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Paul L. Caron
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Weekend Roundup

  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Emmanuel Saez Awarded John Bates Clark Medal UC-Hastings Hosts Northern California Tax Roundtable Understanding Twitter Laity:  The Competence of Nations and International Tax Law Section 162(m), Executive Compensation, and Rev. Rul. 2008-13 Sunday: Alleged Tax and Financial Improprieties at Harvard Endowment Which Companies Pay the Most (and Least) U.S. Taxes? Top 5 Tax Paper…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: 18 States Tax iPod Music Downloads; More to Joint Them? Jones: Taxation of Profit Interests FutureFirm 1.0 Son of the Boss and the Troubling Legacy of Colony, Inc. Impact of Capital Gains Taxes on Asset Prices and Welfare Sunday: Obama's College Savings Plan For His Kids The Worthlessness of American Legal Education Top 5…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Martha Stewart's Daughter Sues CPA After Getting $1m Tax Bill Call for Tax Papers: Critical Perspectives on Taxation Zelinsky: Obama Embraces Defined Contribution Paradigm The Tax Consequences of Catching Home Run Baseballs Sunday: Survivor Argentina: Richard Hatch Wants to Serve Supervised Release in Buenos Aires WSJ: Ten States Ponder Tax Increases; NYC to 12.62%…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Taxing Justice: Narratives of Evasion and Avoidance Critical Tax Conference Occhuizzo: Taxing Tenure Call for Tax Papers: LatCrit Conference Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads It's Time for Major Tax Reform Estate Tax News Zotos: The Standard of Review in Collection Due Process Appeals GAO: IRS Needs to Better Monitor Tax Software

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: 10th Circuit Denies $300k Charitable Deduction Claimed by Timothy McVeigh's Lawyer for Donation of Work Papers to University of Texas NYSBA Issues Report on Remedying Documentary Noncompliance by § 409A Plans Sin Taxes Disproportionately Hurt Minorities Sunday: Obama Names Elizabeth Garrett Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads CRS: Bill of…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Law Profs: Courts Unlikely to Overturn AIG Tax Bi-coastal Tax Chutzpah: CA & NY Congressmen Say They Live in Maryland to Claim Property Tax Break on Million Dollar Vacation Homes BNA Tax Management Advisory Board Meets on Estate, Gifts and Trusts Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Germain: The Bigger Problem Underlying the AIG…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Illinois Gov. to Propose 50% Increase in State Income Tax CTJ Applauds Obama's Tax Proposals Smith: Let the Poor Sue for Refund Without Full Payment Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Update on Steven Gey's Condition IRS Releases 2008 IRS Data Book NYSBA Releases Tax Reports

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: IRS Loses Major Virgin Islands Tax Shelter Case Shanske: The Original Property Tax Revolutionaries Leviner: A New Era of Tax Enforcement Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads SOI Releases Winter 2009 SOI Bulletin Zelinsky: The False Modesty of Davis Bertrand & Morse: What Do High-Interest Borrowers Do With Their Tax Rebate?

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Obama's Chief Vetter Has His Own Tax Problem Think Tank Reactions to Obama's Tax Plan Forbes: Higher Taxes: Will the Republicans Cry Wolf Again? Eliminating Capital Gain Treatment of Private Equity Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Cohen: Obama's Chief Vetter Does Not Have a Tax Problem  More on Obama's Tax Plan GAO: Make…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: WSJ: Why the Frenzy to Buy Near-Bankrupt Sirius? $6b in NOLs CTJ: Securities Transaction Tax Is Good; Elimination of 15% Rate on Capital Gains & Dividends Is Better Brennan & Okamoto: Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation Kwall Posts Tax Papers on SSRN Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Former BDO Seidman Partner Pleads Guilty to Tax Shelter Fraud  ABA: Law Professors Begin Feeling Economic Pinch Third-Party Tax Administration: The Case of Low-and-Moderate-Income Households The 5th and 16th Amendments: Is Taxation an Uncompensated Taking? Tax Stimulus Report Card: Gentleman's C Sunday: Who Is the Shane Battier of Your Faculty? Top 5 Tax Paper…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Former Florida Law Prof Files Racial and Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit Against School and Dean Lathrope Leaves UC-Hastings for San Francisco Schumacher: "Purposive Textualism" Can Solve the Tax Shelter Problem Delfino and Tax Evasion Sentencing Sunday: Tax Prof Carolyn Jones to Step Down as Iowa Dean Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads A 16-Year Old's Reflections…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Daschle's Nomination for HHS Secretary Threatened by Failure to Pay $140k Taxes on Free Use of Limo and Chauffeur Stombock: Economic Nexus and Nonresident Corporate Taxpayers Cui Posts Tax Papers on SSRN Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Student Comments & Notes in ABA Tax Lawyer The Constitutionality of Taxing Compensatory Damages for Non-Physical…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Magee & Farmer: A FIRPTA Tax Trigger Unsuccessful Iowa Legal Writing Faculty Candidate Sues, Claiming Discrimination Due to Her Conservative Views State Financing of Universities Leads to Lower Quality Faculty Temporarily Suspending DOI Rules on Repurchase of Below-Par Business Debts Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads CB&PP: Corporate Tax Rate Cut Ineffective as Stimulus…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: U.S. News on Track for April Release of New Law School Rankings WSJ: The Best Economic Stimulus: A Corporate Tax Rate of Zero California to Delay Tax Refunds Learning With "Clickers" Gets Better After Peer Discussions Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads GAO: 83% of Largest U.S. Companies Use Offshore Tax Havens Leiberman Proposes…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: The Path to Victory in the Classroom Laptop War? ABA Tax Section Midyear Meeting Tax Profs Speaking at Today's AALS Annual Meeting Sunday: Deloitte Tax Lawyer Busted for Sex Blackmail Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Gerzog Posts Tax Papers on SSRN

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  • TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

    Thursday: One-Year Anniversary of The Shelf Project Porn Star Sentenced on Tax Evasion Charges Tabbach: Crime, Punishment, and Tax Hymel & Mann: Tax Incentives for Ethanol Friday: More on Judicial Salaries v. Law Professor and Law Dean Salaries Doran: Tax Penalties and Tax Compliance Improving the Quality of Services Offered By Tax Agents The Top…

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  • TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

    Thursday: The Role of Taxes in the Birth of Christ In Hoc Anno Domini Single Mother Celebrates Christmas in New Habit for Humanity Home After Persevering Through Law School Tax Court Rejects TP's Argument That "Casinos Are Like 'Disneyland' to the Elderly" Friday: Batchelder: Estate Tax Reform: Issues and Options Usowski & Hollar: The Curious…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: ABA Tax Section Announces Finalists in Law Student Tax Challenge Year-End Tax Planning Viard: The Taxation of Carried Interest Murphy: Finding the "Income" in "Income Tax" Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person Hines: Foreign Income and Domestic Deductions WSJ: KPMG…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: 9th Circuit: Parents Cannot Deduct Payments to Their Children's Religious Schools Former Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Tax Department Pleads Guilty to Receiving Kickbacks in Tax Shelter Cases Tax Consequences of e-Commerce Galloway, Split-Interest Trusts, and Undivided Portions Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Aprill: Sklar Confirms Nondeductibility of Payments for Religious Education Life Insurance…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: The Unequal Geographic Burden of Federal Taxation Bank Bailouts Imperil Energy & Low-Income Tax Credits IRS Names Curtis Wilson Associate Chief Counsel (PSI) Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Law School Exam Taking Tips ABA Tax Section Submits Comment Letters Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines Fail to Address Charitable Concerns Patenting the Tax Code: Monopolizing Basic…

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  • TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup

    Thursday: Morris: Preparing Law Students for Disappointing Exam Results: Lessons from Casey at the Bat ABA Tax Section Publishes Fall 2008 Issue of News Quarterly Waggoner: Section 71 Hurts Children, Ex-Wives & Federalism Friday: Shaviro: The Long-Term Fiscal Gap & Generational Inequity Tax Profs Featured in Columbia Law School Magazine Final Reminder: Law & Society…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Lawyer Indicted for HOMER Tax Shelter Fraud Grassley Seeks Investigation of IRS's Issuance of Bank Bailout Notice 2008-83 Rangel Hires Accountant to Scrub Tax Returns Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Rooneys Race to Sell Pittsburgh Steelers to Avoid Obama Tax Increase Divided D.C. Circuit OKs Deviation From Sentencing Guidelines to Give Probation in…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Closing the Tax Gap Symposium Today at Stanford Melissa Etheridge to Stop Paying $500k/Year in CA Taxes After Passage of Prop 8 University of Chicago 61st Annual Federal Tax Conference Henderson: The Impotence of Delaware's Taxes iTax: The Taxation of Virtual Worlds Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads What Is the Appropriate Tax-Base for…

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  • TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

    Saturday: Trailer for An Inconvenient Tax Thompson Presents Joe the Plumber and the $4.60 Progressivity Debate at Penn State IRS Releases Tax Return Projections Heightened Return Preparer Standard Creates Conflict Between Tax Lawyers and Their Clients Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Knight, Advisory Fees, and § 67(e) Dharmapala: What Problems and Opportunities are Created…

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