Former IRS Commissioner Mortimer M. Caplin (Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C.) has published the 13th Annual Erwin N. Griswold Lecture on The Tax Lawyer’s Role in the Way the American Tax System Works, 24 Va. Tax Rev. 969 (2005), originally delivered before the American College of Tax Counsel:
In the 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.
The Virginia Tax Review also has published an accompanying interview with Mr. Caplin.
