Author: Paul Caron
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Harris on Discriminatory Property Assessments
Friday, April 16, 2004 Lee Harris has posted “Assessing” Discrimination: The Influence of Race in Residential Property Assessments on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In this Article, I document evidence that residential property in majority-minority neighborhoods is assessed at higher effective rates than like property in majority-white neighborhoods. I examine data on sales price and…
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Boston College Symposium
Friday, April 16, 2004 Boston College Symposium on “The State of the Federal Income Tax: Rates, Progressivity, and Budget Processes” James Repetti (Boston College), Opening Remarks Martin McMahon (Florida), The Matthew Effect and Federal Taxation Abstract: “For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; But whosoever hath not, from…
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TaxProf Blog’s First Day
Friday, April 16, 2004 It was a whirlwind first day for TaxProf Blog! Thanks to the 2,500+ who visited the site yesterday. And special thanks to the folks who emailed me words of encouragement and content for the site. We already have made a splash in the blogosphere, including mentions on the three big kahunas…
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Bush & Cheney 2003 Tax Returns
Thursday, April 15, 2004 Jack Bogdanski’s (Lewis & Clark) blog has a great post about the Bush & Cheney 2003 tax returns released by the White House (as well as a great cartoon suitable for classroom use). He also promises future blogging about the motherlode of tax returns released by John Kerry (1999-2003 returns).
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May 6-8 Meeting of ABA Tax Section
Thursday, April 15, 2004 Two panels on Friday, May 7 (3:00 – 6:00 p.m.) may be of particular interest to tax professors: 1. Rethinking Corporate Tax Planning and Teaching in the New World of Partial Integration. The speakers will discuss tax planning for corporations and their shareholders, and will consider how these changes impact the…
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Buchanan Colloquium on Capital Budgeting at NYU
Thursday, April 15, 2004 Neil Buchanan (Rutgers-Newark) presents “What is Fiscal Responsibility? Long-term Deficits, Generational Accounting, and Capital Budgeting” at the NYU Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance. Here is the conclusion: “The traditional debate about budget deficits witnessed a divergence between the economic analysis, which saw that deficits are poorly measured in the…
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Hotz Colloquium on Earned Income Tax Credit at UCLA
Thursday, April 15, 2004 Joseph Hotz (UCLA) presents two papers at the UCLA Tax Policy and Public Finance Workshop: 1. “The Effects of the EITC on the Employment of Low-Wage Populations: Are the Apparent Effects for Real?” Here is the conclusion: “The EITC transfers a large amount of money to working poor families and reduces…
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Welcome
Monday, April 15, 2004 Welcome to TaxProf Blog, the only web source of resources, news, and information of interest to law school tax professors in their scholarship and teaching. TaxProf Blog combines both (1) continuously-updated permanent resources and (2) daily news and information: Permanent Resources: Tax Professors Graduate Tax Programs Tax Teaching Tax Scholarship Tax…