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Patenting Tax-Related Legal Advice: A Step In The Wrong Direction, Yonatan Heisler
Patenting Tax-Related Legal Advice: A Step In The Wrong Direction, Yonatan Heisler
Yonatan Heisler
The patenting of tax planning strategies has started to attract a great deal of attention recently as an issue that carries with it important and far-reaching social policy and tax implications. The issue, however, is not just of interest to tax practitioners; it has also attracted the attention of Congress. In July of 2006, the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing to discuss whether tax planning strategies ought to be granted patent protection. Those testifying before the committee included IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, and General Counsel of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), James Toupin. …
Patenting Tax-Related Legal Advice: A Step In The Wrong Direction, Yonatan Heisler
Patenting Tax-Related Legal Advice: A Step In The Wrong Direction, Yonatan Heisler
Yonatan Heisler
The patenting of tax planning strategies has started to attract a great deal of attention recently as an issue that carries with it important and far-reaching social policy and tax implications. The issue, however, is not just of interest to tax practitioners; it has also attracted the attention of Congress. In July of 2006, the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing to discuss whether tax planning strategies ought to be granted patent protection. Those testifying before the committee included IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, and General Counsel of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), James Toupin. …