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Loyola-Chicago Hosts Conference Today on Taxes in a Liberal Democracy: Exploring the Relationship Between Tax Law and Good Governance

Posted on March 14, 2008
The Loyola-Chicago Law Journal hosts a conference today on Taxes in a Liberal Democracy: Exploring the Relationship between Tax Law and Good Governance: This one-day conference will provide a forum for nationally recognized scholars to come together with practicing lawyers,...

Senate Seeks JCT Analysis of U.S. Tax Treatment of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Posted on March 14, 2008
The Senate Finance Committee issued a press release yesterday: Baucus, Grassley Seek JCT Analysis of U.S. Taxation of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member, today asked the non-partisan...

Law School Men of Genius

Posted on March 14, 2008

Winchester Presents The Price of a Corporate Tax in a Progressive Tax World Today at Chapman

Posted on March 14, 2008
Richard Winchester (Thomas Jefferson) presents Parity Lost: The Price of a Corporate Tax in a Progressive Tax World at Chapman today as part of the Southern California Junior Faculty Workshop Series. Here is the abstract: The United States has always...

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Senate Confirms Nomination of Douglas Shulman as IRS Commissioner

Posted on March 14, 2008
The Senate this morning by unanimous consent confirmed the nomination of Douglas H. Shulman to become the next IRS Commissioner. Shulman replaces acting IRS Commissioner Linda Stiff, who has been serving in that capacity since Mark Everson resigned in May...

Court Suspends Former Iowa Prof's Law License for Forging Student Evaluations

Posted on March 14, 2008
Almost a year ago, I blogged the story that the University of Iowa had paid $226,000 to former tenured law prof Kenneth Kress, who resigned in 2006 after 17 years on the faculty. Iowa alleged that he forged three of...

Borden on Partnership Tax Allocations and the Internalization of Tax-Item Transactions

Posted on March 14, 2008
Bradley T. Borden (Washburn) has published Partnership Tax Allocations and the Internalization of Tax-Item Transactions, 59 S.C. L. Rev. 297 (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Studies in the theory of the firm help explain partnership attributes and the...

Virginia Hosts Conference on Private Property, Taxation, & The State

Posted on March 14, 2008
Virginia hosts a two-day conference beginning today on Private Property, Taxation, & The State.

WSJ: New Tax Rules Unlikely to Cause Exodus of "Non-Doms"

Posted on March 14, 2008
Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal: Exodus Unlikely in U.K. Tax Shift; new Rules Close Loopholes on Froeigners Living There, by Jeanne Whalen & Alistair MacDonald: The United Kingdom's new rules for taxing foreigners are causing some trepidation and...

House Holds Hearing Today on the IRS's Performance

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways & Means Committee holds a hearing today on The Tax Return Filing Season, IRS Operations, Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposals, and the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate?s Annual Report. From the hearing announcement:...

Tax Policy Center Hosts Conference Today on Why Tax Policy for Low-Income Working Families Isn't Working

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Tax Policy Center hosts a conference today on Where Credit Is Due: Why Tax Policy for Low-Income Working Families Isn't Working (and What Can Be Done About It): Uncle Sam uses the child tax credit (CTC) and the earned...

NY Times Opposes Kyl Estate Tax Bill

Posted on March 13, 2008
Interesting editorial in today's New York Times: New Hope for the Rich: Starting in 2009, the estate tax will apply to Americans with property at death worth more than $7 million per couple, or $3.5 million for individuals ? a...

Kyl Estate Tax Amendment Would Cost Nearly as Much as Estate Tax Repeal

Posted on March 13, 2008
Aviva Aron-Dine has posted Kyl Estate Tax Amendment Would Cost Nearly as Much as Estate Tax Repeal on the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities web site. Here is the abstract: Permanent repeal of the estate tax would reduce revenues...

Detroit Wants T-A-X-E-S, Not R-E-S-P-E-C-T, From Aretha Franklin

Posted on March 13, 2008
From the Associated Press: Aretha Franklin could lose her home to tax collectors. The singer says an attorney's mistake caused her $700,000 mansion in Detroit to slip into foreclosure over $445 in 2005 taxes and late fees. The Detroit Free...

Senate Votes to Extend Some Bush Tax Cuts, But Not Others

Posted on March 13, 2008
The Senate today: Voted 99-1 to approve an extension of President Bush's tax cuts for low-income workers, married couples and people with children that otherwise would expire in 2011 (10% tax bracket, $1,000 per child tax credit, marriage penalty relief,...

Zelenak Presents The Federal Retail Sales Tax that Wasn't Today at Northwestern

Posted on March 13, 2008
Lawrence Zelenak (Duke) presents The Federal Retail Sales Tax that Wasn't: An Actual History and an Alternative History at Northwestern today as part of its Advanced Topics in Taxation Series organized by Charlotte Crane. Here is the Conclusion: Perhaps the...

Mason Presents Made in America for European Taxation: The Internal Consistency Test Today at NYU

Posted on March 13, 2008
Ruth Mason (UConn) presents Made in America for European Taxation: The Internal Consistency Test at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance. Here is the abstract: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has...

IRS Releases "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams

Posted on March 13, 2008
The IRS today released (IR-2008-41) "its 2008 list of the 12 most egregious tax schemes and scams" Phishing Scams Related to the Economic Stimulus Payment Frivolous Arguments Fuel Tax Credit Scams Hiding Income Offshore Abusive Retirement Plans Zero Wages False...

Comparing the Clinton & Obama Tax Plans

Posted on March 13, 2008
Interesting article today on Bloomberg: Obama Tax Plan Stresses Inequality, Clinton Focuses on Behavior, by Alison Fitzgerald & Matthew Benjamin: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both propose significant changes to the tax code that would add to its complexity...

Real Estate Investors Abandon � 1031 Exchanges in Face of Possible Capital Gains Tax Increase

Posted on March 12, 2008
Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal: Property Investors Fear Gains-Tax Rise, Shift 1031 Strategy, by Arden Dale: Real-estate investors worried that a new administration will raise capital-gains tax rates are starting to abandon a popular tax-deferral strategy to pay...

Florida State Seeks One-Semester Tax Visitor for 2008-09

Posted on March 12, 2008
Florida State is seeking a one-semester tax visitor for the 2008-09 academic year. For more information, or to apply, contact Joseph Dodge.

Tax Increases Reduce GDP

Posted on March 12, 2008
Christina D. Romer (UC-Berkeley, Department of Economics) & David H. Romer (UC-Berkeley, Department of Economics) have posted The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks on NBER. Here is the abstract: This paper...

Kane Presents Tax Treaties as Tools for Development Finance Today at Michigan

Posted on March 12, 2008
Mitchell Kane (Virginia) presents Bootstraps, Poverty Traps, and Poverty Pits: Tax Treaties as Novel Tools for Development Finance at Michigan today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series. Here is a brief description of the paper: In this paper...

Sassville Presents Tax Treaties: Better the Devil We Know? Today at Toronto

Posted on March 12, 2008
Jacques Sassville (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) presents Tax Treaties: Better the Devil We Know? at the University of Toronto today as part of the James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series: Although bilateral tax treaties in their...

The Obama Tax Hike

Posted on March 12, 2008
Interesting op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal: The Obama Tax Hike, by Andrew G. Biggs: Until recently, Sen. Barack Obama took a responsible position on Social Security, noting the urgency of reform and saying all options should be on the...

Senate Holds Hearing Today on Federal Estate Tax Alternatives

Posted on March 12, 2008
The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on Alternatives to the Current Federal Estate Tax System. Here are the Tax Prof witnesses scheduled to testify: Lily Batchelder (NYU) Joseph Dodge (Florida State) David Duff (University of Toronto) In connection...

W&L Announces "Dramatic Third Year Reform"

Posted on March 11, 2008
Washington & Lee yesterday announced a "dramatic" reform of the third year curriculum: "For some time, members of the legal profession, practitioners, judges and scholars alike, have urged law schools to place greater emphasis on professionalism and learning in context,"...

Lynch on The Burden of Proof in Tax Litigation

Posted on March 11, 2008
John A. Lynch (Baltimore) has published Burden of Proof in Tax Litigation Under I.R.C. �7491 -- Chicken Little Was Wrong!!, 5 Pitt. Tax Rev. 1 (2007). Here is the Conclusion: The public clamor for � 7491(a) was stirred up in...

Japanese Sisters Hid $58m in Shed to Evade Inheritance Tax

Posted on March 11, 2008
Interesting article on the BBC: Sisters "Hid Stash From Taxman": Two Japanese sisters have been arrested for allegedly trying to evade paying a fortune in inheritance tax. Tax officials say the sisters hid almost 6b yen ($58m) in cardboard boxes...

U.K. Companies Seek Corporate Tax Overhaul

Posted on March 11, 2008
Interesting article in The Deal: U.K. Business Seeks Tax Overhaul, by Jonathan Braude: British business is demanding a radical change of the corporate tax system to reduce the burden on U.K. companies, improve the country's competitiveness and ease the pressure...

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