Friday: Joint Tax Committee Releases List of Expiring Tax Provisions Tax Analysts Partners with TaxProf Blog "Generosity Index" Mirrors Red State-Blue State Divide Estevez on Partisan Politics and IRS Enforcement Activities Saturday: The Role of Taxes in the Birth of Christ Tax Prof Spotlight: Kirk Stark Tax Issues in Jib Jab’s Santa Claus Video Merry…

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Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: William Klein IRS Issues Optional Sales Tax Tables Desai, Dyck & Zingales on Theft and Taxes Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads ABA Tax Section Needs Editors for Annual Report on Important Developments Death of Jerry Kasner

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Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: Steven Bank Davis & Henrekson on National Differences in Tax Rates Chicago To Tax Tires, Not Beer Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Morck on Double Taxation of Inter-Corporate Dividends One Way to Reduce the Number of Lawyers

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Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: Michael Asimow Tax Blog Roundup Death of Paul Huard Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads The Economist: AMT as Route to Tax Reform Tax News Roundup

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Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: Lily Batchelder Brody Takes Issue with Review of Fremont-Smith’s Governing Nonprofit Corporations Do Tax Court Judges Invest in Tax Shelters? Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Brody and Richmond Quoted in NLJ Story on Sklar Case Student Note: Should Scholarships for Graduate Students Be Taxed?

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Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: Craig Boise Stiglitz and Peterson Discuss Future of U.S. Economy at Wharton Burman & Kobes on Composition of Income on Tax Returns Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads William Mitchell Symposium on Exempt Organizations Law Gale & Orszag on Bush Administration Tax Policy: Starving the Beast

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Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: Dan Sheaffer New Web Site on Progressive Taxation Snyder on Tax Law Discrimination Against Children Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads Election Paves Way for Repeal of Estate Tax Tannenwald on State and Local Revenue Systems Becoming Obsolete?

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This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: Tax Prof Spotlight: Meredith Conway University of Washington Looking to Hire Tax Prof Wharton Faculty Discuss The Next Four Years with George Bush Sunday: Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads A Bad Week: Libertarian Lost Race for Congress on Tuesday, Arrested for Tax Evasion on Friday Washington, D.C. Tax Attorney…

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This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Alex Raskolnikov • Tax Profs Present Papers at American Society for Legal Historians Annual Meeting • The KMT: Kerry Minimum Tax Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • CBO Releases Cost Estimate of Tax Act • USDA on Taxing Snack Food

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This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Michael Yu • Infanti on The Defense of Marriage Act and Tax Treaties • Eastman on Constitutional Claims in Supermajority Tax Litigation Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Cowan on Federal Tax Policy Toward Indian Tribes • PriceWaterhouseCoopers Publishes Summary of New Tax…

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This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Steven Dean • Teresa Heinz Kerry Releases Part of Her 2003 Tax Return • Tax Act Retroactively Reinstates $250 Teacher Deduction • Volz & Tazian on Tax Treatment of Sexual Harassment Awards Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Tax Profs Wanted Down Under:…

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This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Kristin Hickman • Soled & Pollack on Tax Professionals Acting Badly • SOI Releases Sole Proprietorship Returns Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Maule “Unimpressed” with Debate Performance of Both Bush & Kerry on Tax Issues • Forman Op-Ed on Temporary Tax Legislation

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Monday, October 4, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Terry Turnipseed • Tax Profs at ABA Tax Section Meeting • IRS Slams Door on Employee Parking Double Dip Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • District Court Dismisses Lawsuit Claiming African-Americans Not Subject to Income Tax • New Paper…

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Monday, September 27, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Ethan Yale • Teachable Moment: Britney Spears’ 4-Page “Faux Wedding Agreement” • Thorndike on The Unhappy History of Private Tax Collection Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • IRS Revises List of Tax Shelters • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds…

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Monday, September 20, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Eric Chason • Infanti on Tax as Next Front in Gay Rights Battle • Tax Consequences of Misdirected Direct Deposit Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • ABA Task Force Report on Federal Wealth Transfer Taxes • MSNBC: Kerry, Bush…

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Monday, September 13, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Adam Chodorow • Bourjaily & Moore on Russian Tax Amendments • IRS Names Marks Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (TE/GE) Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • On-Line Data Base of Candidates’ Views on Tax Issues • Video of Investiture of…

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Tuesday, September 7, 2004 TaxProf Blog posts over the long holiday weekend: Saturday • Tax Prof Spotlight: Bradley Borden • Maule: Can Bush Have It Both Ways on Taxes? • Jensen on Employment Tax Burden of Tenure Buyouts Sunday • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Ruttenberg on Tax Court’s Application of § 2036(a) to…

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Monday, August 30, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Francine Lipman • Think Tank Says Sales Tax Debate Could Lead To Tax Reform • IRS Whistleblower Remy Welling Responds Sunday: • 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Tax Court: Social Security Disability from Exposure to Agent Orange Not Excludable Under §…

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Monday, August 23, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Bradley Myers • Sheryl Crow’s Tax Problems • Kopczuk & Saez on Top Wealth Shares in the U.S. Sunday: • 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Book Review: Taxation in a Global Economy • Poterba on Valuing Assets in Retirement Savings Accounts

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Monday, August 16, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Yariv Brauner • Lustig on the Tax Professoriate • Tax Profs as Super Heroes? Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Sarbanes-Oxley Lawsuit v. Swatch for Violating Transfer-Pricing Rules • SOI Releases Study of DISCs

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Monday, August 9, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Amy Monahan • Tax Program at ABA Annual Meeting • Families Relocate Trusts to Avoid Rising State Tax Rates Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Tax Analysts Releases New Standards of Tax Practice • Southern Illinois Looking to Hire…

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Monday, August 2, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Mike McIntyre • O’Connor on Tax Implications of Religious Freedom Restoration Act Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Avi-Yonah on A Defense of the Corporate Tax • New Book: Jane Jacobs on Dark Age Ahead

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Monday, July 26, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Linda Beal • New Tax Prof Conway Joins Texas-Wesleyan Faculty • Avi-Yonah on International Tax as International Law Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Moore on French Lessons for Social Security • Quiz on U.S. Tax Treatment of Multinational…

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Monday, July 19, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Jack Bogdanski • Avi-Yonah on International Integration • Cash Bonuses to IRS Attorneys Draw Fire on Capitol Hill Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Zelenak on the Equity Risk Premium • Pietruszkiewicz on Constitutional Causes of Action in Tax…

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Monday, July 12, 2004 This weekend’s TaxProf Blog posts: Saturday: • Tax Prof Spotlight: Thomas Griffith • Begleiter on Malpractice in Estate Planning Cases Sunday: • Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads • Charleston Law School Gets OK to Start Classes in Fall • Beale on SEC Use of Corporate Tax Shelter Rules To Regulate Accounting…

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