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Law School Softball Rankings

Posted on April 20, 2008
The Best Law School ... Softball Team (Legal Blog Watch), by Robert J. Ambrogi: Forget the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings. Here is an honor that reveals the true grit of a law school -- the best...

Gerzog: Disclaimers and Defined Value Clauses: Christiansen

Posted on April 20, 2008
Wendy C. Gerzog (Baltimore) has posted Disclaimers and Defined Value Clauses: Christiansen, 119 Tax Notes 91 (4/7/08), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A South Dakotan attorney who had become a full-time farmer, left her entire estate to her daughter,....

Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Posted on April 20, 2008
There is a bit of movement on this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5. The #1 paper has climbed to #139 on the all-time tax...

IRS Launches Political Activity Compliance Initiative for 2008 Election

Posted on April 20, 2008
The IRS has announced (IR-2008-61) that its Political Activities Compliance Initiative (PACI) once again will be in effect for the 2008 election season. The PACI program seeks to educate § 501(c)(3) organizations such as charities and churches about the federal...

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Academic Journals to Use Anti-Plagiarism Software on Submitted Articles

Posted on April 20, 2008
The makers of Turnitin, the anti-plagiarism software used to screen student papers (and now college application essays), has announced a new service to help scholarly journals detect plagiarism in submitted articles: CrossRef is partnering with iParadigms, LLC to offer its...

Tax Lawyers Are More "Productive" Than Tax Profs

Posted on April 19, 2008
Bye, Bye Baby: Why Doctors and Lawyers Out-Reproduce Professors (Chronicle of Higher Education), by Robin WIlson: Male and female faculty members are less likely than their counterparts in the fields of medicine and law to have children, according to a...

Angry Bear: Eliminate the Charitable Deduction

Posted on April 19, 2008
The Angry Bear proposes to eliminate the charitable deduction: Much of what constitutes charity, according to the tax code, is little more than self-serving activity, whether tax avoidance schemes or methods of self-aggrandizement. Much of it constitutes encouraging behavior that...

30-Year IRS Agent Sentenced to One Year in Prison in Tax Fraud Case

Posted on April 19, 2008
I previously blogged the case of Harry Willner, a 30-year IRS agent who was indicted in March and pled guilty in December to carrying out a scheme to obstruct the IRS by fraudulently attempting to sell to other taxpayers, and...

Capital Gains on the Presidential Campaign Trail

Posted on April 19, 2008
Angry Bear: Charlie Gibson and the Capital Gains Tax Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Experts Agree that Capital Gains Tax Cuts Lose Revenue Citizens for Tax Justice: Charlie Gibson Repeats Misinformation at Democratic Presidential Debate Fairmark: Capital Gain: What...

Industry Group Blasts I-File

Posted on April 19, 2008
The Computer & Communications Industry Association has published The Benefits and Costs of I-File: The clear benefits of electronic filing have led policymakers to ask what steps can be taken to accelerate its adoption. One such proposal, commonly referred to...

Texas To Strip Tax Exemption From Church Of Scientology?

Posted on April 18, 2008
The Republican Party of Texas has approved a resolution to strip the Church of Scientology of its state tax exemption. See Anonymous Houston and Gloss Lip.

Raskolnikov Presents Beyond Deterrence: Targeting Tax Enforcement with a Penalty Default Today at Virginia

Posted on April 18, 2008
Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia) presents Beyond Deterrence: Targeting Tax Enforcement with a Penalty Default at Virginia today as part of its Faculty Workshop Series. Here is the Conclusion: The one-size-fits-all approach to tax enforcement has reached its limits...

Moran Presents Capitalism and the Tax System: A Search for Social Justice Today at Pittsburgh

Posted on April 18, 2008
Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt) presents Capitalism and the Tax System: A Search for Social Justice at Pittsburgh today as part of its Faculty Workshop Series. Here is the abstract: America is a country founded on ideas. The Enlightenment was one set...

McCain Releases 2006 & 2007 Tax Returns, But Not His Wife's

Posted on April 18, 2008
Republican presidential candidate John McCain released his 2006 and 2007 tax returns. He filed as married filing separately and did not release his wife's tax returns. Here are the 2006-07 data for McCain, as well as for Hillary Clinton and...

New York Law School Hosts Annual Tax Lawyering Workshop Today

Posted on April 18, 2008
New York Law School hosts its annual Tax Lawyering Workshop today. Here is the program: Session #1: Tax Strategy Patents and Financial Instruments Presenter: Anna Kozoulina (IRS Office of Chief Counsel; Adjunct Professor, NYLS) Commentator: Ann F. Thomas (Managing Director,...

Ave Maria to Move Again -- to Naples, FL

Posted on April 18, 2008
Ave Maria School of Law, unable to sell naming rights to its planned new building in Ave Maria, FL, issued a "stunning announcement" yesterday that it instead will move into an older building in nearby Naples in time for Fall...

Senate Finance Committee Unveils Tax Bill with AMT Relief, Tax Extenders

Posted on April 18, 2008
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley yesterday unveiled tax legislation to provide AMT relief and extend dozens of expiring tax incentives. An eight-page summary is here.

Treasury & IRS Seek Public Comment on 2008-09 Guidance Priority List

Posted on April 18, 2008
The IRS yesterday issued an advance copy of Notice 2008-47, 2008-18 I.R.B. ___ (5/5/08), inviting recommendations for items to be included on the 2008-09 Guidance Priority List:

Law School Rankings by 1L Attrition Rates

Posted on April 18, 2008
LawSchoolNumbers.com ranks the 195 law schools by 1L attrition rates. (The ABA Section on Legal Education publishes aggregate attrition rates, and each school's attrition rate is available on its official ABA data sheet.) Here are the 25 law schools with...

Yale to Forgive Student Loans for Grads Earning $60k/Year

Posted on April 18, 2008
Following up on last month's post, Harvard to Waive Tuition for 3Ls Who Agree to Work in Public Interest for 5 Years: Yale has announced that graduates earning less than $60,000 will have their students loan forgiven as part of...

Stephenson & Hickman: The Administrative Law of Borrowed Regulations: Legal Questions Regarding the Bankruptcy Law's Incorporation of IRS Standards

Posted on April 17, 2008
Matthew Stephenson (Harvard) & Kristin E. Hickman (Minnesota) have posted The Administrative Law of Borrowed Regulations: Legal Questions Regarding the Bankruptcy Law's Incorporation of IRS Standards, 1 Norton Bankr. L. Adv. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In...

Caron Presents The Story of Murphy: A New Front in the War on the Income Tax Today at Boston College

Posted on April 17, 2008
I am presenting The Story of Murphy: A New Front in the War on the Income Tax at Boston College today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series: This paper is a draft of a chapter from the forthcoming...

Ring Presents Sovereignty and International Tax Today at Northwestern

Posted on April 17, 2008
Diane M. Ring (Boston College) presents Sovereignty and International Tax at Northwestern today as part of its Advanced Topics in Taxation Series organized by Charlotte Crane. Here is the abstract: The international tax problems of today are typically beyond the...

Gamage Presents Optimal Tax Theory Meets Tax Avoidance: A Tentative Defense of "Double Taxation" Today at NYU

Posted on April 17, 2008
David Gamage (UC-Berkeley) presents Optimal Tax Theory Meets Tax Avoidance: A Tentative Defense of "Double Taxation" at NYU today as part of its Colloquium Series on Tax Policy and Public Finance. The co-convenors are Daniel Shaviro (NYU) & Mihir Desai...

Borden: Safe Harbors and Careful Planning Make Deferred Exchanges a Valuable Tool

Posted on April 17, 2008
Bradley T. Borden (Washburn) has published Safe Harbors and Careful Planning Make Deferred Exchanges a Valuable Tool, 25 J. Tax'n Inv. 43 (2008). Here is the abstract: This Article describes the section 1031 deferred exchange safe harbors. It describes how...

Obama Releases 2007 Tax Return

Posted on April 17, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama yesterday released his 2007 tax return. For the first time (perhaps after reading Why Didn't Obama Save for Retirement?), the Obamas contributed the maximum $45,000 to a SEP-IRA to shelter some of their book royalties...

CPA's Ex-Wife Denied Innocent Spouse Relief

Posted on April 17, 2008
A CPA "specializing in tax controversies, audits, and tax returns" opened his own firm in 1989. Although he and his wife filed returns for 1995-97, they did not remit any of the taxes shown due on the returns (1995: $14,977;...

IRS Issues Supplemental Guidance on Tax Return Preparer Penalties

Posted on April 17, 2008
The IRS yesterday issued an advance copy of Notice 2008-46, 2008-18 I.R.B. ___ (5/5/08), which provides guidance on the implementation of the tax return preparer penalty provisions under § 6694 by adding certain returns and documents supplementing Exhibits 1, 2...

Senate Holds Hearing Today on Tax Nominations

Posted on April 17, 2008
The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on the nominations of: Richard T. Morrison (of Virginia), to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court David D. Gustafson (of Virginia), to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court...

House Passes Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act

Posted on April 16, 2008
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 238-179 to approve H.R. 5719, The Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008. Among other provisions, the bill repeals the IRS Private Debt Collector program. House Press Release House Report -- Part One House...

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