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Kelly Phillips-Erb

Kelly Phillips-Erb

Tax attorney and Senior Writer at Forbes; founder of Taxgirl platform specializing in tax law and policy communication

Jun 26, 2026

6:18
Kelly, where do you see your role in helping provide simplification or
6:23
clarification? My role has evolved, I think, over the years.
6:27
And I think that's a good thing, right? Like anytime that you're doing something for a while, you try to figure out ways to make it better.
6:33
And how can I do this in a way that kind of honors what the spirit of what I was trying to do in the beginning is anyway.
6:40
And I always say that when I very first started, you know, you always say that you should write for an audience.
6:46
And I wasn't sure who that audience was when I first started writing.
6:49
And I always used to say it was my dad, because my dad is, well, was, my dad was a, he was a really smart guy, but he wasn't college educated.

7 MINS LATER

14:13
How do you think about and handle and address some of those miscommunications that, you know,
6:18
Kelly, where do you see your role in helping provide simplification or
6:23
clarification? My role has evolved, I think, over the years.
6:27
And I think that's a good thing, right? Like anytime that you're doing something for a while, you try to figure out ways to make it better.
6:33
And how can I do this in a way that kind of honors what the spirit of what I was trying to do in the beginning is anyway.
6:40
And I always say that when I very first started, you know, you always say that you should write for an audience.
6:46
And I wasn't sure who that audience was when I first started writing.
6:49
And I always used to say it was my dad, because my dad is, well, was, my dad was a, he was a really smart guy, but he wasn't college educated.

7 MINS LATER

14:13
How do you think about and handle and address some of those miscommunications that, you know,

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