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IRS Releases 2007 Tax Data

Posted on November 04, 2008
The IRS's Statistics of Income Division yesterday released Tax Stats 2008-17, with four sets of 2007 tax return data: Estate Tax Gift Tax Split-Interest Trust Fiduciary Income Tax

Dodge: Replacing the Estate Tax with a Re-Imagined Accessions Tax

Posted on November 04, 2008
Joseph M. Dodge (Florida State) has posted Replacing the Estate Tax with a Re-Imagined Accessions Tax on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article proposes replacing the federal estate and gift tax system with an accessions tax. An accessions tax...

Hedging Against a Tax Rate Increase in an Obama Administration

Posted on November 04, 2008
The latest Real Clear Politics national poll gives Obama a 7.8 lead, and Greg Mankiw (Harvard University, Department of Economics) questions why the current Intrade market places a two-thirds probability on an increase in marginal tax rates in 2009: This...

NY Times: Professors' Liberalism Does Not Influence Students

Posted on November 04, 2008
New York Times: Professors? Liberalism Contagious? Maybe Not, by Patricia Cohen: An article of faith among conservative critics of American universities has been that liberal professors politically indoctrinate their students. This conviction not only fueled the culture wars but has...

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CNN: Your Tax Bill on the Line in Today's Vote

Posted on November 04, 2008
CNN: Your Tax Bill on the Line, by Jeanne Sahadi: How successful the next president will be in making any or all of his tax proposals a reality turns on several factors: the state of the economy, how willing foreigners...

Knoll: Taxation and the Competitiveness of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Posted on November 04, 2008
Michael Knoll (Penn) has posted Taxation and the Competitiveness of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Do Taxes Encourage Sovereign Wealth Funds to Invest in the United States? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) control vast amounts of capital...

Bishop: Status Liability and the Single Member and Series LLC Perspective

Posted on November 04, 2008
Carter G. Bishop (Suffolk) has posted Through the Looking Glass: Status Liability and the Single Member and Series LLC Perspective, 42 Suffolk U.L. Rev. ___ (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Until the release of Revenue Ruling 88-76, only two...

Kysar Presents Earmark Rules and Statutory Interpretation Today at Loyola-L.A.

Posted on November 03, 2008
Rebecca M. Kysar (Brooklyn) presents Listening to Congress: Earmark Rules and Statutory Interpretation. 94 Cornell L. Rev. ___ (2009), at Loyola-L.A. today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium Series. The commentator is Ellen P. Aprill (Loyola-L.A.). Here is the...

Rosenbloom Presents U.S. Double Taxation Conventions ? Recent Developments Today at Vienna University

Posted on November 03, 2008
H. David Rosenbloom (NYU) presents a lecture today on U.S. Double Taxation Conventions ? Recent Developments at The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Will Tax Be a New "In" Crime, and What Are the International Implications?

Posted on November 03, 2008
Ellen Podgor (Stetson) of our sister White Collar Crime Prof Blog asks Will Tax Be a New "In" Crime, and What Are the International Implications? in response to a Washington Post article, IRS, Justice Target Undisclosed Assets in Swiss Accounts,...

Clickers Redux

Posted on November 03, 2008
As regular readers of this blog know, I use clickers in all of my classes (see this New York Times story) and wrote an article on my experience (Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student...

Gale & Harris: Taxes Under Obama and McCain

Posted on November 03, 2008
William G. Gale & Benjamin Harris (both of the Brookings Institution) have published Taxes Under Obama and McCain, The Economists' Voice, Vol. 5 : Iss. 6, Article 7 (2008). Here is the abstract: The bottom line on the tax plans...

Cal-Western Seeks to Hire Tax Visitor

Posted on November 03, 2008
California Western School of Law invites applications for visiting faculty positions to fill curricular needs in several areas, including Business Entity Tax, Property, Contracts, and Trusts & Estates:Preference may be given to candidates who express interest for both semesters of...

Gerzog: Anthony: Absolute Actuarial Tables

Posted on November 03, 2008
Wendy C. Gerzog (Baltimore) has posted Anthony: Absolute Actuarial Tables, 121 Tax Notes 485 (Oct. 27, 2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Anthony v. United States is the most recent circuit court ruling on the section 7520 mandate to...

Taylor: State Income Taxation of Non-Member Indians

Posted on November 03, 2008
Scott A. Taylor (University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)) has published The Unending Onslaught on Tribal Sovereignty: State Income Taxation of Non-Member Indians, 91 Marq. L. Rev. 917 (2008). Here is the abstract:State income taxation of non-member Indians is a legal...

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on November 03, 2008
Saturday: Trailer for An Inconvenient Tax Thompson Presents Joe the Plumber and the $4.60 Progressivity Debate at Penn State IRS Releases Tax Return Projections Heightened Return Preparer Standard Creates Conflict Between Tax Lawyers and Their Clients Sunday: Top 5 Tax...

Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Posted on November 02, 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 #4 and #5: 1. [404 Downloads] A Brief Analysis...

Knight, Advisory Fees, and � 67(e)

Posted on November 02, 2008
Lindsay Roshkind (LL.M. (Tax) 2009, Florida) has published Interpreting I.R.C. � 67(e): The Supreme Court's Attempt to Nail Advisory Fees to the "Floor" (Knight v. Commissioner, 128 S. Ct. 782, 2008), 60 Fla. L. Rev. 961 (2008). Here is part...

Dharmapala: What Problems and Opportunities are Created by Tax Havens?

Posted on November 02, 2008
Dhammika Dharmapala (University of Connecticut, Department of Economics) has posted What Problems and Opportunities are Created by Tax Havens? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Tax havens have attracted increasing attention from policymakers in recent years...

Employee v. Independent Contractor: The IRS Classification Settlement Program

Posted on November 02, 2008
Judson D. Stelter (J.D. 2008, Cleveland State; Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Cleveland) has published Note, The IRS' Classification Settlement Program: Is It An Adequate Tool To Relieve Taxpayer Burden For Small Businesses That Have Misclassified Workers As Independent Contractors?, 56...

Trailer for An Inconvenient Tax

Posted on November 01, 2008
I previously blogged the forthcoming movie, An Inconvenient Tax. Here is the trailer:

Thompson Presents Joe the Plumber and the $4.60 Progressivity Debate at Penn State

Posted on November 01, 2008
Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. (Penn State) presented Joe the Plumber and the $4.60 Progressivity Debate at Penn State this week as part of its Issues Forum. Here is part of the Introduction: Senator McCain has used Senator Obama?s conversation with...

IRS Releases Tax Return Projections

Posted on November 01, 2008
The IRS's Statistics of Income Division has issued Tax Stats 2008-16, announcing the release of Document 6186 (Fall 2008), which contains multi-year projections of the number of tax returns to be filed with the IRS by the calendar year of...

Heightened Return Preparer Standard Creates Conflict Between Tax Lawyers and Their Clients

Posted on November 01, 2008
Eric M. Pauly (J.D. 2008, Washburn) has published Note, Raising Penalty Standard "More Likely Than Not" Creates Conflict Between Tax Lawyers and Their Clients, 47 Washburn L.J. 757 (2008). Here is the Conclusion: The IRS, the Treasury, academia, and private...

Halloween Tax Treats

Posted on October 31, 2008
Jim Maule (Villanova) has a neat Halloween suggestion: IRS Chocolate Bars:

WSJ: Using Shared Appreciation Mortgages to Solve the Housing/Mortgage Crisis

Posted on October 31, 2008
Wall Street Journal: We Can Keep People in Their Homes: Let Lenders Profit Later For Easing Terms Now, by Andrew Caplin (NYU), Thomas Cooley (NYU), Noel Cunningham (NYU) & Mitchell Engler (Cardozo): The world's turned upside down. For generations of....

Call for Tax Papers: Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum

Posted on October 31, 2008
Stanford and Yale Law Schools have issued a call for tax papers for the eighth annual Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Stanford Law School on May 28-29, 2009: The Forum's objective is to encourage the work of...

Today is Deadline for Nolan Fellow Nominations

Posted on October 31, 2008
Today is the deadline for nominations for the ABA Tax Section's 2009-2010 Nolan Fellows. For more information or to submit a nomination, contact Janet In.

Business Roundtable Tax Wishlist

Posted on October 31, 2008
The Business Roundtable has sent a letter to President Bush, congressional leaders, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and the presidential campaigns with a wish list of tax cuts.

Sholk: A Guide to Election Year Activities of � 501(c)(3) Organizations

Posted on October 31, 2008
Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see prior 2005, 2006, and 2007 versions), Steven H. Sholk (Gibbons, Newark, NJ) has made available to readers his wonderful 165-page A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations, in Tax Strategies for...

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