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ABA Tax Section Publishes Winter 2009 Issue of News Quarterly

Posted on February 24, 2009
The ABA Tax Section has published 28 News Quarterly No. 2 (Winter 2009): Section Meeting Spotlight: Estate Planning for Boomers and Beyond Estate Planning for the Baby Boomers: Will They Have Estates to Plan?, by Amy Morris Hess (University of...

Swain: Reforming the State Corporate Income Tax: A Market State Approach to the Sourcing of Service Receipts

Posted on February 24, 2009
John A. Swain (Arizona) hsa published Reforming the State Corporate Income Tax: A Market State Approach to the Sourcing of Service Receipts, 83 Tul. L. Rev. 285 (2008). Here is the abstract: The state corporate income tax is about to...

Tax Notes Seeks to Hire Senior Editor

Posted on February 23, 2009
Tax Analysts, a nonprofit multimedia tax publisher, seeks an experienced senior editor: Responsibilities include planning, editing, and taking overall responsibility for Tax Notes magazine, the company's flagship publication. Evaluates material submitted for publication...

CBPP: Put Tax Expenditures on the Fiscal Responsibility Table

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities today released New Analysis Shows "Tax Expenditures" Overall Are Costly and Regressive; Findings Highlight Need to Restrain Tax Subsidies As Part of Solution to Long-Term Budget Problems, by Chye-Ching Huang & Hannah Shaw...

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Galle: Tax Fairness

Posted on February 23, 2009
Brian D. Galle (Florida State) has published Tax Fairness, 65 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1323 (2008). Here is the abstract: This Article argues that, contrary to the consensus of economists and many legal scholars, the norm of "horizontal equity"...

Brennen Presents Diverging Perspectives of "Charitable" Today at Hamline

Posted on February 23, 2009
David A. Brennen (Georgia; Deputy Director, AALS) presents a public lecture today at Hamline on Diverging Perspectives of "Charitable": Federal Income Tax Versus State Property Tax Exemptions for Hospitals and Homes for the Elderly: Many states are challenging property tax...

Seto: The Tax Advantages of Gay Marriage

Posted on February 23, 2009
Theodore P. Seto (Loyola-L.A.) has published The Unintended Tax Advantages of Gay Marriage?, 65 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1529 (2008). Here is the abstract: The Internal Revenue Code (the Code) contains numerous special rules applicable to the income taxation...

IRS Issues New Withholding Tables: $10 Extra Pay Per Week to Start April 1

Posted on February 23, 2009
The IRS on Saturday announced that it has issued new withholding tables to implement the Making Work Pay Tax Credit of 6.2% of earned income, up to $400 for single taxpayers and $800 for married couples. Employers must start using...

Merrill: Competitive Tax Rates for U.S. Companies

Posted on February 23, 2009
Peter R. Merrill (PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, D.C.) has published Competititve Tax Rates for U.S. Companies: How Low to Go?,122 Tax Notes 1009 (Feb. 23, 2009). Here is the abstract: This article concludes that to match the average top statutory corporate tax...

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on February 23, 2009
Saturday: WSJ: Why the Frenzy to Buy Near-Bankrupt Sirius? $6b in NOLs CTJ: Securities Transaction Tax Is Good; Elimination of 15% Rate on Capital Gains & Dividends Is Better Brennan & Okamoto: Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and...

Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Posted on February 22, 2009
There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5: 1. [297 Downloads] Research in Accounting for...

Tax Lawyer Alleges IRS Retaliated Against Him for Complaint About Agent

Posted on February 22, 2009
New Jersey Law Journal: Lawyer Charges IRS Retaliated Against Him for Complaint Over Agent's Practices, by Mary Pat Gallagher: Princeton, N.J., tax lawyer Robert Kenny says he's paying a steep price for taking on the IRS on behalf of clients:...

Haddock: Can States Tax Tribal Royalties From Minerals Extracted From Reservations?

Posted on February 22, 2009
David D. Haddock (Northwestern) has published To Tax Tribes or Not to Tax Tribes? That Is the Question, 12 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 971 (2008). Here is the abstract: As a first approximation, a tax on a buyer has...

Stabile: The Practice of Law as Response to God's Call

Posted on February 22, 2009
Susan J. Stabile (University of St. Thomas) has published The Practice of Law as Response to God's Call, 32 Seattle U. L. Rev. 389 (2009). Here is part of the Introduction: My writing in recent years has explored the question...

WSJ: Why the Frenzy to Buy Near-Bankrupt Sirius? $6b in NOLs

Posted on February 21, 2009
Wall Street Journal: The Lure of Sirius: Tax Losses, by Jesse Drucker & Matthew Karnitschnig: Some investors are baffled why media titans John Malone and Charles Ergen are competing to throw money at Sirius XM Radio Inc., the money-losing satellite-radio...

CTJ: Securities Transaction Tax Is Good; Elimination of 15% Rate on Capital Gains & Dividends Is Better

Posted on February 21, 2009
Citizens for Tax Justice: A Securities Transaction Tax Could Raise Revenue -- But Why Not Simply Remove the Loopholes for Investors in the Existing Income Tax?: On February 13, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and seven co-sponsors introduced a bill that...

Brennan & Okamoto: Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation

Posted on February 21, 2009
Thomas J. Brennan (Drexel) & Karl S. Okamoto (Drexel) have published Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation, 60 Hastings L.J. 27 (2008). Here is the abstract: A debate is raging over the taxation of private...

Kwall Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on February 21, 2009
Jeffrey L. Kwall (Loyola-Chicago) has posted two tax articles on SSRN: Can Creditors Invade Qualified College Savings Plans?, 14 J. Fin. Plan. 124 (Mar. 2001) The Value of Tax Deferral: A Different Perspective on Roth IRAs, 11 J. Fin. Plan....

Memorial Service for Donald Alexander

Posted on February 20, 2009
I previously blogged the February 2 death of Donald C. Alexander, IRS Commissioner from 1973 to 1977 and a tax partner at Akin Gump (Washington, D.C.), at the age of 87. For the obituary, see Newsday and the Washington Post....

NY to Tax Paper Filing of Tax Returns

Posted on February 20, 2009
Albany Times Union: Plan: $10 Tax to File on Paper; Fee Proposed for State Income Tax Returns Not Filed Electronically Draws Protests, by Rick Karlin: Gov. David Paterson's proposals to tax non-diet soda, iTunes downloads and even haircuts are well...

Auerbach & Gale: The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis

Posted on February 20, 2009
Alan J. Auerbach (UC-Berkeley) & William G. Gale (Brookings Institution) have posted The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and Beyond on the Tax Policy Center website. Here is the abstract: This paper discusses the impact of recent tumultuous...

Real Reaganites Raise Taxes

Posted on February 20, 2009
National Journal: Real Reaganites Raise Taxes, by Jonathan Rauch: Conservatives and liberals have spent the past 40 years arguing about the size of government. But the size of government has not, so to speak, been arguing about them. As a...

UC-Berkeley: "A War Zone"

Posted on February 20, 2009
Faculty Hiring Down, But Not For UC Berkeley Competitors (Contra Costa Times): Slumped in a chair in his office, UC Berkeley law Dean Christopher Edley looks relaxed. But Boalt Hall, and the rest of the Berkeley campus, is a war...

U.S. Sues UBS For 52,000 More Client Names

Posted on February 20, 2009
Following up on Wednesday's post (UBS Agrees to Pay $780m and Disclose Clients to Settle Tax Fraud Case): the Justice Department has sued UBS, seeking the identities of 52,000 Americans who used the bank to shelter income from the IRS....

Christians: Sovereignty, Taxation, and Social Contract

Posted on February 20, 2009
Allison Christians (Wisconsin) has published Sovereignty, Taxation, and Social Contract, 18 Minn. J. Int'l L. 99 (2009). Here is the abstract: National tax policy is one product of the classic Lockean social contract between individuals and government...

Should Ethics Be Part of the Law School Rankings?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Robert Morse, Director of Data Research at U.S. News & World Report, asks: Should Ethics Be Part of the Law School Rankings?

Tax Policy Center Hosts Conference Today on American Corporate Tax Exceptionalism

Posted on February 20, 2009
The Tax Policy Center hosts a conference today on American Corporate Tax Exceptionalism: The combined U.S. statutory corporate tax rate is more than 12 percentage points higher than the OECD average. At the same time, the United States is the...

Paul Allen Gets Billion Dollar Tax Break in Stimulus Bill

Posted on February 20, 2009
Dow Jones reports that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, owner of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trailblazers, will reap a billion dollar tax cut from the economic stimulus bill: The provision is aimed at helping companies that are....

New Leiter Citation Count Study

Posted on February 19, 2009
Brian Leiter has updated his ranking of the Top 10 law faculties and the Top 10 individual law faculty with the most scholarly impact, as measured by citations over the past four years. The Top 5 law schools are: Yale...

Buchanan Presents What Do We Owe Future Generations? Today at UCLA

Posted on February 19, 2009
Neil H. Buchanan (George Washington) presents What Do We Owe Future Generations?, 77 Geo. Wash. L. Rev ___ (2009), at UCLA today as part of its Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium Series moderated by Kirk J. Stark and Eric...

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