The ABA Tax Section has published 28 News Quarterly No. 4 (Summer 2009):

• Point & Counterpoint: Equity, Cost of Living, and the Internal Revenue Code
  • Improving the Equity of the Federal Income Tax, by James P. Angelini (Suffolk University) & Tracy Noga (Bentley University) (pp. 1, 6, 11, 23-24)
  • The Inequities in Cost of Living Adjustments, by Calvin Johnson (University of Texas) (pp. 24-25)
  • The Inequities in Cost of Living Adjustments, by Joseph Dodge (Florida State University) (pp. 25-27) 
  • A Response to Professors Johnson and Dodge, by James P. Angelini (Suffolk University) & Tracy Noga (Bentley University) (p. 27)
• From the Chair (William J. Wilkins) (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Washington, D.C.) (pp. 3-4)
• From the Chair-Elect (Stuart M. Lewis) (Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Washington, D.C.) (pp. 5-6)
• Interview with Mel Thomas (Joint Committee on Taxation), by Jasper L. Cummings, Jr. (Alston & Bird, Washington, D.C.) & Alan J.J. Swirski (Skadden, Washington, D.C.) (pp. 7-11)
• Points to Remember:
  • When the Service Claims Compensation Is Unreasonable, by Robert W. Wood (Wood & Porter, San Francisco) (pp. 12-14)  
  • Is Your Exempt Organization Meeting the Rebuttable Presumption? It's Time for Tax-Exempt Hospitals to Review Their Compensation Policies, by Heather Szajda & Derek Kung (both of Williams Mullen, Richmond) (pp. 14-16)
  • Qualified Intermediary Program Reform, by Kathryn Morrison Sneade (Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D.C.) (pp. 16-18) 
• New Briefs (pp. 18, 32)
• Point & Counterpoint:  CCA 200911007 and the $1 Million Mortgage Interest Ceiling
  • Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, by Patricia A Cain (Santa Clara University) (pp. 19-21)
  • Trying to Make Sense of the $1,000,000 Ceiling in the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction Rules, by Martin J. McMahon, Jr. (University of Florida) (pp. 21-22)
• 2009 Distinguished Service Award Recipient:  Irwin L. Treiger (p. 28)
• CLE Calendar (p. 29)
• Government Submissions Boxscore (p. 30)