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The Homeland Investment Act and International Tax Policy

Posted on February 27, 2009

Brauner: Why the Corporate Tax Should be Repealed

Posted on February 27, 2009

Amazing Video of Flight 1549

Posted on February 27, 2009

Tax Provisions in Obama's Budget

Posted on February 26, 2009
Bloomberg: Buyout, Hedge-Fund Managers Could Pay $24 Billion More in Taxes, by Jason Kelly & Katherine Burton Obama Seeks $1 Trillion Tax Increase in Budget Plan, by Ryan J. Donmoyer Heritage Foundation: Obama Tax Proposals (Mostly) Bad News New York...

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McCall Presents Policy Preferences in the Era of Rising Inequality Today at NYU

Posted on February 26, 2009
Leslie McCall (Northwestern University, Department of Sociology) presents Americans' Social Policy Preferences in the Era of Rising Inequality at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance. The co-convenors are Daniel Shaviro (NYU) &...

Dean Presents Tax Deharmonization Today at UCLA

Posted on February 26, 2009
Steven A. Dean (Brooklyn) presents Tax Deharmonization 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 Conclusion: The graceful architecture of the international...

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

Posted on February 26, 2009
Leandra Lederman (Indiana) presents W(h)ither Economic Substance today at Boston College as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series organized by James R. Repetti and Diane Ring. Here is a description of the paper: This article argues that the economic...

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

Posted on February 26, 2009
Steven Bank (UCLA) presents The Lost Moment in Corporate Tax Reform, in From Sword to Shield: The Transformation of the Corporate Income Tax, 1861 ? Present, at Indiana today as part of its Tax Policy Coloquium Series hosted by Leandra...

Johnson: Interpreting State Tax Exemptions, Deductions, and Credits

Posted on February 26, 2009
Steve R. Johnson (UNLV) has published Interpreting State Tax Exemptions, Deductions, and Credits, 51 State Tax Notes 607 (Feb. 23, 2009): Modern tax statutes serve many purposes beyond simply raising revenue, and the contours of those statutes are shaped by...

WSJ: The 2% Illusion

Posted on February 26, 2009
Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal: The 2% Illusion: Take Everything They Earn, and It Still Won't be Enough: President Obama has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic agenda since LBJ, and now all he has to do...

NLJ: Law Schools Revamp Grading Policies

Posted on February 26, 2009
National Law Journal: Law Schools Revamp Their Grading Policies; Some Schools Move Away From Letter Grades While Another Makes It Easier to Give More A's: Several leading law schools are retooling their grading policies, with some institutions making major revisions...

House Holds Hearing Today on IRS Assistance for Taxpayers Experiencing Economic Difficulties

Posted on February 26, 2009
The Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways & Means Committee holds a hearing today on IRS Assistance for Taxpayers Experiencing Economic Difficulties. From the hearing announcement: The Subcommittee will discuss the specific problems encountered by taxpayers during this recession...

AMT Stimulus

Posted on February 25, 2009
Fairmark: "AMT Deficit" Goes On-Budget; Change Has Profound Implications, by Kaye A. Thomas: The Obama administration is poised to make a stunning change in budget policy. The change will add over $1 trillion to the projected federal debt ? and...

Obama Wants to End Tax Loopholes

Posted on February 25, 2009
WebCPA: Obama Wants to End Tax Loopholes: During his Fiscal Responsibility Summit on Monday, President Barack Obama discussed the possibility of lowering the statutory corporate tax rate while also closing tax loopholes that allow companies to reduce taxes...

Raby & Raby: Reasonable Cause, Good Faith, and Conflict of Interest

Posted on February 25, 2009
Burgess J.W. Raby (Arizona) & William L. Raby (Arizona State) have published Reasonable Cause, Good Faith, and Conflict of Interest, 122 Tax Notes 981 (Feb. 23, 2009). Here is the Introduction: When an IRS audit results in a tax deficiency,...

WSJ: Changes Abound on New Tax Forms

Posted on February 25, 2009
Today's Wall Street Journal Tax Report: Changes Abound on New Tax Forms, by Tom Herman: Here is a guided tour of major changes on federal returns for 2008 -- and advice from experts on how to benefit from them. Standard...

Soled: Tax Shelter Malpractice Cases and Their Implications for Tax Compliance

Posted on February 25, 2009
Jay A. Soled (Rutgers Business School) has published Tax Shelter Malpractice Cases and Their Implications for Tax Compliance, 58 Am. U. L. Rev. 267 (2008). Here is the abstract: In malpractice lawsuits, taxpayers prevailed in courtrooms, around arbitration tables, and...

Foundation Press Publishes Human Rights Advocacy Stories

Posted on February 25, 2009
Foundation Press has published Human Rights Advocacy Stories (2008), edited by Deena R. Hurwitz (Virginia) & Margaret L. Satterthwaite (NYU), with Doug Ford (Virginia): This book tells the story of fifteen human rights cases from around the world?including cases adjudicated...

NALP: There Are Far Fewer Summer Associate Positions for 2Ls

Posted on February 25, 2009
NALP has released a 20-page report, Perspectives on Fall 2008 Law Student Recruiting: Consistent with the overall weakening of the legal economy, all of the markers that measure the strength of the legal employment market for new lawyers, such as...

AEI Hosts Book Forum Today on Tax Policy Lessons from the 2000s

Posted on February 25, 2009
The American Enterprise Institue hosts a Book Forum today on Tax Policy Lessons from the 2000s (AEI Press, Feb. 2009): The American tax system stands at a crossroads. In addition to longstanding arguments over the tax code and budget deficits,...

Yale Freezes Pay of Faculty Earning > $75k

Posted on February 25, 2009
From a memo sent to Yale faculty and staff by President Richard C. Levin: We will reduce 2009?2010 budgets by an amount equal to 7.5% of the salaries and benefits of all nonfaculty staff, rather than the 5% announced in...

ABA Tax Section Offers Webcast Today on Challenging the Validity of Treasury Regulations

Posted on February 25, 2009
The ABA Tax Section offers a teleconference and webcast today on This Treas. Reg. is Wrong! Substantive and Procedural Challenges and Standards of Review for Attacking Department of Treasury Tax Regulations from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST: This panel will....

Symposium: Tax Law in a Liberal Democracy

Posted on February 24, 2009
The Loyola University Chicago Law Journal has published a symposium issue on Tax Law in a Liberal Democracy: Exploring the Relationship Between Tax and Good Governance: Introduction, 40 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. i (2009) Jeffrey L. Kwall (Loyola Chicago), Loyola...

David Brennen Is Dean Finalist at Kentucky

Posted on February 24, 2009
Tax Prof David A. Brennen (Georgia), currently completing a two-year stint as Deputy Director of the Association of American Law Schools, is one of four finalists for the Kentucky Deanship. David will be making the first on-campus visit on February...

CALI Summer Conference on Law School Computing

Posted on February 24, 2009
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) has issued a call for session proposals at its 19th Annual Conference for Law School Computing this summer, June 18-20, at the University of Colorado Law School, in Boulder, Colorado. The theme of...

ABA Tax Section Submits Comment Letter on Proposed � 108 Regs

Posted on February 24, 2009
The ABA Tax Section has submitted a comment letter on the Proposed � 108 Regs on the Reduction of S Corporation Tax Attributes. Here is the Executive Summary: On August 6, 2008, the Department of the Treasury (?Treasury?) and the...

Barry Melancon Reappointed as President & CEO of AICPA

Posted on February 24, 2009
The American Institute of CPAs announced yesterday that it has extended Barry Melancon?s term as President and CEO for another five years: Ernie Almonte, chairman of the AICPA, said the decision was the right one for the board to make:...

More on Tax Consequences of Rahm Emanuel's Rent-Free Use of D.C. Home

Posted on February 24, 2009
Following up on last week's post: The Next Obama Tax Kerfuffle: Rahm Emanuel's Rent-Free Use of Capitol Hill Townhouse: Chicago Tribune: Questions Raised About Rahm Emanuel's Housing Arrangement in D.C., by Andrew Zajac: White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's...

Income Tax Data by Zip Code

Posted on February 24, 2009
The Data Research Group has launched Income Tax List, which allows you to search IRS income and tax data by zip code. The site also contains various lists, including: The five richest zip codes with the highest average incomes: New...

Entry Level Hiring Report

Posted on February 24, 2009
Larry Solum (Illinois) is compiling his annual Entry Level Hiring Report. Please enter your school's information via Survey Monkey. He plans to report preliminary results next week. (For the 2008 report, see here.)

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