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Federal Tax Update (Powerpoint), Stephen L. Owen Nov 2016

Federal Tax Update (Powerpoint), Stephen L. Owen

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

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Permitting Abused Spouses To Claim The Earned Income Tax Credit In Separate Returns, Fred B. Brown Jun 2016

Permitting Abused Spouses To Claim The Earned Income Tax Credit In Separate Returns, Fred B. Brown

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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The Enigma Of Wynne, Edward A. Zelinsky Apr 2016

The Enigma Of Wynne, Edward A. Zelinsky

William & Mary Business Law Review

The five-justice Wynne majority used that case to make a major statement about the dormant Commerce Clause. In many respects, Wynne is an enigma that perpetuates an inherent problem of the Court’s dormant Commerce Clause doctrine: the Court declares some ill-defined taxes as unconstitutionally discriminatory because they encourage in-state investment, while other economically equivalent taxes and government programs that similarly encourage intrastate economic activity are apparently acceptable under the dormant Commerce Clause.

Wynne is thus more important than the immediate situation it addresses, and will have consequences beyond the immediate circumstances it addresses. A decision as enigmatic as it is …