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State-by-State Impact of the Obama Tax Plan

Posted on October 24, 2008
Citizens for Tax Justice has released Only 2.5% of Taxpayers Would Lose Some of the Bush Tax Cuts in 2009 Under Obama's Tax Plan: State-by-State Figures (10/23/08):While presidential candidate John McCain has promised to make permanent the Bush income tax...

Gerzog: Valuation Discounting Techniques: Terms Gone Awry

Posted on October 24, 2008
Wendy C. Gerzog (Baltimore) has published Valuation Discounting Techniques: Terms Gone Awry, 61 Tax Law. 775 (2008). Here is the abstract:Fair market value is defined in the section 2031 Regulations. For its validity, that definition of fair market value relies...

Tax Court Denies Deductions Claimed by Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice

Posted on October 24, 2008
In Fadeley v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2008-235 (10/22/08), the Tax Court denied deductions for various business and personal expenses claimed by Edward N. Fadeley, a lawyer who served in the Oregon Legislature for 25 years, until he was elected in...

Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Most (and Least) Accessible Professors

Posted on October 24, 2008
On Monday, I blogged the lists of the Top 10 law schools in eleven categories posted on Princeton Review's web site in connection with its publication of the 2009 edition of Best 174 Law Schools. The rankings are the result...

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Columbia Hosts Roundtable Today on Tax Policy and Tax Administration for the 21st Century

Posted on October 24, 2008
The Charles Evans Gerber Transactional Studies Program at Columbia hosts the Seventh Deals Roundtable on Tax Policy and Tax Administration for the 21st Century:The Roundtable will focus on the critical tax policy and tax administration questions facing the new President,...

ATR Releases 2008 Election 401(k) Tax Calculator

Posted on October 24, 2008
Americans for Tax Relief has released version 2.0 of its 2008 Election 401(k) Tax Calculator, which could allows you to input the value of your 401(k) or other returement plan and calculate the effect of the McCain and Obama tax...

Brooklyn Hosts Panel Today on Transnational Legal Networks: Epistemic Communities and International Taxation

Posted on October 24, 2008
Brooklyn hosts a conference today on Ruling the World: Generating International Legal Norms. One of the three panels is Transnational Legal Networks: Epistemic Communities and International Taxation with: Hugh Ault (Boston College) Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) Michael J...

The Rich Cheat More on Their Taxes

Posted on October 23, 2008
Andrew Johns (IRS) & Joel Slemrod (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan) have posted The Distribution of Income Tax Noncompliance on the Michigan website. Here is the abstract:New research by OTPR Director Joel Slemrod and IRS employee Andrew Johns...

U.S. News: Would Obama Kill 401(k)s?

Posted on October 23, 2008
U.S. News & World Report: Would Obama, Dems Kill 401(k) Plans?, by James Pethokoukis:I hate to use the "S" word, but the American government would never do something as, well, socialist as seize private pension funds, right? This is exactly...

LePree: The Application of the � 514 Debt-Financed Rules to Hedge Funds and Derivatives

Posted on October 23, 2008
Summer A. LePree (Holland & Knight, Miami) has published Taxation of United States Tax-Exempt Entities? Offshore Hedge Fund Investments: Application of the Section 514 Debt-Financed Rules to Leveraged Hedge Funds and Derivatives and the Case for Equalization, 61 Tax Law...

Cain: CA Churches Will Not Lose Tax Exemptions for Performing Same-Sex Marriages If Prop 8 Fails

Posted on October 23, 2008
Patricia Cain (Santa Clara) has published Churches Will Not Lose Tax Exemptions for Performing Same Sex Marriages:The proponents of Proposition 8 have unleashed an ad in which a law professor proclaims that unless marriage rights are denied to same-sex couples,...

Bloomberg: Debating Taxes in the Presidential Race

Posted on October 23, 2008

Embattled NY Official Raises "Non-Filers Syndrome" as Tax Defense

Posted on October 23, 2008
Capitol Confidential: O?Byrne?s Attorney: He Had ?Non-Filers Syndrome":Lawyers representing Charles O?Byrne, secretary to Gov. David Paterson, met with reporters in New York City and by teleconference in Albany to release some documents and disclose the chronology of his O?Byrne?s efforts...

Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Best (and Worst) Career Preparation

Posted on October 23, 2008
On Monday, I blogged the lists of the Top 10 law schools in eleven categories posted on Princeton Review's web site in connection with its publication of the 2009 edition of Best 174 Law Schools. The rankings are the result...

GW Hosts Symposium Today on Intergenerational Justice for a New Century

Posted on October 23, 2008
George Washington hosts a symposium today and tomorrow on What Does Our Legal System Owe Future Generations? New Analyses of Intergenerational Justice for a New Century:Despite the diversity of challenges facing the legal community as the first decade of the...

UC-Irvine to Offer Full $100k Scholarships to First Entering Class of 60 Students

Posted on October 23, 2008
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Tax Consequences of Sarah Palin's $150,000 Makeover

Posted on October 22, 2008
A tax kerfuffle has broken out over the proper treatment of the $150,000 wardrobe provided to Sarah Palin and her family by the Republican National Committee. Politico initially reported the story:The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to...

Todres: Tax Malpractice Damages

Posted on October 22, 2008
Jacob L. Todres (St. John's) has published Tax Malpractice Damages: A Comprehensive Review of the Issues, 61 Tax Law. 705 (2008). Here is the abstract:Suits to redress instances of tax malpractice may be framed either in tort or in contract....

WSJ to Mutual Fund Shareholders: Sell Now!

Posted on October 22, 2008
With the average U.S. mutual fund down 33% for the year and large capital gains distributions looming in December, today's Wall Street Journal urges those owning mutual fund in non-retirement accounts to sell in order to be able to take...

Obama and the Tax Tipping Point

Posted on October 22, 2008
Obama and the Tax Tipping Point: How Long Before Taxpayers Are Pushed Too Far?, by Adam Lerrick:What happens when the voter in the exact middle of the earnings spectrum receives more in benefits from Washington than he pays in taxes?...

Tax Policy Center Hosts Stupid Tax Tricks -- Campaign Edition Comedy Program Today

Posted on October 22, 2008
The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center hosts a lunchtime program on Stupid Tax Tricks -- Campaign Edition, with comedian Josh Kornbluth (webcast here):Amidst worldwide financial panic, endless vote pandering, and half-trillion (and rising) federal deficits, the Tax Policy Center offers comic...

Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Most (and Least) Selective Admissions

Posted on October 22, 2008
On Monday, I blogged the lists of the Top 10 law schools in eleven categories posted on Princeton Review's web site in connection with its publication of the 2009 edition of Best 174 Law Schools. The rankings are the result...

Revenue and Distributional Effects of Estate Tax Reform

Posted on October 22, 2008
The Tax Policy Center has published Back from the Grave: Revenue and Distributional Effects of Reforming the Federal Estate Tax, by Leonard E. Burman, Katherine Lim & Jeffrey Rohaly:After reviewing the current wealth transfer tax rules and the changes introduced...

John Marshall Hosts Program Today on The Tax Treatment of Cell Phones

Posted on October 22, 2008
John Marshall is hosting a lunchtime program today on the Tax Treatment of Cellular Phones, which will discuss: Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) Overview Scope of the Problem A Look at Employer?s Tax Guide (Circular E)...

Tax Prof Wedding: Pat Cain - Jean Love

Posted on October 21, 2008
Congratulations to Tax Prof Pat Cain and her long time partner Jean Love, who were married on October 4, 2008 in San Francisco. Pat previously taught at the University of Texas School of Law for 17 years (1974-1991) and at...

Understanding U.S. Corporate Tax Losses

Posted on October 21, 2008
Rosanne Altshuler (Rutgers Unviersity, Department of Economics), Alan J. Auerbach (UC-Berkeley, Department of Economics), Michael Cooper (Eccles School of Business, University of Utah) & Matthew Knittel (Office of Tax Analysis, Treasury Department), Matthew Knittel have posted Understanding U...

Blum & Singer: A Coherent Policy for U.S. Residence-Based Taxation of Individuals

Posted on October 21, 2008
Cynthia Blum (Rutgers-Newark) & Paula N. Singer (Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer, Newton, MA) have published A Coherent Policy for U.S. Residence-Based Taxation of Individuals, 41 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 705 (2008). Here is the abstract:Taxation of the worldwide income of...

Jones: The Burden of Proof 10 Years After the Shift

Posted on October 21, 2008
Philip N. Jones (Duffy Kekel, Portland; Adjunct Professor, Lewis & Clark) has published The Burden of Proof 10 Years After the Shift, 121 Tax Notes 287 (Oct. 20, 2008). Here is the abstract:In 1998, as part of a wave of...

Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Best (and Worst) Academic Experience

Posted on October 21, 2008
Yesterday, I blogged the lists of the Top 10 law schools in eleven categories posted on Princeton Review's web site in connection with its publication of the 2009 edition of Best 174 Law Schools. The rankings are the result of...

Gibbs: 2008 Griswold Lecture: Constancy and Change in Our Federal Tax System

Posted on October 21, 2008
Lawrence B. Gibbs (Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D.C.) has published 2008 Erwin L. Griswold Lecture Before the American College of Tax Counsel: Constancy and Change in Our Federal Tax System, 61 Tax Law. 673 (2008). Here is the Introduction:The opportunity...

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