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Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Posted on March 23, 2008
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 new papers debuting on the list at #2 and #5: 1. [258 Downloads] Tax Avoidance as...

TIGTA Criticizes IRS's Physical and IT Security

Posted on March 22, 2008
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has released: Actions Are Needed to Improve the Effectiveness of the Physical Security Program (2008-20-077) Improvements Are Needed to the Information Security Program Governance Process (2008-20-076)

The Impact of Children on Lawyer Productivity

Posted on March 22, 2008
Jean Wallace & Marisa Young (both of University of Calgary, Department of Sociology) have published Parenthood and Productivity: A Study of Demands, Resources and Family-Friendly Firms, 72 J. Vocational Behavior 110 (Feb. 2008). Here is the abstract: We examine how...

Golf Course Conservation Easements

Posted on March 22, 2008
Tyler Arnold has published Note, Double Eagle: Internal Revenue Code Section 170(h), 15 Se. Envtl. L.J. 457 (2007). Here is part of the Introduction: During a time period of increased scrutiny of conservation easements and frequent demands for an absolute...

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Littriello and the Federal Tax Personality of Disregarded LLCs

Posted on March 22, 2008
Brent M. Johnston (J.D. 2009, Washburn) has published Comment, The Federal Tax Personality of Disregarded LLCs (Littriello v. United States, 484 F.3d 372 (2007)), 47 Washburn L.J. 203 (2007). Here is part of the Introduction: In Littriello v. United States,...

Teaching Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors

Posted on March 21, 2008
For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market")...

Another Tax Urban Legend: Income Taxes Under Bill Clinton and George Bush

Posted on March 21, 2008
The Tax Foundation reports that an email is circulating on the Internet and appearing on various blogs and web sites purporting to use tax Foundation data to show the income tax burden is much lower under President Bush than under...

Interim 2007 Tax-Year Filing Statistics

Posted on March 21, 2008
The IRS yesterday (IR-2008-47) released interim statistics for the 2007 Tax Year: 2008 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative through the weeks ending 3/16/07 and 3/14/08 Individual Income Tax Returns 2007 2008 % Change Total Receipts 67,705,000 71,028,000 4...

NY Times: How to be a Blog Star

Posted on March 21, 2008
So You Want to Be a Blogging Star? (New York Times), by Paul Boutin: Here?s what a number of successful bloggers with successful nonblogging careers say are the ways to think about getting into the business of blogging. Don't expect...

Competition Intensifies for Top Tax Talent Among Elite Law Schools

Posted on March 21, 2008
Following up on yesterday's post on Tax Prof Anne Alstott's move from Yale to Harvard: From Brian Leiter: This is a particularly important appointment for Harvard because of its distinguished but graying tax faculty (William Andrews recently retired, and Alvin...

The Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2007

Posted on March 21, 2008
Improve Remedial Laws (National Law Journal), by Vivian Berger: The Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2007, S. 2421, recently introduced by senators Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., would furnish certain tax benefits to exonerated prisoners without...

Tax Profs As Open Books

Posted on March 21, 2008
The Professor as Open Book (New York Times), by Stephanie Rosenbloom: It is not necessary for a student studying multivariable calculus, medieval literature or Roman archaeology to know that the professor on the podium shoots pool, has donned a bunny...

Kahn: Hedging the IRS - A Policy Justification for Excluding Liability and Tax Insurance Proceeds

Posted on March 21, 2008
Jeffrey H. Kahn (Penn State) has posted Hedging the IRS - A Policy Justification for Excluding Liability and Tax Insurance Proceeds on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Uncertainty as to tax results is an ever present obstacle to business transaction...

American Hosts Conference Today on Innovations in the First Year Curriculum

Posted on March 21, 2008
The American University - Washington College of Law hosts a conference today on Innovations in the First Year Curriculum: This conference will bring together faculty, academic deans, and other leaders from law schools throughout the country to discuss some of...

NWLC Hosts Webinar Today on Economic Stimulus Payments: What Families Need to Know

Posted on March 20, 2008
The National Women's Law Center hosts a free webinar today on Economic Stimulus Payments: What Families Need to Know: The National Women?s Law Center is hosting a free webinar to give service providers and advocates the information they need on...

Crimm Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on March 20, 2008
Nina J. Crimm (St. John's) has posted several tax papers on SSRN: The Global Gag Rule: Undermining National Interests by Doing unto Foreign Women and NGOs What Cannot Be Done at Home, 40 Cornell Int'l L.J. 487 (2007) Toward Facilitating...

IRS Has $1.2 Billion in Unclaimed 2004 Tax Refunds for 1.3 Million People

Posted on March 20, 2008
The IRS announced yesterday (IR-2008-46) that it is holding $1.2 billion in unclaimed refunds for 1.3 million people who failed to file a 2004 tax return. The average unclaimed refund is $552. To collect the refund, a 2004 return must...

Tax Prof Anne Alstott Leaves Yale for Harvard

Posted on March 20, 2008
I will be doing my annual post on TaxProf moves next month, but Harvard today issued this press release announcing that Anne Alstott is leaving Yale to join the Harvard faculty: Anne Alstott, an expert on federal income taxation, corporate...

Knoll Presents The Tax Advantage of "Sweat Equity" and the Carried Interest Controversy Today at Penn State

Posted on March 20, 2008
Michael Knoll (Penn) presents The Tax Advantage of "Sweat Equity" and the Carried Interest Controversy at Penn State today as part of its Guest Speaker Series. Here is the abstract: A central feature in the ongoing controversy over the tax...

Application and Rules for Dating My 15-Year Old Daughter

Posted on March 20, 2008
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Galle: Federal Fairness to State Taxpayers: Irrationality, Unfunded Mandates, and the ?SALT? Deduction

Posted on March 20, 2008
Brian D. Galle (Florida State) has published Federal Fairness to State Taxpayers: Irrationality, Unfunded Mandates, and the ?SALT? Deduction, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 805 (2008). Here is the abstract: By sheer dollars alone, the largest impact of the AMT is...

Brauner: The Valuation of Intangibles for Transfer Pricing Purposes

Posted on March 20, 2008
Yariv Brauner (Florida) has posted Value in the Eye of the Beholder: The Valuation of Intangibles for Transfer Pricing Purposes on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article assesses the desirability of our current, arms' length based, transfer pricing regime...

Tax Preparation Software Rankings: TurboTax Is #1

Posted on March 20, 2008
And the Best Tax-Preparation Program Is ... (Wall Street Journal), by Tom Herman: Recently, I have been road-testing versions of Intuit Inc.'s TurboTax, long the nation's top-selling brand, and H&R Block Inc.'s TaxCut. ... Of the two programs, I prefer...

IRS Invites Taxpayers to Apply for Membership on Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

Posted on March 19, 2008
The IRS yesterday invited taxpayers to apply for membership on the Taxpayer Advisory Panel: The IRS is inviting civic-minded individuals to help improve the nation?s tax agency by applying to be members of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. The panel provides...

Office of Tax Policy Releases Capital Gains Data

Posted on March 19, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Tax Policy has released: Capital Gains and Taxes Paid on Capital Gains for Returns with Positive Net Capital Gains, 1954-2005 Long-Term Capital Gains and Taxes Paid on Long-Term Capital Gains, 1977-2005 Taxes Paid on Dividends...

GAO: Charities Report Mixed Experiences with Changes in Vehicle Donation Rules

Posted on March 19, 2008
The General Accountability Office has released Selected Charities Reported Mixed Experiences after Changes in Vehicle Donation Rules (GAO-08-367). Here is the Report in Brief: The selected charities GAO contacted reported mixed experiences after the rules for claiming a tax deduction...

Germain Critiques Government's Response to Murphy's Cert. Petition

Posted on March 19, 2008
This morning, I blogged the Government's brief in opposition to the petition for certiorari filed by the taxpayer in Murphy v. IRS, 493 F.3d 170 (D.C. Cir. 7/3/07). Following up on his earlier analysis of Ms. Murphy's cert. petition, Gregory...

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