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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). You’ll learn what RAG is and how it can significantly improve the accuracy and relevance of AI responses by using your own data. You’ll understand the crucial differences between RAG and typical search engines or generative AI models, clarifying when RAG is truly needed. You’ll discover practical examples of when RAG becomes essential, especially for handling sensitive company information and proprietary knowledge. Tune in to learn when and how RAG can be a game-changer for your data strategy and when simpler AI tools will suffice! Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: https://traffic.libsyn.com/inearinsights/tipodcast-what-is-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.mp3 Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and analytics? Let us know! Join our free Slack group for marketers interested in analytics! [podcastsponsor] Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode. Christopher S. Penn – 00:00 In this week’s In Ear Insights, let’s… Christopher S. Penn – 00:02 Talk about RAG—Retrieval augmented generation. Christopher S. Penn – 00:06 What is it? Christopher S. Penn – 00:07 Why do we care about it? Christopher S. Penn – 00:09 So Katie, I know you’re going in kind of blind on this. What do you know about retrieval augmented generation? Katie Robbert – 00:17 I knew we were going to be talking about this, but I purposely didn’t do any research because I wanted to see how much I thought I understood already just based on. So if I take apart just even the words Retrieval augmented generation, I think retrieval means it has… Katie Robbert – 00:41 To go find something augmented, meaning it’s… Katie Robbert – 00:44 Going to add on to something existing and then generation means it’s going to do something. So it’s going to find data added on to the whatever is existing, whatever that is, and then create something. So that’s my basic. But obviously, that doesn’t mean anything. So we have to put it in… Katie Robbert – 01:05 The context of generative AI. Katie Robbert – 01:07 So what am I missing? Christopher S. Penn – 01:09 Believe it or not, you’re not missing a whole lot. That’s actually a good encapsulation. Happy Monday. Retrieval augmented generation is a system for bringing in contextual knowledge to a prompt so that generative AI can do a better job. Probably one of the most well-known and easiest-to-use systems like this is Google’s free NotebookLM where you just put in a bunch of documents. It does all the work—the technical stuff of tokenization and embeddings and all that stuff. And then you can chat with your documents and say, ‘Well, what’s in this?’ In our examples, we’ve used the letters from the corner office books that we’ve written every year, and those are all of your cold opens from the newsletter. Christopher S. Penn – 01:58 And so you can go to a notebook and say, ‘What has Katie written about the five Ps?’ And it will list an exhaustive list. Christopher S. Penn – 02:07 Behind the scenes, there’s a bunch of… Christopher S. Penn – 02:10 Technical things that are going on. There is a database of some kind. There is a querying system that your generative AI tool knows to ask the database, and then you can constrain the system. So you can say, ‘I only want you to use this database,’ or you can use this database plus your other knowledge that you’ve already been trained on. Christopher S. Penn – 02:34 What’s important to know is that retrieval augmented generation, at least out-of-the-box, goes when you write that first prompt. Essentially what it does is it copies and pastes the relevant information for the database back into the prompt and then sends that onto the system. Christopher S. Penn – 02:48 So it all in a vanilla retrieval augmented generation system… Christopher S. Penn – 02:53 It only queries the database once. Katie Robbert – 02:56 So it sounds a lot like prior to generative AI being a thing, back when Chris, you and I were struggling through the coal mines of big enterprise companies. It sounds a lot like when my company was like, ‘Hey, we… Katie Robbert – 03:15 ‘Just got SharePoint and we’re going to… Katie Robbert – 03:17 ‘Build an intranet that’s going to be a data repository for everything, basically like an internal wiki.’ And it makes me cringe. Katie Robbert – 03:26 Every time I hear someone say the… Katie Robbert – 03:27 Word wiki meaning, like a Wikipedia, which is almost like what I—I can’t think of the word. Oh my God, it’s been so long. Katie Robbert – 03:43 All of those books that… Katie Robbert – 03:45 You look up things in encyclopedia. Katie Robbert – 03:47 Thank you. Katie Robbert – 03:48 Oh, my goodness. But it becomes like that internal encyclopedia of knowledge about your company or whatever. The thing is that topic, like there’s fandom, Wikipedias, and that kind of thing. In a very basic way, it kind of… Katie Robbert – 04:04 Sounds like that where you say, ‘Here’s all the information about one specific thing.’ Katie Robbert – 04:10 Now you can query it. Christopher S. Penn – 04:14 In many ways. It kind of is what separates it from older legacy databases and systems. Is that because you’re prompting in natural language, you don’t have to know how to write a SQL query. Christopher S. Penn – 04:27 You can just say, ‘We’re going to talk about this.’ And ideally, a RAG system is configured with relevant data from your data store. So if you have a SharePoint, for example, and you have Microsoft Copilot and… Christopher S. Penn – 04:42 You have Microsoft Knowledge Graph and you… Christopher S. Penn – 04:43 Have—you swiped the credit card so many times for Microsoft that you basically have a Microsoft-only credit card—then Copilot should be aware of all the documents in your Office 365 environment and in your SharePoint and stuff. And then be able to say, ‘Okay, Katie’s asking about accounting receipts from 2023.’ And it’s vectorized and converted all the knowledge into the specific language, the specific format that generative AI requires. And then when you write the prompt… Christopher S. Penn – 05:21 ‘Show me the accounting receipts that Chris… Christopher S. Penn – 05:23 ‘Filed from 2023, because I’m looking for inappropriate purchases like he charged $280 to McDonald’s.’ It would be able to go and… Christopher S. Penn – 05:33 Find the associated content within your internal… Christopher S. Penn – 05:36 Knowledge base and return and say, ‘Chris did in fact spend $80 at McDonald’s and we’re not sure why.’ Katie Robbert – 05:43 Nobody knows. Christopher S. Penn – 05:44 Nobody knows. Katie Robbert – 05:45 Well, okay, so retrieval augmented generation basically sounds like a system, a database that says, ‘This is the information I’m allowed to query.’ So someone’s going to ask me a… Katie Robbert – 06:01 Question and I’m going to bring it… Katie Robbert – 06:02 Back. At a very basic level, how is that different from a search engine where you ask a question, it brings back information, or a generative AI… Katie Robbert – 06:14 System now, such as a ChatGPT or… Katie Robbert – 06:16 A Google Gemini, where you say, ‘What are the best practices for SEO in 2025?’ How is this—how is retrieval augmented generation different than how we think about working with generative AI today? Christopher S. Penn – 06:33 Fundamentally, a RAG system is different because… Christopher S. Penn – 06:36 You are providing the data store and… Christopher S. Penn – 06:38 You may be constraining the AI to… Christopher S. Penn – 06:40 Say, ‘You may only use this information,’ or ‘You may—you should use this information first.’ Christopher S. Penn – 06:47 So let’s say, for example, to your… Christopher S. Penn – 06:48 Point, I want to write a blog post about project management and how to be an effective project manager. And I had a system like Pinecone or Weaviate or Milvus connected to the AI system of our choice, and in that was all the blog posts and newsletters you’ve ever written in the system configuration itself. I might say for any prompts that we pass this thing, ‘You can only use Katie’s newsletters.’ Or I might say, ‘You should use Katie’s newsletters first.’ So if I say, ‘Write a blog post about project management,’ it would refer… Christopher S. Penn – 07:25 To your knowledge first and draw from that first. And then if it couldn’t complete the… Christopher S. Penn – 07:29 Task, you would then go to its own knowledge or outside to other sources. So it’s a way of prioritizing certain kinds of information. Where you say, ‘This is the way I want it to be done.’ If you think about the Repel framework or the RACE framework that we use for prompting that context, or that priming… Christopher S. Penn – 07:47 Part is the RAG system. So instead of us saying, ‘What do… Christopher S. Penn – 07:50 ‘Know about this topic? What are the best practices? What are the common mistakes?’ Instead, you’re saying, ‘Here’s a whole big pile of data. Pick and choose from it the stuff that you think is most relevant, and then use that for the rest of the conversation.’ Katie Robbert – 08:04 And if you’re interested in learning more about the Repel framework, you can get… Katie Robbert – 08:08 That at TrustInsights.ai/repel. Now, okay, as I’m trying to wrap my head around this, how is retrieval augmented generation different from creating a custom… Katie Robbert – 08:22 Model with a knowledge base? Katie Robbert – 08:24 Or is it the same thing? Christopher S. Penn – 08:26 That’s the same thing, but at a much larger scale. When you create something like a GPT where you upload documents, there’s a limit. Christopher S. Penn – 08:34 It’s 10 megabytes per file, and I… Christopher S. Penn – 08:36 Think it’s 10 or either 10 or 20 files. So there’s a limit to how much data you can cram into that. If, for example, you wanted to make a system that would accurately respond about US Tax code is a massive database of laws. Christopher S. Penn – 08:51 It is. If I remember, there was once this visualization. Somebody put—printed out the US Tax code and put it on a huge table. The table collapsed because it was so heavy, and it was hundreds of thousands of pages. You can’t put that in knowledge—in knowledge files. There’s just too much of it. But what you can do is you could download it, put it into this one of these retrieval augmented generation databases. Christopher S. Penn – 09:15 And then say, ‘When I ask you… Christopher S. Penn – 09:17 ‘Tax questions, you may only use this database.’ Christopher S. Penn – 09:20 And so out of the hundreds of millions of pages of tax code, if I say, ‘How do I declare an exemption on Form 8829?’ It will go into that specific knowledge base and fish out the relevant portion. So think of it like NotebookLM with an unlimited amount of data you can upload. Katie Robbert – 09:41 So it sounds like a couple of things. One, it sounds like in order to use retrieval augmented generation correctly, you have… Katie Robbert – 09:49 To have some kind of expertise around what it is you’re going to query. Otherwise, you’re basically at a general Internet… Katie Robbert – 09:57 Search saying, ‘How do I get exemptions from tax, Form 8829?’ It’s just going to look for everything because you’re looking for everything because you don’t know specifically. Otherwise, you would have said, ‘Bring me to the U.S. Tax database…’ Katie Robbert – 10:17 ‘That specifically talks about Form 8820.’ You would have known that already. Katie Robbert – 10:23 So it sounds like, number one, you can’t get around again with—we talked about every week—there has to be some kind of subject matter expertise in order to make these things work. Katie Robbert – 10:36 And then number two, you have to have some way to give the system a knowledge block or access to the… Katie Robbert – 10:44 Information in order for it to be true. Retrieval augmented generation. Katie Robbert – 10:49 I keep saying it in the hopes that the words will stick. It’s almost like when you meet someone. Katie Robbert – 10:53 And you keep saying their name over and over again in the hopes that you’ll remember it. I’m hoping that I’m going to remember the phrase retrieval… Katie Robbert – 11:01 Just call it RAG, but I need to know what it stands for. Christopher S. Penn – 11:04 Yes. Katie Robbert – 11:05 Okay, so those are the two things that it sounds like need to be true. So if I’m your everyday marketer, which I am, I’m not overly technical. I understand technical theories and I understand technical practices. But if I’m not necessarily a power user of generative AI like you are, Chris, what are some—why do I need to understand what retrieval augmented generation is? How would I use this thing? Christopher S. Penn – 11:32 For the general marketer, there is not… Christopher S. Penn – 11:35 As many use cases for RAG as… Christopher S. Penn – 11:37 There is for others. So let me give you a really good example of where it is a prime use case. You are a healthcare system. You have patient data. You cannot load that to NotebookLM, but you absolutely could create a RAG system internally and then allow—within your own secured network—doctors to query all of the medical records to say, ‘Have we seen a case like this before? Hey, this person came in with these symptoms.’ Christopher S. Penn – 12:03 ‘What else have we seen?’ Christopher S. Penn – 12:04 ‘Are there similar outcomes that we can… Christopher S. Penn – 12:07 ‘We can go back and use as… Christopher S. Penn – 12:08 Sort of your own internal knowledge base with data that has to be protected. For the average marketing, I’m writing a social media post. You’re not going to use RAG because there’s no point in doing that. If you had confidential information or proprietary information that you did not feel comfortable loading into a NotebookLM, then a RAG system would make sense. So if you were to say maybe you have a new piece of software that your company is going to be rolling out and the developers actually did their job and wrote documentation and you didn’t want Google to be aware of it—wow, I know we’re in science fiction land here—you might load that to a RAG system, say, ‘Now let me help me… Christopher S. Penn – 12:48 ‘Write social posts about the features of… Christopher S. Penn – 12:50 ‘This new product and I don’t want anyone else to know about it.’ So super secret that even no matter what our contracts and service level agreements say, I just can’t put this in. Or I’m an agency and I’m working with client data and our contract says we may not use third parties. Regardless of the reason, no matter how safe you think it is, your contract says you cannot use third party. So you would build a RAG system internally for that client data and then query it because your contract says you can’t use NotebookLM. Katie Robbert – 13:22 Is it a RAG system if I… Katie Robbert – 13:26 Create a custom model with my brand… Katie Robbert – 13:28 Guidelines and my tone and use that model to outline content even though I’m searching the rest of the Internet for my top five best practices for SEO, but written as Katie Robbert from Trust Insights? Is it… Christopher S. Penn – 13:49 In a way, but it doesn’t use the… Christopher S. Penn – 13:51 Full functionality of a RAG system. Christopher S. Penn – 13:53 It doesn’t have the vector database underlying and stuff like that. From an outcome perspective, it’s the same thing. You get the outcome you want, which is prefer my stuff first. I mean, that’s really fundamentally what Retrieval Augmented Generation is about. It’s us saying, ‘Hey, AI model, you don’t understand this topic well.’ Like, if you were writing content about SEO and you notice that AI is spitting out SEO tips from 2012, you’re like, ‘Okay, clearly you don’t know SEO as well as we do.’ You might use a RAG system to say, ‘This is what we know to be true about SEO in 2025.’ Christopher S. Penn – 14:34 ‘You may only use this information because… Christopher S. Penn – 14:36 ‘I don’t trust that you’re going to do it right.’ Katie Robbert – 14:41 It’s interesting because what you’re describing sounds—and this is again, I’m just trying to wrap my brain around it. Katie Robbert – 14:48 It sounds a lot like giving a knowledge block to a custom model. Christopher S. Penn – 14:53 And it very much is. Katie Robbert – 14:54 Okay. Because I’m like, ‘Am I missing something?’ And I feel like when we start to use proper terminology like retrieval augmented generation, that’s where the majority of… Katie Robbert – 15:05 Us get nervous of like, ‘Oh, no, it’s something new that I have to try to understand.’ Katie Robbert – 15:09 But really, it’s what we’ve been doing all along. We’re just now understanding the proper terminology. Katie Robbert – 15:16 For something and that it does have… Katie Robbert – 15:18 More advanced features and capabilities. But for your average marketer, or maybe even your advanced marketer, you’re not going… Katie Robbert – 15:28 To need to use a retrieval augmented generation system to its full capacity, because… Katie Robbert – 15:34 That’s just not the nature of the work that you’re doing. And that’s what I’m trying to understand is it sounds like for marketers, for B2B marketers, B2C marketers, even operations, even project managers, sales teams, the everyday, you probably don’t need a RAG system. Katie Robbert – 15:59 I am thinking now, as I’m saying… Katie Robbert – 16:00 It out loud, if you have a sales playbook, that might be something that would be good proprietary to your company. Here’s how we do awareness. Katie Robbert – 16:12 Here’s how we do consideration, here’s how… Katie Robbert – 16:14 We close deals, here’s the… Katie Robbert – 16:16 Special pricing for certain people whose name end in Y and, on Tuesdays they get a purple discount. Katie Robbert – 16:23 And whatever the thing is, that is. Katie Robbert – 16:26 The information that you would want to load into, like a NotebookLM system. Katie Robbert – 16:30 Keep it off of public channels, and use that as your retrieval augmented generation system as you’re training new salespeople, as people are on the… Katie Robbert – 16:41 Fly closing, ‘Oh, wow, I have 20 deals in front of me and I… Katie Robbert – 16:43 ‘Can’t remember what six discount… Katie Robbert – 16:46 ‘Codes we’re offering on Thursdays. Let me go ahead and query the system as I’m talking and get the information.’ Katie Robbert – 16:51 Is that more of a realistic use case? Christopher S. Penn – 16:55 To a degree, yes. Christopher S. Penn – 16:57 Think about it. The knowledge block is perfect because we provide those knowledge blocks. We write up, ‘Here’s what Trust Insights is, here’s who it does.’ Think of a RAG system as a system that can generate a relevant knowledge block dynamically on the fly. Christopher S. Penn – 17:10 So for folks who don’t know, every Monday and Friday, Trust Insights, we have an internal checkpoint call. We check—go through all of our clients and stuff like that. And we record those; we have the transcripts of those. That’s a lot. That’s basically an hour-plus of audio every week. It’s 6,000 words. And on those calls, we discuss everything from our dogs to sales things. I would never want to try to include all 500 transcripts of the company into an AI prompt. Christopher S. Penn – 17:40 It would just blow up. Christopher S. Penn – 17:41 Even the biggest model today, even Meta Llama’s… Christopher S. Penn – 17:44 New 10 million token context window, it would just explode. I would create a database, a RAG system that would create all the relevant embeddings and things and put that there. And then when I say, ‘What neat… Christopher S. Penn – 17:57 ‘Marketing ideas have we come up with… Christopher S. Penn – 17:58 ‘In the last couple of years?’ It would go into the database and… Christopher S. Penn – 18:02 Fish out only the pieces that are relevant to marketing ideas. Christopher S. Penn – 18:05 Because a RAG system is controlled by… Christopher S. Penn – 18:08 The quality of the prompt you use. Christopher S. Penn – 18:10 It would then fish out from all 500 transcripts marketing ideas, and it would… Christopher S. Penn – 18:16 Essentially build the knowledge block on the… Christopher S. Penn – 18:18 Fly, jam it into the prompt at… Christopher S. Penn – 18:20 The end, and then that goes into… Christopher S. Penn – 18:22 Your AI system model of choice. And if it’s Chat GPT or Gemini or whatever, it will then spit out, ‘Hey, based on five years’ worth of Trust Insights sales and weekly calls, here are the ideas that you came up with.’ So that’s a really good example of where that RAG system would come into play. If you have, for example… Christopher S. Penn – 18:43 A quarterly strategic retreat of all your… Christopher S. Penn – 18:46 Executives and you have days and days of audio and you’re like, at the end of your… Christopher S. Penn – 18:52 Three-year plan, ‘How do we do… Christopher S. Penn – 18:53 ‘With our three-year master strategy?’ You would load all that into a RAG system, say, ‘What are the main strategic ideas we came up with over the last three years?’ And it’d be able to spit that out. And then you could have a conversation with just that knowledge block that it generated by itself. Katie Robbert – 19:09 You can’t bring up these… Katie Robbert – 19:11 Ideas on these podcast recordings and then… Katie Robbert – 19:13 Not actually build them for me. That, because these are really good use cases. And I’m like, ‘Okay, yeah, so where’s that thing? I need that.’ But what you’re doing is you’re giving that real-world demonstration of when a retrieval augmented generation system is actually applicable. Katie Robbert – 19:34 When is it not applicable? I think that’s equally as important. Katie Robbert – 19:37 We’ve talked a little bit about, oh, if you’re writing a blog post or that kind of thing. Katie Robbert – 19:41 You probably don’t need it. Katie Robbert – 19:42 But where—I guess maybe, let me rephrase. Katie Robbert – 19:45 Where do you see people using those… Katie Robbert – 19:47 Systems incorrectly or inefficiently? Christopher S. Penn – 19:50 They use them for things where there’s public data. So for example, almost every generative AI system now has web search built into it. So if you’re saying, ‘What are the best practices for SEO in 2025?’ You don’t need a separate database for that. Christopher S. Penn – 20:07 You don’t need the overhead, the administration, and stuff. Christopher S. Penn – 20:10 Just when a simple web query would have done, you don’t need it to assemble knowledge blocks that are relatively static. So for example, maybe you want to do a wrap-up of SEO best practices in 2025. So you go to Google deep research and OpenAI deep research and Perplexity Deep Research and you get some reports and you merge them together. You don’t need a RAG system for that. These other tools have stepped in. Christopher S. Penn – 20:32 To provide that synthesis for you, which… Christopher S. Penn – 20:34 We cover in our new generative AI use cases course, which you can find at Trust Insights AI Use cases course. I think we have a banner for that somewhere. I think it’s at the bottom in those cases. Yeah, you don’t need a RAG system for that because you’re providing the knowledge block. Christopher S. Penn – 20:51 A RAG system is necessary when you… Christopher S. Penn – 20:52 Have too much knowledge to put into a knowledge block. When you don’t have that problem, you don’t need a RAG system. And if the data is out there on the Internet, don’t reinvent the wheel. Katie Robbert – 21:08 But shiny objects and differentiators. Katie Robbert – 21:12 And competitive advantage and smart things. Christopher S. Penn – 21:16 I mean, people do talk about agentic RAG where you have AI agents repeatedly querying the database for improvements, which there are use cases for that. One of the biggest use cases for that is encoding, where you have a really big system, you load all of your code into your own internal RAG, and then you can have your coding agents reference your own code, figure out what code is in your code base, and then make changes to it that way. That’s a good use of that type of system. But for the average marketer, that is ridiculous. There’s no reason to that. That’s like taking your fighter jet to the grocery store. It’s vast overkill. When a bicycle would have done just fine. Katie Robbert – 22:00 When I hear the term agentic retrieval augmented generation system, I think of that image of the snake eating its tail because it’s just going to go around… Katie Robbert – 22:11 And around and around and around forever. Christopher S. Penn – 22:15 It’s funny you mentioned that because that’s a whole other topic. The Ouroboros—the snake eating scale—is a topic that maybe we’ll cover on a future show about how new models like Llama 4 that just came out on Saturday, how they’re being trained, they’re… Christopher S. Penn – 22:30 Being trained on their own synthetic data. So it really is. The Ouroboros is consuming its own tail. And there’s some interesting implications for that. Christopher S. Penn – 22:36 But that’s another show. Katie Robbert – 22:38 Yeah, I already have some gut reactions to that. So we can certainly make sure we get that episode recorded. That’s next week’s show. All right, so it sounds like for everyday use, you don’t necessarily need to… Katie Robbert – 22:54 Worry about having a retrieval augmented generation system in place. What you should have is knowledge blocks. Katie Robbert – 23:01 About what’s proprietary to your company, what you guys do, who you are, that kind of stuff that in… Katie Robbert – 23:08 And of itself is good enough. Katie Robbert – 23:10 To give to any generative AI system to say, ‘I want you to look at this information.’ That’s a good start. If you have proprietary data like personally identifying information, patient information, customer information—that’s where you would probably want to build… Katie Robbert – 23:27 More of a true retrieval augmented generation… Katie Robbert – 23:30 System so that you’re querying only that… Katie Robbert – 23:32 Information in a controlled environment. Christopher S. Penn – 23:35 Yep. Christopher S. Penn – 23:36 And on this week’s Livestream, we’re going… Christopher S. Penn – 23:37 To cover a couple of different systems. So we’ll look at NotebookLM and… Christopher S. Penn – 23:42 That should be familiar to everyone. Christopher S. Penn – 23:43 If it’s not, it needs to get on your radar. Soon. We’ll look at anythingLLM, which is how you can build a RAG system that is essentially no tech setup on your own laptop, assuming your laptop can run those systems. And then we can talk about setting up like a Pinecone or Weaviate or a Milvus for an organization. Because there are RAG systems you can run locally on your computer that are unique to you and those are actually a really good idea, and you can talk about that on the livestream. But then there’s the institutional version, which has much higher overhead for administration. But as we talked about in the use cases in this episode, there may be really good reasons to do that. Katie Robbert – 24:22 And if you are interested in that… Katie Robbert – 24:24 Livestream, that’ll be Thursday at 1:00 PM Eastern. Katie Robbert – 24:27 You can catch us on our YouTube channel, Trust Insights. Trust Insights AI YouTube and unsurprisingly, Chris. Katie Robbert – 24:34 I’m assuming we’re going to start with the 5P framework, because before you start building things, you probably have to have… Katie Robbert – 24:40 A good solid understanding of why you’re building it, how you’re going to build… Katie Robbert – 24:46 It, how it’s going to be used. Katie Robbert – 24:47 So if you’re a fan of the 5Ps like I am, tune in because… Katie Robbert – 24:51 We’ll be covering that first. Christopher S. Penn – 24:52 Exactly. Because there’s a very good sort of flowchart. Do you need RAG, yes or no? That before you start with the technology? Because like we said in this episode… Christopher S. Penn – 25:02 There’s a lot of places where it… Christopher S. Penn – 25:03 Just it’s overkill or it doesn’t make any sense to do it. All right, so if you’ve got some things you want to share about your experiences with RAG or you have questions about retrieval augmented generation, pop on by our free Slack group. 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Solidarity 738, 26 March 2025. Articles: Coup in the USA Tax top wealth, stop the cuts! A movement not a moment Restore ceasefire! Peace! Dumbing down America for dictatorship The Maga takeover in microcosm Defending Duterte... and Chinese “democracy” Israel has had enough of Netanyahu Women's TUC backs decriminalisation Free Mahrang Baloch! Free Balochistan! Draft constitution will not subdue fears in Syria Beyond EVs to eco-aware transport Street protests defy Turkey's clampdown Like People's Assembly, but not quite Fear and loathing in the Trump regime Scrap 50% rule now The cruelty of shrivelled souls Debate: Against cuts and against trashing Ukraine Lambeth ballots for anti-cuts strike Sheffield students vote to back UCU strikes Three schools reprieved in Isle of Wight When “agitation” contradicted propaganda Drop charges against the Drax 15! What resonated was socialist feminism Matt Wrack goes for Nasuwt job Unison: vote TFRC and build the grassroots! A Swedish classic: Wild Strawberries FM workers out again 7-13 April Teachers' pay: vote for strikes! GSTT cleaners can win RMT activists launch new network More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-738-26-march-2025

Scott Langham is with Whitestone Wealth Management, based in San Antonio Texas. On today's show we are talking about the different tax deferral strategies that are possible under the US Tax code. The 721 is a variant or derivative of the 1031 exchange that offers some unique advantages. Scott explains some of the nuances that could play a role in effective tax and estate planning. To connect with Scott, call 210-341-1515 or visit whitestonewm.com.--------------**Real Estate Espresso Podcast:** Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)   iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)   Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)   LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)   YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)   Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)  **Y Street Capital:** Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)   Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)  

Want to move to Canada but unsure how it affects your US tax obligations?  Frankie Loreto and Sarah Netley are joined by US tax expert Kevin Tippett, to dive into the intricacies of tax implications for US citizens living in Canada. Kevin, a tax partner at Baker Tilly's Ottawa office, brings clarity to a topic … Read More Read More

Doug McHoney (PwC's International Tax Services Global Leader) is joined by Pat Brown, an International Tax Partner and Co-Leader of PwC's Washington National Tax Services practice. Together, they unpack the state of US corporate tax policy in 2025, analyzing how regulatory, legislative, and geopolitical forces could shape the next era of taxation. Doug and Pat dissect the final regulations issued in the closing days of the Biden administration, including the controversial disregarded payment loss (DPL) regulations, finalized and proposed digital content and cloud sourcing rules, and updates on corporate basis-shifting transactions. With a new administration in power, they explore whether these rules will stand, be modified, or be repealed entirely—and what this means for business certainty and planning. The conversation then pivots to legislative challenges, as the expiration of key provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) creates a ticking time bomb for tax policy.  Finally, they tackle the international tax front, where the US f administration responds to the OECD's Pillar Two and potential digital services tax (DST) retaliation under new proposals like Section 899.  

Did you enjoy this episode? Text us your thoughts and be sure to include the episode name.With a new administration in place and key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire, 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for US tax policy. In this episode, we break down the latest policy developments, potential new legislation, and what these changes could mean for businesses.In this episode, we discuss:1:41 – The current landscape of US tax policy6:31 – The legislative roadmap, including budget reconciliation13:14 – Key provisions likely to shape a 2025 tax bill23:31 – International tax initiatives and their connection to US policy29:05 – Steps businesses can take to prepare for tax changesFor more information, see our publication, 2025 Tax Policy Outlook: A year for action. Additionally, follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app for more episodes.About our guest:Pat Brown is PwC's Washington National Tax Services co-leader. Prior to joining PwC, he spent 16 years in the private sector, including as the director of tax policy for a Fortune 50 company. Pat has also served in the US Treasury's Office of Tax Policy as an attorney-advisor and as Associate International Tax Counsel.About our host:Guest host Kyle Moffatt is PwC's Professional Practice leader, leading a team responsible for working with standard setters and regulators as well as delivering brand-defining thought leadership and educational materials. He also consults with engagement teams and audit clients on SEC reporting matters. Before PwC, Kyle spent almost 20 years with the SEC, most recently as Chief Accountant and Disclosure Program Director in the Division of Corporation Finance.Transcripts available upon request for individuals who may need a disability-related accommodation. Please send requests to us_podcast@pwc.com. 

Stephen Grootes speaks to Donald MacKay, Director at XA International Trade Advisors & Jason Borbora-Sheen, Portfolio Manager at Ninety One, about the US tax tariffs sparking a global trade war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, new US trading policies are predicted to bring increased tariffs on imports from Europe. On this week's podcast, reporters Coralie Moreau and Gerard Escaich Folch join host Beth Cohen to discuss the future of the US trade relationship with Catalonia. We talk to Cristina Serradell, director of international trading at Catalonia's Trade and Investment agency, who explains the threat posed to Catalan companies. Coralie interviews Professor Pedro Aznar from the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at the ESADE business and law school in Barcelona, to find out what Donald Trump's mandate could mean for the Catalan and European economies. And we discover how local businesses are planning to adjust their strategies following Trump's inauguration.  This week's Catalan phrase is “Salut i força al canut,” a quintessential way of wishing someone health and wealth. The ‘canut' is an old-fashioned cylindrical purse which people wore tied to their belts and the phrase can be used as the equivalent of the English “Cheers!” to raise a toast before drinking.

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Join us on November 15th at 12:00 pm EST for our upcoming webinar as our experts seek to answer this question and provide insight on many more.Our experts will recap the election and provide insights on what to expect in 2025. We will also take some time to explore what US tax and trade policy shifts could mean for other countries, particularly in Europe.Tax Foundation's President & CEO Daniel Bunn will lead a discussion with Tax Foundation's own Will McBride and Erica York, who will focus on what the election means for US federal tax policy, and Sean Bray, who will link US tax developments to the European policy landscape.Support the showFollow us!https://twitter.com/TaxFoundationhttps://twitter.com/deductionpodSupport the show

Join us on November 15th at 12:00 pm EST for our upcoming webinar as our experts seek to answer this question and provide insight on many more.Our experts will recap the election and provide insights on what to expect in 2025. We will also take some time to explore what US tax and trade policy shifts could mean for other countries, particularly in Europe.Tax Foundation's President & CEO Daniel Bunn will lead a discussion with Tax Foundation's own Will McBride and Erica York, who will focus on what the election means for US federal tax policy, and Sean Bray, who will link US tax developments to the European policy landscape.Support the showFollow us!https://twitter.com/TaxFoundationhttps://twitter.com/deductionpodSupport the show

How does tax policy shape a nation's competitiveness? Today, we're diving into the showdown between the US and China, exploring how China's enticing tax incentives pose a formidable challenge to America's economic supremacy. Joining Kyle is Alex Muresianu, Senior Policy Analyst at the Tax Foundation. Together, they explore how changes to US corporate taxes, including the restoration of full expensing for research and development, could be the key to ensuring America remains competitive on the global stage. Links: https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/us-chinese-economy-investment-manufacturing/ Support the showFollow us!https://twitter.com/TaxFoundationhttps://twitter.com/deductionpodSupport the show

How does tax policy shape a nation's competitiveness? Today, we're diving into the showdown between the US and China, exploring how China's enticing tax incentives pose a formidable challenge to America's economic supremacy. Joining Kyle is Alex Muresianu, Senior Policy Analyst at the Tax Foundation. Together, they explore how changes to US corporate taxes, including the restoration of full expensing for research and development, could be the key to ensuring America remains competitive on the global stage. Links: https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/us-chinese-economy-investment-manufacturing/ Support the showFollow us!https://twitter.com/TaxFoundationhttps://twitter.com/deductionpodSupport the show

Newsflash: Joe Biden is a creep. Why is the leader of Ukraine in a US ammunition factory? Towns have been bombarded with massive amounts of immigrants. Donald Trump calls out John Deere and other companies who are thinking about building manufacturing plants overseas. Crime and the economy: Comparing and contrasting the Trump and Biden/Harris years. US tax dollars helping China's military? Kamala Harris outspending Donald Trump 3 to 1. Harris losing Latino support to Trump. Greta Thunberg is on the side of ‘Palestinians.' JD Vance goes off on Kamala Harris. Would be assassin's letter released. Democrats pushing a violent reaction from their base against Donald Trump. What's the deal with RFK and a reporter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expert tax guidance for expats and multinational businesses worldwide. Tune in to this episode for tax advice thats's hard to find anywhere else.

Today, my guest is Joseph Viery. Joseph is the founder of US Tax advisors Group Inc, a publicly traded company, and a firm that works mostly with real estate investors, helping them save hundreds of 1000s and sometimes even millions of dollars on tax and they do that by using cost segregation.     Contact info: Website: ustagi.comget-started Free Estimate: https://ustagi.com/get-started/ Ph: (888) 263-1663

In Ep. 332: Ken and Dave discuss Kammy's surge, the sister wife survives, counting ballots, our equipment on display, signature discrepancies on ballot access, the FDA hates flavor, eighteen-year-old Vance, simian pox, and he's back.

Whether policymaking can develop solutions for the inevitable problems that capitalism creates has long been a concern of political economists. One of these issues is rising inequality across the USA and other countries. Inequality is a significant risk for political stability, so it is vital to understand how democratic societies respond to it. Progressive taxation policies, which tax the rich at higher rates, can help to equalize incomes and wealth. Despite this, over the last four decades while inequality has increased, successive US governments have introduced falling tax rates for top earners. Why is this?

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Last year, eight states created or expanded voucher programs, and this year, Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri have approved or expanded voucher-type programs.

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Media reports suggest US President Biden plans to announce new taxes on US consumers of products from China, specifically, electric vehicles and solar products. These taxes are not as broad as the consumer taxes imposed by US President Trump, but they are reflective of the trends of scapegoat economics and prejudice politics. Economic nationalism is a specific manifestation of those trends.

Episode 355: Join Francie and Max on today's podcast as they go over the most recent final rules regarding the United States EV tax credit rules as they pertain to the critical battery materials in electric vehicles. They detail the new rule by the Department of Treasury and IRS, the implications of graphite and international relations, and the impact to automakers & EV drivers. Sources used to support today's show: US Dept. of Treasury & IRS Press Release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2323Statista graphs for graphite: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267366/world-graphite-production/Electrek article on GM and Canada Graphite: https://electrek.co/2024/02/16/gm-sustainable-refined-graphite-nmg-canadian-miner/Reuters Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/automakers-win-extension-use-chinese-graphite-ev-tax-credits-2024-05-03/Shoutout to our sponsors for more information find their links below:- Fort Collins Kia: Visit focokia.com for full details. Disclaimer: *Delivery covers up to $1,000.Find us on all of these places:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/outofspecpodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-spec-podcast/id1576636119Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tKIQfKL9oaHc1DLOTWvbdAmazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/473692b9-05b9-41f9-9b38-9f86fbdabee7/OUT-OF-SPEC-PODCASTFor further inquiries please email podcast@outofspecstudios.com#evbattery #electricvehicle #ev Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

approved in Hong Kong, we explore this new era of crypto investments and the complex world of digital ownership and fractionalization. The limitations of the FDIC, the need for higher crypto deposit insurances, and the geopolitical impacts on Bitcoin stability are in the spotlight. The episode concludes with a deep dive into Meta's innovative Meta Quest and its potential as a gateway to the metaverse, exploring the intersections of AI and hardware. Tune in for a detailed breakdown of today's financial and digital landscapes, preparing listeners for the challenges of the future.

Do you know how tax brackets are set up here in the US? Also, did you know this one tax deduction saves you tons of money each year on your taxes? Today let's get into tax brackets and the standard deduction. Subscribe to the FREE Popcorn Finance Newsletter - PopcornFinance.com/Newsletter Want to submit a question to the show? Send an email to questions@popcornfinance.com  Send me a message at PopcornFinance.com/Voicemail  Call 707-200-8259 Connect with me Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok  Thank you for listening to today's episode! Help support the show by leaving Popcorn Finance a rating or review on Apple or Spotify! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Journal: Feds Send More US Tax Dollars To Ukraine As Putin Warns Of Nuclear War

Doug McHoney (PwC's International Tax Services Global Leader) is at PwC's International Tax Conference in Dana Point, California with former House Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp, now senior policy advisor in PwC's Washington National Tax Services. Doug and Chairman Camp discuss his political career, drivers behind US tax policy, how Congress negotiates tax legislation, the expiring provisions in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA), the prospects of Congress implementing Pillar Two in the years ahead, and how companies can get involved in the tax legislative process.

When expanding operations into the U.S. market, business owners must learn about the federal, state and local tax systems they will encounter. Sales tax in the U.S. is quite different from a value-added tax (VAT) or a goods and services tax (GST) assessed by many other countries. Companies selling goods and some services must comply with a sales tax system that can vary across thousands of taxing jurisdictions. The U.S. federal tax system can also be challenging for companies new to this country.  Companies and their tax advisors are currently busy working towards the March and April deadlines for filing tax returns, applications for additional extensions of time to file returns, and reporting income tax withholding.Brooks Nelson, Partner and Strategic Tax Leader, and Sarah McGregor, Tax Director, talk with Lauren Stinson, Sales and Use Tax Leader, and Brian Dill, International Tax Leader, about the tax reporting complexities that international companies encounter when carrying on business in the U.S.Listen to learn more about: 03:54 – GST tax vs. U.S. sales tax05:24 – Compliance differences06:43 – Nexus 12:02 – Preparing for March 15 deadline14:54 – Important foreign subsidiary owner discussions17:14 – Outsource solutions  Related GuidanceArticle: Tax Insights for Indian Companies in the U.S. MarketArticle: Beneficial Owner Information Reporting Final Rule for FinCEN Entity IdentifiersArticle: ASU 2023-09: FASB's New Income Tax Disclosures for Private EntitiesArticle: ASU 2023-09: New FASB Rule Enhances Income Tax Disclosures for Public CompaniesPodcast: Accounting Standards Update 2023-09: New Income Tax Disclosure Rules

In this rewind episode from October 17, 2023, our host America's Sheriff David Clarke revisits a detailed discussion focusing on the intricacies of the US tax system. Sheriff Clarke asserts that Americans are not cheating the IRS, emphasizing that it's the taxpayers' money, while critically examining the IRS's aggressive tactics. Additionally, he reflects on the state of deficit budgets and the recent ousting of Kevin McCarthy from the House, highlighting the apparent inability of politicians to fulfill their promises. The conversation also includes a pointed critique of the handling of the illegal immigration situation in the US at that time. Thanks for listening and please don't forget to subscribe and share this with your friends!  SUPPORT PODCAST:  Straight Talk With America's Sheriff David Clarke | podcast | PatreonSPONSORS:Blue Line Roasting Co. - We Are the Thin Blue LineCLARKE (mypillow.com)------------------------------------------Purchase COP Under Fire Book by Sheriff David ClarkeAmazon:   https://a.co/d/2jPJXV0JOIN OUR STRAIGHT SHOOTER'S VIP CLUB: Receive special gift and invitations to Private Podcast Events  Straight Talk With America's Sheriff David Clarke | podcast | Patreon-------------------------------------------------------For Podcast Sponsorship, Partnership, And Endorsement Opportunities, Please Submit Form: https://form.123formbuilder.com/6370448/podcast-sponsor-form-----------------------------------------------------Website: https://americassheriff.comHost: Sheriff David Clarke, America's SheriffExecutive Producer: Judy L. Wilkinson, JL Wilkinson Consulting, LLC Producer: Josh Wentz | wentzjosh93@gmail.comCopyright 2024  Straight Talk Podcast With America's Sheriff David Clarke     All Rights ReservedSupport the showFollow Sheriff Clarke: https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke https://truthsocial.com/@sheriffdavidclarke https://www.facebook.com/sheriffdavidaclarke For Booking Information Or Media Requests: Judy L Wilkinson - JLWilkinsonConsulting@gmail.com (706) 518-2116

Hour 4 on the Bob Rose Show: Melania wants some Tucker, Feds charge Hunter Biden with tax fraud but Joe will pardon his son, Dems want to fund Ukraine fighting against a weakened Putin, “Things That Make You Smile,” and the “Smoking Gun” wrap up.

A short list of tax ideas for the end of the year. Episode: #189 Podcast Date: 11/30/2023

Olivier Wagner the Founder of 1040 Abroad who specializes in preparing US tax returns for expats and assists in renouncing US citizenship joins Enterprise Radio… Read more The post Specializing in preparing US tax returns for expats appeared first on Top Entrepreneurs Podcast | Enterprise Podcast Network.

Larry Summers is the Former Treasury Secretary and one of America's leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of  the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as Director of the White House National Economic Council in the Obama Administration, as President of Harvard University, and as the Chief Economist of the World Bank. Huge thanks to Sarah Cannon for the intro to Larry today. In Today's Episode with Larry Summers We Discuss: 1. The Journey to Being One of the World's Leading Economists: How Larry's mother and father both being economists shaped his early thinking as an economist? How did Larry's parenting teach his children economics at an early age? What does Larry know now that he wishes he had known when he entered the workforce? 2. How to Get the US Out of Debt: What would Larry do to save the US economy today? What can be done to increase revenues for the US economy? Why does Larry believe carried interest should be taxed as income tax? Why does Larry believe we need more billionaires? How would he tax them more efficiently? Why does Larry believe cutting taxes is indefensible? What can be done to reduce inflation without massively hurting the poorest in society? 3. The World Around Us: What does Larry mean when he says, "Europe is a museum, China is a jail and Bitcoin is an experiement"? Why does Larry believe the next 5 years will be difficult for China? Why does Larry believe the next 5 years will be challenging for Europe? Which nation is Larry most confident about when projecting forward for the next 5-10 years? 4. Politics and a Trump Administration: How does Larry reflect on the role of Biden on the US economy and state of inflation? Would a Trump administration be better or worse for the US economy? What are the chances of Trump beating Biden in the next election? What would Larry most like to change about the US political system?

In this exclusive Grover Norquist interview with Michael Gayed of Lead-Lag Live, we dive deep into the future of US tax competitiveness and explore the potential implications of potential policy changes. As a renowned tax policy advocate and president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist brings a wealth of knowledge and insight into the complex world of taxation and how it impacts businesses and individuals alike.Throughout the interview, Norquist and Gayed discuss a range of topics, including the current state of US tax competitiveness, as well as proposed tax reforms and their possible consequences on the US economy. They also touch on the importance of maintaining a competitive edge in today's global market and how tax policy can make or break a country's ability to attract and retain businesses.This insightful and engaging discussion provides viewers with a unique perspective on the future of US tax competitiveness from one of the most influential voices in the field. If you're interested in understanding the potential impact of tax policies on the US economy and global competitiveness, make sure you don't miss this Grover Norquist interview with Michael Gayed of Lead-Lag Live.ANTICIPATE STOCK MARKET CRASHES, CORRECTIONS, AND BEAR MARKETS WITH AWARD WINNING RESEARCH. Sign up for The Lead-Lag Report at www.leadlagreport.com and use promo code PODCAST30 for 2 weeks free and 30% off.Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe!Twitter: https://twitter.com/leadlagreport​​​​​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadlagreport​​Instagram: https://instagram.com/leadlagreport​​​Check out Lead-Lag Live on all your favorite podcast platforms.Nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. The content in this program is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any information or other material as investment, financial, tax, or other advice. The views expressed by the participants are solely their own. A participant may have taken or recommended any investment position discussed, but may close such position or alter its recommendation at any time without notice. Nothing contained in this program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in any jurisdiction. Please consult your own investment or financial advisor for advice related to all investment decisions.See disclosures for The Lead-Lag Report here: https://www.leadlagreport.com/static/termsandconditionsThe Physician Syndicate: Angel Investing | Venture Capital | Startups | Personal FinanceThe Physician Syndicate Podcast: A podcast for physicians to jump into the startup world. Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyFoodies unite…with HowUdish!It's social media with a secret sauce: FOOD! The world's first network for food enthusiasts. HowUdish connects foodies across the world!Share kitchen tips and recipe hacks. Discover hidden gem food joints and street food. Find foodies like you, connect, chat and organize meet-ups!HowUdish makes it simple to connect through food anywhere in the world.So, how do YOU dish? Download HowUdish on the Apple App Store today:

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Welcome to episode 6 of the American Overseas Podcast I'm Linda Mabelis and today I am talking about the impact of the US tax system on Americans Overseas as seen by tax professionals. We will be sharing opinions on short and long-term developments and hearing about cases about expats and accidental AmericansI will be talking with:Daan Durlacher, experience expert, and Robert W. Wood is often listed as a top 10 Tax lawyer for tax controversies and civil cases. Also a widely published author on Forbes and other renowned media. Mr. Wood is known for explaining and demystifying complex tax concepts.Please contact us with any questions you may have: support@americansoverseas.orgLinks:When are you considered a US person (and taxable)RSS feedWebsite Americans Overseas, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedinSubscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Postcastindex

https://www.youtube.com/nutrientsurvival https://nutrientsurvival.com/ So, why hasn't Ukraine joined NATO yet? Well, there are a few reasons. For starters, Ukraine has had a lot of political drama in the past few years, with things like the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan protests. That makes it tough to have a stable political environment, which is something NATO wants to see. Another issue is that Ukraine's military isn't quite up to NATO's standards yet. They've been working on reforms since 2014, but they've still got a ways to go when it comes to modernization and working well with NATO forces. And finally, not everyone in Ukraine is on board with joining NATO. Some people think it could threaten their country's independence. Of course all of this has changed of late with NATO being critical in Ukraine's fight against Russia. So, all in all, there are a lot of factors at play here. It remains to be seen whether or not Ukraine will eventually join NATO, but they're certainly working on it. One thing is for sure. NATO member or not, Ukraine is certainly being supported by the NATO allies. ----- In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, which had been part of Ukraine. There were a lot of factors at play, but one of the main reasons was concerns in Russia that Ukraine might move too far towards the West and potentially join NATO, which would be seen as a threat to Russian security. So, in response, Russia sent in troops and held a referendum in Crimea, which was widely seen as illegitimate by the international community. Ukraine has stated that it wants Crimea back and views Russia's annexation of the region as a violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity. The annexation was not recognized by most of the international community, and Ukraine has previously sought to regain control of the region through diplomatic means. That has all changed with the Ukraine's new found confidence and the backing of big brother NATO. They are now in a position to retake Crimea by force. Russia has already made a number of military threats to the US and its allies, including the deployment of new nuclear weapons. With the recent escalations, should we be preparing for a US war with Russia? Sources: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/15/blinken-crimea-ukraine-putin-00083149 https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/ #news #breakingnews #foxnews #cnn #russiaukrainewar #ww3 #ukrainewar #ukraine #russia #prepping #survival

On Wednesday, a Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic heard from experts in science, medicine, and infectious disease to help determine the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Robert Redfield, the former Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testified that COVID-19's unique characteristics mean that it was likely the result of gain-of-function research. Dr. Redfield explains, “[i]t's important to understand what the cleavage site does... It changes the orientation of the binding domain of Covid. So now it could not see the Ace2 receptor, it totally changes the orientation, so it has a high affinity for human receptors... It didn't seem that it belonged there”—concluding that the virus was most likely engineered. You can read more about Dr. Redfield's testimony here: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-former-cdc-head-tells-mtg-gain-of-function-research-likely-cause-of-covid?utm_campaign=64466

United Nations programs throughout Latin America, and even operating in the United States with the help of NGOs, are running the immigration crisis. This includes direct payments being made to illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in the form of debit cards and even envelopes of cash. And the money for this is coming heavily from American taxpayers. This is according to Todd Bensman and his extensive reporting throughout Latin America. Bensman is a Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and an award-winning journalist covering national security topics with a focus on the Texas border. He is also the author of the new book titled “Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in US History.” ⭕️ Stay up-to-date with Josh with the Crossroads NEWSLETTER

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Michael Arrieta (@MikeArrieta) to talk about his journey from W-2 to HoldCo operator. He gets to talk about storytelling, how his fund is structured, the challenges he faced, and how HoldCo CEO is the most difficult job in the world.-----Thanks to our sponsors!CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses that want to focus on growth with a “client service first” approach. They offer a full suite of accounting services, including sophisticated reporting, QuickBooks software solutions, and full-service payroll options.-----(0:00) - Introduction(0:40) - Our Sponsor is CloudBookkeeping.com(2:10) - Guest Intro: Michael Arrieta(6:00) - How did public speaking affect your career?(7:50) - The gun show analogy(9:00) - What is the biggest enemy we have today?(10:00) - Honesty and vulnerability as an advantage(11:00) - How to grow your network?(14:28) - What is the most important thing about transmitting your message?(16:10) - How do you cultivate missionaries rather than mercenaries?(19:28) - How did you transition from a W-2 to business owner?(22:52) - What was your calling? What is your investment thesis?(25:05) - What was the key to start your fund?(26:30) - How do you build relationship capital?(29:30) - How did you optimize your fund for a permanent hold model?(36:21) - Being smart means you can quote the US Tax code(37:21) - What have you learned in these two years?(40:30) - How do you run a campaign to intermediaries?Links:https://www.joingardencity.com/https://twitter.com/mikearrieta Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show! Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.

Tax Season: What Crypto Investors and Tax Agencies Need to Know This podcast is for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. If you want to make an active crypto trader nervous there are few things that work better than reminding them there are only 2 and half months left until the US Tax filing deadline. For most people a tax return is full of arcane and complex rules that you're not quite sure if you got everything right, but for crypto investors the rules are being written and rewritten each year. In this episode, Ian Andrews (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) had to bring Chainalysis' in-house expert, Roger Brown (Global Head of Tax Strategy) to understand the tax principles that apply to crypto and how recreational users and institutional investors are managing bitcoin on their balance sheets.  Roger informs us on the latest tax changes in the US and abroad and speculates on how many people are correctly reporting big crypto gains or losses.  Minute-by-minute episode breakdown (2:35) – How the ambiguity of the classification of Bitcoin, challenged traditional tax principles (4:30) –Understanding tax law and foreign currency and where cryptocurrency fits in  (9:15) – How countries around the world are taxing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency  (13:07) – Are stablecoins treated as currency based on the assets backing them?  (14:45) – Taxes may not being paid on massive crypto gains and how the IRS is reacting (18:35) – Do crypto exchanges have reporting requirements for tax purposes to their customers (23:16) - Tax strategies going from bull to bear markets and the impact on staking crypto  (27:04) - What happens when your assets are locked in Celsius, FTX or the victim of a rug pull (30:00) - The complexities of institutions and companies holding crypto  (33:37) - The future of crypto taxation and what part regulators will play   Related resources Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key. Article: Tax Gap Estimates for Tax Years 2014-2016 Blog: 2021 Cryptocurrency Gains by Country: Ethereum Leads as Gains Skyrocket Around the World Blog: Crypto Tax 101, 201 & 301: What Taxpayers and Tax Authorities Should Consider After Cryptocurrency's Breakout Year Blog: Crypto Money Laundering: Four Exchange Deposit Addresses Received Over $1 Billion in Illicit Funds in 2022 Report: The Chainalysis 2023 Crypto Crime Report (Coming February 2023) Conference: Chainalysis Links Conference 2023 in New York City  Twitter: Chainalysis Twitter: Building trust in blockchains TikTok: Newly launched Chainalysis Tik Tok page Youtube: Chainalysis Youtube page is completely revamped Speakers on today's episode Ian Andrews * Host * (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis)  Roger Brown (Global Head of Tax Strategy, Chainalysis)) This website may contain links to third-party sites that are not under the control of Chainalysis, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively “Chainalysis”). Access to such information does not imply association with, endorsement of, approval of, or recommendation by Chainalysis of the site or its operators, and Chainalysis is not responsible for the products, services, or other content hosted therein. Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material. Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material.  Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company.   

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Are you a US citizen who is considering a move to Ireland? Unsure about the tax issues to be aware of? Jessica Beall of Beall Tax Consulting talks with us about the common tax issues US individuals moving to Ireland need to be aware, particularly if they have employer granted equity.Of course if you have any queries on the Irish tax issues discussed in this episode drop us a line at info@expattaxes.ie or book a consultation with us

Did you know this one tax deduction could save you tons of money on your taxes? Tax season may seem far away but after getting sent an article on how tax brackets are changing because of inflation, I thought we could all brush up on how taxes work in the U.S. Today we're talking about tax brackets, deductions, and returns. Look out for future episodes about taxes since it's a subject that needs more than one bag of popcorn to fully pop! Article: America's tax brackets are changing thanks to inflation Join Me on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/PopcornFinance Want to submit a question to the show? Send an email to questions@popcornfinance.com Send me a message at PopcornFinance.com/Voicemail or Call 707-200-8259 Connect with me Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok Thank you for listening to today's episode! Help support the show by leaving Popcorn Finance a rating or review on Apple or Spotify!

This episode is sponsored by ZenGo.The most valuable crypto stories for Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2022.Terra developers floated a new proposal earlier this week as they look to revive the once-mighty network, even as Do Kwon, the platform's controversial co-founder, faces a warrant for his arrest on charges of fraud. Plus, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made a move this week to clarify at least one question for crypto investors: how taxpayers account for non-fungible tokens (NFTs).See also: IRS Expands Key US Tax Language to Include NFTsBinance now second-largest entity by voting power in Uniswap DAOReddit Users Created 3 Million Crypto Wallets to Scoop Up Polygon NFTs - Decrypt Terra Developers Unveil 4-Year Plan to Revive LUNA Ecosystem-This episode has been edited by Adrian Blust. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”ZenGo crypto wallet is an on-chain crypto wallet with no private key vulnerability, leveraging advanced cryptography called MPC. Get started at ZenGo.com/HASH and use code HASH to get $20 back on your first purchase of $200 or more. Terms and conditions apply. See site for details.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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