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Lawsky: Compensating Audited Taxpayers

Posted on January 08, 2009
Sarah B. Lawsky (George Washington) has published Fairly Random: On Compensating Audited Taxpayers, 41 Conn. L. Rev. 161 (2008). Here is the abstract: Some academics and politicians have proposed that taxpayers should be reimbursed for costs of randomly imposed tax...

Dick Morris: Tyranny of the Tax Exempt

Posted on January 08, 2009
Dick Morris has published an op-ed in the New York Post, Tyranny of the Tax Exempt: It now looks like half of President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus package will take the form of "tax cuts" for 95% of all Americans. Yet...

Kaplow: Taxing Leisure Complements

Posted on January 08, 2009
Louis Kaplow (Harvard) has posted Taxing Leisure Complements on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Ever since Corlett and Hague (1953), it has been understood that it tends to be optimal on second-best grounds to (relatively) tax complements to leisure and....

Jones Day Defends Bank Bailout Notice 2008-83

Posted on January 08, 2009
Jones Day has released a report defending Notice 2008-83: Our observations are discussed at some length below, but they may be summarized as follows: First, we do not believe Notice 2008-83 ?changes? or ?overrides? existing statutory law. It simply interprets...

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AALS Tax Section Program on The Family and Taxation

Posted on January 08, 2009
The AALS Tax Section meets today at 4:00 p.m. at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego on The Family and Taxation: Tax laws affect families in many ways, not just through the joint return. The Section?s program examines a...

Drennan: Einstein?s Theory of Taxation Explains the � 409A Rules!

Posted on January 08, 2009
William A. Drennan (Southern Illinois) has published Einstein?s Theory of Taxation Explains the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules!, 40 U. Tol. L. Rev. 53 (2008). Here is the abstract: "The opera reminded me of my tax audit. It was in a...

ABA Tax Section Midyear Meeting

Posted on January 08, 2009
The three-day ABA Tax Section Midyear Meeting kicks off today in New Orleans.

National Taxpayer Advocate Releases Annual Report to Congress

Posted on January 07, 2009
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson today released her 2008 Annual Report to Congress, which lists the twenty most serious problems encountered by taxpayers (as required by � 7803(c)(2)(B)(ii)(III)). The report urges Congress to greatly simplify the tax code and...

Monroe: Contributed Property Allocations

Posted on January 07, 2009
Andrea Monroe (Temple) has posted Saving Subchapter K: Substance, Shattered Ceilings and the Problem of Contributed Property, 47 Brook. L. Rev. ___ (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Partnership taxation is in crisis, with Congress struggling to reconcile the...

LSSSE Releases Annual Report: Laptops Help Student Learning, Law Schools Lag in Teaching Legal Writing

Posted on January 07, 2009
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement today released its annual report, Student Engagement in Law Schools: Preparing 21st Century Lawyers. Among the findings: Laptop computer use and its educational implications have sometimes generated heated debate among legal educators...

AALS Panel on Redesigning Legal Education

Posted on January 07, 2009
The AALS Committee on Curriculum is presenting a three-hour workshop today beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego on Redesigning Legal Education: This three hour series of demonstrations, panels and discussions is a follow-up to...

Ventry: Regions Bank Settles Dispute Over IRS Access to Tax Workpapers

Posted on January 07, 2009
Dennis Ventry (UC-Davis) comments on the settlement announced by Regions Bank in Regions Fin. Corp. v. United States, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41940, No. 2:06-CV-00895-RDP (N.D. Ala. May 8, 2008) (here): The 11th Circuit has dismissed the government?s appeal (No...

IRS Chief Counsel Jobs for Experienced Attorneys

Posted on January 07, 2009
The IRS Office of Chief Counsel's Division Counsel (Small Business & Self-Employed) is looking to hire experienced attorneys in the following offices: Baltimore, MD Dallas, TX Jacksonville, FL Kansas City, MO Philadelphia, PA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA Washington,...

The Diffusion of State Tax and Expenditure Limits

Posted on January 07, 2009
Ellen Moule & Nicholas Weller (both of the University of California, San Diego, Department of Political Science) have posted The Spread of the Tax Revolt: The Diffusion of State Tax and Expenditure Limits. Here is the abstract: This paper develops...

Why Panetta Is a Bad Choice as CIA Chief: "This Is Intelligance, Not Tax Policy"

Posted on January 06, 2009
New York Times: Panetta Is Chosen as C.I.A. Chief, in a Surprise Step, by Mark Mazzetti & Carl Hulse: [S]ome intelligence experts called the selection underwhelming, given the important role the C.I.A. plays in disrupting terrorist attacks against the United...

Johnston: Taxing the SIck Is Sick

Posted on January 06, 2009
David Cay Johnston has published Taxing the Sick Is Sick 122 Tax Notes 145 (Jan. 5, 2009): President-elect Barack Obama calls his transition Web site a symbol of his promise to bring real change to Washington. Changing Washington is a...

IRS Kicks Off 2009 Tax Filing Season

Posted on January 06, 2009
The IRS today issued a four-page news release (IR-2009-2) on the opening of the 2009 filing season, announcing several new ways for taxpayers who are struggling financially to maximize their refunds and meet their tax obligations. The IRS also issued...

Obama Proposes Extending NOL Carryback From 2 Years to 5 Years

Posted on January 06, 2009
Wall Street Journal: Write-Offs a Boon to Builders, Bankers, by Jesse Drucker: The main business tax cuts proposed by President-elect Barack Obama are likely to be a windfall for two industries particularly tied to the current economic meltdown: Wall Street...

The Biggest Tax Cheats of 2008

Posted on January 06, 2009
AccountingWeb: A Look Back at Famous Tax Cheaters of 2008: Wesley Snpes Joe Francis Nicolas Cage Helio Castroneves Paul Hogan Raffaello Follieri Melissa Etheridge

2009 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review #1, Tax Notes #2

Posted on January 06, 2009
Washington & Lee has updated its law review rankings, which are based on citations to articles published in the past eight years (2001-2008): Impact Factor (citations/number of articles published) Citations in Law Reviews Citations in Cases (federal and state courts)...

IRS Chief Counsel Jobs

Posted on January 06, 2009
Job Opportunities at the IRS Chief Counsel: Honors Program Summer Legal Intern Program Volunteer Legal Externship Program Hiring of Experienced Attorneys Benefits of Employment with the Office of Chief Counsel The IRS Office of Chief Counsel -- A Great Place...

Schenk: The Credit Crisis and the VAT Administrative Rules

Posted on January 06, 2009
Alan Schenk (Wayne State) has published The Credit Crisis and the VAT Administrative Rules, 19 Int'l Tax Monitor 428 (2008). Here is the abstract: While not exhaustive, this column focuses on the importance of the administrative provisions of a VAT...

ABA Tax Section Names 2009 Nolan Fellows

Posted on January 05, 2009
The ABA Tax Section today announced the recipients of its 2009 Nolan Fellowships: Niles A. Elber (Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C.) Michelle A. Garcia (Davis & Harman, Washington, D.C.) Todd D. Keator (Thompson & Knight, Dallas) Alexey Manasuev (KPMG, Washington,...

TaxProf Blog Wins Bronze Medal

Posted on January 05, 2009
I am thrilled that TaxProf Blog has been named to the ABA Journal's list of "the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal" -- the 2008 Blawg 100. TaxProf Blog...

NYSBA Releases Tax Reports

Posted on January 05, 2009
The New York State Bar Association has issued tax reports on: Proposed � 336(e) Regs (1174) International Provisions of H.R. 3970 and Effects of Reduction in Corporate Tax Rate (1173) Investor-Owned Life Insurance (1172)

Joulfaian: The Estate Tax and the Demise of the Family Business

Posted on January 05, 2009
David Joulfaian (Office of Tax Analysis, Treasury Department) has posted The Estate Tax and the Demise of the Family Business: A Comment on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A recent paper by Brunetti (2006) examines whether the US estate tax...

Muslim Tax Attorney & Family Removed From Flight For "Suspicious Comments"

Posted on January 05, 2009
WebCPA: Tax Attorney's Family Removed from Airplane: The families of tax attorney Atif Irfan and his brother Kashif were removed from an AirTran Airways flight [from Washington, D.C. to Orlando] after other passengers complained of suspicious comments they overheard...

Obama Stimulus Plan Includes $300 Billion Tax Cut

Posted on January 05, 2009
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Tax Prof Roberta Mann Leaves Widener for Oregon

Posted on January 05, 2009
Roberta Mann (Widener) has accepted a tenured position at Oregon, effective January 1, 2009. From the Oregon press release: Dean Margie Paris announced Monday that the university granted Professor Mann indefinite tenure at the rank of full professor. ...

IRS Attorney Jobs

Posted on January 05, 2009
For a list of 29 currently open IRS attorney jobs, see here.

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