Season 1 Episode 6: Beyond the Return: How Tax Law, AI, and the IRS Are Reshaping Business Strategy
July 27, 2025
Explore how evolving tax laws, cutting-edge AI, and a modernizing IRS are transforming business strategy. "Beyond the Return" goes past compliance to uncover the tools, trends, and insights shaping the future of finance and decision-making—including the sweeping implications of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
In this episode, we discuss:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 02:50 How does tax play into business strategies, challenges, and goals?
- 03:45 Recent changes and developments in the tax world
- 05:22 How can I apply these changes to help my business plan?
- 06:23 Tax law - what is it?
- 08:06 Incoming certainty in tax law
- 10:26 Recent developments and changes in tax law
- 15:21 What has the process been for R&D and where are we now?
- 19:23 Using generative AI tools to assist with research functions
- 22:59 What is the value in a client using generative AI tools?
- 24:12 Recent changes in the IRS
- 25:31 Managing and viewing future outliers and analytics
About our guest Brent Ullrich
Brent Ullrich is a Partner with Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC, with over 15 years of experience in many areas of taxation and industries, most notably in healthcare, real estate, private equity, technology and professional services. He also serves as the Firm’s Tax Strategy and Research Leader, which offers technical guidance and identifies planning opportunities for the firm to support clients on complex issues across a range of technical tax areas.
Learn more about Brent and his expertise here.
About our host Brandon Smith
Brandon Smith, CPA, is a Partner based in the Atlanta office and the Advisory Practice Leader. Learn more about Brandon and his expertise here.
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