Former IRS Commissioner Mortimer M. Caplin (Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C.) delivered the 13th Annual Erwin N. Griswold Lecture before the American College of Tax Counsel on The Tax Lawyer’s Role in the Way the American Tax System Works, 106 Tax Notes 697 (2005), also available on the Tax Analysts web site as Doc 2005-1916, 2005 TNT 25-49:
In this speech, Caplin addresses (1) Dean Griswold’s effect on the tax law, (2) the role of the U.S. Tax Court, (3) the role of the IRS, and (4) the tax lawyer’s role in the way the American tax system works.
