Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Book Club
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Leyden: Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Casebook
Diana Leyden (UConn) has published Advocating For Low Income Taxpayers: A Clinical Studies Casebook (Vandeplas Publishing 2008). Here is the publisher’s description: This book is designed for a clinical program or pro bono program that assists low income taxpayers with federal income tax controversies. It draws from four main areas: lawyering skills of interviewing and…
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Diamond Reviews Taxing Capital Income
John W. Diamond (Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University) has published Book Review: Taxing Capital Income, 61 Nat’l Tax J. 337 (June 2008) (reviewing Taxing Capital Income (The Urban Institute Press, 2006) (C. Eugene Steuerle, Henry J. Aaron & Leonard E. Burman, eds.)). Here is the abstract: This volume provides a broad spectrum of…
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Another Tax Comic Book
In my post yesterday on the comic book just published by Jeffrey M. Tolin(Adjunct Professor, Loyola-L.A.; Tax Principal & Senior Tax Advisor for the Entertainment Industry, Ernst & Young) & Michael H. Salama (Vice President, Tax Administration & Senior Tax Counsel, The Walt Disney Company), Get Smart (About Special Manufacturing Deductions), I noted that it…
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Law School 2.0
David I.C. Thomson (Denver) is publishing Law School 2.0 (LexisNexis 2009). Here is an excerpt from the book’s introduction (via the book’s blog): Legal education is at a crossroads. As a media saturated generation of students enters law school, they find themselves thrust into a fairly backward mode of instruction, much of which is over…
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Infanti: Tax As Urban Legend
Anthony C. Infanti (Pittsburgh) has published Tax As Urban Legend, 24 Harv. BlackLetter L.J. 229 (2008) (reviewing Robin L. Einhorn, American Taxation, American Slavery). Here is the abstract: In this essay, I review UC-Berkeley history professor Robin Einhorn’s book, American Taxation, American Slavery [blogged here and here]. In this provocatively-titled book, Einhorn traces the relationship…
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The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure — Without Losing Your Soul
Today’s Inside Higher Ed has an interview with one of the co-authors of The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure — Without Losing Your Soul (Lynne Rienner, 2008), by Kerry Ann Rockquemore & Tracey Laszloffy: [The book offers] both empathy and “to do” lists for African American scholars seeking tenure — as well as some…
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A Special Day for Tax Profs
July 24 is indeed an important day for Tax Profs: Sarah Lawsky (George Washington) waxes eloquently on her receipt of the new CCH 2008-2009 Federal Income Tax Code and Regulations Selected Sections book: It’s purple! It’s not that I love purple so much, but I absolutely love getting the new code and regs. I’m a…
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LexisNexis Publishes U.S. International Taxation
On behalf of LexisNexis and the Graduate Tax Series Board of Editors (Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.), Elliott Manning (Miami), Philip Postlewaite (Northwestern) & David Richardson (Florida)), I am delighted to announced the publication of United States International Taxation (2008), by Allison Christians (Wisconsin), Samuel Donaldson (Washington) & Philip Postlewaite (Northwestern). The book is the successor to…
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Foundation Press Publishes Civil Procedure Stories, 2d Edition
Foundation Press has published Civil Procedure Stories (2d ed. 2008), edited by Kevin M. Clermont (Cornell): This book is a collaborative effort by fourteen law-school professors to provide a deeper understanding of the great civil procedure cases. The professors each wrote a short chapter on one of the cases, retelling the cases in their own…
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Foundation Press Publishes Race Law Stories
Foundation Press has published Race Law Stories, by Rachel F. Moran (UC-Berkeley) & Devon Carbado (UCLA): Race Law Stories brings to life well-known and not-so-well known legal opinions—hidden gems—that address slavery, Native American conquest, Chinese exclusion, Jim Crow, Japanese American internment, immigration, affirmative action, voting rights and employment discrimination. Each story goes beyond legal opinions…
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WaPo on War and Taxes
I previously blogged War and Taxes (Urban Institute Press, 2008), the new book by Steven A. Bank (UCLA), Joseph J. Thorndike (Tax Analysts) & Kirk J. Stark (UCLA). Today’s Washington Post discusses the book in Billing The Grandkids, by Ruth Marcus: "This contrast — between an active war effort on one hand and substantial tax…
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Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy, 2d Edition
C. Eugene Steurle (Co-director, Tax Policy Center) has published the second edition of Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy (Urban Institute Press, 2008): In Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy, C. Eugene Steuerle, one of the country’s most influential economists, offers an insider’s look at tax policy based on a quarter century of working with officials of all political…
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The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America
Bryan D. Jones (University of Washington, Center for American Politics and Public Policy) & Walter Williams (University of Washington, Center for American Politics and Public Policy) have published The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America (Longman, 2008). From the publisher’s description: According to political…
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Borden: Tax-Free Like-Kind Exchanges
Bradley T. Borden (Washburn) has published Tax-Free Like-Kind Exchanges (Civic Research Institute, 2008): Section 1031 of the tax code, providing for tax-free like-kind exchanges, has become a very popular planning tool. Investors can use § 1031 exchanges to defer capital gain taxes on business, investment, or income properties. Although the concept is straightforward, like-kind exchanges…
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Urban Institute Hosts Program Today on War and Taxes
The Urban Institute hosts a program today on Dollars for Defense: War, Taxes, and Sacrifice to celebrate the publication of War and Taxes (Urban Institute Press, 2008), by Steven A. Bank (UCLA), Joseph J. Thorndike (Tax Analysts) & Kirk J. Stark (UCLA): During World War II, Americans were urged to ration food, raise money, and…
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What Tax Profs Are Reading … Jim Maule
In our latest installment of What Tax Profs Are Reading, Jim Maule (Villanova) shares his thoughts on the 39 (!) books he has read since February 2007 (or at least the ones he remembers). Other Tax Profs are welcome to submit reviews of books (tax or otherwise) here.
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Taxing Ourselves
Joel Slemrod (University of Michigan) & Jon Bakija (Williams College) have published Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen’s Guide to the Debate over Taxes (MIT Press, 4th ed. 2008). Here is the publisher’s description: As Albert Einstein may or may not have said, "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." Indeed, to…
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Tittle & Avi-Yonah on The Integrated 2006 U.S. Model Income Tax Treaty
Martin B. Tittle (Law Office of Martin B. Tittle) & Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan) have published The Integrated 2006 United States Model Income Tax Treaty (Vandeplas Publishing, 2008): In November 2006, the United States Treasury released its long-awaited new model income tax treaty. Unfortunately, the differences between the 2006 Model and the 1996 Model it…
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Wallace Reviews Fiscal Reform in Columbia
Sally Wallace (Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies) has published Book Review: Fiscal Reform in Columbia: Problems and Prospects, 60 Nat’l Tax J. 843 (2007). Here is the abstract: Fiscal Reform in Columbia: Problems and Prospects. Edited by Richard M. Bird, James M. Poterba, and Joel Slemrod. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press,…
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LexisNexis Publishes Partnership Taxation, 2d Edition
On behalf of LexisNexis and the Graduate Tax Series Board of Editors (Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.), Elliott Manning (Miami), Philip Postlewaite (Northwestern) & David Richardson (Florida)), I am delighted to announced the publication of the second edition of Partnership Taxation, by Richard Lipton (Baker & McKenzie, Chicago), Paul Carman (Chapman & Cutler, Chicago), Charles Fassler (Greenebaum,…
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Cardozo Hosts Reception in Honor of Edward Zelinsky’s Book, The Origins of the Ownership Society: How the Defined Contribution Paradigm Changed America
Cardozo is hosting a reception today at 5:00 p.m. in honor of Edward A. Zelinsky, on the occasion of the publication of his new book, The Origins of the Ownership Society: How the Defined Contribution Paradigm Changed America (Oxford University Press, 2008): As Baby Boomers plan for their retirements, finance their children’s educations, and provide…
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LexisNexis Publishes Civil Tax Procedure, 2d Edition
On behalf of LexisNexis and the Graduate Tax Series Board of Editors (Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.), Elliott Manning (Miami), Philip Postlewaite (Northwestern) & David Richardson (Florida)), I am delighted to announced the publication of the second edition of Civil Tax Procedure, by David Richardson (Florida), Jerome Borison (Denver), and Steve Johnson (UNLV). The Graduate Tax Series…
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Local Tax Policy: A Federalist Perspective
David Brunori (Tax Analysts) has published Local Tax Policy: A Federalist Perspective (Urban Institute Press, 2d ed. 2007): Local governments are struggling to raise revenue for public services, but their fiscal autonomy has been declining for decades. By ceding financial control to the states, localities have ceded political control over their affairs. Paralleling this loss,…
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The Tax Policy Briefing Book: A Citizen’s Guide to the 2008 Election and Beyond
The Tax Policy Center today released The Tax Policy Briefing Book: A Citizen’s Guide to the 2008 Election and Beyond: As the campaign season goes into hyperdrive, the Tax Policy Center debuts an online briefing book that tackles scores of tax and budget questions likely to come up during the election and beyond. The briefing…
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Yale Hosts Symposium Today on Gratez’s 100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan
Yale hosts a symposium today on Michael J. Graetz’s new book, 100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States (Yale Univ. Press, 2007). From the Yale press release: Graetz … will lay out his proposal for restructuring the U.S. tax system, and the following participating panelists will respond:…