Tax filing deadlines inspire many of us to vow that we’re finally going to organize our papers.

The U.S. economy has started to show some signs of life again. Employment is on the rise and businesses across the country are starting to reopen, but sadly, the fight against COVID-19 still has a ways to go.

Happy Episode 100! To celebrate, I interviewed Professor Francine Lipman of the William S. Boyd School of Law at Las Vegas, Nevada. She inspired the name for the Tax Justice Warriors podcast so I have wanted to interview her about that. We talked about passion warriors for tax justice, being a William S. Boyd Professor of Law, teaching remotely, the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, serving as a Nevada Tax Commissioner, and time management for her writing and other accomplishments.

The US tax system punishes people based on where they are from (unauthorized immigrants) and where they go (Americans Abroad).

Sara Aurentz Douglas, a fourth grade teacher who lives in Gladstone, Oregon, was crushed when she found out her $3,400 stimulus check was garnished by the IRS to pay her husband’s back child support.

Millions of Americans received $1,200 deposits from the IRS over the last week through the CARES Act, a federal stimulus bill intended to help people facing unemployment and financial duress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Like many Americans, 62-year-old Larry Dansky of Ashland, Ore., has been anxiously awaiting his family’s stimulus payment, a bit of extra income that could help pay the bills amid an unprecedented economic slowdown. But when he logged on to the IRS’ website to track his payment, he was alarmed to see it had been deposited into an old account that he had shut down last summer to get the bonus from opening a new one.

Like many Americans, 62-year-old Larry Dansky of Ashland, Ore., has been anxiously awaiting his family’s stimulus payment, a bit of extra income that could help pay the bills amid an unprecedented economic slowdown. But when he logged on to the IRS’ website to track his payment, he was alarmed to see it had been deposited into an old account that he had shut down last summer to get the bonus from opening a new one.