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Can Tax LL.M. Get Grad From Non-Elite School Into BigLaw?

Posted on January 18, 2008
Above the Law has started an open thread (with 173 comments thus far) on the The Value of a Tax LL.M. Degree: I am emailing you to ask if you would do a thread about LLM programs. Specifically, I am...

Should Non-Elite Law Schools Eschew Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship?

Posted on January 18, 2008
Brian Tamanaha (St. John's) writes on Balkinization: Why the Interdisciplinary Movement in Legal Academia Might be a Bad Idea (For Most Law Schools): In the elite law school universe--with huge endowments and ample resources, with large faculties, with graduates who...

More on the Declining Enrollment of Minority Law Students

Posted on January 18, 2008
Two weeks ago, I blogged Columbia Documents Declining Enrollment of Minority Law Students (1/4/08). Next week's National Law Journal picks up the story in A Bleak Outlook for Minority Enrollment at Law Schools, by Leigh Jones: A Web site recently...

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Posted on January 17, 2008
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Kotlikoff Defends the FairTax

Posted on January 17, 2008
Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University, Department of Economics) has published an op-ed, Why the Fair Tax Will Work: Bartlett's Unfair Attack on the FairTax: In his December 27, 2007 Tax Notes article, Bruce Bartlett purports to critique the FairTax, a...

Group Seeks IRS Investigation Into Whether Nevada Church Impermissibly Endorsed Obama for President

Posted on January 17, 2008
Americans United for Separation of Church and State yesterday sent a letter to the IRS requesting an investigation into whether a Nevada pastor impermissibly endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama from the pulpit, in violation of the � 501(c)(3) ban...

Celebrities' Tax Battles Montage

Posted on January 17, 2008
Check out this montage of seventeen slides of Celebrity Tax Battles from ABC News: Wesley Snipes (actor) Joe Francis (creator of "Girls Gone Wild" video series) Marc Anthony (husband of Jennifer Lopez) Wesley Snipes (actor) Al Capone (gangster) Andre Agassi...

Streaky Hitting in Baseball

Posted on January 17, 2008
Non-tax, but interesting new article: Streaky Hitting in Baseball, by Jim Albert (Bowling Green State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics). Here is the abstract: The streaky hitting patterns of all regular baseball players during the 2005 season are explored...

Off to Vegas...

Posted on January 17, 2008
I am traveling to the ABA Tax Section's Midyear Meeting in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, where I will be speaking on the Teaching Taxation panel on Tax in the 21st Century: What's Blogging Got to Do with It? with IRS...

Batchelder Presents How Should an Ideal Consumption Tax or Income Tax Treat Wealth Transfers? Today at NYU

Posted on January 17, 2008
Lily Batchelder (NYU) presents How Should an Ideal Consumption Tax or Income Tax Treat Wealth Transfers? at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance. Here is part of the Introduction: This paper ......

WSJ: Inflation and the Tax Man

Posted on January 17, 2008
Interesting op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal: Inflation and the Tax Man, by Richard W. Rahn (Chair, Institute for Global Economic Growth, and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute): Rudy Giuliani's tax-reform proposal includes indexing capital-gains taxes for inflation -- that is,...

WSJ: Fear of the Home Office Deduction

Posted on January 17, 2008
Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal: Fear of the Home-Office Deduction: Many Forgo Claim Amid Audit Worries and Complex Rules, by Tom Herman: Even as more Americans work from home, many of them appear to be missing out on...

Hamill Presents Tax Policy and Judeo-Christian Ethics Today at Chase

Posted on January 16, 2008
Susan Pace Hamill (Alabama) presents Tax Policy and Judeo-Christian Ethics today at Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University. Here is the abstract: This article severely criticizes the Bush Administration's tax policies under the moral principles of Judeo-Christian ethics...

Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Opinion in Knight: Deduction of Trust's Investment Expenses Is Limited by � 67's 2% Floor

Posted on January 16, 2008
The Supreme Court today released its opinion in Knight v. Commissioner, No. 06-1286. Writing for a unanimous Court, Chief Justice Roberts held that investment advisory expenses incurred by a trust are subject to the 2% floor of � 67(e). The...

Buchanan Discusses Wesley Snipes Tax Fraud Trial Today on CNBC

Posted on January 16, 2008
Neil Buchanan (George Washington) appears on CNBC's Street Signs program with Erin Burnett at 2:50 p.m. EST this afternoon to discuss the Wesley Snipes tax fraud trial.

NYLS Faculty Win Excellence in T&E Writing Award

Posted on January 16, 2008
Marc S. Bekerman, Associate Director of the Graduate Tax Program at New York Law School, and John J. Reddy Jr., President of the New York Law School Alumni Association and a member of its Board of Trustees, have received a...

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Today in MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue

Posted on January 16, 2008
The Supreme Court hears oral argument today in MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue, No. 06-1413 Docket Question Presented: Is the attempt by Illinois to tax the approximately $1 billion gain realized by Petitioner when it sold its investment...

OMB Watch Releases Bridging the Tax Gap: The Case for Increasing the IRS Budget

Posted on January 16, 2008
OMB Watch yesterday released Bridging the Tax Gap: The Case for Increasing the IRS Budget, which argues that a lack of enforcement resources and misplaced priorities at the IRS are among the factors perpetuating the estimated federal tax gap. The...

CBO Calls for Cash Rebates, AMT Patch

Posted on January 16, 2008
The CBO yesterday published Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness The paper first reviews the economic situation, including how the monetary and regulatory authorities have already responded. The next section assesses different fiscal approaches to giving a temporary boost...

Tax Court Announces Changes to its Rules

Posted on January 16, 2008
The Tax Court announced yesterday that it has adopted amendments to its rules regarding privacy and public access to electronic case files, as well as a number of other changes. The new rules are effective March 1, 2008.

A No-Haggle Law School?

Posted on January 16, 2008
Interesting article on Inside Higher Ed: A College Cuts Tuition ? and Ends Haggling, by Scott Jaschik: Yale University will capture the headlines on college costs today, but an announcement from a small college in Illinois may point to a...

Barrett Presents Catholic Social Teaching and Indiana Property Tax Reform Today at Notre Dame

Posted on January 15, 2008
Matthew J. Barrett (Notre Dame) presents Catholic Social Teaching in the Context of Indiana [Property] Tax Reform at Notre Dame today as part of its Faculty Colloquium Series.

2008 Index of Economic Freedom: We're #5

Posted on January 15, 2008
The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal have released the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom. From the FAQ: We measure 10 specific factors, and average them equally into a total score. Each one of the 10 freedoms is graded using...

NY Times: Are You Suffering From a Mid-Life Crisis? Or Are You a Narcissistic Jerk?

Posted on January 15, 2008
Interesting article in today's New York Times: Crisis? Maybe He?s a Narcissistic Jerk, by Richard A. Friedman: With the possible exception of ?the dog ate my homework,? there is no handier excuse for human misbehavior than the midlife crisis. Popularly...

Ad Revenues for Bloggers

Posted on January 15, 2008
Of interest to those in the blog biz: Wall Street Journal: New Services Help Bloggers Bring in Ad Revenue, by Kelly K. Spors: If you're not making money off your blog, 2008 might be the year. As more people see...

McCain Would Put Greenspan in Charge of Tax Reform

Posted on January 15, 2008
From the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire: [John McCain's] preferred tax solution is to let former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan figure it out. ?We need a fairer, flatter tax,? McCain said. To that end, he would create a tax...

Foundation Press Publishes Trial Stories

Posted on January 15, 2008
Foundation Press has published Trial Stories, edited by Michael E. Tigar (American) & Angela J. Davis (American): This book tells the stories of nine iconic trials, in which the competing stories are compelling. The themes of these cases include treason,...

NYSBA Issues Tax Reports

Posted on January 15, 2008
The New York State Bar Association Tax Section has issued a number of tax reports: Proposed Regulations Regarding the Active Trade or Business Requirement under Section 355(b) (No. 1142) Comments on Proposed Amendments to Part 132 of the Personal Income...

Where U.S. Law Faculty Went to Law School

Posted on January 15, 2008
Check out Brian Leiter's post on Where U.S. Law Faculty Went to Law School.

IRS Identifies Four New Frivolous Tax Positions

Posted on January 14, 2008
I previously blogged the IRS's new 70-page memorandum debunking dozens of tax protestor arguments. The IRS today issued an advance copy of Notice 2008-14, 2008-4 I.R.B. ___ (1/28/08), adding four new frivolous arguments to the list: Misinterpretation of the 9th...

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