The ABA Tax Section Mid-Year Meeting concludes today in Hollywood, Florida. Tax Profs presenting today include:

Sales, Echanges, and Basis

• 8:35 a.m.: Sales and Exchanges: Current Developments
  • Erik Jensen (Case Western) (moderator)
  • Brad Borden (Washburn)
• 9:00 a.m.:  Sales and Exchanges of Leasehold Interests
  • Brad Borden (Washburn) (moderator)

VAT and Other Consumption Taxes

• 8:45 a.m.:  VAT and the US Foreign Tax Credit
  • Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) (moderator)

Fiduciary Income Tax

• 9:45 a.m.:  Funding Trusts in the Crossfire of Conflicting Estate Tax, Income Tax and ERISA Laws:What’s the Use of Happiness If It Can’t Buy You Money?
  • Christopher R. Hoyt (Missouri-Kansas City)

Teaching Taxation

• 2:00 p.m.:  Current Developments in Individual, Corporate, Partnership, and Estate & Gift Taxation
  • Ira B. Shepard (Houston) (moderator)
  • James A. Delaney (Wyoming)
  • Martin J. McMahon Jr (Florida)

Foreign Activities of US Taxpayers and Foreign Lawyers Forum

• 2:00 p.m.:  Application of Foreign Tax Credit "Legal Liability" Rules to Facts Raised by Foreign Consolidated Group Systems
  • Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)

Standards of Tax Practice

• 3:35 p.m.:  The Ethics of Witness Preparation
  • Linda Galler (Hofstra) (moderator)