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The Data Are In: Clickers Work!

Posted on July 19, 2008
As regular readers of this blog know, I use clickers in all of my classes (see this New York Times story) and wrote an article on my experience. Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student...

Oregon Supreme Court Overturns Disbarment of Attorney for Hoyt Tax Shelters

Posted on July 19, 2008
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the disbarment of attorney Montgomery W. Cobb for his work on the Hoyt cattle-breeding and tax shelter partnerships. In re Montgomery W. Cobb, OSB No. 05-07; SC No. S054584 (Ore. 7/17/08). Here is...

Western State Law School Sold for $5-$10 Million

Posted on July 19, 2008
Western State University College of Law in Orange County, California, facing ferocious competition from Chapman, Whittier, and the new UC-Irvine law schools, has been sold for $5-$10 million to Knowledge Investment Partners LP, an education company based in Geneva, Switzerland...

CBO: Long-Term Effects of Indexing AMT and Extending the 2001 & 2003 Tax Cuts

Posted on July 19, 2008
The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released Long-Term Effects of Indexing the Alternative Minimum Tax and Extending the Tax Reductions of 2001 and 2003.

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CB&PP: Evidence Shows That Tax Cuts Lose Revenue

Posted on July 19, 2008
The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities yesterday released Evidence Shows That Tax Cuts Lose Revenue: The claim that tax cuts ?pay for themselves? ? i.e., cause so much economic growth that revenues rise faster than they would have without...

Post-Hearing News on Tax Haven Banks and U.S. Tax Compliance

Posted on July 18, 2008
Following up yesterday's post on the Senate Report and Hearing on Tax Haven Banks and U.S. Tax Compliance: Bloomberg News: UBS Stops Offshore Banking Services for U.S. Clients, by Ryan J. Donmoyer & David Voreacos Reuters: UBS to Stop Offshore...

Actions for Advancing Women Into Law Firm Leadership

Posted on July 18, 2008
The National Association of Women Lawyers has released Actions for Advancing Women Into Law Firm Leadership: Recommended actions are divided into the four topic areas addressed at the Summit: (1) Leadership, (2) Retention and Promotion, (3) Business Development, and (4)...

U.S. News Roundup of Debate Over Proposed Changes to Rankings Methodology

Posted on July 18, 2008
I previously blogged (here, here, here, here, here, and here) the announcement (here and here) by Robert Morse, Director of Data Research at U.S. News & World Report, that the magazine is considering counting both full-time and part-time entering student...

Chicago Man Who Converted $3m Home Into Church to Save $80k/Year in Property Taxes Has Sordid Past

Posted on July 18, 2008
Yesterday I blogged the story of George Michael, the Chicago banker who converted his $3 million home into a church for a handful of close friends and family to save $80,000/year in property taxes. From today's Chicago Tribune: Mansion's Reverend...

Bartlett, Shaviro on McCain, Obama Tax Policies

Posted on July 18, 2008
Bruce Bartlett, Judges, Taxes May Not Make McCain's Case (Politico): Lacking any positive reason to vote for McCain, conservatives have fallen back on [arguing] ... that whatever else one thinks about McCain, he will at least be better on two...

Duff Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

Posted on July 18, 2008
David G. Duff (Toronto) has posted a number of tax papers on SSRN: Taxing Inherited Wealth: A Philosophical Argument, 4 Can. J. L. & Juris. 3 (1993) Interpreting the Income Tax Act -- Part 1: Interpretive Doctrines, 47 Can. Tax...

Death of Edward N. Delaney

Posted on July 18, 2008
Edward N. Delaney, a prominent Washington, D.C. tax lawyer and founder of Delaney & Associates, died on Febuary 11, 2008. For details, see the current issue of the ABA Tax Lawyer (61 Tax Law. 355 (2008)).

Court of Federal Claims Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Whistleblower's Complaint That $139k Is Inadequate Award

Posted on July 18, 2008
John DaCosta and N.B. Salty Miller each received $139,321.01 from the IRS Whistleblower Office for information they provided about alleged tax violations by Margie Geddes. They are unhappy with the award and claim that the IRS already has recovered $2...

Tax Analysts Hosts Conference Today on The IRS -- Ten Years After Reform: What's Working? What's Not? What's Next?

Posted on July 18, 2008
Tax Analysts hosts a conference today on The IRS -- Ten Years After Reform: What's Working? What's Not? What's Next?: Opening Remarks: Douglas H. Shulman (IRS Commissioner) (remarks) Rob Portman (Former Co-Chair, National Commission on Restructuring the IRS) Panel #1...

Senate Holds Hearing Today on Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance

Posted on July 17, 2008
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations holds a hearing today on Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance: The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing will examine how financial institutions located in offshore tax havens, including Liechtenstein and Switzerland, may...

More on Leona Helmsley's $8 Billion Bequest to Dogs

Posted on July 17, 2008
I previously blogged (here and here) the tax issues raised by Leona Helmsley's $8 billion bequest to dogs. Here are some recent developments: Find Law: Going to the Dogs? Leona Helmsley's Dog, Trouble, Has Her Trust Slashed, but the Rest...

Chicago Man Converts $3m Home Into Church, Saves $80k/Year in Property Taxes

Posted on July 17, 2008
Man's Home Is Castle?and Church, by Susan Kuczka: When George Michael placed a cross on the side of his lakefront mansion, neighbors assumed the decoration was simply a display of the man's religious faith. What his neighbors didn't know is...

Tax Protester: "God Wants Me to Destroy the Judge"

Posted on July 17, 2008
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog and Minneapolis Star Tribune report on the indictment handed down on Tuesday against Robert Beale, who is currently in jail awaiting sentencing on his tax evasion conviction. The indictment charges Beale with attempting to...

Tax Visitors at the Top Six Law Schools

Posted on July 17, 2008
I previously have blogged Tax Prof moves for the 2008-09 academic year. Brian Leiter today blogs the visitors at the top six law schools (Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Stanford, and Yale). Here are the tax visitors at those schools for...

WSJ: California Is Number 1 (in Taxes)

Posted on July 17, 2008
Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal: California as No. 1: New York City has long been the highest tax jurisdiction in the United States, but California politicians are proposing to steal that brass tiara. California faces a $15 billion budget...

VSP Hires Ken Starr to Prepare Supreme Court Appeal of Revocation of its Tax Exemption

Posted on July 17, 2008
VSP Vision Care has hired former U.S. Solicitor General (and current Pepperdine Dean) Ken Starr to represent the eye care insurance provider in its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on the revocation of its tax-exempt status. Vision Service Plan,...

GAO, Senate Finance Committee Criticize IRS Tax Collection Process

Posted on July 17, 2008
The Government Accountability Office yesterday released Tax Debt Collection: IRS Has a Complex Process to Attempt to Collect Billions of Dollars in Unpaid Tax Debts (GAO-08-728). From the one-page highlights: Congress and others have questioned IRS?s collection process?s effectiveness...

Tax Court Upholds Application of AMT Even Though It Results in >15% Tax on Capital Gains

Posted on July 16, 2008
The Tax Court on Tuesday upheld the application of the AMT to a taxpayer and his wife even though it resulted in an effective capital gains tax rate in excess of 15%. Fritz v. Commissioner, T.C. Summ. Op. 2008-81 (7/14/08).

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Posted on July 16, 2008
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Campaign Explains Why McCain Did Not Report Gambling Gains and Losses on His Tax Returns

Posted on July 16, 2008
On Saturday, I asked Why Hasn't McCain Reported His Gambling Gains and Losses on His Tax Returns?. The McCain campaign responded today via Above the Law: John McCain has had little occasion to try his luck at gaming in 2006...

More on the Role of Taxes in a Sale of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Posted on July 16, 2008
I previously blogged the role of taxes in the potential sale of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Today's Wall Street Journal has an editorial on the subject, Pittsburgh Steelers: The citizens of Pittsburgh are getting an unpleasant lesson in the consequences of...

Covington & Burling Adds Two Tax Partners From Miller & Chevalier

Posted on July 16, 2008
Covington & Burling announced yesterday that it has added two tax partners from Miller & Chevalier: Samuel M. Maruca (left) (J.D. 1982, Georgetown), former chair of Miller & Chevalier's tax practice Daniel Luchsinger (right) (J.D. 1992, Georgetown), adjunct professor at...

Tax Prof Midlife Crisis

Posted on July 16, 2008
In this week's Chronicle of Higher Education: A Midlife Crisis Hits College Campuses; A Chronicle Survey Finds Dissatisfaction Among Employees in the Middle of Their Careers, by Jeffrey J. Selingo: [P]rofessors, administrators, and staff members in the middle of their...

McCouch: Probate Law Reform and Nonprobate Transfers

Posted on July 16, 2008
Grayson M.P. McCouch (San Diego) has posted Probate Law Reform and Nonprobate Transfers, 62 U. Miami L. Rev. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The advent of widespread, large-scale probate avoidance has added a new dimension to the...

More on Value-Added Law Schools

Posted on July 16, 2008
I previously blogged the interesting posts by Jason Solomon (Georgia) on value-added law schools. His subsequent posts (here and here) have been equally illuminating, culminating in today's post: Paul Caron, Moneyball, and the Most Important Chart In the History of...

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