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GM Dealerships (Not Chevy Volt Buyers) Are Taking $7,500 Tax Credit

June 1, 2011

The National Legal and Policy Center reports (here and here) that GM dealers are claiming the $7,500 tax credit intended for consumer purchases of Chevy Volts by engaging in dealer-to-dealer trades of the cars and then selling them to the public as “used” cars.

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Paul Caron

Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.