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B-School Guy v. Law School Guy

Posted on January 22, 2008
Check out this video, B-School Guy v. Law School Guy, spoofing the Mac v. PC TV ads:

Foundation Press Publishes Civil Rights Stories

Posted on January 22, 2008
Foundation Press has published Civil Rights Stories, edited by Myriam Gilles (Cardozo) & Risa Goluboff (Virginia): Like all the other volumes in the Law Stories collection, this book provides students with a three dimensional picture of the most important cases...

B.U. Seeks Director of Graduate Tax Program

Posted on January 22, 2008
My friends at Boston University have asked me to post the following: Boston University School of Law, a top tier law school (#20 in US News overall rankings; #8 in Taxation) seeks a distinguished tax lawyer to lead its esteemed...

Rankings of Federal District Judges

Posted on January 22, 2008
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has released its annual report on Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics through March 31, 2007. Today's Legal Times discusses the reaction to the report in New Report Identifies the Slowest Federal Judges in the...

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Tax News Roundup

Posted on January 22, 2008
Greg Mankiw's Blog: The Clinton Tax Plan New York Times: Charity Begins in Washington (editorial) Wall Street Journal: Bush Stimulus Flop: The 2001 Rebate Only Worked Because It Was an Advance on a Real Tax Cut (op-ed), by Alan Reynolds...

When Do Tax Profs Peak?

Posted on January 22, 2008
Non-tax, but interesting new article: Ray C. Fair (Yale University, Department of Economics), Estimated Age Effects in Baseball, 4 J. Quantitative Analysis in Sports, art. 1 (2008). Here is the abstract: Age effects in baseball are estimated in this paper...

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tax

Posted on January 21, 2008
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: reports on how some southern officials tried to use state tax laws to stop King and the nascent civil rights movement: "In Alabama, ... Governor John Patterson in early 1960 directed state...

Burke on Illusory DROs: At-Risk Lessons from Hubert

Posted on January 21, 2008
Karen C. Burke (San Diego) has posted Illusory DROs: At-Risk Lessons from Hubert, 118 Tax Notes ___ (Jan. 21, 2008), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Sixth Circuit [Nos. 05-2616, 05-2617, 05-2619 (6th Cir. Apr. 27, 2007)] recently vacated...

Video: DePaul University College of Law

Posted on January 21, 2008
Check out this cool promotional video about DePaul University College of Law:

More on Should Non-Elite Law Schools Eschew Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship?

Posted on January 21, 2008
Update on Friday's post: Should Non-Elite Law Schools Eschew Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship? Brian Tamanaha's original post Why the Interdisciplinary Movement in Legal Academia Might be a Bad Idea (For Most Law Schools), sparked a flurry of responses in the law...

TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Posted on January 21, 2008
Saturday: Presidential Candidates' Tax Matrix China Blocks Access to TaxProf Blog Brennan & Okamoto on Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation 50 Tax Tips for Freelancers Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Harv. L. Rev.:...

Chronicle: Nonprofits Pay Zero Tax on Billions of Unrelated Business Income

Posted on January 21, 2008
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reviewed the Form 990s for 91 nonprofit organizations -- including Columbia, Emory, Harvard, Indiana, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Minnesota, Penn, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, USC, and Yale -- and found that the organizations reported $412...

Last Week's Developments in the Wesley Snipes Tax Fraud Trial

Posted on January 21, 2008
For a discussion of last week's developments in the Wesley Snipes tax fraud trial, see: Roth & Co. Taxable Talk White Collar Crime Prof

Presidential Candidates Release Economic Stimulus Proposals

Posted on January 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton John Edwards Mike Huckabee John McCain Barack Obama Mitt Romney

Rodriguez on The Market for Deans

Posted on January 21, 2008
Daniel B. Rodriguez (Texas) has posted The Market for Deans, 16 J. Contemp. Legal Issues ___ (2007), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Deans are extremely important figures in the performance of American law schools in modern times. And giving...

CTJ Publishes Tax Justice Digest

Posted on January 20, 2008
Citizens for Tax Justice has published its weekly Tax Justice Digest with a number of interesting pieces on: Who's Rich? New CTJ Paper Analyzes Presidential Candidates' Definitions of "Rich" Congress and the White House Eyeing Stimulus Package Stimulus Must Go...

Do Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves

Posted on January 20, 2008
From FactCheck.org: Q: Have tax cuts always resulted in higher tax revenues and more economic growth as many tax cut proponents claim? A: No. In fact, economists say tax cuts do not spark enough growth to pay for themselves.

Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Posted on January 20, 2008
There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5: 1. [392 Downloads] Tax Myopia, or Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow...

Harv. L. Rev.: Taxing Private Equity Carried Interest as an ISO

Posted on January 20, 2008
The current issue of the Harvard Law Review includes this note: Taxing Private Equity Carried Interest Using an Incentive Stock Option Analogy, 121 Harv. L. Rev. 846 (2008). Here is part of the Introduction: Rarely does an idea that germinates...

Do Tax Rebates Work?

Posted on January 20, 2008
Angry Bear: Stimulus Package? OK. But Deal with the Real Problems What Fiscal Stimulus Needs to Look Like Associated Press: Debate Over Getting Tax Rebates to the Poor, by Jeannine Aversa Tax Rebates Could Boost Economy Quickly, by Martin Crutsinger....

Brennan & Okamoto on Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation

Posted on January 19, 2008
Thomas J. Brennan (Drexel) & Karl S. Okamoto (Drexel) have posted Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A debate is raging over the taxation of private equity and hedge...

50 Tax Tips for Freelancers

Posted on January 19, 2008
Helpful piece on Bootstrapper: 50 Tools and Resources for Freelancers During Tax Season, by Jessica Hupp: Freelancers have a lot to worry about when it comes to taxes. Just thinking about estimated payments, deductions, and extra forms is enough to...

Presidential Candidates' Tax Matrix

Posted on January 19, 2008
Americans for Tax Reform has released a one-page Presidential Candidates' Tax Matrix. From the press release: The Presidential Tax Matrix tells voters whether the various candidates have indicated in writing that they affirmatively support each pro-growth tax policy...

China Blocks Access to TaxProf Blog

Posted on January 19, 2008
Tax Prof Ann Murphy (Gonzaga), in China on a Fulbright Scholarship, reports that the government has decided to block all access to TaxProf Blog: I had hoped it would not happen, but the Chinese government has decided to block your...

McMillan Presents The Canadian Taxation of Noncharitable Nonprofits Today at Stetson

Posted on January 18, 2008
Lori A. McMillan (Washburn) presents The Canadian Taxation of Noncharitable Nonprofits, and the IKEA Connection at Stetson today as part of its Faculty Speaker Series.

Video Fodder for the Income Tax Course

Posted on January 18, 2008
Customer Leaves $400 Tip For Waitress; Waitress Had Complained About Cost of Textbooks Rare Purple Pearl Found in $10 Plate Of Clams; Experts Say Pearl Worth Up To $25,000 (Hat Tip: Donald Tobin.)

Final Rounds Today in ABA Law Student Tax Challenge

Posted on January 18, 2008
The semi-final and final rounds of the 7th Annual Law Student Tax Challenge take place today at Section of Taxation Midyear Meeting in Lake Las Vegas, NV: 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m.: J.D. Division Semifinal Rounds (Teams 2, 3, 9,...

The Dark Side of Law School: Too Much Debt, Not Enough Good Jobs

Posted on January 18, 2008
There has been a lot of blogosphere coverage of Kirsten Wolf, a 32 year old BU Law grad who is on "a one-woman mission to talk people out of law school." ABA Journal: Law Grad, 32: Don?t Do What I...

Tax in the 21st Century: What's Blogging Got to Do with It?

Posted on January 18, 2008
I am a panelist on Tax in the 21st Century: What's Blogging Got to Do with It? today at the ABA Tax Section's Midyear Meeting at 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in Loews Rabat B. My co-panelists are IRS Chief Counsel...

IRS Audits, Enforcement, and Web Services Up in 2007

Posted on January 18, 2008
The IRS yesterday released Fiscal Year 2007 Enforcement and Services Results. Among the highlights: Enforcement revenue in 2007 increased 21.6% ($59.2 billion) from 2006 ($48.7 billion). Audits of individuals increased by 7.0% (1,384,563) from 2006 (1,293,681), the most individual audits...

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