Academic

Ventry: Gay Marriage and the Marriage Tax Penalty
I recently blogged four questions on Gay Marriage and the Marriage Penalty posed by Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA). Tax Prof Dennis Ventry (UC-Davis) provides thoughtful answers to the four questions: In states that recognize gay marriage, does state tax law likewise...

Ventry Presents Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax Today at Northwestern
Dennis Ventry (American) presents Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax at Northwestern today as part of its Advanced Topics in Taxation Series organized by Charlotte Crane. Here is the abstract: This Article examines the underexplored IRS whistleblower program, which Congress...

Ventry: Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax
Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. (UC-Davis) has published Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax, 61 Tax Law. 357 (2008). Here is the abtstract: This Article examines the underexplored IRS whistleblower program, which Congress revamped in December 2006 by, among other things,...

Bankman, Shaviro & Weisbach Debate Consumption Tax v. Income Tax in Stanford Law Review
Daniel Shaviro (NYU), Beyond the Pro-Consumption Tax Consensus, 60 Stan. L. Rev. 745 (2007): In the last two decades, the dominant norm in fundamental tax reform has shifted from income taxation to consumption taxation, among academics no less than policymakers...

Rosenzweig Presents Taxation, Risk and Derivatives: Does an Income Tax Subsidize Hedge Funds
Adam Rosenzweig (Washington University) presents Taxation, Risk and Derivatives: Does an Income Tax Subsidize Hedge Funds? at Northwestern today as part of its Advanced Topics in Taxation Series organized by Charlotte Crane...

Third Edition of Trusts & Estate Income Taxation casebook to be released in August
The Third Edition of Federal Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates: Cases, Problems, and Materials by Mark L. Ascher (Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law) and Robert T...

The S Corporation
Avoiding double taxation

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Income Tax Changes for 2007
Get Answers to your Income Tax Questions

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Hawaii Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage in paradise

Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Flint Energy Services Ltd.
$12.2 million settlement reached in taxation dispute.

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
OPCHX

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Louisiana, USA
allegedly providing inadequate medical care for low income residents.

Sprint Nextel
alleging violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act