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The Fifteen Mill Tax Amendment And Its Effect, E. Blythe Stason

Michigan Law Review

This article, dealing with problems arising under the Michigan Tax Limitation Amendment, should be of general interest. The movement to reduce taxes on property is nation-wide, as Mr. Stason says. One form which the movement has taken has been to limit, by constitutional provision, the amount of tax which may be levied on property. Seventeen States already have such limitations and others may be expected to give consideration to like measures

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

Indiana Law Journal

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Chain Store Taxation, Hugh E. Willis

Indiana Law Journal

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History Of The Inheritance Tax Law Of Indiana And Resume Of Important Provisions Contained In The 1931 Statute, Clarence B. Ullum

Indiana Law Journal

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

Indiana Law Journal

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Taxation-Situs Of Documents For Stamp Tax

Michigan Law Review

A South Carolina corporation had established credit with certain banks domiciled in other states, and, whenever a loan was desired, had executed a note payable to and at the out-of- state bank. The notes were mailed to the bank subject to withdrawal and revocation by the corporation, until actually received and accepted by the bank. When paid the notes were cancelled and returned to the corporation. A state tax collector ascertained that no stamp tax had been paid on these notes as required in South Carolina Acts of 1928, c. 574, sec. 1, and threatened to levy on the property …

Taxation-Excise Measured By Income From Copyrights

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a New York corporation, brought a bill to enjoin the Attorney-General of New York and others from collecting under a New York statute a tax levied "for the privilege of exercising its franchise in this state in a corporate or organized capacity," and measured by "income from any source," which had been interpreted to include income derived from copyrights, on the ground that the statute, as applied, infringed the federal Constitution. Held, three judges dissenting, that the tax was an excise tax levied for the privilege of doing business in a corporate capacity and that a constitutionally permissible …

Corporations-Subsidiary's Evasion Of Income Tax Law By Contract With Parent Company-Income Attributable To Business Transacted Within The State

Michigan Law Review

The Palmolive company sought to reduce to a minimum the amount of its income taxable in Wisconsin. Three companies were formed which, for convenience' sake, will be designated as: parent company, a Delaware corporation; plaintiff company, a Delaware corporation; and Wisconsin company, a Wisconsin corporation. The parent company acquired all the capital stock of the Wisconsin company, and then acquired all its assets outside the state of Wisconsin, surrendering therefor part of the stock of the Wisconsin company so acquired. The balance of the capital stock of the Wisconsin company the parent company transferred to plaintiff company in exchange for …

The Taxation Of Indian Property, Robert C. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Indiana Tax Survey Committee It's Purpose And Program, J. Clyde Hoffman

Indiana Law Journal

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Jurisdiction Of The States To Tax - Recent Developments, Fowler Vincent Harper

Indiana Law Journal

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When The Importer Is A State University, May The Government Collect A Duty?, Sweinbjorn Johnson

Michigan Law Review

The Tariff Act of 1922 has raised a question which may turn out to be one of great importance as well as one of unusual interest. It appears that in previous acts exemptions were granted, more or less general, in favor of schools, libraries and educational institutions with the result that on imports for their use no duties were levied or collected. In the law of 1922, however, no such exemptions appear, and the customs officers throughout the country have required state universities to pay a duty when the title passed abroad and the articles imported by them were intended …

The National Bank Taxation In California, Roger J. Traynor

Taxation & Traynor

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Taxation-May A Stats Levy A Tax On Acts Done Outside The State?

Michigan Law Review

Beginning with the great case of Union Transit Co. v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court has steadily advanced the principle that a state lacks power to tax property located out of the state. But the law, as to taxation of acts done out of the state, has not been so well worked out. It is believed that a recent decision of the court is of importance in this field. But first, a very brief review will be made of the more important cases marking steps in the working out of the problem.

Tax Exemptions Of American Church Property, Carl Zollmann

Michigan Law Review

The exemption from taxation of public property in the various states of the Union rests on reason and presents no difficulty. If a state were to tax its own property or the property of the counties, cities, towns and villages created by it, the burden of the ultimate taxpayer would not be lightened in the least. Since such property is not only acquired but also maintained at public expense the money necessary for this purpose must in any case be ultimately paid by the owners of private property. An attempt to tax public property would only make the bookkeeping of …

Remedies Of Illegal Taxation, Thomas M. Cooley

Articles

Taxation is to a nation what the circulation of the blood is to he individual; absolutely essential to life. In ordinary times it is the chief burden which government imposes upon the people, and is likely, therefore, to be the greatest source of discontent. This renders it of the utmost importance that taxation should as nearly as possible be just, and also that it should appear to those who pay it to be just. Absolute justice, however, is unattainable.

A Treatise On The Law Of Taxation Including The Law Of Local Assessments, Thomas M. Cooley

Books

"The following pages have been prepared with a view to present in a shape for practical use, the general rules which must govern the action of all authorities acting in matters of taxation ….

The preparation of any treatise on taxation necessarily involves the presentation of disputed points, and the expression of opinions upon them. This has been done in the following pages. It has not been the purpose, however, to take any positions which it was not believed the authorities would justify; and if this has been done in any instance, the references which are made to authorities will …

Principles That Should Govern In The Framing Of Tax Laws, Thomas M. Cooley

Other Publications

"The foregoing paper was prepared for, and read before, the American Social Science Association, at its meeting in Cincinnati on April 22, 1878. It is not, as will be seen, a discussion of legal questions, but of questions in political economy. Still, at this time, when attention is very generally being directed to the principles of taxation, it will be found not wanting in practice interest to the legal profession." Professor Cooley takes on the problem of suitable and just taxation, a problem "forever demanding solution, but never solved." How do we set equitable rates based on personal valuation for …

A Treatise On The Law Of Taxation Including The Law Of Local Assessments, Thomas M. Cooley

Books

"The following pages have been prepared with a view to present in a shape for practical use, the general rules which must govern the action of all authorities acting in matters of taxation ….

The preparation of any treatise on taxation necessarily involves the presentation of disputed points, and the expression of opinions upon them. This has been done in the following pages. It has not been the purpose, however, to take any positions which it was not believed the authorities would justify; and if this has been done in any instance, the references which are made to authorities will …