is joined by WCEY colleague Adam Francis and Kristi Kennedy, with EY's Office of Public Policy, to discuss the 2022 post-election outlook and what a divided government in 2023 could mean for the tax policy agenda.  

In DC Dynamics episode 11: 2022 Midterm election preview, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, is joined by WCEY colleague Adam Francis and Kristi Kennedy, with EY's Office of Public Policy, to discuss the upcoming midterm election and how the outcome will influence the lame-duck session and chart the course for tax policy and other issues in 2023 and 2024. 

In DC Dynamics episode 10: The 9 lives of Build Back Better, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, discusses how the mostly-dead Build Back Better reconciliation bill rose from the ashes like a phoenix and made it over the finish line finally as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

In DC Dynamics episode 9: Out in the street — the latest on retirement policy, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, and Washington Council EY colleague, Dave Koshgarian, discuss the latest retirement and pension policy developments, including the recent passage by the House of SECURE 2.0, which is now awaiting Senate action. The legislation promotes the creation of retirement...

In DC Dynamics episode 8: Which way is up, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, interviews colleague, Rebecca Burch, to examine the intersection of US and international tax policy, specifically, how the US and US-based multinational companies will be treated under the OECD two-pillared global tax agreement, which is very connected to the currently stalled Build Back Better Ac...

In DC Dynamics episode 7: Slightly Alive: The Build Back Better Act , host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, kicks off the new year with an update on the Build Back Better Act. He  highlights the policy issues proving to be sticking points in negotiations between the White House, Democratic leaders, and Senator Manchin (D-WV) and offers some insight into how the bill just might...

In DC Dynamics episode 6: Building Back Better in 2022, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, provides an end-of-year update on the Build Back Better Act, discusses Senator Manchin's concerns with the bill, and responses from the White House and Senate Majority Leader Schumer to Senator Manchin's remarks. 

In episode 5 of DC Dynamics: Plugging In, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's (WCEY) managing partner, provides an update on the Build Back Better Act and discusses the behind-the-scenes reconciliation process known as the "Byrd Bath." In addition, Ray is joined by EY partner Ryan Abraham for a deep dive into the Build Back Better Act's energy tax incentives-- and the backstory of how lawmake...

In episode 4 of DC Dynamics: Landing the Plane, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, discusses the House passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the ongoing negotiations of the reconciliation bill! Fasten your seatbelts, we may be coming in for a bumpy landing! 

In episode 3 of DC Dynamics, host Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, discusses the ongoing Congressional negotiations on the budget reconciliation bill that encompasses much of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

Ray Beeman, Washington Council EY's managing partner, hosts "DC Dynamics," a podcast about what's coming up in US tax policy, with a look to the past as our guide. DC Dynamics takes a high-level look at current developments and puts them into political and policy context. Heather Meade, who leads the WCEY health team, joins Episode 2 to discuss the Build Back Better plan, Reconciliation, and what...

Washington Council EY launches, "DC Dynamics," a podcast about what's coming up in US tax policy, with a look to the past as our guide. We'll take a high-level look at current developments and put them into political and policy context.