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Republican Rift Stymies Tax Policy
Thursday, July 1, 2004 The Washington Post yesterday detailed the GOP split between tax cutters and deficit hawks that has stymied tax legislation.
Read MoreSocial Security Loophole Closes Today
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Fascinating reports in the New York Times and Mauled Again on a social security loophole that closes today. Here’s the …
Read MoreNY Times Article on Former Sidley Austin Partner’s Tax Shelter Work
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Interesting article in today’s New York Times about Raymond Ruble, tax partner at mega firm Sidley Austin who was dismi…
Read MoreEstate Tax Debate in the Blogosphere
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Interesting debate in the blogosphere among non-tax professors over the the estate tax. Texas law & philosophy prof Bria…
Read MoreWhat Tax Profs Are Reading . . . Maule on The Faith: A History of Christianity
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 This is the sixth installment of What Tax Profs Are Reading. The goal is to share with the broader tax community reviews of b…
Read MoreABA Teleconference and Webcast Today on Split-Dollar Insurance
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 The ABA Tax Section’s "Last Wednesday of the Month" Teleconference and Webcast will be held today from 1:00 &…
Read MoreBrennen on Diversity Rationale for Charitable Tax Exemption
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 David Brennen (Mercer) presented A Normative Rationale for Tax Exemptions for Charities at the Critical Tax Conference at Rut…
Read MoreIRS Releases Two New Publications on Car Donations
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 The IRS on Tuesday released two new publications dealing with charitable donations of automobiles (IR-2004-84): • Pub. 4302 —…
Read MoreGentry & Hubbard on Success Taxes
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 William Gentry (Williams College – Economics Department) & R. Glenn Hubbard (Columbia Business School) have posted &…
Read MoreColombo Quoted in WSJ Article on Challenges to Non-Profit Hospitals’ Tax Exemption
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 Tax Prof John Colombo (Illinois) is quoted in today’s Wall Street journal (A Nonprofit Hospital Fights To Win Back Charit…
Read MoreAm Law 100 Partner Salaries
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 As a follow-up to the post here about summer associate salaries topping $2,500 per week: American Lawyer today released its ann…
Read MoreBlatt on Retention of Gift Tax in Wake of Estate Tax Repeal
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 William Blatt (Miami) presented Why Did Congress Repeal the Estate Tax But Not the Gift Tax? at the Critical Tax Conference at …
Read MoreInfanti on Tax Code Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 Anthony Infanti (Pittsburgh) has published The Internal Revenue Code as Sodomy Statute, 44 Santa Clara L. Rev. 763 (2004). Here…
Read MoreU.S. Magistrate Allows Deposition of IRS Officials in Tax Shelter Case
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 Tax Analysts reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge Beth P. Gesner (U.S. District Court – Maryland) on Monday denied a govern…
Read MoreCumulative US News Law School Rankings
Monday, June 28, 2004 A new ranking of the Top 25 law schools (via JD2B.com), as measured by each school’s cumulative US News Rankings since 198…
Read MoreNew Tax History Book
Monday, June 28, 2004 John Tiley (Queen’s College, Cambridge) has published Studies in the History of Tax Law (Hart Publishing, 2004), which con…
Read MoreU.S. Joins Anti-Tax Avoidance Alliance
Monday, June 28, 2004 The U.S. joined Australia, Britain, and Canada in a global effort to combat tax avoidance by establishing a computer database li…
Read MoreBankman on Qwest Tax Shelter
Monday, June 28, 2004 Joe Bankman (Stanford) is quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal in a story on Qwest’s investment in a “Contest…
Read MoreLevinger on The Case for Redistribution
Monday, June 28, 2004 Sagit Leviner (Michigan S.J.D. candidate) presented The Case for Redistribution in a Modern Democracy: Theological and Consequen…
Read MoreWeekend Roundup
Monday, June 28, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Jim Maule • ATPI Conference on July 8 • Tax Policy Grou…
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