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Boston University School of Law

Faculty Scholarship

2008

Tax law

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The Incomplete Global Market For Tax Information, Steven Dean May 2008

The Incomplete Global Market For Tax Information, Steven Dean

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Taxation As A Global Socio-Legal Phenomenon, Allison Christians, Steven Dean, Diane Ring, Adam H. Rosenzweig Apr 2008

Taxation As A Global Socio-Legal Phenomenon, Allison Christians, Steven Dean, Diane Ring, Adam H. Rosenzweig

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This essay makes a proposal that may not be controversial among those with a particular interest in international law, but may be less accepted among those primarily interested in tax law: that international social and institutional structures shape, and are shaped by, historical and contemporary domestic policy decisions. As a result, to incorporate these lessons, tax scholarship should turn to fields such as international relations, organizational theory, and political philosophy to provide a broader framework for understanding the rapid changes that are taking place in tax policy and politics in the United States and around the world.


Another Approach To Corporate Stock Basis, Alan L. Feld Mar 2008

Another Approach To Corporate Stock Basis, Alan L. Feld

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Gordon Warnke's article makes a significant contribution. It helps to map a largely unexplored continent of tax law, the use and determination of adjusted basis in corporate shares in connection with certain nonrecognition transactions, recently elaborated in Reg. §1.358-2.2 The regulation provides guidance of particular relevance to the allocation of basis when the shareholder owns two or more batches of stock with differing adjusted bases. As Gordon's article makes clear, apparently simple tax law directives concerning the treatment of adjusted basis raise difficult questions and choices, often in common situations. In this article, I propose to make explicit some of …