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State Workarounds To The Irc's Salt Cap: The Past, The Present, And Building For The Future, Richard Stephenson Mcewan Jan 2023

State Workarounds To The Irc's Salt Cap: The Past, The Present, And Building For The Future, Richard Stephenson Mcewan

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Recently, Congress has debated measures to provide some relief to taxpayers negatively impacted by the Internal Revenue Code’s State and Local Tax (SALT) deductibility limit. Although Congress has not yet budged on whether to adjust this cap, many states have taken it upon themselves to find creative workarounds to provide relief for their constituent taxpayers. In the face of an uncertain future for the current SALT cap, crucial questions exist for these state workarounds and those still to come. This Note carefully lays out the individual income tax issue posed by the SALT cap, before analyzing the core elements of …


Afterlife Of The Death Tax, Samuel D. Brunson Apr 2019

Afterlife Of The Death Tax, Samuel D. Brunson

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More than a century ago, Congress enacted the modern estate tax to help pay for World War I. Unlike previous iterations of the estate tax, though, this one outlived the war and accumulated additional goals beyond merely raising revenue. The estate tax helped ensure the progressivity of the tax system as a whole, and it limited the hereditary ability to accumulate wealth.

This modern estate tax almost instantly met with opposition, though. The opposition has never been sufficient to entirely eliminate the estate tax, but it has severely weakened its ability to raise revenue and to prevent the accumulation of …


Cybersecurity And Tax Reform, Michael Hatfield Jan 2018

Cybersecurity And Tax Reform, Michael Hatfield

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INTRODUCTION

I. THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE IRS AS A CYBERATTACK TARGET

A. IRS AS A CYBERATTACK TARGET

B. THE FUTURE OF THE IRS AS A CYBERATTACK TARGET1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2. TAX INFORMATION

3. TYPES OF FUTURE ATTACKS

II. THE IRSWILL FAIL TO IMPLEMENT ADEQUATE CYBERSECURITY

A. VERY POOR HISTORY OF IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY

B. INADEQUATE FUNDING

C. INABILITY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN EXPERTS

D. TOOMANY USERS

E. CYBERSECURITY IS DIFFICULT

III. BETTER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THE GOAL

A. SLOWING THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

B. CYBERSECURITY AND TAX REFORM

1. PAY-AS-YOU-EARN (PAYE)

2. SIMPLIFIED INCOME TAX

3. PURIFIED …


Finding The "Income" In "Income Tax": A Look At Murphy V. Lr.S. And An Attempt To Pick Up Pieces Of Glenshaw Glass, Matthew J. O'Connor Oct 2008

Finding The "Income" In "Income Tax": A Look At Murphy V. Lr.S. And An Attempt To Pick Up Pieces Of Glenshaw Glass, Matthew J. O'Connor

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Debunking The Basis Myth Under The Income Tax, Joseph M. Dodge, Jay A. Soled Apr 2006

Debunking The Basis Myth Under The Income Tax, Joseph M. Dodge, Jay A. Soled

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Tax basis is one of the most important, yet least studied, aspects of the income tax. This analysis calls attention to its importance and argues that taxpayers have the motivation, opportunity, and means to inflate the tax basis they have in their assets and, in some cases, to avoid the reporting of gains. We discuss the likely causes of these phenomena, estimate the probable revenue loss, and propose appropriate reforms.


The Death Of The Income Tax (Or, The Rise Of America’S Universal Wage Tax), Edward J. Mccaffery Oct 2000

The Death Of The Income Tax (Or, The Rise Of America’S Universal Wage Tax), Edward J. Mccaffery

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The killing of the income tax has not been open and notorious: such is not the style of contemporary politics. As with other markers of progressive social policy—the promises of universal health care, Obamacare, come to mind6—the income tax is dying a death by stealth, albeit stealth played out in plain view. The plot lines of the tragedy are apparent. The individual “income” tax has been split in two. One tax, for the masses, is a simple, increasingly formless wage tax. This wage/income tax adds higher brackets onto the payroll tax, the model toward which the wage/income tax aims, to …


The Morality Of Money: American Attitudes Toward Wealth And The Income Tax, Marjorie E. Kornhauser Jan 1994

The Morality Of Money: American Attitudes Toward Wealth And The Income Tax, Marjorie E. Kornhauser

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Household Services And Child Care In The Income Tax And Social Security Laws, William D. Popkin Jan 1975

Household Services And Child Care In The Income Tax And Social Security Laws, William D. Popkin

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No abstract provided.


Anticipation Of Income, Paul A. Teschner Jul 1966

Anticipation Of Income, Paul A. Teschner

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No abstract provided.


The Current Tax Payment Act, Merle H. Miller Jan 1944

The Current Tax Payment Act, Merle H. Miller

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No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law-Taxation Apr 1932

Constitutional Law-Taxation

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No abstract provided.


Collection And Compromise Of Penalties Under The Income Tax Law, Norman F. Arterburn Dec 1927

Collection And Compromise Of Penalties Under The Income Tax Law, Norman F. Arterburn

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No abstract provided.