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Will the Economy Kill School Laptop Requirements?

Posted on March 13, 2009
Inside Higher Ed: Is the Laptop Love-In Over?: More than a decade ago, the trend of colleges buying laptops for their students or partially subsidizing the cost was all the rage. Now, with the economy in shambles and students bringing...

Milne: Carbon Taxes in the United States

Posted on March 13, 2009
Janet E. Milne (Vermont) has published Carbon Taxes in the United States: Context for the Future, 10 Va. Envtl. L.J. 1 (2008). Here is part of the Introduction: This article provides background and context for considering the use of broad-based...

Ventry: Equity vs. Efficiency and the U.S. Tax System in Historical Perspective

Posted on March 13, 2009
Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. (UC-Davis) has posted Equity vs. Efficiency and the U.S. Tax System in Historical Perspective, in Tax Justice: The Ongoing Debate 25 (Joseph J. Thorndike & Dennis J. Ventry, Jr., eds.) (Urban Institute Press, 2002). Here is...

More on Grade Inflation

Posted on March 13, 2009
Following up on my prior post, Lake Wobegon Michigan: 50 Years of Grade Inflation: Inside Higher Ed: Grade Inflation Seen Rising: A professor who has crusaded against grade inflation by gathering and publicizing data has released his largest analysis to...

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CTJ Applauds Obama's Tax Proposals

Posted on March 13, 2009
Citizens for Tax Justice has released Tax Proposals in President Obama?s First Budget; Budget Proposal Includes Significant Progressive Initiatives & Tax Reforms; But Revenues Fall Far Short of Needs: The table to the right shows how the combined elements of...

Gerzog: College Savings Plans

Posted on March 12, 2009
Wendy Gerzog (Baltimore) has published College Savings Plans: Not Just for Education, 122 Tax Notes 1267 (Mar. 9, 2009). Here is the abstract:Although section 529, under which tax preferred college savings accounts may be established, was enacted to alleviate the...

"Dancing With The Stars" Champ Helio Castroneves' Tax Evasion Trial

Posted on March 12, 2009
The tax fraud trial of race car driver and Dancing with the Stars champion Helio Castroneves is turning on the application of the constructive receipt doctrine. For a detailed discussion of the transaction at issue, see Sports Illustrated: The Nuts...

CRS: The Economic Effects of Capital Gains Taxation

Posted on March 12, 2009
The Congressional Research Service report, The Economic Effects of Capital Gains Taxation (R40411), is available on OpenCRS. Here is part of the summary: Some argue that reducing capital gains tax rates will increase tax revenues by dramatically increasing capital gains...

Students Learn Better Via Podcast Than Live Lecture

Posted on March 12, 2009
eSchool News: Podcast Trumps Lecture in One College Study; Researcher: Students Who Listened to a Lecture Via iTunes U Outperformed Those Who Attended in Person -- Pause Button a Factor, by Dennis Carter:The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures...

Bank Presents The Lost Moment in Corporate Tax Reform Today at Northwestern

Posted on March 12, 2009
Steven Bank (UCLA) presents The Lost Moment in Corporate Tax Reform at Northwestern today as part of its Advanced Topics in Taxation Series organized by Tom Brennan and Charlotte Crane. Here is the abstract: If the integration of the corporate...

Duff Presents Tax Fairness and the Tax Mix Today at NYU

Posted on March 12, 2009
David Duff (Toronto) presents Tax Fairness and the Tax Mix at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance. The co-convenors are Daniel Shaviro (NYU) & Alan Auerbach (UC-Berkeley, Department of Economics). Here is...

Wildasin Presents State Corporation Income Taxation: An Economic Perspective on Nexus Today at UCLA

Posted on March 12, 2009
David Wildasin (University of Kentucky, Department of Economics) presents State Corporation Income Taxation: An Economic Perspective on Nexus at UCLA today as part of its Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium Series moderated by Kirk J. Stark and Eric M...

Staudt Presents Funding Wars: The Hidden Role of the American Judiciary Today at Indiana

Posted on March 12, 2009
Nancy Staudt (Northwestern) presents Funding Wars: The Hidden Role of the Supreme Court, in her forthcoming book, How the Law Funds Wars: The Hidden Role of the American Judiciary. at Indiana today as part of its Tax Policy Coloquium Series...

Judge Posner Again Reverses Tax Court on Reasonable Compensation of CEO of Closely-Held Company

Posted on March 12, 2009
For those of us who teach the � 162(a)(l) reasonable compensation doctrine in the basic tax course through Judge Posner's opinion in Exacto Spring Corp. v. Commissioner, 196 F.3d 833 (7th Cir. 1999) -- especially his criticism of the Tax...

Klotsche: ADR at the IRS

Posted on March 11, 2009
John Klotsche (Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C.) has published Jousting With the Tax Man: An Extreme Makeover, IRS Edition, 122 Tax Notes 1241 (Mar. 9, 2009): The author takes a critical look at the IRS administrative dispute resolution system and...

WSJ: Liberals Oppose Obama's Proposed Restriction on Charitable Deductions

Posted on March 11, 2009
Wall Street Journal editorial: The Charity Revolt: Liberals Oppose a Tax Hike on Rich Donors: Among those shocked by President Obama's 2010 budget, the most surprising are the true-blue liberals who run most of America's nonprofits, universities and charities...

Tax Policy Center Hosts Panel Discussion Today on Shaviro's Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Tax Policy Center hosts a panel discussion today on the new book by Daniel N. Shaviro (NYU), Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (Urban Institute Press, 2009): Significant reform of the U.S. tax system must include changes in the complex...

CRS: The Carbon Tax

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Congressional Research Service report, Carbon Tax and Greenhouse Gas Control: Options and Considerations for Congress (R40242), is available on OpenCRS. Here is the summary: Market-based mechanisms that limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be divided into two types: quantity...

Papers Published from University of Chicago's 61st Annual Federal Tax Conference

Posted on March 11, 2009
The March 2009 issue of Taxes--The Tax Magazine is out with the papers from the University of Chicago Law School's 62nd Annual Federal Tax Conference held November 7-8, 2008: Domestic Rules in International Transactions?A Bridge Too Far?: As business combinations...

Nussim Presents Taxes, Prices, and Consumer Protection Today at Toronto

Posted on March 11, 2009
Jacob Nussim (Bar Ilan University; Visiting at UCLA) presents Taxes, Prices, and Consumer Protection at the University of Toronto today as part of the James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series. Here is the abstract: Should market prices include...

Study: Decline in Lawyer IQs

Posted on March 11, 2009
A British study reports that the average IQ of lawyers has declined over the past 12 years, moving closer to the "average" range. The Lawyer.com Legal Blog Watch Legal Writing Prof Blog

Senate to Consider Bill to Combat Offshore Tax Evasion

Posted on March 11, 2009
In advance of next week's Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tax Issues Related to Ponzi Schemes and an Update on Offshore Tax Evasion Legislation, Chair Max Baucus has released a discussion draft of legislation to discourage offshore tax evasion. Bloomberg:...

Tax Animations

Posted on March 11, 2009
I previously have praised the 690 wonderful tax charts (in 33 categories, including the cases and transactions featured in the Tax Stories (here) and Business Tax Stories (here) books) available free of charge on Andrew Mitchel's web site. Andrew has...

Beale: Tax Shelters and the Tax Minimization Norm: How Does the Patenting of Tax Advice Transform the (Global) Playing Field?

Posted on March 11, 2009
Linda M. Beale (Wayne State) has published Tax Shelters and the Tax Minimization Norm: How Does the Patenting of Tax Advice Transform the (Global) Playing Field?, 9 J. Law & Soc'y 29 (2008). Here is the abstract: The U.S. tax...

Judge Rules Search of Immigrants' Tax Returns Violated 4th Amendment

Posted on March 10, 2009
Following up on last month's post on the New York Times story, Paying Taxes, and Fearing Deportation: a Colorado District Judge has held that investigators illegally rooted through over 5,000 client files at a tax preparation firm to troll for...

Whither the 13-Week Semester?

Posted on March 10, 2009
Like many law schools, Cincinnati adopted the 13-week semester soon after the ABA changed Standard 304(a) ("A law school shall have an academic year of not fewer than 130 days on which classes are regularly scheduled in the law school,...

Kahn Presents Emerging Trends in U.S. Taxation of Multinational Business Today in Italy

Posted on March 10, 2009
Jeffrey H. Kahn (Penn State; moving to Washington & Lee) presents Emerging Trends in U.S. Taxation of Multinational Business at an International Tax Conference today at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

Questions Abound With New Car Buyer's Deduction

Posted on March 10, 2009
MarketWatch: Driven to Distraction: Should You Take the New Deduction for Buying a Car?, by Andrea Coombes: If nothing else, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, affectionately known as the stimulus bill, will stimulate plenty of visits to tax professionals'...

Buchanan Posts Two Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on March 10, 2009
Neil H. Buchanan (George Washington) has posted two papers on SSRN: Four Out of Four Panelists Agree: U.S. Fiscal Policy Does Not Cheat Future Generations: As part of the George Washington Law Review's symposium What Does Our Legal System Owe...

Hasen Leaves Michigan for Penn State

Posted on March 10, 2009
David M. Hasen, the 2008-09 Professor-in-Residence in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, is leaving Michigan to join the Penn State faculty, From David's Michigan web page: David M. Hasen joined the University of Michigan Law School faculty as an...

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