Taxation & Estate Planning

Taxation treatment of off-market share buybacks
On 12 May 2009 the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, announced that the Government will implement the recommendations made by the Board of Taxation to improve the taxation treatment of...

Ventry on Gay Marriage and Income Taxation
Feminist Law Prof Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. (UC Davis) discusses gay marriage and taxation here. Professor Ventry is a fantastic all-around tax scholar and an important contributor to the discourse on issues of taxation and the family...

Taxation Review Reports
The Board of Taxation has released 3 reports: Review of the Legal Framework for the Administration of the GST Review of the Anti-Tax-Deferral Regimes Review of the Taxation Treatment of Off-Market Share Buybacks

China to introduce resource tax system in 2008
Details of a new resource taxation system will be announced this year, an official with the State Administration of Taxation said on Thursday. While the system is still being finalized, it may include a shift to taxation by price instead of volume and an expansion of the category of taxable resources Xinhua reports...

Book Review: Estate Taxation
Ronald H. Jensen (Professor of Law, Pace University) has recently posted on SSRN a Review of Federal Income Taxation of Estates and Beneficiaries, 20 Buff. L. Rev. (forthcoming). Here is the abstract of the review: Review of Federal Income Taxation...

Taxation arrangements for managed funds and property trusts
The Government has asked the Board of Taxation to review the taxation arrangements that apply to managed funds. The Minister also released a consultation paper on interim changes to trading trust rules which apply to real estate investment trusts...

The S Corporation
Avoiding double taxation

Michigan Employment Law
alleged violations of Michigan labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

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

Suit Filed On Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare
Michigan Medicaid Sued Over Dental Healthcare

Tyco
Settles with Michigan State for $24.5 Million

Michigan State
Settles Class Action Over Child Welfare

Shell Canada Proposes Heavy Oil Refinery
Air and Water at Risk in Michigan