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Foundation Press Publishes Race Law Stories

Posted on June 19, 2008
Foundation Press has published Race Law Stories, by Rachel F. Moran (UC-Berkeley) & Devon Carbado (UCLA): Race Law Stories brings to life well-known and not-so-well known legal opinions?hidden gems?that address slavery, Native American conquest, Chinese exclusion, Jim Crow, Japanese American...

Welcome to the Tax Blogosphere: Ted Seto

Posted on June 19, 2008
Ted Seto (Loyola-L.A.) has joined the Tax Prof blogosphere with Understanding Tax, with his inaugural post on Bonus Depreciation is Not Necessarily a Good Idea.

House to Markup AMT Bill Today

Posted on June 18, 2008
The House Ways & Means Committee is scheduled to markup the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (H.R. 6275) at 10:30 a.m. this morning in 1100 Longworth House Office Building: Press release Summary of bill Text of bill In...

U.S. News: Is Obama Moving to the Right on Taxes?

Posted on June 18, 2008
In today's U.S. News & World Report: Obama 2.0: Candidate Starts His Hard Move to the Center, by James Pethokoukis [N]ow that he has the nomination, [Obama] seems to be moving to the right. First with the hiring of economist...

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New $10 Million Fund to Support Tax Research

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Tax Policy Center today announced a new $10 million fund to support tax research: The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, has launched a new intellectual venture capital fund to...

The Big Four Accounting Option for Newly Minted Tax Lawyers

Posted on June 18, 2008
David Lat has an interesting thread on Above the Law on Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Accounting Firms, launched with this question from a reader: Because of the weak economy (or perhaps because of my non-stellar grades), I was unable to...

House Ways & Means Committee Approves AMT Patch, 22-16

Posted on June 18, 2008
The House Ways & Means Committee today approved the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (H.R. 6275) in a party line 22-16 vote. The bill provides a $61.5 billion AMT paid for in part by taxing carried interest at...

JK Harris Settles Lawsuit by 18 State AGs

Posted on June 18, 2008
JK Harris, which bills itself as "The Nation's Largest Tax Resolution Company" with 425 locations in 45 statesand and advertises its ability to help taxpayers settle tax issues with the IRS for pennies on the dollar, has agreed to pay...

Updated Law School Moot Court Rankings

Posted on June 18, 2008
Following up on this morning's post: a reader informed me that more up to date law school moot court rankings are available at LawSchoolAdvocacy.com. The rankings for the complete 2007 moot court season list 69 schools. Here are the Top...

President Signs Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008

Posted on June 18, 2008
President Bush yesterday signed H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, which was unanimously approved by both the House and the Senate: Bill House Summary Senate Summary Joint Committee on Taxation Explanation Joint Committee on...

Law School Moot Court Rankings

Posted on June 18, 2008
Best Moot Court Programs ranks the Top 53 law school moot court programs, based on this methodology. Here are the Top 25: 1. UC-Hastings 2. Washington University 3. Georgetown 4. Chicago-Kent 5. South Texas 6. Brooklyn Georgia 8. Lewis &...

Senate Holds Hearing Today on Tax Nominations

Posted on June 18, 2008
The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on these tax nominations Ed Eck, Dean of the University of Montana School of Law, to be a Member of the IRS Oversight Board Richard T. Morrison, Acting Assistant Attorney General (Tax...

Pace Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Posted on June 17, 2008
Pace University School of Law seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track Tax Prof to begin in the 2009-10 academic year: The ideal candidates ... will be entry-level or in the early part of their academic careers. ... Candidates should have...

Joint Tax Committee: Tax Issues Raised by Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in the U.S.

Posted on June 17, 2008
The Joint Committee on Taxation today released Economic and U.S. Income Tax Issues Raised by Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in the United States (JCX-49-08). Here is the Introduction: This document ... describes the economic and U.S. income tax issues raised...

WSJ: Should Mortgage Foregiveness Exception be Extended to Nonhousing-Related Debt-Financed Spending?

Posted on June 17, 2008
Today's Wall Street Journal: More Loan Forgiveness Sought; Group Is Lobbying to Extend Tax Relief for Homeowners, by Arden Dale: A new law to give tax relief to homeowners who refinance a mortgage doesn't go far enough for some. The...

Legal Education's Perfect Storm: Schools, Enrollment, Tuition, and Debt Are Up, Jobs Are Down

Posted on June 17, 2008
Following up on my post last week that the ABA has accredited its 199th and 200th law schools (Charlotte & Elon): From today's Associated Press: Law Schools Growing, But Jobs Aren't, by Justin Pope: [S]tudents don't realize at first that...

Knoll: The Tax Advantages and Disadvantages of S ESOPs

Posted on June 17, 2008
Michael S. Knoll (Penn) has posted Samuel Zell, the Chicago Tribune, and the Emergence of the S ESOP: Understanding the Tax Advantages and Disadvantages of S ESOPs on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Samuel Zell's acquisition of the Chicago Tribune...

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

Posted on June 17, 2008
SSRN has updated its monthly rankings of 458 American and international law school faculties and 1,500 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN data base. Here is the new list (through June 11,...

TIGTA Issues Semiannual Report to Congress

Posted on June 17, 2008
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has released its Semiannual Report to Congress covering the six-month period of October 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008. The report contains TIGTA's annual assessment of the top management challenges confronting the IRS,...

Federal Judge Orders IRS to Turn Over Data to TRAC

Posted on June 17, 2008
Update: Here is a copy of the court order in Long v. United States, No. 2:74-cv-00724 (W.D. WA 6/13/08). From today's Seattle Times: Judge Orders IRS to Turn Over Data; A Federal Judge Has Found the IRS in Defiance of...

Impact of McCain & Obama Tax Plans on Single Women

Posted on June 17, 2008
Glamour: Tax Plans And The Single Girl, by Megan Carpentier: In the end, despite the stereotype that my taxes should go up under a Democratic tax plan and down under a Republican, it seems that Obama's tax plan is most...

Queen's Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Posted on June 16, 2008
Queen's University Faculty of Law seeks to hire (1) a full-time, tenured-track or tenured Tax Prof to begin July 1, 2009, at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, and (2) a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor: The Faculty is seeking...

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on June 16, 2008
Saturday: Repetti: Democracy and Opportunity: A New Paradigm in Tax Equity McCain & Obama Release 2007 Financial Disclosure Forms Moran Posts Tax Papers on SSRN Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads NLJ: Father's Day and Young Lawyers Cords: Administrative Law...

Daniel Berman Named Director of BU Graduate Tax Program

Posted on June 16, 2008
Boston University has appointed international tax lawyer Daniel M. Berman (Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, Washington, D.C.) as Director of its Graduate Tax Program and Professor of the Practice of Tax Law, effective July 1, 2008. Berman succeeds Ernest...

IRS Releases Proposed Tax Return Preparer Penalties Under �� 6694 & 6695

Posted on June 16, 2008
The Treasury Department and IRS today issued proposed regs on tax return preparer penalties under �� 6694 & 6695. The proposed regs reflect the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 (Pub. L. No. 110-28).

Summer/Fall 2008 Law Review Article Submission Information

Posted on June 16, 2008
Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC) have updated their incredibly useful document, which contains two charts for the summer and fall 2008 submission season covering 188 law reviews. The first chart (pp. 2-73) contains information gathered from the journals?...

NLJ: VAPs Offer Entry Point Into Academia for Practitioners

Posted on June 16, 2008
From today's National Law Journal: New Law School Programs Give Lawyers a Shot at Visiting Assistant Professorships, by Leigh Jones: While the odds of landing a job at any law school are still slim for practitioners without a proven track...

Group Calls on IRS to Increase Standard Mileage Rate in Light of Record Gas Prices

Posted on June 16, 2008
In light of record gasoline prices, the National Treasury Employees Union has called on the IRS to increase the 2008 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business (50.5 cents per mile),...

McCain and Obama Tax Plans Debated on Fox News

Posted on June 16, 2008
Think Progress: Williams Calls Hume and Kristol "Out Of Touch" For Saying McCain?s Tax Plan Will Help Working Americans: Earlier this week, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released a paper showing that Sen. Barack Obama?s (D-IL) tax plan ?offers three...

International Taxation: America's Berlin Wall

Posted on June 16, 2008
The Economist: International Taxation: America's Berlin Wall: Congress increases the ransom expats must pay to escape the taxman. Queues of frustrated foreigners crowd many an American consulate around the world hoping to get into the United States. Less noticed are...

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