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Preface To Comparative Fiscal Federalism: Comparing The European Court Of Justice And The Us Supreme Court's Tax Jurisprudence, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Preface To Comparative Fiscal Federalism: Comparing The European Court Of Justice And The Us Supreme Court's Tax Jurisprudence, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
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In October 2005, a group of distinguished tax experts from both the European Union and the United States convened at the University of Michigan Law School for a conference on 'Comparative Fiscal Federalism: Comparing the US Supreme Court and European Court of Justice Tax Jurisprudence.' The conference was sponsored by the Law School, the European Union Center, and Harvard Law School's Fund for Tax and Fiscal Research. Attendees from Europe included Michel Au jean, the principal tax official at the EU Commission, Servaas van Thiel, chief tax advisor to the EU Council, Michael Lang (Vienna) and Kees van Raad (Leiden), …
Is "Internal Consistency" Dead?: Reflections On An Evolving Commerce Clause Restraint On State Taxation, Walter Hellerstein
Is "Internal Consistency" Dead?: Reflections On An Evolving Commerce Clause Restraint On State Taxation, Walter Hellerstein
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Under the "internal consistency" doctrine articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court under the dormant Commerce Clause, a state tax must be structured so that if every state were to impose an identical tax, interstate commerce would fare no worse than intrastate commerce. Although a relatively recent addition to the Court's Commerce Clause jurisprudence, the doctrine has played a significant role as the basis for the judicial invalidation of a wide array of state and local taxes. In American Trucking Associations, Inc., v. Michigan Public Service Commission, 545 U.S. 429 (2005), however, the Court sustained an admittedly "internally inconsistent" $100 per …