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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Reducing Inequality With A Progressive State Tax Credit, Eric Kades Sep 2019

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Reducing Inequality With A Progressive State Tax Credit, Eric Kades

Eric A. Kades

No abstract provided.


A Progressive Federal Tax Credit For State Tax Payments, Eric Kades Sep 2019

A Progressive Federal Tax Credit For State Tax Payments, Eric Kades

Eric A. Kades

No abstract provided.


The Meaning Of Capital In The Twenty-First Century, Edward J. Mccaffery Sep 2018

The Meaning Of Capital In The Twenty-First Century, Edward J. Mccaffery

Edward J McCaffery

America is on a path towards a level of both wealth and income inequality unparalleled in recorded history. Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century summarizes and conveys the work of Piketty and many co-authors, over many decades, looking at the structure of income and wealth inequality across many nations and centuries. This review essay builds on Piketty’s ambitions as well as his data, in order to put forth a better solution: one that accepts and even embraces the facts of unequal ownership of capital, but changes the social meaning of those facts to avoid the social harms that follow …


The Death Of The Income Tax (Or, The Rise Of America's Universal Wage Tax), Edward J. Mccaffery Sep 2018

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

Edward J McCaffery

In 1913, with whispers of progressive politics in the air, Americans ratified a Constitutional amendment allowing for a tax on “all incomes, from whatever source derived.”This set the stage for the individual income tax, a tax meant to fall on wealth and the wealthy. It was a small step, but it was a step. Capital and labor, wealth and wages, would each be paying the price of civilization. The corporate income and gift and estate taxes soon formed a troika of wealth taxes, though the individual income tax fell on upper-income wages as well.

Things changed. Over a century later, …


Taxing Wealth Seriously, Edward J. Mccaffery Sep 2018

Taxing Wealth Seriously, Edward J. Mccaffery

Edward J McCaffery

The social and political problems of wealth inequality in America are severe and getting worse. A surprise is that the U.S. tax system, as is, is a significant cause of these problems, not a cure for them. The tax-law doctrines that allow those who already have financial wealth to live, luxuriously and tax-free, or to pass on their wealth tax-free to heirs, are simple. The applicable legal doctrines have been in place for nearly a century under the income tax, the primary social tool for addressing matters of economic inequality. The analytic pathways to reform are easy to see once …


Full Faith And Credit, Choice Of Laws, And Extraterritorial Regulation Of Corporate Transactions, Gregory S. Sergienko Mar 2018

Full Faith And Credit, Choice Of Laws, And Extraterritorial Regulation Of Corporate Transactions, Gregory S. Sergienko

Greg Sergienko

In a federal system in which each state may enact laws providing for the chartering and governance of corporations and in which corporations can and do conduct business in more than one state, several states may claim an interest in regulating the conduct of a given corporation. The enactment of state laws that are intended to restrict hostile corporate takeovers and that purport to extend to foreign corporations is one example of this phenomenon. "Typically, any of a number of jurisdictional links might trigger the application of such an anti-takeover statute: the target's being incorporated in the state, its having …


Brief Of Tax Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner In Loudoun County, Virginia V. Dulles Duty Free, Llc, Richard Pomp, Daniel Jacob Hemel, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Lily L. Batchelder, Samuel D. Brunson, J. Clifton Fleming Jr, David Gamage, Ari Glogower, Jacob Goldin, Hayes R. Holderness, Michael S. Knoll, Zachary Liscow, Ruth Mason, Goldburn Maynard, James R. Repetti, Julie A. Roin, Erin Adele Scharff, Jay A. Soled, Edward A. Zelinsky Jan 2018

Brief Of Tax Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner In Loudoun County, Virginia V. Dulles Duty Free, Llc, Richard Pomp, Daniel Jacob Hemel, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Lily L. Batchelder, Samuel D. Brunson, J. Clifton Fleming Jr, David Gamage, Ari Glogower, Jacob Goldin, Hayes R. Holderness, Michael S. Knoll, Zachary Liscow, Ruth Mason, Goldburn Maynard, James R. Repetti, Julie A. Roin, Erin Adele Scharff, Jay A. Soled, Edward A. Zelinsky

J. Clifton Fleming, Jr.

For more than seven decades, state and local governments as well as market actors have labored under an export tax regime that is inconsistent, inefficient, and inequitable. The petition for a writ of certiorari in Loudoun County, Virginia, v. Dulles Duty Free, LLC, presents the Supreme Court with a chance to restore rationality to the tax treatment of the export sector. The economic implications are vast: annual exports of goods from the United States exceed $1.4 trillion. The Court’s resolution of this case will determine whether state and local governments can apply their sales and personal property taxes to exports …


Creating A Tax Space For Social Enterprise, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer Dec 2017

Creating A Tax Space For Social Enterprise, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

While still relatively few in number compared to traditional nonprofit and for-profit organizations, the rise of social enterprises represents a possible disruption of not only existing models of doing business but also areas of law that in many respects have seen little fundamental change for decades. One such area is domestic tax law, where social enterprises currently find themselves subject to the rules of for-profit activities and entities. Here, both scholars and policymakers are beginning to ask whether it is either necessary or desirable to modify existing tax provisions to better accommodate social enterprise: that is, whether to create a …


Brief Of Amici Curiae Tax Law Professors And Economists In Support Of Petitioner In South Dakota V. Wayfair, Richard Pomp, Daniel Jacob Hemel, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Joseph Bankman, Jordan Barry, Lily L. Batchelder, John R. Brooks, Samuel D. Brunson, J. Clifton Fleming Jr, David Gamage, Ari Glogower, Jacob Goldin, Andrew J. Haile, David J. Herzig, Hayes R. Holderness, Calvin H. Johnson, Richard L. Kaplan, Michael S. Knoll, Zachary Liscow, Yair Listokin, Ruth Mason, Goldburn Maynard, Orly Mazur, Susan C. Morse, James R. Repetti, Julie A. Roin, Daniel Schaffa, Erin Adele Scharff, Daniel N. Shaviro, Jay A. Soled, Sloan Speck, Kirk J. Stark, John A. Swain, Adam Thimmesch, Manoj Viswanathan, Edward A. Zelinsky, Eric M. Zolt Nov 2017

Brief Of Amici Curiae Tax Law Professors And Economists In Support Of Petitioner In South Dakota V. Wayfair, Richard Pomp, Daniel Jacob Hemel, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Joseph Bankman, Jordan Barry, Lily L. Batchelder, John R. Brooks, Samuel D. Brunson, J. Clifton Fleming Jr, David Gamage, Ari Glogower, Jacob Goldin, Andrew J. Haile, David J. Herzig, Hayes R. Holderness, Calvin H. Johnson, Richard L. Kaplan, Michael S. Knoll, Zachary Liscow, Yair Listokin, Ruth Mason, Goldburn Maynard, Orly Mazur, Susan C. Morse, James R. Repetti, Julie A. Roin, Daniel Schaffa, Erin Adele Scharff, Daniel N. Shaviro, Jay A. Soled, Sloan Speck, Kirk J. Stark, John A. Swain, Adam Thimmesch, Manoj Viswanathan, Edward A. Zelinsky, Eric M. Zolt

J. Clifton Fleming, Jr.

While the Supreme Court is rightly reluctant to overrule its own precedents under any circumstances, the force of stare decisis is less powerful in some contexts than in others. Specifically, stare decisis exerts a weaker pull when judicial doctrine in the relevant area is based not on statutory interpretation but on changing competitive circumstances and evolving economic understandings. Antitrust law is a paradigmatic example of an area in which these conditions are met, but the argument for a flexible application of precedent is similarly strong with respect to dormant Commerce Clause tax cases such as this one.

In Quill Corp. …


First Amendment Decisions From The October 2006 Term, Erwin Chemerinsky, Marci A. Hamilton Jun 2017

First Amendment Decisions From The October 2006 Term, Erwin Chemerinsky, Marci A. Hamilton

Erwin Chemerinsky

No abstract provided.


Winning The Crowd: Harnessing Taxpayer Choices To Improve Educational Quality, W. Edward Afield Mar 2016

Winning The Crowd: Harnessing Taxpayer Choices To Improve Educational Quality, W. Edward Afield

W. Edward "Ted" Afield

No abstract provided.


Will Retroactive Proposition 30 Ever Be Challenged?, Frank J. Doti Feb 2015

Will Retroactive Proposition 30 Ever Be Challenged?, Frank J. Doti

Frank J. Doti

Professor Doti's article challenges the constitutionality of California Proposition 30. California voters passed Proposition 30 in 2012 to increase for seven years the income tax rates for those making more than $250,000. The highest tax bracket for individuals with more than $500,000 in taxable income was increased from 9.3% to 12.3%. Proposition 30 was approved by voters on November 6, 2012, but the increased rates were made retroactive—without effective notice—to January 1, 2012.

Retroactive tax laws eviscerate respect for the law and may result in a deprivation of due process of law under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. …


Irs Tax Relief - Tips For Taxpayers - Tax Relief Programmes, Lissa Coffey Nyu School Of Law Nov 2014

Irs Tax Relief - Tips For Taxpayers - Tax Relief Programmes, Lissa Coffey Nyu School Of Law

LissaCoffey

IRS TAX RELIEF - TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS - TAX RELIEF PROGRAMMES ... it seems many of us look for ways to get more income back from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ... IRS Tax Relief Help ... will spot preventing the lies and tricks that agents sometimes use to try and cheat taxpayers who need vital reduced back taxes. Back Taxes : Settle Tax Debt and IRS Problems. Expiration of Back Taxes; IRS Help; IRS Tax Relief FAQs; Back Taxes: Settle Tax Debt and IRS Problems Owe IRS Back Taxes? ... Once an IRS Payment Plan (also known as an …


Tax Debt Help – Settlement & Negotiation, Lissa Coffey Nov 2014

Tax Debt Help – Settlement & Negotiation, Lissa Coffey

LissaCoffey

Get helpful tips, advice and help with debt or any kind of irs help on setting up payment plans, requesting affordable installment agreements, reducing your tax debts through an Offer in Compromise, or discharging your tax debts through bankruptcy. Tags: GET-OUT-OF-IRS-TAX-DEBT, irs tax help, tax relief help, IRS-PAYMENT-PLAN, irs debt, irs help, help with debt, help with tax debt


List Of The Most Popular Irs Tax Forms & Pubs, Lissa Coffey Jul 2014

List Of The Most Popular Irs Tax Forms & Pubs, Lissa Coffey

LissaCoffey

Here are links to the most common tax forms needed to prepare your income tax returns. All tax forms are in the portable document format (PDF) and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can use Acrobat Reader to view the documents and print documents. Most of the IRS forms also allow you to type in your information and save a copy with your data to your computer


A Fact Book On Proposition 2 1/2, Padraig O'Malley Feb 2014

A Fact Book On Proposition 2 1/2, Padraig O'Malley

Padraig O'Malley

In this age of inflation many tax reduction plans have been proposed throughout the nation. This November Massachusetts voters will vote on Proposition 2 1/2 - a tax reduction proposal sponsored by a coalition of citizens. This booklet describes the costs and benefits of Proposition 2 1/2 in an objective way, so that you can make an informed decision when you cast your vote. The University of Massachusetts' Center for Studies in Policy and the Public Interest and the Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service believe that when you have access to unbiased information you will make better decisions and participate more …


The Massachusetts Fiscal System: Structure And Performance, Padraig O'Malley, Raymond G. Torto Feb 2014

The Massachusetts Fiscal System: Structure And Performance, Padraig O'Malley, Raymond G. Torto

Padraig O'Malley

On November 4, 1980 the citizens of Massachusetts, by a vote of 59% to 41%, resoundingly endorsed a tax reduction plan known as Proposition 2 1/2. All communities in the Commonwealth were faced with an immediate reduction in their local revenues due to the immediate cut in the excise tax that Proposition 2 1/2 called for, and up to 130 communities will have to implement a 15% reduction in their tax levies for FY 1982. Already there are protestations from many local officials that they cannot make the required tax cuts without severely reducing the level of local services. The …


Proposal For A National Sales Tax To Incentivize The Collection Of Remote Sales Tax, Timothy Li May 2013

Proposal For A National Sales Tax To Incentivize The Collection Of Remote Sales Tax, Timothy Li

Timothy Li

This Essay proposes that Congress adopt a national sales tax at one national rate for interstate sales, but with a credit for each transaction in which an out-of-state vendor remits state sales tax. For states without sales taxes, remote vendors can still choose the state rate of zero percent. For states with sales taxes, the national rate should be set to exceed every state’s sales tax rate. Vendors would no longer be able to avoid sales tax by moving overseas. The proposal further provides numerous incentives for Congress to act now rather than delay, including a new source of national …


¿Es Válida La Ampliación De Demanda Signada Por Licenciado En Derecho Autorizado?, Guillermo Castorena Apr 2013

¿Es Válida La Ampliación De Demanda Signada Por Licenciado En Derecho Autorizado?, Guillermo Castorena

Guillermo Castorena

En la actualidad las Salas del Tribunal Federal de Justicia Fiscal y Administrativa, han venido interpretando en diversos sentidos el artículo 5 de la Ley Federal de Procedimiento Contencioso Administrativo para considerar si se debe de tener por presentada o no la ampliación de demanda signada por un licenciado en derecho autorizado por la actora o su representante legal.


State Taxation Of Non-Residents On Stock Of Domestic Corporations, Robert C. Brown Dec 2012

State Taxation Of Non-Residents On Stock Of Domestic Corporations, Robert C. Brown

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.


Personal Property Taxation In Kansas, By The Kansas Legislative Council Research Department, Robert C. Brown Dec 2012

Personal Property Taxation In Kansas, By The Kansas Legislative Council Research Department, Robert C. Brown

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.


Some Legal Aspects Of State Sales And Use Taxes, Robert C. Brown Dec 2012

Some Legal Aspects Of State Sales And Use Taxes, Robert C. Brown

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.


Tax Laws Of Indiana As They Relate To Corporations For Profit, Harriet W. Bouslog, Robert C. Brown Dec 2012

Tax Laws Of Indiana As They Relate To Corporations For Profit, Harriet W. Bouslog, Robert C. Brown

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.


The Validity Of A State Tax Upon The Coming Into Possession And Enjoyment Of A Vested Remainder, Robert C. Brown Dec 2012

The Validity Of A State Tax Upon The Coming Into Possession And Enjoyment Of A Vested Remainder, Robert C. Brown

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.


State Property Taxes And The Federal Supreme Court, Robert C. Brown Dec 2012

State Property Taxes And The Federal Supreme Court, Robert C. Brown

Dr Robert Brown

No abstract provided.


Section 7433’S Statute Of Limitations: How Courts Have Wrongly Turned A Taxpayer’S Exclusive Sword Into The Irs’ Shield Against Damages, Diana Leyden Dec 2011

Section 7433’S Statute Of Limitations: How Courts Have Wrongly Turned A Taxpayer’S Exclusive Sword Into The Irs’ Shield Against Damages, Diana Leyden

Diana L Leyden

Despite the importance of section 7433 to check government unauthorized tortious collection activity, federal courts have turned section 7433 into a shield against excessive or unsupported IRS action, rather than maintain it as the small, but important, sword that Congress intended to give taxpayer. This article contributes to the sparse literature on section 7433 by demonstrating that federal courts have effectively vitiated section 7433 by misreading its statute of limitations to: (1) require a taxpayer to be put on notice that all collection action taken by the IRS is unauthorized and to therefore file section 7433 actions from the first …


E-Vat: An Electronically Collected Progressive Consumption Tax, Daniel S. Goldberg Apr 2011

E-Vat: An Electronically Collected Progressive Consumption Tax, Daniel S. Goldberg

Daniel S. Goldberg

This report proposes replacing the income tax with an electronic, progressive consumption tax that couples a credit-method VAT (modified for wages) with a progressive wage tax. I have called this proposal e-VAT (a convenient contraction for an electronic value added tax), because it is based on a business-level-credit VAT and can be collected automatically and electronically at the point of sale. The essential advantage of e-VAT over the Hall-Rabushka flat tax is that e-VAT’s use of a credit VAT as its foundation facilitates automatic and electronic collection of the tax. A credit VAT lends itself to electronic monitoring and auditing …


Leaving Money On The Table And Providing An Incentive Not To Pay -- The Story Of A Flawed Collection Device, Temple K. Fogg Dec 2008

Leaving Money On The Table And Providing An Incentive Not To Pay -- The Story Of A Flawed Collection Device, Temple K. Fogg

T. Keith Fogg

As of September 30, 2007, the IRS had $282-billion of unpaid assessments on its books. Of that amount $58-billion, over 20 percent, represents the unpaid payroll taxes due from employers. The majority of payroll taxes due from employers results from income and social security taxes collected by the employer and held in trust for the government. Internal Revenue Code section 6672 ("6672") gives the government the right to pierce the corporate veil to pursue collection of these payroll taxes. Because it creates personal liability, 6672 can serve as a powerful tool in the fight against the growing tax gap.

Unfortunately, …


Requiem For Pennsylvania's Rule Against Perpetuities?, Martha Jordan Dec 2007

Requiem For Pennsylvania's Rule Against Perpetuities?, Martha Jordan

Martha W. Jordan

The purpose of this article is not to debate the wisdom of repealing the rule against perpetuities but to highlight two arcane problems created by the repeal. Both of these problems derive from the interaction of the doctrine of relation back with powers of appointments. The doctrine of relation back deems the exercise of a special or a testamentary general power of appointment as the completion of an act begun by the donor when the power was created. Consequently, the perpetuities period for contingent interests created by the exercise of a special or a testamentary general power of appointment begins …


Investing Trust Assets: Prudence Redefined, Mark R. Gillett Dec 2003

Investing Trust Assets: Prudence Redefined, Mark R. Gillett

Mark R Gillett

No abstract provided.