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The Unintended Tax Advantages Of Gay Marriage, Theodore P. Seto Sep 2008

The Unintended Tax Advantages Of Gay Marriage, Theodore P. Seto

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The Internal Revenue Code (the Code) contains numerous special rules applicable to the income taxation of persons related by marriage, birth, adoption, or ownership. This Article suggests a new approach to their analysis. Many basic tax rules assume that taxpayers are self-interested and unaffiliated. Where this assumption is incorrect, the Code makes adjustments to its otherwise applicable rules. Most of the resulting related-party antiavoidance rules apply only in the context of specified formal relationships-marriage, parent/child, or owner/business. The Article tests this thesis by comparing the income tax treatment of heterosexual married couples with that of gay couples in committed long-term …


Controlling Executive Compensation Through The Tax Code, Gregg D. Polsky Jun 2007

Controlling Executive Compensation Through The Tax Code, Gregg D. Polsky

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Return To Sharecropping: Lawyers And Clients As Tenants And Landlords In The Tax Treatment Of Contingency Fees, Dean T. Howell Mar 2002

Return To Sharecropping: Lawyers And Clients As Tenants And Landlords In The Tax Treatment Of Contingency Fees, Dean T. Howell

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