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IRS Promotions
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 The IRS has announced two promotions: • Steven Miller, Commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) Division…
Read MoreNew Book: Eugene Steuerle, <em>Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy</em>
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Eugene Steuerle has published Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy (Urban Institute Press, 2004). Here are some Tax Prof reviews: • Alan…
Read MoreNY AG’s Complaint Against Former NYSE Head Richard Grasso
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 For a copy of the 106-page complaint filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer seeking to recover over $100 million of pa…
Read MoreLessons from Tax History
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 As most Tax Profs know, there are a number of active and vibrant scholars in this country who mine tax history for lessons to in…
Read MoreTax Policy Group Releases Scorecard of Senators and House Members on “Middle Class” Votes
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy has released Middle Class 2003: How Congress Voted, a scorecard of votes on “le…
Read MoreBlock on Congress and Accounting Scandals
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Cheryl Block (George Washington) has published Congress and Accounting Scandals: Is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black?, 82 Neb. L…
Read MoreTax Problems of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
Monday, May 24, 2004 Congress has enacted various tax breaks for members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including section 112 which excludes from income mi…
Read More“Unofficial” Tax Court Web Site
Monday, May 24, 2004 Jim Maule (Villanova) has updated his wonderful “unofficial” Tax Court web site. The site has a complete set of the c…
Read MoreThe End Of Tax As We Know It?
Monday, May 24, 2004 Six red-state Republican Senators (Brownback (Kan.), Craig (Idaho), Chambliss (Ga.), Crapo (Idaho), Graham (S.C.) & Inhofe (…
Read MoreWeekend Roundup
Monday, May 24, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Alice Abreu • Harvard Law Review on Corporate Tax Shelte…
Read MoreJohnson on Desirability of Corporate Form
Monday, May 24, 2004 Calvin Johnson (Texas) has posted The Incredible Shrinking Domain of Corporate Stock on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Twenty-five y…
Read MoreTop 5 Tax Paper Downloads
Sunday, May 23, 2004 Because of technical problems at SSRN, this week’s list of the Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week’s: …
Read MoreCoors’ Tax Rate
Sunday, May 23, 2004 Following up on last month’s post about George Yin’s article on the effective tax rates of the companies in the S…
Read MoreHubbard on Tax Policy & International Competitiveness
Sunday, May 23, 2004 R. Glenn Hubbard (Columbia Business School) has posted Tax Policy and International Competitiveness on SSRN. Here is part of the …
Read MoreHarvard Law Review on Corporate Tax Shelters
Saturday, May 22, 2004 The Harvard Law Review has published Governmental Attempts to Stem the Rising Tide of Corporate Tax Shelters, 117 Harv. L. Rev.…
Read MoreTax Prof Spotlight: Alice Abreu
Saturday, May 22, 2004 Alice Abreu returns to Temple from her Spring 2004 stint as the William K. Jacobs, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law…
Read MoreJoint Committee on Taxation Releases Revenue Estimates
Saturday, May 22, 2004 The Joint Committee on Taxation released revenue estimates for: • H.R. 4359, Child Credit Preservation and Expansion Act of 200…
Read MoreConcord Coalition Criticizes Budget Resolution
Friday, May 21, 2004 In a press release, the Concord Coalition said that the pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rule for tax cuts and entitlement expansions includ…
Read MoreStanley Fish on Role of Higher Education
Friday, May 21, 2004 No tax content here, but Stanley Fish has a very thoughtful op-ed in today’s New York Times on the proper role of higher ed…
Read MoreTreasury Releases Clarification of U.S.-Japan Tax Treaty
Friday, May 21, 2004 The Treasury Department today released technical clarifications relating to the U.S.-Japan income tax treaty. See the press relea…
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