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John Gimigliano, Senior Tax Counsel on House Ways & Means Committee, to Join KPMG

Posted on April 16, 2008
John P. Gimigliano, Senior Tax Counsel on the House Ways & Means Committee, has accepted a position as Principal-In-Charge, Americas Climate Solutions and Energy Sustainability Tax Practice, at KPMG in Washington, D.C.

Burke: Collapsible Real Estate Partnerships

Posted on April 16, 2008
Karen C. Burke (San Diego) has posted Collapsible Real Estate Partnerships on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Under current law, capital gain from sale of real property is taxed at 25% to the extent that such gain is attributable to...

Benshalom: The Dual Subsidy Theory of Charitable Deductions

Posted on April 16, 2008
Ilan Benshalom (Northwestern) has posted The Dual Subsidy Theory of Charitable Deductions, 84 Ind. L.J. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Americans contribute billions of dollars to charities on an annual basis. Charitable contributions do not only represent...

Celebrity Tax Scofflaws

Posted on April 16, 2008
I previously blogged ABC News' celebrity tax montage. MSN has published its version, with 18 tax scofflaw celebrities. (Hat Tup: Ann Murphy.)

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IRS Disciplined 2.3% of its 100,000 Employees in 2007

Posted on April 16, 2008
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley yesterday issued a press release "urging detractors of the private debt collection program to consider facts, including disciplinary action against IRS employees and the IRS? own poor track record of collecting the $345...

Yale Law Journal: Call for Tax Papers

Posted on April 16, 2008
The Yale Law Journal Pocket Part has issued a call for 1,500-word essays and commentaries in two areas with tax angles: Sovereign Wealth Funds (June 27, 2008 submission deadline) (attention: Vic Fleischer (Illinois)) Virtual Worlds (August 25, 2008 submission deadline)...

McCain Unveils Tax Plan

Posted on April 16, 2008
Republican presidential candidate John McCain revealed his tax plan yesterday. The center piece is his call for an alternative tax system: When this reform is enacted, all who wish to stay under the current system could still do so, but...

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings

Posted on April 16, 2008
SSRN has updated its new monthly rankings of 457 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 April...

Senate Announces Three Hearings to Set Stage for Tax Reform in 2009

Posted on April 16, 2008
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus announced yesterday that the commitee will hold three additional hearings "to prepare for a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code in 2009" with the goal of producing "a set of principles to guide the...

Senate Holds Hearing Today on Fundamentals in Advance of Tax Reform

Posted on April 15, 2008
The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on Tax: Fundamentals in Advance of Reform. Here are the witnesses scheduled to testify: Daniel N. Shaviro (Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, NYU) Michael Graetz (Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law, Yale)...

Four-Year Anniversary of TaxProf Blog

Posted on April 15, 2008
Today (April 15) marks the 4-year anniversary of TaxProf Blog (and the 13-year anniversary of the TaxProf Email Discussion Group). I hope the blog has at least partially succeeded in its mission (announced in my very first post here) to...

April 15: Prosecutors Urge Maximum Three-Year Sentence for "Inveterate Tax Scofflaw" Wesley Snipes

Posted on April 15, 2008
In a sentencing memo, prosecutors have urged the federal district court in Florida to sentence actor Wesley Snipes to the maximum three years in prison and $5 million fine for his conviction on three misdemeanor tax charges (he was acquitted...

April 15: Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?

Posted on April 15, 2008
Following up on this morning's post on Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? -- Americans United for Change reports: The Iraq War has already cost U.S. taxpayers a staggering $526 billion in direct costs and roughly $1.3 trillion to the...

April 15: Supreme Court Decides Two Tax Cases

Posted on April 15, 2008
The Supreme Court today issued unanimous opinions in two tax cases: MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue, No. 06-1413 (Alito, J.) (prior TaxProf Blog coverage here): We have been asked in this case to decide whether the State of...

Kirsch Presents Evolving Interpretations of U.S. Tax Treaties Today at Notre Dame

Posted on April 15, 2008
Michael S. Kirsch (Notre Dame) presents Evolving Interpretations of U.S. Tax Treaties at Notre Dame today as part of its Faculty Colloquium Series: As part of its efforts to oversee the U.S. tax treaty network, the Treasury Department promulgates various...

Kozoulina Presents Tax Strategy Patents Relating to Financial Instruments Today at New York Law School

Posted on April 15, 2008
Anna Kozoulina (Attorney, IRS Office of Chief Counsel; Adjunct Professor, New York Law School) presents Tax Strategy Patents Relating to Financial Instruments at New York Law School today as part of its Faculty Scholarship Lunch Series. Ann Thomas (New York...

Fleming & Peroni: Reinvigorating Tax Expenditure Analysis and its International Dimension

Posted on April 15, 2008
J. Clifton Fleming, Jr. (BYU) & Robert J. Peroni (Texas) have posted Reinvigorating Tax Expenditure Analysis and its International Dimension, 27 Va. Tax Rev. ___ (2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Tax expenditure analysis (TEA) was rigorously criticized from...

Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?

Posted on April 15, 2008
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: From the National Priorities Project: Here is where a family's $25,000 of federal income tax in 2007 went:

Joint Economic Committee Releases Two Tax Reports

Posted on April 15, 2008
The Joint Economic Committee yesterday released two tax reports: Press release: U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released a state-by-state analysis revealing that free e-filing would save taxpayers and the federal government billions of...

Law School Rankings by BigLaw Employment

Posted on April 14, 2008
Top Law Schools Tighten Their Hold on NLJ 250 Firms (National Law Journal), by Leigh Jones: A bigger percentage of students graduating from top law schools in 2007 took jobs at NLJ 250 law firms than those graduating in 2006....

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on April 14, 2008
Saturday: Analysis of House & Senate Housing Tax Bills Video of Q&A With Robert Morse, U.S. News Rankings Guru Prof Worked for "D.C. Madam" Taxing Entrepreneurial Income Mirkay: The Nondiscrimination Principle in � 501(c)(3) Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads...

Salaries, Travel Expenses, and Financial Disclosure Forms for Tax Legislative Staff

Posted on April 14, 2008
Salaries, Travel Expenses, and Financial Disclosure Forms are now available for high-ranking congressional staff, including the tax staffs of the House Ways & Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Joint Committee on Taxation. My friend and colleague Tim Armstrong blogs...

IRS Oversight Board Releases 2007 Annual Report

Posted on April 14, 2008
The IRS Oversight Board today released its 2007 Annual Report. From the press release: The IRS should not settle for ?good? performance; it must set its sights on ?great? performance. That was the conclusion and recommendation of the IRS Oversight...

NLJ: Corporate Counsel Fight IRS in Key Work Product Protection Case

Posted on April 14, 2008
Corporate Counsel Fight IRS on Key Work Product Protection Case (National Law Journal), by Marcia Coyle: The Association of Corporate Counsel and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have joined an aerospace defense company in its court fight with the IRS...

AAUP Releases 2007-08 Faculty Salary Data

Posted on April 14, 2008
The American Association of University Professors today released Where Are the Priorities? The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2007?08. Here are some highlights from the press release: Overall average salaries for full-time faculty rose 3...

April 15-Eve Tax News

Posted on April 14, 2008
Citizens for Tax Justice: President Bush Has Made Tax Day Easier for the Rich ? at the Expense of Everyone Else Cleveland Plain Dealer: Two Americas on Taxes (editorial) CNN: Gay Couples Face Higher Tax Bills IRS 1040 Central April...

IRS Audits of Big Companies Fall to All-Time Low

Posted on April 14, 2008
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of Syracuse University has issued a new report, Audits of Largest Corporations Slide to All Time Low: The FY 2007 audit rate for the nation's largest corporations has plunged to its lowest level in...

AICPA Asks CAFC to Deny Tax Strategy Patents

Posted on April 14, 2008
The AICPA has filed an amicus brief in In re Bilsky, No. 2007-1130 (Fed. Cir. 2/15/08), requesting that the court deny patent protection to tax strategies. Here is part of its Summary of Argument: The case addresses the patentability criteria...

Henderson & Morriss: Regional Law Schools May Be Better Deal Than Elite Schools

Posted on April 14, 2008
William D. Henderson (Indiana) & Andrew P. Morriss (Illinois), What Rankings Don't Say About Costly Choices: Some Students Should Consider Lower-Ranked Schools That Offer More Grants, Better Opportunities (National Law Journal): Based upon our combined 21 years of experience as...

SOI Releases 2006 Corporate Tax Data

Posted on April 13, 2008
The IRS's Statistics of Income Division has released 2005 Corporation Income Tax Returns: Data tables included in the 2005 Corporation Complete Report are available. This report presents data on corporation income tax returns with accounting periods that ended July 2005...

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