This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent article by Leopoldo Parada (King's College London; Google Scholar), U.N. International Tax Cooperation: The Terms of References Final Draft, 116 Tax Notes Int'l 771 (Nov. 4, 2024). The 30th session of the UN Tax Committee will take place next week from March 24
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent article by Leopoldo Parada (King's College London; Google Scholar), U.N. International Tax Cooperation: The Terms of References Final Draft, 116 Tax Notes Int'l 771 (Nov. 4, 2024). The 30th session of the UN Tax Committee will take place next week from March 24
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent article by Brian D. Galle (Georgetown; Google Scholar), David Gamage (Missouri; Google Scholar), & Darien Shanske (UC-Davis; Google Scholar), Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level, 112 California L. Rev. __ (2025). While there are many tax reform proposals to tax
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent article by Brian D. Galle (Georgetown; Google Scholar), David Gamage (Missouri; Google Scholar), & Darien Shanske (UC-Davis; Google Scholar), Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level, 112 California L. Rev. __ (2025). While there are many tax reform proposals to tax
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent article by Wolfgang Schön (Max Planck), International Tax Scholarship and International Tax Activism (August 2024). While writing a scholarly article, tax scholars sometimes develop an idea based on their personal experience or political stance in addition to a pure scientific, doctrinal
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent article by Wolfgang Schön (Max Planck), International Tax Scholarship and International Tax Activism (August 2024). While writing a scholarly article, tax scholars sometimes develop an idea based on their personal experience or political stance in addition to a pure scientific, doctrinal
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Svetislav Kostić (University of Belgrade Law School; Google Scholar) and Aitor Navarro (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; Google Scholar)’s recent paper, Pillar One and Mobility – A Truly Global Solution?, 51 Intertax 840 (2023). The multilateral instrument to implement Pillar
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Svetislav Kostić (University of Belgrade Law School; Google Scholar) and Aitor Navarro (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; Google Scholar)’s recent paper, Pillar One and Mobility – A Truly Global Solution?, 51 Intertax 840 (2023). The multilateral instrument to implement Pillar
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent paper by Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia), Law for the Rich, 109 Minn. L. Rev. __ (2024). With respect to the heated debate on introducing higher, more effective taxes on the rich, like a wealth tax, Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia) asks a provocative question in his
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews a recent paper by Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia), Law for the Rich, 109 Minn. L. Rev. __ (2024). With respect to the heated debate on introducing higher, more effective taxes on the rich, like a wealth tax, Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia) asks a provocative question in his
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Leah Brooks (George Washington, Google Scholar) and Zachary Liscow (Yale, Google Scholar)'s recent paper, Infrastructure Costs, 15 Am. Econ. J. Applied 1 (2023). You may have wondered how your tax dollars are put to work while driving on the highway. Government spending on highways is
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Leah Brooks (George Washington, Google Scholar) and Zachary Liscow (Yale, Google Scholar)'s recent paper, Infrastructure Costs, 15 Am. Econ. J. Applied 1 (2023). You may have wondered how your tax dollars are put to work while driving on the highway. Government spending on highways is
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Charles Delmotte (Michigan State, Google Scholar), Predistribution Against Rent-Seeking: The Benefit Principle’s Alternative to Redistributive Taxation, 39 Soc. Phil. & Pol’y 1 (2023). Taxation has several goals. The most obvious goal is to raise revenue for necessary government functions. A more controversial goal of taxation is
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Charles Delmotte (Michigan State, Google Scholar), Predistribution Against Rent-Seeking: The Benefit Principle’s Alternative to Redistributive Taxation, 39 Soc. Phil. & Pol’y 1 (2023). Taxation has several goals. The most obvious goal is to raise revenue for necessary government functions. A more controversial goal of taxation is
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Wei Cui (British Columbia; Google Scholar), The Mirage of Mobile Capital (May 7, 2023). Over two years have passed since more than 140 countries signed the OECD's global tax deal, consisting of two Pillars, in October 2021. Pillar One is focused on expanding source country taxing
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Wei Cui (British Columbia; Google Scholar), The Mirage of Mobile Capital (May 7, 2023). Over two years have passed since more than 140 countries signed the OECD's global tax deal, consisting of two Pillars, in October 2021. Pillar One is focused on expanding source country taxing
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Daniel Hemel (NYU; Google Scholar), The Low and High Stakes of Moore, 180 Tax Notes Fed. 563 (July 24, 2023). Everybody in the tax community talks about, or at least pays attention to, Moore—the mandatory repatriation tax (MRT) case that the Supreme Court will hear
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Daniel Hemel (NYU; Google Scholar), The Low and High Stakes of Moore, 180 Tax Notes Fed. 563 (July 24, 2023). Everybody in the tax community talks about, or at least pays attention to, Moore—the mandatory repatriation tax (MRT) case that the Supreme Court will hear
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews George K. Yin (Virginia), Of Blind Men, Elephants, and the Supreme Court's Misinterpretation of the FBAR Statute: The United States Supreme Court recently addressed whether a non‑willful penalty under FBAR accrues on a per‑report or per‑account basis in the case of Bittner v. United States. Bittner
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews George K. Yin (Virginia), Of Blind Men, Elephants, and the Supreme Court's Misinterpretation of the FBAR Statute: The United States Supreme Court recently addressed whether a non‑willful penalty under FBAR accrues on a per‑report or per‑account basis in the case of Bittner v. United States. Bittner
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Xuan-Thao Nguyen (Washington) and Jeffrey A. Maine (Maine), Crypto Losses 2024 U. Ill. L. Rev. __ . Recently the crypto industry has been hit hard by various market forces and scams, leaving investors with trillion-dollar losses. In January 2023, in response to confusion surrounding abandoned and
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Xuan-Thao Nguyen (Washington) and Jeffrey A. Maine (Maine), Crypto Losses 2024 U. Ill. L. Rev. __ . Recently the crypto industry has been hit hard by various market forces and scams, leaving investors with trillion-dollar losses. In January 2023, in response to confusion surrounding abandoned and
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Walter Hellerstein (Georgia) and Andrew Appleby (Stetson; Google Scholar), The Internet Tax Freedom Act at 25, 107 Tax Notes St. 7 (Jan. 2, 2023). Policy on how to tax digital platforms, such as Google or Facebook, presents heated debate across the globe. Digital Services Taxes and
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Walter Hellerstein (Georgia) and Andrew Appleby (Stetson; Google Scholar), The Internet Tax Freedom Act at 25, 107 Tax Notes St. 7 (Jan. 2, 2023). Policy on how to tax digital platforms, such as Google or Facebook, presents heated debate across the globe. Digital Services Taxes and
This week, Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) reviews Benjamin Alarie (Toronto; Google Scholar; CEO, Blue J Legal), The Rise of the Robotic Tax Analyst, 178 Tax Notes Fed. 57 (Jan. 2, 2023). ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, is generating buzz in legal academia and practice. On November 30, 2022, OpenAI made ChatGPT available for public