Taxation & Estate Planning

Virginia Tax Review Publishes New Issue

Posted on April 29, 2009
The Virginia Tax Review has published Vol. 28, No. 2 (Fall 2008): Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan), Comment on Yin, Reforming the Taxation of Foreign Direct Investment by US Taxpayers, 28 Va. Tax Rev. 281 (2008) Leonard E. Burman (Co-Director, Tax...

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

Posted on April 29, 2009
Continuing my coverage of the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings: I turn next to the Placement Success component, which counts 20% in the U.S. News methodology. The chart below compares the Employed at Graduation data (4%) with the school's...

The First Tax Casualty of the Swine Flu Pandemic: Friday's University of San Diego - Procopio International Tax Institute

Posted on April 29, 2009
At the request of speakers and participants from Mexico City, the University of San Diego School of Law - Procopio International Tax Institute has postponed Friday's conference on U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Tax Issues: The fifth annual USD School of Law ?...

Ed Kleinbard to Deliver 2010 Woodworth Memorial Lecture in U.S. Tax Law and Policy

Posted on April 29, 2009
Edward D. Kleinbard, who is leaving his position as Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation to join the faculty at USC Law School, will deliver the Laurence Neal Woodworth Memorial Lecture in United States Tax Law and...

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Schwidetzky Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on April 29, 2009
Walter D. Schwidetzky (Baltimore) has posted several tax papers on SSRN: The New Activity Regulations Under Section 469: Into the Abyss, 9 Va. Tax Rev. 525 (1990) Partnership Taxation: Restructuring Partnership Debt -- Life is Change, 11 Va. Tax Rev....

Tax Prof Moves, 2009-2010

Posted on April 29, 2009
Entry Level Hires Sam Brunson (Willkie Farr, New York) to Loyola-Chicago Mirit Eyal-Cohen (UCLA SJD) to Pittsburgh Benjamin Leff (Harvard VAP) to American Sagit Leviner (Tel Aviv University, Israel, VAP) to Ono Academic College, Faculty of Law, Israel Shuyi Oei...

Foundation Press Publishes Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation

Posted on April 28, 2009
Paul McDaniel (Florida), Jim Repetti (Boston College), and I are delighted to announce that the new 6th edition of our casebook, Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation, is now available from Foundation Press (and will soon be available at fine bookstores everywhere)...

Pete Wentz on the U.S. News Law School Rankings

Posted on April 28, 2009
Law School Consultant Pete Wentz (APCO Worldwide) (and father of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz) offers his thoughts on the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings: There are always a number of complaints that the information supplied to U.S. News...

Green: What is Wrong with Tax Evasion?

Posted on April 28, 2009
Stuart P. Green (Rutgers-Newark) has posted What is Wrong with Tax Evasion? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This talk, originally delivered at a University of Houston symposium on tax crimes, asks why the norms that underlie our laws against...

NY Times: The End of the University As We Know It

Posted on April 28, 2009
New York Times op-ed: End the University as We Know It, by Mark C. Taylor: Graduate education is the Detroit of higher learning. Most graduate programs in American universities produce a product for which there is no market (candidates for...

NYSBA: State Should Adopt Appointment Process Like U.S. Tax Court

Posted on April 28, 2009
The New York State Bar Association Tax Section has released a report on The Process for Making Appointments to the New York Tax Appeals Tribunal (No. 1181): We believe that the process usually used in the nomination of judges to...

Kysar: Transition Rules and Statutory Interpretation in G-I Holdings

Posted on April 28, 2009
Last week, I blogged important new developments in In re G-I Holdings, 369 B.R. 832 (D.N.J. 2007), in my post, Can Congressional Staff Testify on Meaning of Tax Law?. Rebecca M. Kysar (Brooklyn), author of the important article on the...

2010 U.S. News Quality Assessment Rankings

Posted on April 28, 2009
I previously blogged the two quality assessment components in the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Academic Peer Assessment, based on reputation surveys sent to the dean and three faculty members at each school, which counts 25% in the U.S....

Snoop Dog Latest California Celebrity Tax Deadbeat

Posted on April 28, 2009
I previously blogged California's list of the 250 biggest state tax deadbeats -- which included Burt Reynolds, Sinbad, and Dionne Warwick. TMZ reports that California has slapped a $284,000 tax lien on rapper Snoop Dogg.

Michael Caine on British Tax Rates: "At 51%, I'm Out of Here"

Posted on April 28, 2009
From the Telegraph: His name, as they say, is Michael Caine. And he's not a happy bunny. The 76-year-old film star has revealed in colourful terms that he has had it, and will leave Britain if taxes get any higher....

Yesterday's NYC Scare, Courtesy of the Federal Government

Posted on April 28, 2009

NYLJ: Law Schools -- A Special Report

Posted on April 28, 2009
This week's New York Law Journal has published a special section, Law Schools -- A Special Report, with these articles: Rules of Engagement: Tactical Survival Tips for Third-Year Law Students The Rankings, Deconstructed and Examined What Law Firms Want in...

2010 U.S News Lawyer/Judge Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Posted on April 27, 2009
Last week, I blogged the academic peer reputation component of the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings, along with each school's overall ranking. Here is the lawyer/judge reputation component (which counts for 15% in the U.S. News methodology), along with...

Griffith Wins Teaching Award at USC

Posted on April 27, 2009
Thomas Griffith, John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation at USC has been awarded the William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award. (Prof. Griffith is pictured holding the award next to Mr. Rutter.) From the USC press release: "He's been the prime...

Andrew Lloyd Webber: High Taxes Are Killing Britain

Posted on April 27, 2009
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Last Thing This Country Needs Is a Pirate Raid on the Wealth Creators Who Still Dare Navigate Our Stormy Waters (The Daily Mail): The opinion polls have uttered. The country loves the new 50% top rate...

Judge Denies Law Profs' Injunction Against West, But Signals They May Succeed on Merits of Claim That West Put Their Names on "Sham" Supplement

Posted on April 27, 2009
Earlier this month, I blogged Two Law Profs Sue West for Putting Their Names on a "Sham" Supplement to Their Treatise: David Rudovsky (Penn) and Leonard N. Sosnov (Widener) are suing West, claiming that they were falsely identified as the...

McMahon, Shepard & Simmons: Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: 2008

Posted on April 27, 2009
Martin J. McMahon, Jr. (Florida), Ira B. Shepard (Houston) & Daniel L. Simmons (UC-Davis) have published Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: The Year 2008, 9 Fla. Tax Rev. 275 (2009). Here is the abstract: This article discusses, and provides...

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on April 27, 2009
Saturday: Emmanuel Saez Awarded John Bates Clark Medal UC-Hastings Hosts Northern California Tax Roundtable Understanding Twitter Laity: The Competence of Nations and International Tax Law Section 162(m), Executive Compensation, and Rev. Rul. 2008-13 Sunday: Alleged Tax and Financial Improprieties at...

Florida's Dean Alleges Errors in U.S. News Data

Posted on April 27, 2009
Last week, I blogged the report from U.S. News that it is looking into allegations "that a few school might have submitted incorrect data to U.S. News," as well as reports that Brooklyn and Nebraska may be two of those...

Call for Tax Papers: 2010 Critical Tax Conference

Posted on April 27, 2009
On April 9-10, 2010, Saint Louis University School of Law and its Center for International and Comparative Law will host the Critical Tax Conference. The 2010 conference will depart from its customary format in order to contribute to a symposium...

Gans Wins Teaching Award at Hofstra

Posted on April 27, 2009
Mitchell Gans has been voted one of the 2008-2009 Teachers of the Year by Hofstra University students. From the press release: Mitchell Gans, JD, is the Steven A. Horowitz Distinguished Professor of Tax Law at Hofstra. Before joining the law...

More on Bono's Tax Hypocrisy

Posted on April 27, 2009
I previously have blogged (see list below the fold) the flap over Bono's arranging his music business affairs to escape Irish taxes. Here is the latest chapter: What Bono Says and What He Does; There?s a Well-Documented Reason the Do-Gooder...

SOI Releases Foreign Recipients of U.S. Income, 2006

Posted on April 27, 2009
The IRS's Statistics of Income Division has released Foreign Recipients of US Income Study, 2006 Tax Year: Two tables that present data for tax year 2006 from Form 1042-S, Foreign Person's U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding, are now available....

The Innocent Spouse Manual

Posted on April 27, 2009
The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands has published The Innocent Spouse Manual: Representing Taxpayers in Innocent Spouse Cases (2d ed. 2009): The Second Edition of the Innocent Spouse Manual explains how to effectively represent your client...

Bartlett: Tax Tea Party Fantasy

Posted on April 26, 2009
Following up on prior posts on articles by Bruce Bartlett: Tax Tea Parties Misstate U.S. Tax Burden Tax Tea Party, Part Two Tax Tea Party Fantasy: The universal reaction [to the first article] was, "So what?" Why should Americans care...

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