From a recent Photoshop contest at Worth1000.com: …

Written by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Ventry on Welfare by Any Other Name: Tax Transfers and the EITC

Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. (American) has posted Welfare by Any Other Name: Tax Transfers and the EITC, 56 Am. U. L. Rev. ___ (2007), on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Tax credits, particularly refundable tax credits, are viewed increasingly as a…

Written by Paul Caron on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Cause & Effect…

Written by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Impact of Placement Data Change on Overall U.S. News Ranking

My MoneyLaw co-blogger Tom Bell (Chapman) assesses the impact of the changes made by U.S. News to its placement variable by computing the effect it would have had on this year’s overall scores and overall ranking of the Top 100…

Written by Paul Caron on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Tax Lawyers and Jane Austen

Marsha E. Huff, Of Counsel at Foley Lardner in Milwaukee, is President of the Jane Austen Society of North America….

Written by Paul Caron on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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14% of Law Class of 2006 Make > $135k; 42% Make < $55k

From a NALP press release:The vast majority of Class of 2006 law school graduates — 90.7% of those for whom employment status was known — were employed as of February 15, 2007. This rate increased for the second year in…

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Law Prof Blogosphere Census

Dan Solove (George Washington) has updated his census of law professor bloggers (here and here). He notes that there are now 365 law professor bloggers (up from 309 in October 2006). The gender breakdown of the 365 law professor bloggers…

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Tax Panel at Today’s SEALS Annual Meeting

Tax panel at today’s annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida: 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: United States Supreme Court and Legislative Preview: Tax, Corporations, and Business Regulation. This panel…

Written by Paul Caron on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Senate Holds Hearing Today on Partnership Carried Interest

The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on Carried Interest, Part II at 10:00 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Here are the witnesses scheduled to testify: Charles Kingson (Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School) Adam Ifshin (President,…

Written by Paul Caron on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Fred Thompson Pledges Support for Fair Tax

ABC is reporting that possible Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has pledged to sign the Fair Tax bill if enacted by Congress. (For the video, see here.) The Fair Tax would replace all federal taxes with a 23% retail sales…

Written by Paul Caron on July 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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