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University of Chicago 61st Annual Federal Tax Conference

Posted on November 08, 2008
The University of Chicago 61st Annual Federal Tax Conference concludes today. For a list of the panels, speakers, and topics, see here.

Henderson: The Impotence of Delaware's Taxes

Posted on November 08, 2008
M. Todd Henderson (Chicago) has posted The Impotence of Delaware's Taxes: A Short Response to Professor Barzuza's "Delaware's Compensation", 94 Va. L. Rev. In Brief ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This brief essay responds to a recent...

iTax: The Taxation of Virtual Worlds

Posted on November 08, 2008
David J. Mack (J.D. 2009, American) has published Comment, iTax: An Analysis of the Laws and Policies Behind the Taxation of Property Transactions in a Virtual World, 60 Admin. L. Rev. 749 (2008). Here is the Conclusion: By all indications,...

House Democrats to Push Corporate Tax Rate Cut

Posted on November 07, 2008
Dow Jones: House Ways And Means Democrats Re-Tool Corporate Tax Cut Plan, by Martin Vaughan: House Ways and Means Committee Democrats and staff are retooling a proposal to overhaul the corporate tax code, with an eye toward introducing a new...

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Donaldson: 2008 Federal Tax Update

Posted on November 07, 2008
Samuel A. Donaldson (University of Washington) has posted 2008 Federal Tax Update (Aug. 2007-Aug. 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This update explains several developments in the substantive federal income, estate and gift tax laws affecting individual taxpayers and...

Tax Policy in Virtual Worlds

Posted on November 07, 2008
William D. Terando, Brian Mennecke, Diane Joyce Janvrin & William N. Dilla (all Iowa State University) have posted Taxation Policy in Virtual Worlds: Issues Raised by Second Life and Other Unstructured Games, ATA J. Legal Tax Research ___ (2009), on....

Winchester: Parity Lost: The Price of a Corporate Tax in a Progressive Tax World

Posted on November 07, 2008
Richard Winchester (Thomas Jefferson) has posted Parity Lost: The Price of a Corporate Tax in a Progressive Tax World, 9 Nev. L.J. ___ (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The United States has always taxed income at progressive rates,...

Brooks: Inter-Nation Equity: An Important But Underappreciated International Tax Value

Posted on November 07, 2008
Kim Brooks (McGill) has posted Inter-Nation Equity: The Development of an Important But Underappreciated International Tax Value, in Tax Reform in the 21st Century (Richard Krever & John G. Head, eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 2008), on SSRN. Here is the...

UC-Berkeley: Testing for Empathy as an LSAT Alternative?

Posted on November 07, 2008
Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Berkeley Calls for Research into LSAT Alternative; Testing for Empathy?, by Dan Slater: Former Berkeley law prof Marjorie Shultz ... thinks they can do better, reports the Recorder. Shultz and Berkeley psychology prof Sheldon Zedeck...

Coates Presents Reforming the Taxation and Regulation of Mutual Funds at Northwestern

Posted on November 07, 2008
John Coates (Harvard) presented Reforming the Taxation and Regulation of Mutual Funds: A Comparative Legal and Economic Analysis yesterday at Northwestern as part of its Law and Economics Colloquium Series. Here is the abstract: Most Americans invest through mutual funds...

Willens: Is a Taxable Exchange a Wash Sale?

Posted on November 07, 2008
Robert Willens (Robert Willens LLC, New York; Adjunct Professor, Columbia) has published Is a Taxable Exchange a Wash Sale?, 121 Tax Notes 623 (Nov. 3, 2008): Robert Willens discusses whether a taxable exchange of stock in one corporation for stock...

Brown Presents President-Elect Obama's Tax Plan at Emory

Posted on November 07, 2008
Dorothy Brown (Emory) yesterday discussed President-Elect Barack Obama's proposed tax plan at the November installment of Point Nine with Emory Law, a lecture series featuring Emory Law faculty. Point Nine with Emory Law was developed by Emory Law alumni and...

Written Submissions Due Today in ABA Law Student Tax Challenge

Posted on November 07, 2008
Written submissions are due today in the 8th Annual Law Student Tax Challenge sponsored by the ABA Section of Taxation Young Lawyers Forum.

Voters Shun Both Tax Cuts and Hikes on State Ballots

Posted on November 07, 2008
Dow Jones: Voters Shun Both Tax Cuts and Hikes on State Ballots, by Martin Vaughan: Bracing for an uncertain economy, voters in several states showed reluctance to either raise or cut taxes, as they rejected key state ballot initiatives on...

Joint Tax Committee Unveils "New Paradigm" of Tax Expenditure Analysis

Posted on November 06, 2008
The Joint Committee on Taxation today released Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures for Fiscal Years 2008-2012 (JCS-2-08), which implements its "new paradigm" of tax expenditure analysis: Earlier this year, the JCT Staff introduced a new paradigm for the identification and...

Margalioth Presents International Tax Policy Today at Columbia

Posted on November 06, 2008
Yoram Margalioth (Tel Aviv University, Buchanan Faculty of Law) presents International Tax Policy at Columbia today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium Series. Here is the abstract: The interaction between multiple tax-jurisdictions is a complicated game because revenue is...

Blank Presents Overcoming Overdisclosure: Toward Tax Shelter Detection Today at Rutgers-Newark

Posted on November 06, 2008
Joshua Blank (Rutgers-Newark) presents Overcoming Overdisclosure: Toward Tax Shelter Detection, 56 UCLA L. Rev. ___ (2009), at Rutgers-Newark today as part of its Faculty Workshop Series. Here is the abstract: Every year, thousands of taxpayers and their advisors mail special...

Mason Presents Welfare, Tax Incentives and Labor Mobility Today at Northwestern

Posted on November 06, 2008
Ruth Mason (UConn) presents Welfare, Tax Incentives, and Labor Mobility at Northwestern today as part of its Graduate Tax Program Speakers Series. Here is the abstract: The article deals with the question of whether the source state or the residence....

Caron & Repetti: The Estate Tax Non-Gap: Why Repeal a 'Voluntary' Tax?

Posted on November 06, 2008
Jim Repetti (Boston College) and I have posted The Estate Tax Non-Gap: Why Repeal a 'Voluntary' Tax?, our paper for Saturday's Symposium on Closing the Tax Gap at Stanford Law School. Here is the abstract: Over thirty years ago, George...

Tax Prof Job Openings

Posted on November 06, 2008
With the AALS faculty recruitment conference beginning today, and formal interviews on Friday and Saturday, here are the law schools I am aware of that are looking to hire one of more entry-level (EL) or lateral (L) tax professors, along...

Private Equity, Offshore Insurers Are Likely Obama Tax Targets

Posted on November 06, 2008
Dow Jones: Private Equity, Reinsurance Seen As Obama Tax Targets, by Martin Vaughan: Private equity funds and offshore insurers are among industries that could see their taxes increased under a Barack Obama White House and strengthened congressional Democratic majorities...

Tax Policy in the Obama-Biden Administration

Posted on November 05, 2008
Fifteen Tax Profs offer their thoughts on tax policy in the new Obama-Biden Administration: Alice G. Abreu (Temple) Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) Neil Buchanan (George Washington) Patricia A. Cain (Santa Clara) Bridget J. Crawford (Pace) Steven A. Dean (Brooklyn) David Gamage...

Caron Beats McCain!

Posted on November 05, 2008
As further evidence of the rough night John McCain had: I edged McCain 7.1% to 6.9% in The Official Leiter's Law School Reports Presidential Poll.(as of 5:00 a.m. this morning)! I came in 4th in the 18-person field, after Barack...

ABA Journal: Tax Law to the Rescue

Posted on November 05, 2008
From the November issue of the ABA Journal: Tax Law to the Rescue: Those Big Bailouts Don't Really Help Homeowners, But There's Relief to Be Had From (Gasp!) the IRS, by Samuel L. Braunstein & Carol F. Burger: [P]erhaps the...

Galle: Federal Grants, State Decisions

Posted on November 05, 2008
Brian D. Galle (Florida State) has published Federal Grants, State Decisions, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 875 (2008). Here is the abstract: The authority to raise and spend money is one of the most expansive and fundamental of all Congress?s enumerated...

More Obama Tax Coverage

Posted on November 05, 2008
Associated Press: MLB Agents Ponder beating Potential Tax Increases, by Ronald Blum Dow Jones: Major Shift in Tax Burdens Possible Under Obama, by Martin Vaughn Kiplinger: How Obama's Tax Plan Could Affect You, by Mary Beth Franklin Mauled Again: Tax...

Borden: Financing Reverse Exchanges and Safeguarding Exchange Proceeds

Posted on November 05, 2008
Bradley T. Borden (Washburn) has published Financing Reverse Exchanges and Safeguarding Exchange Proceeds, 22 J. Tax'n Fin. Inst. 33 (Sept./Oct. 2008). Here is the abstract: Over the last several years, reverse exchanges have become a fixture of section 1031...

Tax Website Shut Down as Memory Stick Found With Personal Data of 12 Million People

Posted on November 04, 2008
Details in The Daily Telegraph. (Hat Tip: Jim Maule.)

Caron For President?

Posted on November 04, 2008
I am currently tied for last (with Ann Althouse and Robert Morse of U.S. News) in The Official Leiter's Law School Reports Presidential Poll.

FBA Tax Section Student Writing Competition

Posted on November 04, 2008
The Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation invites law students to participate in its annual tax writing competition: The first-prize winner will receive $1,500 and a trip to the FBA?s Annual Tax Law Conference on March 6, 2009 in Washington,...

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