There is a bit of movement on this week’s list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5. The #1 paper has climbed to #139 on the all-time tax paper downloads list (out of 5,052 tax papers):
1. [379 Downloads] Tax Avoidance as a Legitimate Business Purpose, by Karen C. Burke (San Diego) [blogged here]
2. [327 Downloads] Deduction Ad Absurdum: CEOs Donating Their Own Stock to Their Own Family Foundations, by David Yermack (NYU, Stern School of Business) [blogged here]
3. [254 Downloads] Back to School: The New Parameters of Funding a Grandchild’s College Education, by Richard L Kaplan (Illinois) [blogged here]
4. [148 Downloads] Backdating, by Jeffrey L. Kwall (Loyola-Chicago) & Stuart Duhl (Harrison & Held, Chicago) [blogged here]
5. [144 Downloads] Empty Promises: Settlors’ Intent, the Uniform Trust Code, and the Future of Trust Investment Law, by Jeffrey A. Cooper (Quinnipiac) [blogged here]



