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Paul L. Caron
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Past Posts


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Holiday Weekend Roundup

Tuesday, July 6, 2004 TaxProf Blog posts over the long holiday weekend: Saturday • Tax Prof Spotlight: Pat Dilley • New Book on Land Value Taxation in…

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Four U.S. Tax Profs Present Papers at U.K. Tax History Conference

Monday, July 5, 2004 Four U.S. Tax Profs are presenting papers today at the History of Tax Law Conference, Centre for Tax Law, University of Cambridge…

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Extreme Makeover: Taxpayer Edition

Monday, July 5, 2004 As noted earlier on TaxProf Blog, ABC’s tax lawyers have taken an aggressive position in telling recipients of home makeove…

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Sugin on Tax and John Rawls

Monday, July 5, 2004 Linda Sugin (Fordham) has posted Theories of Distributive Justice and Limitations on Taxation: What Rawls Demands from Tax System…

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New D.C. Declaration of Independence

Sunday, July 4, 2004 On this July 4th, check out the new D.C. Declaration of Independence: D.C. Vote — Working to Secure Democracy for Washingto…

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Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Sunday, July 4, 2004 There are three new papers on this week’s list of the Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads on SSRN, debuting at #’s 3-5: 1. Tax,…

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Lithovski on <em>Gregory</em> and the History of Tax Avoidance Litigation

Sunday, July 4, 2004 Assaf Likhovski (Tel Aviv) has published The Duke and the Lady: Helvering v. Gregory and the History of Tax Avoidance Adjudicatio…

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Tribe Compares Iraqi Torture to Tax

Saturday, July 3, 2004 Showing once again that there is a tax angle to virtually everything, Laurence Tribe (Harvard) in an op-ed in Thursday’s …

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Tax Prof Spotlight: Pat Dilley

Saturday, July 3, 2004 Pat Dilley (Florida) was a late comer to the Tax Prof world, having pursued careers in history teaching and then in government …

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New Book on Land Value Taxation in Britain

Saturday, July 3, 2004 Owen Connellan has published Land Value Taxation in Britain: Experience and Opportunities (Lincoln Institute of Law & Poli…

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July 13 Forum on Fixing the Tax Mess

Friday, July 2, 2004 The Tax Policy Center will host a forum on Fixing the Tax Mess: Prospects and Possibilities on Tuesday, July 13 in Washington, D.…

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1,500 Taxpayers Come Clean in Son of Boss Tax Shelters

Friday, July 2, 2004 The IRS announced that over 1,500 taxpayers have taken advantage of its amensty program in Announcement 2004-46 (previously blogg…

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Madonna: Even Worse at Taxes Than Singing?

Friday, July 2, 2004 The New York Post reports that Madonna, a devout follower of Kabbalah, is donating blocks of the best seats on her current concer…

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Shaviro on The Bush Tax Cuts

Friday, July 2, 2004 Daniel Shaviro (NYU) presented The Bush Tax Cuts as Steps Toward Bigger Government at the Critical Tax Conference at Rutgers-Newa…

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Loebl to Valpo

Friday, July 2, 2004 James Loebl, who taught tax as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida in 2003-04, has accepted a position as Assistant Profess…

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Conservative Law Prof Challenges School’s Refusal To Allow Him To Teach Con Law

Thursday, July 1, 2004 Law Prof Rob Natelson of Montana, a self-described conservative who claims he has published 40% of all the scholarship produced…

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D.C. Tax Party Tonight

Thursday, July 1, 2004 Washington, D.C. area Tax Profs and tax lawyers should check out the shindig tonight sponsored by the Tax Section of the D.C. B…

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TaxProf Blog in Today’s Wall Street Journal

Thursday, July 1, 2004 Tom Herman gave TaxProf Blog a nice plug in today’s Wall Street Journal (page D-2) — the on-line version (for paid …

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McIntyre on Congressional Power To Regulate State Taxes

Thursday, July 1, 2004 Michael McIntyre (Wayne State) presented The Congressional Power to Regulate State Taxes Is Not the Power to Destroy Them at th…

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IRS to Disallow Charitable Deductions for Gifts of Easements

Thursday, July 1, 2004 The Treasury Department (Notice 2004-41) and IRS (IR-2004-86) yesterday announced that the IRS will disallow improper charitabl…

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