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Batchelder: Opportunities And Risks In Individual Tax Reform
Lily Batchelder (NYU), Opportunities and Risks in Private Tax Reform: Statement Before the United States Senate Committee on Financing: This statement before the SENATE Committee on Financing on private tax reform makes five bottom lines. First, the present tax reform effort is taking place at a time when low- and middle-income …
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It’s Bigger Than Bitcoins: The Matrix Is Here
ABA Tax Section conferences are enjoyable! Last week I participated in a fascinating panel presentation at the Austin conference titled “Beyond Bitcoin: Blockchain and the Tax System.” The panel was moderated by Stow Lovejoy, of Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP and consisted of Amanda Wilkie, CIO of Withum Smith & Brown; Tony Tuths, …
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Barry Presents Tax And The Boundaries Of The Firm Today At Columbia
Jordan Barry (San Diego) presents Tax and the Limits of the Firm (with Victor Fleischer (San Diego)) at Columbia today as part of its Davis Polk & Wardwell Tax Policy Colloquium Series hosted by Alex Raskolnikov and Wojciech Kopczuk: How does the income tax shape the boundaries of the firm? …
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ABA Tax Section Reduces Support For Tax Profs
I was unfortunate to discover that at the Austin fulfilling the ABA Tax Section Council voted to considerably reduce the scholastic speaker and scholastic management repayment policy, maintaining it just for academics who meet the Tax Section’s meaning of “young attorney” (under 40 or less than 5 years in practice)… TaxProf Blog site
Bankman Presents The Global Battle To Capture MNE Profits Today At Loyola-L.A.
Joseph Bankman (Stanford) provides Collecting the Lease: The International Fight to Catch MNE Earnings (with Mitchell Kane (NYU) & Alan Sykes (Stanford)) at Loyola-L.A. today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium Series hosted by Ellen Aprill and Katherine Pratt: Multinational enterprises (MNEs) make considerable leas in the present worldwide …
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An Emotionally Distressing Lesson From The Tax Court
Last week, in the Summary Viewpoint of Collins v. Commissioner, the Tax Court agreed with the Service that a taxpayer could not leave out $ 85,000 under area 104(a)(2) for payments received for “emotional distress” although that distress led to physical sickness. It’s a case that not just teaches an important …
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The Top Five New Tax Papers
There is a fair bit of movement in this week’s list of the Leading 5 Current Tax Paper Downloads, with brand-new papers debuting on the list at # 4 and # 5: [588 Downloads] Federal Tax Procedure (2017 Professional Ed.), by John Townsend (Houston) [327 Downloads] Is Effectiveness Biased?, by Zachary Liscow …
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HMRC Chief Warns Brexit Merger Of UK Border And Tax Operation Is A ‘Mega Project’ Requiring 5,000 Extra Staff
International Organisation Times, HMRC Chief Alerts Brexit Merger of UK Border and Tax Operation is a ‘Mega Job’ Britain’s top tax body said a merged border force and tax checking operation will need 5,000 extra personnel cost up ₤ 800m after Brexit. HMRC director general of consumer strategy Jim Harra informed …
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Tax Policy In The Trump Administration
ABC News, Everything Is Riding on Tax Reform for Republicans Bloomberg, Congress Wants This $ 2 Trillion Tax Break. U.S. Companies Don’t Bloomberg, Nonprofits Fear Sting of Tax Reform Bloomberg, Stocks Required Tax Reform Now Especially Bloomberg, Trump Debt Limitation Deal Undermines Trust Amongst GOP on Tax Overhaul Bloomberg, …
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ABA Tax Section Fall CLE Meeting
The ABA Tax Section concludes its three-day joint Fall CLE conference with the ABA Real estate, Trust and Estate Law Section today in Austin, TX. The full program is here. Today’s emphasize is the keynote luncheqon address by Michael J. Graetz (Columbia). Other Tax Profs with speaking roles consist of: Employee …
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