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Tax Lawyers As Tax Insurance, Heather M. Field
Tax Lawyers As Tax Insurance, Heather M. Field
William & Mary Law Review
Transactional tax lawyers, by rendering tax opinions, provide a version of insurance to clients. This insurance is clearly incomplete, but by providing a tax opinion, a lawyer conditionally agrees to indemnify the client for at least part of the potential loss the client incurs if the favorable tax treatment described in the opinion is successfully challenged. Although insurance is not the primary function of transactional tax lawyers, and although this Article does not argue that tax opinions should be regulated as insurance, indemnification—a key element of insurance—is an important part of the economic relationship between a client and a lawyer …
The Tax Practice Controversy In Historical Perspective, Joseph V. Anderson
The Tax Practice Controversy In Historical Perspective, Joseph V. Anderson
William & Mary Law Review
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