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Listokin: Tax Expenditures and Business Cycle Fluctuations

Posted on April 10, 2009
Yair Jason Listokin (Yale) has posted Tax Expenditures and Business Cycle Fluctuations on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article demonstrates that tax expenditures are procyclical, exacerbating the business cycle. Tax expenditures amplify the impacts certain activities, such as charitable...

The Impact of School District Consolidation on Housing Prices

Posted on April 10, 2009
Yue Hu (University of Wisconsin, School of Education) & John Yinger (Syracuse University, Center for Policy Research) have published The Impact of School District Consolidation on Housing Prices, 61 Nat'l Tax J. 609 (2008). Here is the abstract: This paper...

Tax Profs Bogdanski, Prescott Are Finalists for Montana Deanship

Posted on April 10, 2009
Tax Profs Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark) and Loren Prescott (formerly at Widener) are two of the four finalists for the Montana deanship. (Hat Tip: The Faculty Lounge.)

California Celebrity Tax Deadbeats

Posted on April 10, 2009
Today's L.A. Times: 3 Celebrities on List of California Tax Evaders: Dionne Warwick, Burt Reynolds and Sinbad are among 250 people with the largest delinquent income tax bills, officials say. O.J. Simpson, now in prison, is taken off the list....

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Lobbying for Tax Benefits Yields 22,000% Return on Investment

Posted on April 10, 2009
Kansas City Star: KU Professors Found Companies Realized Big Tax Savings by Spending for Lobbyists: A 22,000 percent return on investment? Three professors at the University of Kansas say dozens of America?s largest companies got that sweet deal four years...

Olson: We Need a Simpler Tax Code

Posted on April 10, 2009
Op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal: We Still Need a Simpler Tax Code, by Nina E. Olson (National Taxpayer Advocate): American taxpayers deserve a simpler and less burdensome tax system. But given the near universal sentiment that the tax code...

Obama Nominates Mary L. Smith to Head DOJ Tax Division

Posted on April 09, 2009
President Obama yesterday nominated Mary L. Smith for Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's Tax Division. From the press release: Mary L. Smith currently is a Partner at Schoeman, Updike, Kaufman & Scharf, a women-owned firm. Smith specializes...

Lawyer e-Files His Tax Return With Court, Rather Than Motion to Dismiss

Posted on April 09, 2009
Oops: Martin Phillips could have sworn he clicked on the right PDF last night when he was uploading his firm?s latest filing in the Carter v. Upshaw Industrials case pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District...

Burke: Fuzzy Math and Carried Interests: Making Two and Twenty Equal 710

Posted on April 09, 2009
Karen C. Burke (San Diego) has posted Fuzzy Math and Carried Interests: Making Two and Twenty Equal 710 on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Proposals to tax the compensatory portion of a service partner's return as ordinary income have gained...

TPC Hosts Conference on Who Pays Federal Taxes?

Posted on April 09, 2009
The Tax Policy Center hosts a conference today on Who Pays and Who Doesn't Pay Federal Taxes: Is the tax code fair? By proposing to raise taxes on families making more than $250,000 and cut them for most who make...

CB&PP: States Should Raise Taxes on LLCs and S Corps

Posted on April 09, 2009
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Reforming the Tax Treatment of S-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies Can Help States Finance Public Services, by Michael Mazerov: Nineteen states impose only nominal taxes on businesses organized as subchapter S Corporations (S-Corps) or...

Tax Foundation Seeks Interns

Posted on April 09, 2009
The Tax Foundation is looking to hire a number of interns for the summer and fall: The Tax Foundation offers a unique internship program designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to tax policy principles, and apply them in assessing...

Desai Presents Investor Taxation in Open Economies Today at NYU

Posted on April 09, 2009
Mihir A. Desai (Harvard Business School) presents Investor Taxation in Open Economies (with Dhammika Dharmapala (University of Connecticut, Department of Economics; moving to Illinois) at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance...

Shackelford Presents Corporate Income Tax Burdens at Home and Abroad Today at Northwestern

Posted on April 09, 2009
Douglas Shackelford (University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School) presents Corporate Income Tax Burdens at Home and Abroad (with Kevin Markle (University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School)) at Northwestern today as part of its Advanced Topics in Taxation Series...

Shurtz Presents The Role of Environmental Tax in the Green Building Movement Today at Oregon

Posted on April 09, 2009
Nancy Shurtz (Oregon) presents The Role of Environmental Tax and Market Mechanisms in the Green Building Movement at Oregon today as part of its Seeking Sustainable Solutions: A Series of Fireside Conversations on Global Warming 2008-09. A podcast will be...

Budget 101: Easy to Spend, Tough to Tax

Posted on April 09, 2009
Gannett News: Budget 101: Easy to Spend, Tough to Tax, by Bill Theobald: President Barack Obama may be new, but the reaction to his first budget proposal follows a familiar pattern. Folks are more than happy to take increased funding...

Columbia Launches Journal of Tax Law

Posted on April 08, 2009
Columbia Dean (and Tax Prof) David Schizer announced yesterday that the school is launching the Columbia Journal of Tax Law. Coming on the heels of hiring Michael Graetz away from Yale and the emergence of Alex Raskonikov as one of...

Tax Analysts Launches Tax.com

Posted on April 08, 2009
Tax Analysts has launched Tax,com, self-described as "The Tax Daily for the Citizen Taxpayer": Tax.com brings you relevant and provocative opinions on today's tax issues and creates a forum to discuss the practical impact of tax policy decisions. You will...

Divided Tax Court Invalidates Innocent Spouse Reg

Posted on April 08, 2009
A divided Tax Court yesterday invalidated Reg. � 1.6015-5(b)(1), which required taxpayers seeking innocent spouse relief under I.R.C. � 6015(f) to request such relief within two years of the IRS's commencement of the collection action. Lantz v. Commissioner, 132 T...

Seton Hall Hosts Conference Today on Free Movement in the European Union: A Business and Tax Perspective

Posted on April 08, 2009
Seton Hall hosts a conference today on Free Movement in the European Union: A Business and Tax Perspective: Panel #1: Free Movement of Persons Joshua Bank (Rutgers-Newark) (moderator) Ruth Mason (UConn) (panelist) Michael Knoll (Pennsylvania) (commentator) Panel #2: Free Movement...

Tax Policy Center Offers Sabbatical Home for Tax Profs

Posted on April 08, 2009
Len Burman, Co-Director of the Tax Policy Center, writes with the following generous offer to Tax Profs with upcoming sabbaticals: The Tax Policy Center is interested in hosting tax law professors on their sabbaticals. We are currently hosting Harvard law...

Alabama Offers LSAT-Free Law School Admission

Posted on April 08, 2009
Alabama has joined Illinois and Michigan in offering selected undgrads the option of applying to its law school without taking the LSAT. Students in the University's Honors College with a 3.75 GPA are eleigible to participate in the plan. ABA...

Newsweek: Six Deductions You've Never Heard Of

Posted on April 08, 2009
Newsweek: Deduction Redux: Six Tax Breaks You've Probably Never Heard Of, by Linda Stern: Ah, the wild, wacky tax code?you gotta love it. With more than 20,000 pages of rules and regulations, there's something in it for everyone. And we...

Nevada Resists Disclosure of Profs' Outside Income

Posted on April 08, 2009
University of Nevada administrators and faculty are resisting proposed state legislation that would make professors publicly disclose their outside income. Inside Higher Ed Las Vegas Sun

Questionable Tax-Exempt Financing for New Yankee Stadium

Posted on April 08, 2009
The Tax Foundation: From the House That Ruth Built to the House the IRS Built: New York City and New York Yankees Abuse PILOTs to Finance New Stadium, by Travis Greaves and Joseph Henchman: The stadium's construction costs have been...

Distributional Consequences of Converting the Property Tax to a Land Value Tax

Posted on April 08, 2009
John H. Bowman (Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Economics) & Michael E. Bell (George Washington University, Institute for Public Policy) have published Distributional Consequences of Converting the Property Tax to a Land Value Tax: Replication and Extension of England and...

David Brennen Named Dean at Kentucky

Posted on April 08, 2009
Kudos to Tax Prof David A. Brennen (Georgia), who has been named Dean at Kentucky. From Tax Prof Darryll K. Jones (Stetson) of our sister Nonprofit Law Prof Blog: The University of Kentucky boasts a top tier law school, according...

W&L Law Review Offers Summer Submission Program

Posted on April 08, 2009
The Washington & Lee Law Review offers a Summer Submission Program for articles submitted during May-July: The Board will complete its review and convey its decision to the author within two weeks The author agrees to accept an offer of...

H&R Block Offers Free Tax Advice Today

Posted on April 07, 2009
H&R Block is offering free tax advice today at 1.877.472.5625 or taxtalk@hrblock.com.

Foundation Press Publishes Death Penalty Stories

Posted on April 07, 2009
Foundation Press has published Death Penalty Stories (2008), edited by John H. Blume (Cornell) & Jordan M. Steiker (Texas): This title offers rich and detailed accounts of the most important capital cases in American law. In addition to comprehensive coverage...

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