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IRS Chief Counsel Korb to Step Down No Later Than Jan. 19

Posted on October 02, 2008
BNA reports that IRS Chief Counsel Donald L. Korb will will step down from his post no later than January 19, the last day of President Bush's administration, leaving the next president free to name his successor. Korb, who before...

Roin Presents Tax Treaties and Tax Competition Today at Columbia

Posted on October 02, 2008
Julie Roin (Chicago) presents Tax Treaties and Tax Competition at Columbia today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium Series. Here is the Introduction: Most of the literature about tax competition focuses on the role played by source countries. Although...

Cunningham & Engler: The Carried Interest Controversy

Posted on October 02, 2008
Noël B. Cunningham (NYU) & Mitchell L. Engler (Cardozo) have published The Carried Interest Controversy: Let's Not Get Carried Away, 61 Tax L. Rev. 121 (2008). Here is the abstract: Fueled by significant press scrutiny, the tax treatment of "carried....

CTJ: Bailout Bill Should Eliminate Tax Loopholes for Capital Gains and Dividends

Posted on October 02, 2008
Citizens for Tax Justice has released Time to Stop Subsidizing Wall Street: Eliminate the Tax Loopholes for Capital Gains and Dividends: [I]f Congress is going to enact some rescue plan (which is still uncertain at this point) it would be...

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Senate Passes Combined Financial Bailout/Tax Extenders Bill, 74-25

Posted on October 02, 2008
The Senate last night passed by a 74-25 vote a bill (now H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) that combines the financial bailout bill that failed in the House with a bill that extends a variety of expiring tax...

Mason Presents Welfare, Tax Incentives and Labor Mobility Today at the Sorbonne

Posted on October 02, 2008
Ruth Mason (UConn) presents Welfare, Tax Incentives, and Labor Mobility at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne today. Here is the abstract: The article deals with the question of whether the source state or the residence state should grant personal...

Rich Bitch: The Legal Battle Over Trust Funds For Pets

Posted on October 02, 2008
The New Yorker: Rich Bitch: The Legal Battle Over Trust Funds For Pets, by Jeffrey Toobin: The twelve-million-dollar trust for the dog is bigger than any other single bequest in the will. On the whole, the will reflects contempt for...

Stanford Law Grad-Call Girl Indicted for Tax Evasion

Posted on October 01, 2008
2001 Stanford Law Grad Cristina Schultz (now Cristina Warthen after her marriage to David Warthen, co-founder of the online search engine Ask Jeeves, now known as Ask.com) was indicted in San Jose federal court yesterday for allegedly failing to pay....

Walker Presents Are Tax and Accounting Rules Discriminating Against Discounted Employee Stock Options Justified? Today at Harvard

Posted on October 01, 2008
David I. Walker (Boston University) presents Are Tax and Accounting Rules Discriminating Against Discounted Employee Stock Options Justified? at Harvard today as part of its Tax Policy Seminar Series. Here is the abstract: Contemporaneous grants of both stock and at-the-money...

IRS Sends Compliance Questionnaire to 400 Colleges and Universities

Posted on October 01, 2008
The IRS announced today (IR-2008-112) that it has sent a compliance questionnaire to 400 small, mid-sized, and large private and public colleges and universities, focusing on unrelated business income, endowments and executive compensation practices. Among other things, the questionnaire will...

Gergen Presents Third Party Penalties: An Essential Tool for Discouraging Aggressive Tax Positions Today at Penn

Posted on October 01, 2008
Mark Gergen (UC-Berkeley) presents Why Strong Third Party Penalties are an Essential Tool for Discouraging Taxpayers from Taking Aggressive Positions in Reporting on Matters of Factual or Legal Uncertainty at Pennsylvania today as part of its Tax Law and Policy...

Hamill: The Vast Injustice Perpetuated by State and Local Tax Policy

Posted on October 01, 2008
Susan Pace Hamill (Alabama) has posted The Vast Injustice Perpetuated by State and Local Tax Policy, 37 Hofstra L. Rev. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: State and local tax policy is one of the most important areas...

IRS Approves Seattle Internet Exchange's § 501(c)(6)'s Tax-Exempt Status

Posted on October 01, 2008
The IRS has approved the Seattle Internet Exchange's (SIX) application for tax exemption under § 501(c)(6). (Hat Tip: Michael Froomkin.)

Rosenzweig: Imperfect Financial Markets and the Hidden Costs of a Modern Income Tax

Posted on October 01, 2008
Adam H. Rosenzweig (Washington University) has posted Imperfect Financial Markets and the Hidden Costs of a Modern Income Tax on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The news has been filled with stories of meltdowns in the financial world, with the...

Seto: The Financial Crisis: What Went Wrong?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Theodore P. Seto (Loyola-L.A.) has posted The Financial Crisis: What Went Wrong?: The ongoing turmoil in the financial markets has diverted me from my usual tax academic pursuits, including this blog, for which I apologize. This post explores the causes...

Boise: Regulating Tax Competition in Offshore Financial Centers

Posted on October 01, 2008
Craig M. Boise (Case Western) has posted Regulating Tax Competition in Offshore Financial Centers on SSRN. Here is the abstract: One of the more entrenched issues in international taxation over the last thirty years has been how to define and...

Baistrocchi: The Use and Interpretation of Tax Treaties in the Emerging World

Posted on October 01, 2008
Eduardo A. Baistrocchi (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) has posted The Use and Interpretation of Tax Treaties in the Emerging World: Theory and Implications, 52 British Tax Rev. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Certain parts of the international...

Gans, Crawford & Blattmachr: The Estate Tax Fundamentals of Celebrity and Control

Posted on September 30, 2008
Mitchell M. Gans (Hofstra), Bridget J. Crawford (Pace) & Jonathan G. Blattmachr (Milbank, New York) have published The Estate Tax Fundamentals of Celebrity and Control, 118 Yale L.J. Pocket Part 50 (2008). Here is part of the Introduction: We previously...

GAO: Improving Rental Real Estate Tax Compliance

Posted on September 30, 2008
The Government Accountability Office yesterday released Actions That Could Improve Rental Real Estate Reporting Compliance (GAO-08-956): At least an estimated 53% of individual taxpayers with rental real estate misreported their rental real estate activities for tax year 2001, resulting in...

Michigan: A Crack in the Dominance of the LSAT?

Posted on September 30, 2008
Following up on my prior post, LSAT-Free Law School Admissions Can Goose U.S. News Ranking: today's Inside Higher Ed: A Crack in the Dominance of the LSAT?, by Scott Jaschik: [M]ore than a few eyebrows have been raised in the...

Christians: Fair Taxation as a Human Right

Posted on September 30, 2008
Allison Christians (Wisconsin) has posted Fair Taxation as a Human Right, 42 Valparaiso L. Rev. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: One of the themes of this symposium issue is to explore the limits and possibilities of law...

Caron Named Herzog Summer Visiting Professor in Taxation at San Diego

Posted on September 30, 2008
I am delighted to announce that I have accepted a three-year appointment as the Herzog Summer Visiting Professor in Taxation at the University of San Diego School of Law. My family and I have spent five previous summers teaching at...

Tax Profs for McCain

Posted on September 30, 2008
Tax Profs for McCain: Thomas G. Bost (Pepperdine) Kristin E. Hickman (Minnesota) Douglas A. Kahn (Michigan) Michael A. Livingston (Rutgers-Camden) Philip D. Oliver (Arkansas-Little Rock) Anthony Polito (Suffolk) Ira B. Shepard (Houston) Jack F. Williams (Georgia State) (Hat Tip: David...

Cleveland State Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Posted on September 30, 2008
Cleveland State is looking to make an entry level tax appointment, For more information or to apply, contact: Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 2121 Euclid Avenue, LB138 Cleveland, OH 44115

ADF Releases 33 Participants in Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Posted on September 30, 2008
The Aliiance Defense Fund has released the names of the 33 pastors who participated in Pulpit Freedom Sunday. Associated Press Dallas Morning News Fox News L.A. Times Washington Post

Republicans Blame Pelosi Floor Speech For Failure of Bailout Bill

Posted on September 29, 2008
In a press conference, Speaker Pelosi said she was "appalled" at the Republicans' contention and charged that it was the House Republicans' fault for not delivering the votes to pass the bill.

Barton: No Correlation Between Scholarly Productivity/Influence and Teaching Effectiveness

Posted on September 29, 2008
Benjamin Barton (Tennessee) has published Is There a Correlation Between Law Professor Publication Counts, Law Review Citation Counts, and Teaching Evaluations? An Empirical Study, 5 J. Empirical Stud. 619 (2008). Here is the abstract: This empirical study attempts to answer...

Taxation Trends in the EU

Posted on September 29, 2008
Eurostat has published Taxation Trends in the EU (2008): This report contains a detailed statistical and economic analysis of the tax systems of the Member States of the European Union and Norway. The data are presented within a unified statistical...

Tax Thermometer

Posted on September 29, 2008
Ranking Member Charles Grassley posted this Tax Thermometer on the Senate Finance Committee website:

Tax Provisions in Bailout Bill

Posted on September 29, 2008
Tax provisions in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, per Senate Finance Committee press release: Help for Homeowners Sinking Under Mortgage Debt. Usually, when homeowners have parts of their mortgages forgiven, they immediately owe income taxes on the amount...

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