Reporter Sally Herships profiles Nikia Robert — a woman who left Wall Street to work as both a minister and a tax preparer.

Scott Tong reports on the widespread game of tax evasion in China.

Economics editor Chris Farrell and Tess Vigeland answer listener questions, but first they explore whether to refund or not to refund, and what to do with the money if you do get some back from the IRS.

Bill Congdon of the Brookings Institution has studied the behavioral patterns behind taxes. He talks to Tess Vigeland.

People around the country describe what they go through as April 15th draws near.

Julie Small reports on a state government program that prepares your taxes for you.

Internal Revenue Commissioner Doug Shulman talks to Tess Vigeland about doing his own taxes, and how the recession led the IRS to do things differently this year.

Duke University Professor Dan Ariely talks with Kai Ryssdal about how voting on where your taxes will be distributed can help spur civic engagement.

Officials in Germany, France and Britain want to enact a global bank tax, one U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown hopes would prevent bankers from shopping around for relief in other countries. Bob Moon talks to Marketplace's Stephen Beard.