For over 30 years, the University of Florida Graduate Tax Program has been one of the nation’s leading programs for the advanced study of tax law. Among the country’s 30 graduate tax programs, Florida has by far the largest number of full-time faculty and is the only school to offer three advanced tax degrees:
Graduate tax students assist in the publication of the Florida Tax Review, one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed tax journals in the country. In this 12-part series, TaxProf Blog will profile the Florida Graduate Tax Faculty.
A native of Acadiana, Steven J. Willis joined the Florida faculty in 1981, having taught previously at NYU. He earned his B.A. (1974) and J.D. (1977) from LSU, and his tax LL.M. (1979) from NYU.
Steven teaches tax courses in both the J.D. program and the Graduate Tax Program. He is married to Vickey Broussard, with whom he has one son, Scott Willis, and one daughter, Annie Willis.
His recent publications include:
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Federal Tax Accounting (LexisNexis Graduate Tax Series, 2006) (with Michael B. Lang (Chapman) & Elliott Manning (Miami))
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The Tax Law of Charities and Other Exempt Organizations: Cases, Materials, Questions, and Activities (Thomson-West, 2006) (with David A. Brennen (Georgia), Darryll K. Jones (Pittsburgh) & Beverly I. Moran (Vanderbilt))
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Show Me the Numbers, Please, 93 Tax Notes 1321 (2001)
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It’s Time For Schlude to Go, 93 Tax Notes 127 (2001)
For prior Florida Graduate Tax Faculty Profiles, see:
- Yariv Brauner
- Dennis A. Calfee
- Patricia E. Dilley
- Michael K. Friel
- David M. Hudson
- Lawrence Lokken
- Paul R. McDaniel
- Martin J. McMahon, Jr.
- David M. Richardson
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