American University Washington College of Law invites applications for a Practitioner-In-Residence in its Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic: The Practitioner-in-Residence Program is a program designed to train lawyers or entry-level clinicians interested in becoming clinical teachers in the practice and theory of clinical legal education. Many graduates of the…
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The Tennessean, TN Professors Fume Over Bill Banning Textbook Royalties; Legislator Wants to End ‘Kickbacks’: [T]o at least one state representative, those book royalties are “kickbacks” to state university professors, earned by “forcing their students to purchase certain books.” And that representative, Knoxville Republican Stacey Campfield, wants the practice stopped….
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The International Fiscal Association is sponsoring the Mitchell B. Carroll Prize: In order to encourage scientific work, the IFA has instituted a Prize as a tribute to its first Honorary President, Mitchell B. Carroll. This Prize is awarded for a work dealing with international fiscal questions, comparative fiscal law or…
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Anne Alstott (Harvard) presents Why the EITC Doesn’t Make Work Pay, 73 Law & Contemp. Probs. ___ (2010), at Pennsylvania today as part of its Center for Tax Law and Policy Seminar Series hosted by Chris William Sanchirico and Reed Shuldiner. Here is the abstract: Since 1975, the earned income…
Written by Paul Caron on March 17th, 2010 with comments disabled.
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Following up on yesterday’s post, IRS Releases ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams: Joe Kristan blogs the Dirty Dozen Tax Policy Scams: [T]here’s one key difference between tax policy scams and the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams. You can go to jail if you use a Dirty Dozen Tax Scam, but if you…
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Morgan L. Holcomb (Hamline) & Nicholas Allen Smith (J.D. 2009, Minnesota) have published The Post-Cuno Litigation Landscape, 58 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1157 (2008). Here is the part of the Introduction: [T]here is a sustained and vigorous debate about whether [state tax incentive programs] work. Proponents hope that tax…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF Posts Documents Detailing Law Enforcement Collection of Data From Social Media Sites: EFF has posted documents shedding light on how law enforcement agencies use social networking sites to gather information in investigations. The records, obtained from the IRS and DOJ Criminal Division, are the first in…
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William A. Drennan (Southern Illinois) has published Strict Liability and Tax Penalties, 62 Okla. L. Rev. 1 (2009). Here is the abstract: Taxpayers who fail to pay their fair share cause each honest taxpayer to pay over $2,000 extra in federal income taxes every year. This Article asserts that the…
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Wall Street Journal editorial, ObamaCare’s Worst Tax Hike: For the First Time, Payroll Levies Will Hit Investment Income: The forced march to pass ObamaCare continues, and all that matters now is raw politics. But opponents should go down swinging, and that means exposing such policy debacles as President Obama’s 11th-hour…
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