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The Secret Economy Of Charitable Giving, Allison Anna Tait
The Secret Economy Of Charitable Giving, Allison Anna Tait
Allison Anna Tait
Charitable giving is big business. In 2009, the Internal Revenue Service reported close to 100,000 private foundations, almost double the number from fifteen years earlier. Some of these charitable trusts, like the Gates Foundation, are multi-billion dollar enterprises. Trust instruments and other governing documents set forth the terms that control these gifts. Because charitable trusts can exist in perpetuity, however, changing circumstances sometimes render the terms difficult to fulfill. Courts can apply cy pres, a saving doctrine that allows for the modification of gift restrictions, but in the past courts have tended to apply cy pres narrowly and privilege donor …
Definitions, Religion, And Free Exercise Guarantees, Mark Strasser
Definitions, Religion, And Free Exercise Guarantees, Mark Strasser
Mark Strasser
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the free exercise of religion. Non-religious practices do not receive those same protections, which makes the ability to distinguish between religious and non-religious practices important. Regrettably, members of the Court have been unable to agree about how to distinguish the religious from the non-religious—sometimes, the implicit criteria focus on the sincerity of the beliefs, sometimes the strength of the beliefs or the role that they play in an individual’s life, and sometimes the kind of beliefs. In short, the Court has virtually guaranteed an incoherent jurisprudence by sending contradictory signals with …
A Market For Tax Compliance, Walter E. Afield Iii
A Market For Tax Compliance, Walter E. Afield Iii
Walter E Afield III
It is becoming increasingly clear that, due to political realities and budgetary constraints, the IRS is going to have to attempt to enforce the tax laws by doing more with less. Current enforcement efforts have yielded a tax gap (i.e., the difference between the amount of taxes that should be paid and the amount that are collected) of roughly $450 billion annually. Faced with this task, one of the steps that the IRS has recently taken is to try to improve the quality in services performed by paid tax preparers, a group that historically has been subject to little IRS …
Critical Tax Policy: A Pathway To Reform?, Nancy J. Knauer
Critical Tax Policy: A Pathway To Reform?, Nancy J. Knauer
Nancy J. Knauer
The Global Recession of 2008 and ensuing austerity measures have renewed the urgency surrounding the call for fundamental tax reform. Before embarking on fundamental tax reform, this Article proposes adding a critical lens to existing US tax policy to ensure that any proposals for change are informed, transparent, and responsive to the needs (and abilities) of individual taxpayers. This Article makes the case for a specific method of inquiry – Critical Tax Policy – that is built on the articulation of difference rather than false assumptions of sameness. Critical Tax Policy incorporates the insights of a growing international tax equity …
Joint Federal Income Tax Returns: If Doma Dies And Even If It Lives The Weak Case For Distinguishing Between Same-Sex And Different-Sex Married Couples, Julie A.D. Manasfi
Joint Federal Income Tax Returns: If Doma Dies And Even If It Lives The Weak Case For Distinguishing Between Same-Sex And Different-Sex Married Couples, Julie A.D. Manasfi
Julie A.D. Manasfi
Joint Federal Income Tax Returns: If DOMA Dies And Even If It Lives The Weak Case For Distinguishing between Same-Sex and Different-Sex Married Couples State recognition of same-sex marriages and marriage-like statuses raised the question of whether these relationships would be respected for federal purposes. In 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) answered the question with a definitive “no.” Section 3 of DOMA defines “marriage” for federal purposes as “a legal union between one man and one woman.” DOMA’s definition of marriage has been found unconstitutional in eight federal courts. In fact in 2011, at the instruction of President …