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Shaviro Presents The 2008-09 Financial Crisis: Implications for Tax Reform in Milan

Posted on May 03, 2009
Daniel N. Shaviro (NYU) presented The 2008-09 Financial Crisis: Implications for Tax Reform (via the wonders of technology, because of a bad back) at the Tax Policy and the Financial Crisis workshop sponsored by the Centre for Research on the...

Adler & Hewitt: The FairTax Fantasy

Posted on May 02, 2009
Hank Adler(Chapman University, George Argyros School of Business & Economics) & Hugh Hewitt (Chapman University, School of Law) have published The FairTax Fantasy: An Honest Look at a Very, Very Bad Idea (Townhall Press, 2009). Here is the publisher's description:...

Jensen Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on May 02, 2009
Ronald H. Jensen (Pace) has posted several tax articles on SSRN: Book Review, M. Carr Ferguson, James L. Freeland & Richard B. Stephens, Federal Income Taxation of Estates and Beneficiaries, 20 Buff. L. Rev. 575 (1971) Schneer v. Commissioner: Continuing...

Taxpayer Submits Affidavits of Senate Staffers to Establish Meaning of Tax Transition Rule in K-I Holdings

Posted on May 02, 2009
Continuing my coverage of the taxpayer's attempt to have the district court reconsider its decision in In re G-I Holdings, 369 B.R. 832 (D.N.J. 2007), based on affidavits to be supplied by Senate Finance Committee staffers on the meaning of...

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Open CRS Releases Tax Reports

Posted on May 02, 2009
An Introduction to the Design of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (RS22389) Federal Taxation of the Drug Industry and Effects on New Drug Development (RL31511) The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals (RL30149)

U.S. News Comments on Law School Rankings

Posted on May 01, 2009
Robert Morse, Director of Data research at U.S. News & World Report, blogs the recently released 2010 Law School Rankings in The Law School Rankings Debate Rages On: Our recently published 2010 America's Best Graduate Schools rankings have triggered a...

Subscribing to TaxProf Blog

Posted on May 01, 2009
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McCaffery: Behavioral Dimensions of Tax Reform

Posted on May 01, 2009
Edward J. McCaffery (USC) has posted Behavioral Dimensions of Tax Reform on SSRN. Here is the abstract: These are powerpoint slides from a presentation at a joint UCLA-Tax Policy Center Conference on Tax Policy in the Obama Era. The basic...

Government Opposes Sealing Finance Committee Staff Statements in G-I Holdings

Posted on May 01, 2009
Continuing my coverage of the taxpayer's attempt to have the district court reconsider its decision in In re G-I Holdings, 369 B.R. 832 (D.N.J. 2007), based on affidavits to be supplied by Senate Finance Committee staffers on the meaning of...

"Scourge of the 'Tax Defiers'" Joins Bingham McCutchen

Posted on May 01, 2009
National Law Journal: Scourge of the "Tax Defiers": Nathan Hochman, who was the assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice's tax division for the past year, will join Bingham McCutchen's Santa Monica, Calif., office on May...

Curry, Hill & Parisi: Optimal Government Responses to Tax Planning

Posted on May 01, 2009
Philip A. Curry (Simon Fraser University), Claire A. Hill (University of Minnesota Law School) & Francesco Parisi (University of Minnesota Law School) have posted Optimal Government Responses to Tax Planning on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Although most individuals recognize...

Call for Papers: North Carolina Tax Symposium

Posted on May 01, 2009
The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler School of Business has issued a call for papers for its Thirteenth Annual Tax Symposium to be held January 29-30, 2010. The symposium "is designed to bring together leading tax scholars from economics, accounting,...

Townsend: Tax Obstruction Crimes

Posted on May 01, 2009
John A. Townsend (Townsend & Jones, Houston) has published Tax Obstruction Crimes: Is Making the IRS's Job Harder Enough? Online Appendix, 9 Hous. Bus. & Tax L.J. A-1 (2009): These examples illustrate anecdotally the range of audit avoidance conduct ?...

2010 U.S. News Bar Passage Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Posted on May 01, 2009
Continuing my coverage of the Placement Success component of the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings, which counts 20% in the U.S. News methodology: the chart below compares the Bar Passage data (2%) with the school's overall ranking: Bar Passage...

Dueling Headlines

Posted on May 01, 2009
This week's ABA Journal: Profits Drop at 12 of 15 Top Firms Number of Students Applying to Law School Jumps 3.8 Percent

Retirement of Tom Petska

Posted on May 01, 2009
Tom Petska retired today after 8 years as Director of the IRS's Statistics of Income Division and 36 years of government service. Len Burman (Director, Tax Policy Center) offers a wonderful farewell: SOIis a national treasure. There, a team of...

Cain: Unmarried Couples and the Mortgage Interest Deduction

Posted on April 30, 2009
Patricia A. Cain (Santa Clara) has posted Unmarried Couples and the Mortgage Interest Deduction, 123 Tax Notes 473 (Apr. 27, 2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: On March 13, 2009, the IRS released Chief Counsel Advisory 200911007, concluding that...

Government Files Brief in Opposition in G-I Holdings

Posted on April 30, 2009
Continuing my coverage of the taxpayer's attempt to have the district court reconsider its decision in In re G-I Holdings, 369 B.R. 832 (D.N.J. 2007), based on affidavits to be supplied by Senate Finance Committee staffers on the meaning of...

Disbarment Sought for Lawyer Who Altered Law School Grades

Posted on April 30, 2009
Following up on last week's post, Chicago Grad Faces 3-Year Suspension For Altering Grades on Law School Transcript: the Chief Counsel of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has called for Mr. Friedman's permanent disbarment...

Borden: Residual-Risk Model or Classifying Business Arrangements

Posted on April 30, 2009
Bradley T. Borden (Washburn) has posted Residual-Risk Model for Classifying Business Arrangements, 37 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. ___ (2010), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Tax law classifies business arrangements as one of three general structures: (1) disregarded arrangements,...

UNC Hosts Tax Institute Today

Posted on April 30, 2009
North Carolina hosts its annual J. Nelson Young Tax Institute today.

Andy Rooney Supports Public Disclosure of Tax Returns

Posted on April 30, 2009
On April 15, I blogged Joe Thorndike's proposal advocating public disclosure of all tax returns. Andy Rooney came out in favor of the idea on his 60 Minutes segment on CBS: (Hat Tip: tax.com.)

2010 U.S. News Employed at Nine Months Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Posted on April 30, 2009
Continuing my coverage of the Placement Success component of the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings, which counts 20% in the U.S. News methodology. The chart below compares the Employed at Nine Months data (14%) with the school's overall Prior...

Law School Book Tour: Broken Trust

Posted on April 30, 2009
Tax Prof Randall W. Roth (University of Hawai?i) has spent the past three weeks discussing tax and other issues from the Bishop Estate saga in faculty forums and regularly scheduled classes at various law schools, including Boston College, Boston University,...

Abrams: Exiting a Partnership and Making Gain Disappear

Posted on April 30, 2009
Howard E. Abrams (Emory) has posted Now You See it, Now You Don't: Exiting a Partnership and Making Gain Disappear on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In this Article, three methods of exiting are partnership are examined. Each exit strategy...

The Path to Law Teaching at Harvard

Posted on April 30, 2009

IRS Releases Strategic Plan 2009-2013

Posted on April 29, 2009
The IRS yesterday released its Strategic Plan 2009-2013: The Internal Revenue Service strives to maintain the fairest and most effective system of voluntary tax compliance in the world. The environment in which we operate is complex and constantly changing, and...

Yin: Temporary-Effect Legislation, Political Accountability, and Fiscal Restraint

Posted on April 29, 2009
George K. Yin (Virginia) has published Temporary-Effect Legislation, Political Accountability, and Fiscal Restraint, 84 NYU L. Rev. 174 (2009). Here is the abstract: The proper duration of legislation has become highly controversial as a result of the enactment of many...

ABA Tax Section Offers Webcast Today on The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Posted on April 29, 2009
The ABA Tax Section offers a teleconference and webcast today on Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act - Using a Sledgehammer to Kill a Fly? from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST: The panel will discuss proposed legislation (S. 506) (otherwise known...

Michigan Tax Conference

Posted on April 29, 2009
The 22nd Annual Michigan Tax Conference takes place today at The Inn at St. John's, Plymouth, Michigan. Here are the Tax Prof speakers and their topics: Deborah H. Schenk (NYU), Federal Taxation Richard Pomp (UConn), State and Local Tax Reuven...

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