Friday, October 1, 2004
Once again, tax professors have prominent roles in the ABA Tax Section Fall Meeting beginning today at the Sheraton in Boston. For the complete program schedule, see here. Here is today’s line-up of Tax Profs:
• 7:15 am – 8:00 am: Young Lawyers Orientation Breakfast (Barry Kozak (John Marshall), Chair)
• 7:30 am – 8:30 am: Exempt Organizations Subcommittee on Political and Lobbying Activities and Organizations: Tax Law Controversies Arising from 2004 Election (Miriam Galston (George Washington), Co-Chair)
• 8:30 am – 9:30 am: U.S. Activities of Froeigners and Tax Treaties: Trends in Recent U.S. Income Tax Treaties (Robert Peroni (Texas), Panelist)
• 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Domestic Relations: Tax and Estate Planning for Same Sex and Transgendered Couples in the Age of DOMA (Toni Robinson (Quinnipiac), Chair; Mary Ferrari (Quinnipiac), Panelist))
• 9:00 am – 10:45 am: Formation of Tax Policy: AMT Truths and Fictions (Gail Richmond (Nova), Chair; Linda Beale (Illinois), Gregg Polsky (Minnesota) & Brant Hellwig (South Carolina), Panelists)
• 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm: Luncheon Speech: Nonprofit Governance (Mark Moore (Harvard))
• 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Teaching Taxation: Regulation of Unenrolled Return Preparers: An Evaluation and Critique (Evelyn Brody (Chicago-Kent), Chair; Alice Abreu (Temple), Moderator)
• 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Closely Held Businesses: Current Issues in Tax Ethics (Ira Sheppard (Houston), Chair)
• 3:40 pm – 4:30 pm: Court Practice and Procedure: Should Tax Court Special trial Judge Reports Be Disclosed? (Steve Johnson (UNLV) & Leandra Lederman (George Mason), Panelists)
• 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Energy and Environmental Taxes: Generating Power from Wind and Landfills (Janet Milne (Vermont), Moderator)
• 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Young Lawyers Forum (Barry Kozak (John Marshall), Chair)
I am not able to attend the meeting. But readers who do so are invited to email me with content about these or other panels to be posted on TaxProf Blog. This content can be as short or as long as you want. Guest Bloggers will be be identified or remain anonymous (your choice).
