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Jensen Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on March 20, 2009
Erik M. Jensen (Case Western) has posted a number of his tax papers on SSRN: Taxation, Compensation, and Judicial Independence: Hatter v. United States and United States v. Hatter and the Taxation of Federal Judges, 90 Tax Notes 1541 (2001),...

Mullane Presents The Cyclical Process of Tax Legislation Regulating Executive Compensation Today at Cincinnati

Posted on March 20, 2009
Joy Sabino Mullane (Villanova) presents Round and Round: The Cyclical Process of Tax Legislation Regulating Executive Compensation today at Cincinnati as part of our Scholar Exchange Program. Stephanie McMahon (Cincinnati) will be the discussant (Stephanie presented To Have and to...

The New Yorker: Economic Stimulus Through a Payroll Tax Holiday

Posted on March 20, 2009
The New Yorker: Not Insane, by Hendrik Hertzberg: If the economic crisis necessitates a second stimulus?and it probably will?then a payroll-tax holiday deserves a look. But it?s only half a good idea. A whole good idea would be to make...

Faculty Speed Dating

Posted on March 20, 2009
Inside Higher Ed: Faculty Speed Dating: For all of their big ideas, sometimes faculty are a bit like wallflowers at a high school dance; they need a little push to make the first move. So it?s perhaps no surprise that...

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Lund: Is 409A Too Tough for Law School?

Posted on March 20, 2009
Andrew Lund (Pace): Is 409A Too Tough for Law School? (Conglomerate): I'm trying to design an executive compensation syllabus. I hope the course accomplishes two things: getting students who are generally interested in the subject (and who isn't these days)...

Obama Is No Socialist

Posted on March 20, 2009
Wall Street Journal: Obama Is No Socialist, by Alan S. Blinder (Princeton): Half the cost of health reform [i the Obama budget] would be covered by a tax provision that has really raised a ruckus: Capping itemized deductions at the...

Buckles: The Denial of Tax Exemption to Churches that Engage in Partisan Political Speech

Posted on March 20, 2009
Johnny Rex Buckles (Houston) has published Does the Constitutional Norm of Separation of Church and State Justify the Denial of Tax Exemption to Churches that Engage in Partisan Political Speech?, 84 Ind. L.J. 447 (2009). Here is the abstract: The...

Larry Tribe: 90% AIG Tax Is Constitutional

Posted on March 19, 2009
Laurence Tribe (Harvard) argues in the Atlantic and Wall Street Journal Law Blog that the proposed 90% tax on the bonuses paid out by AIG would pass constitutional muster under the Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto clauses Article...

Wesley Snipes Files Reply Brief in 11th Circuit Appeal

Posted on March 19, 2009
Wesley Snipes has filed his reply brief in the Eleventh Circuit in his appeal of his conviction and sentence on three misdemeanor tax fraud counts. (For the Government's opening brief, see here.)

Posner, Becker Debate Deductibility of Contributions to Foreign Charities

Posted on March 19, 2009
Richard Posner argues that the tax law should be changed to deny a charitable deduction for contributions to American charities that donate to foreign charities: Americans do not receive an income tax deduction for giving to foreign charities, but they...

WSJ: In Defense of Tax Havens

Posted on March 19, 2009
Wall Street Journal op-ed: In Defense of Tax Havens, by Richard W. Rahm: If the government suddenly said you would incur more onerous and expensive tax regulations and reporting requirements if you moved your business to a low-tax state such...

Final 2008-09 Moot Court Rankings

Posted on March 19, 2009
Here are the final 2008-09 Top 50 law school appellate advocacy rankings from Brian Koppen's Law School Advocacy site: 1. South Texas 2. UC-Hastings 3. Georgetown 4. Washington University 5. Mississippi College 6. Loyola-Chicago 7. Seton Hall 8. Brooklyn 9...

House Passes 90% AIG Tax, 328-93

Posted on March 19, 2009
The House approved the 90% AIG tax (H.R. 1586) this afternoon, 328-93. An overwhleming majority of Democrats voted in favor of the bill (243-6); a bare majority of Republicans opposed the bill (87-85). Description of H.R. 1586 Letter From Senate...

Lederman Presents W(h)ither Economic Substance Today at UCLA

Posted on March 19, 2009
Leandra Lederman (Indiana) presents W(h)ither Economic Substance? at UCLA today as part of its Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium Series moderated by Kirk J. Stark and Eric M. Zolt. Here is the abstract: Abusive transactions that claim inappropriate tax...

Breaking NCAA Basketball News

Posted on March 19, 2009
NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams (Hat Tip: Lou Bilionis.)

13 Firms Receiving TARP Funds Owe $220m in Back Taxes

Posted on March 19, 2009
Of the 23 top recipients of TARP funds, 13 owe a combined $220 million in unpaid federal taxes. "To get money from Treasury, banks and others must sign a contract that states they have no material unpaid taxes. Treasury did...

WSJ: Law School Applications Surge During Recession

Posted on March 19, 2009
Today's Wall Street Journal: Best Defense? Seeking a Haven in Law School: The job market for lawyers, hit hard by the recession, seems to reach new lows every day. But that has not done much to discourage the thousands who...

Why Tax Problems Have Plagued Team Obama

Posted on March 18, 2009
D.C. Examiner: Why Tax Problems Have Plagued Team Obama, by Byron York: It?s been a recurring question about the young Obama administration: Why have so many of its nominees come down with tax problems? ... Timothy Geithner, Tom Daschle, Ron...

The Law Professor Social Network

Posted on March 18, 2009
Brian Leiter (Chicago) flagged this fascinating paper on SSRN, Reproduction of Hierarchy? A Social Network Analysis of the American Law Professoriate, which uses network science in examining the social structure of the 7,200 tenure-track and tenured law professors at the...

Lokken: Foreign Base Company Sales Income in the New Regs

Posted on March 18, 2009
Lawrence Lokken (Florida) has posted Foreign Base Company Sales Income in the New U.S. Regulations on SSRN. Here is the abstract: U.S. shareholders of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) are currently taxed by the United States on their ratable shares...

Will Public Law Schools "Face Cuts in Ambitions"?

Posted on March 18, 2009
New York Times: State Colleges Also Face Cuts in Ambitions, by Tamar Lewin: When Michael Crow became president of Arizona State University seven years ago, he promised to make it ?The New American University,? with 100,000 students by 2020. It...

Joint Tax Committee Releases General Explanation of Recent Tax Legislation

Posted on March 18, 2009
The Joint Committee on Taxation today released General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in the 110th Congress (642 pages) (JCS-1-09): The explanation follows the chronological order of the tax legislation as signed into law. For each provision, the document includes...

More Research = More Uninspired Students

Posted on March 18, 2009
Today's Inside Higher Ed: Unread Monographs, Uninspired Undergrads, by Elizabeth Redden: Scholarly output rises; undergraduates are disengaged. ?This is the real calamity of the research mandate -- 10,000 harried professors forced to labor on disregarded print, and 100,000 unwitting students...

Guidance on New Tax Credits for Home Buying/Home Improvements

Posted on March 18, 2009
IR-2009-27: First-Time Homebuyers Have Several Options to Maximize New Tax Credit: As part of the Treasury Department?s consumer outreach effort and with the April 15 individual tax filing deadline approaching, the IRS today began a concerted effort to educate taxpayers...

Ex-BDO Seidman Vice Chairman Pleads Guilty in Tax Shelter Fraud

Posted on March 18, 2009
Adrian Dicker, former BDO Seidman Vice Chairman, pleaded guilty yesterday to criminal charges in connection with short sale and SOS tax shelters sold to investors. DOJ press release U.S. Attorney press release Felony Information Plea Agreement Wall Street Journal WebCPA

Doran: Time to Start Over on Deferred Compensation

Posted on March 18, 2009
Michael Doran (Virginia; moving to Georgetown) has published Time to Start Over on Deferred Compensation, 28 Va. Tax Rev. 223 (2008). Here is the part of the Introduction: Writing good regulations -- ?good? in the sense of promoting the public...

Professor Kirk Stark received UCLA's

Posted on March 18, 2009
Professor Kirk Stark received UCLA's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching

Top 100 Accounting Firms

Posted on March 17, 2009
Accounting Today ahs released its annual ranking of the Top 100 accounting firms. The Top 6 Leaders in Tax, ranked by revenue, are: Ernst & Young Deloitte & Touche PreicewaterhouseCoopers KPMG RSM/McGladrey & Pullen Grant Thornton

Death of Larry Stone

Posted on March 17, 2009
I am sorry to bring you the news that Lawrence B. Stone, tax partner at Irell & Manella (Los Angeles) and Tax Prof at UC-Berkeley for twelve years, died on Sunday, March 15, 2009, from Pulmonary Fibrosis. From Larry's profile:...

Lederman: W(h)ither Economic Substance?

Posted on March 17, 2009
Leandra Lederman (Indiana) has posted W(h)ither Economic Substance? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Abusive transactions that claim inappropriate tax benefits are a perennial problem, but they are particularly distressing in a weak economy. When the IRS claims a transaction...

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