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The Family Llc: A New Approach To Insuring Dynastic Wealth, Evan M. Purcell Feb 2015

The Family Llc: A New Approach To Insuring Dynastic Wealth, Evan M. Purcell

Evan M Purcell

No abstract provided.


Why The Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge Requires Limitation Of The Estate Tax Charitable Deduction, Edward A. Zelinsky Jan 2014

Why The Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge Requires Limitation Of The Estate Tax Charitable Deduction, Edward A. Zelinsky

Faculty Articles

The Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge, under which wealthy individuals promise to leave a majority of their assets to charity, is an admirable effort to encourage philanthropy. However, the Pledge requires us to confront the paradox that the federal estate tax charitable deduction is unlimited while the federal income tax charitable deduction is capped. If a Giving Pledger leaves his wealth to charity, the federal fisc loses significant revenue since the Pledger thereby avoids federal estate taxation as charitable bequests are deductible without limit for federal estate tax purposes. Despite its laudable qualities, the Giving Pledge is a systematic (albeit inadvertent) threat …


Regulation Not Prohibition: The Comparative Case Against The Insurable Interest Doctrine, Sharo Michael Atmeh Jan 2012

Regulation Not Prohibition: The Comparative Case Against The Insurable Interest Doctrine, Sharo Michael Atmeh

Sharo M Atmeh

American law requires an insurable interest—a pecuniary or affective stake in the subject of an insurance policy—as a predi-cate to properly obtaining insurance. In theory, the rule prevents both wagering on individual lives and moral hazard. In practice, the doctrine is avoided by complex insurance transaction structuring to effectuate both origination and transfers of insurance by individuals without an insurable interest. This paper argues that it is time to ab-andon the insurable interest doctrine. As both the English and Aus-tralian experiences indicate, elimination of the insurable interest doctrine will have little detrimental pecuniary effect on the insurance industry, while freeing …


Using Insurance Law And Policy To Interpret The Tax Code's Loss And Medical Expense Provisions, Andrew Blair-Stanek Dec 2006

Using Insurance Law And Policy To Interpret The Tax Code's Loss And Medical Expense Provisions, Andrew Blair-Stanek

Andrew Blair-Stanek

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A Complete Property Right Amendment, John H. Ryskamp Oct 2006

A Complete Property Right Amendment, John H. Ryskamp

ExpressO

The trend of the eminent domain reform and "Kelo plus" initiatives is toward a comprehensive Constitutional property right incorporating the elements of level of review, nature of government action, and extent of compensation. This article contains a draft amendment which reflects these concerns.


Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor Sep 2005

Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor

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No abstract provided.


Qualified Plans And Identifying Tax Expenditures: A Rejoinder To Professor Stein, Edward A. Zelinsky Oct 1991

Qualified Plans And Identifying Tax Expenditures: A Rejoinder To Professor Stein, Edward A. Zelinsky

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La Nueva Tributación Fiscal, República De Cuba. Senado Jan 1931

La Nueva Tributación Fiscal, República De Cuba. Senado

Mario Diaz Cruz Pamphlets

Ley de emergencia económica y los reglamentos para la administración y cobranza del impuesto general sobre utilidades a que se contrae el capítulo sexto de la Ley de 29 de enero de 1931.