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Vote For Your Favorite Law Prof Blog in the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100
Voting ends tomorrow in the ABA Journal’s 2011 Blawg 100 — “the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers,” selected from among more than 3,000 law-related blogs. TaxProf Blog is currently in second place in the voting among the twelve blogs nominated in the Law Prof Plus category: Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (96 votes) TaxProf Blog (53 votes) Concurring…
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TaxProf Blog and Mauled Again Named Best Law Professor Blogs
The 2010 Blawggies – Dennis Kennedy’s Annual Best of Law-related Blogging Awards: The Blawggies, which honor the best law-related blogs as determined from my personal and highly-opinionated perspective, were first unleashed on an unsuspecting blogosphere in December 2004 and are an annual tradition here at DennisKennedy.Blog. … Best Law Professor Blog – Tie: Paul Caron’s…
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TaxProf Blog Named Top 100 Law Blog by ABA Journal
I am thrilled that, for the third year in a row, TaxProf Blog has been named to the ABA Journal’s list of “the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal” — the 2011 Blawg 100, selected from more than 3,000 blawgs. TaxProf Blog is one of twelve blogs nominated in…
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WSJ Names TaxProf Blog #1 Tax Blog
The Wall Street Journal’s Digital Network has named TaxProf Blog the #1 Tax Accounting Blog: 1. TaxProf Blog: Penned by Paul Caron, a law professor at the University of Cincinnati, this blog offers a diverse menu of industry news, event updates from coast to coast, and stories worth a second glance. And Caron isn’t above devoting…
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ABA Blawg 100
The votes are in for the 2009 ABA Blawg 100, and TaxProf Blog finished second among the 15 blawgs nominated in the Legal Theory category: 1 Volokh Conspiracy 149 2 TaxProf Blog 80 3 Leiter’s Law School Reports 35 4 Feminist Law Professors 34 5 Concurring Opinions 28 6 Legal Ethics Forum 26 7 PrawfsBlawg 25 8…
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Tax Person of the Year
Tax Analysts has named its Tax Person of the Year: Bradley Birkenfeld, the whistleblower in the UBS offshore tax shelter case: Birkenfeld must be considered among the biggest whistle-blowers of all time. He is the Benedict Arnold of the private banking industry and single-handedly made 2009 the year in which the world finally got serious about…
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TaxProf Blog Named Best Law Professor Blog of 2009
Dennis Kennedy has published his 6th annual law-related blogging awards (the Blawggies) in 12 categories. I am proud that TaxProf Blog was named the Best Law Professor Blog: Best Law Professor Blog – Paul Caron's The TaxProf Blog The Blawggies have always had a spot for the best law professor blawg. In part, it’s my…
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TaxProf Blog Named Top 100 Law Blog by ABA Journal
I am thrilled that, for the second year in a row, TaxProf Blog has been named to the ABA Journal's list of "the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal" – the 2009 Blawg 100, selected from more than 2,500 blawgs. TaxProf Blog is one of fifteen…
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The Good and the Bad in Sports
I am at my college-freshman son's conference soccer tournament this weekend, with an NCAA Division III Tournament bid on the line for the winning team. It was been a long journey, from select and high school soccer through his first college game and this remarkable season. Their pulsating win in the semi-final yesterday, 7-6 on penalty kicks after the game finished 0-0…
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Top 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting
I am honored to be included on the list of Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People for the fourth year in a row. The magazine contains one-sentence explanations of why each of the folks made the list; here is mine: Caron has built the leading tax blog on the Internet, with over 10 million page views…
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The Reach of the Blogosphere
Yet another example of the reach of the blogosphere: I went to my son's first college soccer game yesterday, and seized the opportunity to have lunch with my favorite accountant-tax blogger: Joe Kristan: Joe beat me to the punch by blogging our lunch here. It was wonderful to break bread and chat about tax law, blogging, and…
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100 Best Blogs for Law Students
TaxProf Blog has been named one of the 100 Best Blogs for Law Students – it was one of fourteen blogs named in the "Blogs From Professors" category. Other categories are: Blogs From Law Students News and Information Blogs From Recent Law School Graduates Financial Aid and Scholarships Blogs About Internships Legal Specialties
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TaxProf Blog Passes 7,500,000 Visitor Milestone
This morning, TaxProf Blog passed the 7,500,000 visitor milestone, after just five years in operation. I am proud that TaxProf Blog is the most-visited law-focused blog edited by a single law professor. I am delighted that so many tax professors and students, tax lawyers in private practice and government, accountants, and others in the tax community find this…
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TaxProf Blog Passes 10,000,000 Page View Milestone
Yesterday, TaxProf Blog passed the 10,000,000 page view milestone, after just five years in operation. I am delighted that so many tax professors and students, tax lawyers in private practice and government, accountants, and others in the tax community find this blog useful. And I am thrilled to welcome Aspen as a sponsor, helping us to…
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Government Opposes Sealing Finance Committee Staff Statements in G-I Holdings
Continuing my coverage of the taxpayer's attempt to have the district court reconsider its decision in In re G-I Holdings, 369 B.R. 832 (D.N.J. 2007), based on affidavits to be supplied by Senate Finance Committee staffers on the meaning of a tax transition rule: the Government yesterday filed its Brief in Opposition to Debtors' Motion to Seal…
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Five-Year Anniversary of TaxProf Blog
Today (April 15) marks the 5-year anniversary of TaxProf Blog (and the 14-year anniversary of the TaxProf Email Discussion Group). I hope the blog has at least partially succeeded in its mission (announced in my very first post here) to provide both (1) permanent resources & links, and (2) daily news & information, of interest…
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Sharing TaxProf Blog
Continuing our series of enhancements to TaxProf Blog: in response to several requests, we have made it easier to share TaxProf Blog content through various social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter, and through services such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and Technorati. At the bottom of each post, you can click on…
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Tax Rascal Names TaxProf Blog the #1 Tax Blog
The Tax Rascal has named TaxProf Blog the #1 tax blog: [I]f you want a tax blog that’s reliable, entertaining, and comprehensive, you’ll need to pay a visit to TaxProf. There is simply no other source that’s as thorough, informative, and insightful.
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TaxProf Blog Wins Bronze Medal
I am thrilled that TaxProf Blog has been named to the ABA Journal's list of "the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal" — the 2008 Blawg 100. TaxProf Blog was one of fifteen blogs nominated in the Legal Theory category, and came in third…
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Voting Ends Jan. 2 in ABA Journal’s 2008 Top 100 Blawg Poll
Voting ends January 2 in the ABA Journal's 2008 Blawg 100 contest. In the 15-blog "professors" category, TaxProf Blog is currently in third place with 176 votes, trailing Jonathan Turley (531 votes) and Mirror of Justice (235 votes). To vote, go here.
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The Tax Canon Redux
Among the permanent left sidebar resources on TaxProf Blog is Vic Fleischer's 2003 listing of the Tax Canon – ten articles (and a couple of books) that comprise "essential reading for those interested in developing a cultural literacy about tax policy." On Saturday, The Tax Lawyer’s Blog announced "the Online Tax Canon, a compendium of the top…