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Paul L. Caron
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Past Posts


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Larson on Evidence Rules in the Tax Court

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Joni Larson (Thomas Cooley) has posted Tax Evidence II: A Primer on the Federal Rules of Evidence as Applied by the Tax Court …

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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert. on Access to Special Trial Judge Reports

Monday, April 26, 2004 Leandra Lederman (George Mason) reports that the US Supreme Court granted certiorari today in two cases involving Tax Court Rul…

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SOI on Split-Interest Trusts

Monday, April 26, 2004 In the just-released Statistics of Income Bulletin (Winter 2003-04), Melissa Belvedere reports on Split-Interest Trusts, 2001. …

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Kalinka on St. David’s Case

Monday, April 26, 2004 Susan Kalinka (LSU) has posted Individuals and Passthrough Entities – Fifth Circuit’s Opinion in St. David’s …

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Bankman to Deliver Woodworth Lecture

Monday, April 26, 2004 Joe Bankman (Stanford) will deliver the prestigious Laurence Neal Woodworth Lecture on Federal Tax Law and Policy, sponsored by…

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Abrams on Section 734(b) Basis Adjustment

Monday, April 26, 2004 Howard Abrams (Emory) has posted The Section 734(b) Basis Adjustment Needs Repair on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The partnershi…

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Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Sunday, April 25, 2004 This week’s list of the Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads at SSRN is basically unchanged from last week, with #4 and #5 switching…

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New Statistics of Income Bulletin Released

Saturday, April 24, 2004 The Winter 2003-04 Statistics of Income Bulletin has been released with a wealth of interesting tax data. (The SOI is one of …

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House & Shapiro on Phased-In Tax Cuts

Saturday, April 24, 2004 Christopher House (Michigan) & Matthew Shapiro (Michigan) have posted Phased-In Tax Cuts and Economic Activity on SSRN. …

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NewTithing Group Criticizes Charitable Giving of Wealthy

Saturday, April 24, 2004 The NewTithing Group has issued a research report, The Generosity of Rich and Poor: How The Newly Discovered “Middle Rich” St…

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Ass’t AG O’Connor Speaks at Harvard

Friday, April 23, 2004 Eileen O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, spoke at Harvard Law …

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Mayo on Restricted Stock Notes

Friday, April 23, 2004 David Mayo (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) has posted Restricted Stock Notes on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The 1990s saw an inc…

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Bush-Kerry Tax Policy Debate

Friday, April 23, 2004 Representatives of the Bush and Kerry campaigns square off today in Washington, D.C. at a conference sponsored by Tax Analysts,…

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Desai & Dharmapala on Corporate Tax Avoidance and Incentives

Friday, April 23, 2004 Mihir Desai (Harvard) & Dhammika Dharmapala (Connecticut) have posted Corporate Tax Avoidance and High Powered Incentives …

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Schlunk to Visit at NYU

Thursday, April 22, 2004 Herwig Schlunk (Vanderbilt) will be visiting at NYU in the Spring 2005 semester. For a complete list of 2004-05 Tax Prof move…

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Weisbach & Nussim on Integration of Tax & Spending Programs

Thursday, April 22, 2004 David Weisbach (Chicago) & Jacob Nussim (Chicago) have published The Integration of Tax And Spending Programs, 113 Yale …

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Brown on FIRPTA

Thursday, April 22, 2004 Fred Brown (Baltimore) has posted Whither FIPTA? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: It is commonly understood that the tax law is…

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1-Week Anniversary of TaxProf Blog

Thursday, April 22, 2004 Today marks the one-week anniversary of TaxProf Blog. It looks like we are here to stay, as we have been blown away by the nu…

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Yin on Effective Tax Rates of Fortune 500

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 Non-TaxProfer Gordon Smith (Wisconsin) blogs How Much Tax Do Large Corporations Pay? Estimating the Effective Tax Rates of t…

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Vote For Your Favorite Tax Prof

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 LawTV is running a poll to find “America’s 100 most influential law professors.” According to the site: &#…

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