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Tax Incentives For Innovation In A Modern Ip Ecosystem, Joshua Chao Jan 2013

Tax Incentives For Innovation In A Modern Ip Ecosystem, Joshua Chao

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Technological innovation is a long-recognized catalyst for economic growth in the United States, and its promotion is an important feature of national economic policy, as evidenced by the presence of various tax incentives for innovation in the US Internal Revenue Code. Tax incentives are an important means by which governments can deliver subsidies to promote such innovation. To be effective, however, any system of tax incentives must be tailored for current economic conditions and competitive landscapes. In the current ecosystem of innovation in the United States, this means that, at the very least, the incentives for innovation in the US …


Taxation-Federal Income Tax-Taxability To Nonresident Alien Of Lump Sum Payments For Copyright, Myron J. Nadler S.Ed. Nov 1949

Taxation-Federal Income Tax-Taxability To Nonresident Alien Of Lump Sum Payments For Copyright, Myron J. Nadler S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Taxpayer, a nonresident alien author not engaged in trade or business within the United States, delivered certain literary works to American publishers under agreement whereby the latter were to copyright and publish these stories and reassign to the taxpayer after publication all rights except the American serial rights. Lump sum payments for each story were received during the years 1938 and 1941. No tax was paid on these amounts and a deficiency was assessed on the ground that they constituted royalties received for the use of United States copyrights and were taxable as ordinary income. The circuit court of appeals …