Season two now underway

DITT Talk

Practical conversations with the people building, running and regulating tax technology: the Chartered Institute of Taxation's podcast, complementing the Diploma in Tax Technology.

I host DITT Talk in a voluntary capacity. The podcast belongs with the CIOT and its Diploma in Tax Technology community; this page exists for prospective guests and the curious.

#Listen

Episodes live on the platforms below.

At DITT Talk we cover how tax technology actually gets built, bought, run and regulated. The conversations complement the Diploma in Tax Technology syllabus without ever being a lecture, and help our community keep up with the latest developments in the field.

#Conversations so far

Eleven episodes and counting. Play them right here, or open any one on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Generative AI in Tax Products: innovation, automation, and the future of junior roles, with Russell Gammon (Alphatax) 3 Jul 2026 · 30 min
Spotify Apple
AI Liability and the New HMRC Sanctions Regime, with Graham Tilbury and Stephen Callahan (BCT Partners) 12 Jun 2026 · 39 min
Spotify Apple
How is data used at HMRC? Insights with Simon York CBE 16 Oct 2025 · 24 min
Spotify Apple
Transforming Tax Administration – Strategy, Systems & Stakeholders, with Jonathan Athow (HMRC) and Paul Aplin (CIOT) 9 Oct 2025 · 55 min
Spotify Apple
AI Development in Tax Products, with Evan Croen (Bloomberg Tax) 26 Aug 2025 · 36 min
Spotify Apple
Tax Transformation at Scale, with Anna Elphick (Unilever) 3 Aug 2025 · 30 min
Spotify Apple
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Tax Implications, with Antonio Lanotte 27 Feb 2025 · 34 min
Spotify Apple
The impact of tax technology on indirect tax & cross-border tax challenges, with Liz Gallagher (Meta) 6 Feb 2025 · 28 min
Spotify Apple
How technology is used in Transfer Pricing, with Erica Perry (KPMG) 31 Oct 2024 · 24 min
Spotify Apple
What it's like to work in an in-house tax technology team, with Alexander Kobakhidze (Fonoa) 28 Aug 2024 · 28 min
Spotify Apple
AI and Machine Learning in Tax, with Pablo Sprechmann (Google DeepMind) 1 Aug 2024 · 24 min
Spotify Apple

Coming up: Episodes three and four of season two are in production now. New conversations go live on the platforms above first.

#Be a guest

If you build, run, research or regulate tax technology and have something practical to say, I want to hear from you. It starts with a written pitch rather than a call, so nobody has to sit through an awkward no.

Pitch it
Two or three lines in the form below: what you want to talk about and why it matters now. Every pitch gets a reply, either way.
Shape it
If it fits the season, we set up a 30-minute call to find the angle only you can give. A discussion outline follows in advance: no scripts, no gotchas.
Record it
Recording at the London studio near Farringdon, or remotely (the studio sounds better; remote works fine).

Guests choose the topic with me, not for me: the strongest episodes come from the thing you cannot stop talking about at work.

Pitch an episode

Your details are used only to assess and reply to this pitch. Please do not include confidential client or taxpayer information.

Prefer email? Write to contact@shan.tax directly, or find me on LinkedIn.

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