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Naked And Covered In Monte Carlo: A Reappraisal Of Option Taxation, Eric D. Chason Jul 2007

Naked And Covered In Monte Carlo: A Reappraisal Of Option Taxation, Eric D. Chason

Faculty Publications

The market for equity options and related derivatives is staggering, covering trillions of dollars worth of assets. As a result, the taxation of these instruments is inherently important. Moreover, the importance is made even more acute by the use of options in creating more complex transactions and in avoiding taxes. Consider an equity call option, which entitles, but does not obligate, its holder to buy stock at a set price at a set time in the future. Option theory gives us a way to break the option down into more fundamental units. For example, an equity call option over 10,000 …


Freakonomics And The Tax Gap: An Applied Perspective, Leslie Book Jul 2007

Freakonomics And The Tax Gap: An Applied Perspective, Leslie Book

Working Paper Series

Over the past thirty years, a significant amount of research from a variety of social science disciplines has considered tax compliance. Economists, psychologists, and sociologists have contributed to the discussion, offering research and, at times, conflicting explanations regarding whether a person is likely to comply with his obligation to file an accurate tax return. The unifying theme among this research is a search for explanatory reasons which are the factors that lead to non-compliance. In broad terms, the economic models of tax compliance assume rational behavior, and that people will coldly consider compliance from the perspective as to whether the …


Electronic Government And Digital Inclusion: Examples From India, Subhajit Basu Jun 2007

Electronic Government And Digital Inclusion: Examples From India, Subhajit Basu

Subhajit Basu

This presentation has two parts: In the first part I look into Development, effect of technology on development, obviously technology provides opportunity to have choices but Can Technology (here ICT) influence development? Digital inclusion is a concept about the disparities in terms of citizens’ participation in the Information Society. This participation may be conceptualised in the first instance as ICT access, levels of use and use patterns. On one hand we have technology which promises of New Dawn for the developing countries, on the other hand only access to technology will not provide development for poor millions of a developing …


In Memory Of Professor Janet R. Spragens, Nancy J. Altman Jun 2007

In Memory Of Professor Janet R. Spragens, Nancy J. Altman

American University Law Review

A eulogy for Professor Janet R. Spragens given by her sister, Nancy Altman. “Janet died much too young, before she had time to express all the laughter, love, happiness, and contribution to public service she had within her. Rather than dwell on what might have been, though, I choose to celebrate her life—her wonderful, vibrant, and unique qualities and the gifts she bestowed not only on her friends and family but on countless others who never knew her.”


Professor Janet Spragens: In Memory Of A Friend, In Celebration Of An Idea, Nancy S. Abramowitz Jun 2007

Professor Janet Spragens: In Memory Of A Friend, In Celebration Of An Idea, Nancy S. Abramowitz

American University Law Review

Professor Nancy Abramowitz discusses the effect of Professor Janet Spragens’ life’s work and her commitment to legal tax clinics and how her model is proliferated in law schools around the country.


Thinking About Conflicting Gravitational Pulls - Litcs: The Academy And The Irs, Nancy S. Abramowitz Jun 2007

Thinking About Conflicting Gravitational Pulls - Litcs: The Academy And The Irs, Nancy S. Abramowitz

American University Law Review

Professor Nancy Abramowitz examines the tensions between the work of the tax clinics in providing tax services to low-income populations and the underlying educational goals.


Thinking About Conflicting Gravitational Pulls Litcs: The Academy And The Irs, Nancy S. Abramowitz Jun 2007

Thinking About Conflicting Gravitational Pulls Litcs: The Academy And The Irs, Nancy S. Abramowitz

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

This article addresses the tension between educational and public service goals in the immediate term for tax clinics receiving funding from the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (“LITC”) program under Internal Revenue Code §7526. The author expresses concern that the LITC Program Office will over emphasize the “number-of-taxpayers served” factor in program evaluation, thereby putting academic clinics at a distinct disadvantage in seeking and/or retaining program funds. By imposing these types of “productivity” measures, there is a tendency to force that particular type of activity, thereby significantly disrupting what otherwise might be a better or different educational model for the use …


Constitutional Review And Tax Law: An Analytical Framework , Yoseph Edrey Jun 2007

Constitutional Review And Tax Law: An Analytical Framework , Yoseph Edrey

American University Law Review

This Article offers a more comprehensive and substantial approach to constitutional review of the general power to tax and the way tax laws should comply with constitutional rights and principles. The power of Congress to levy taxes is not confined to income taxes; it is broader and much more general. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution describes the general power of Congress in terms of tax laws as follows: “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United …


Professor Janet Spragens: In Memory Of A Friend, In Celebration Of An Idea, Nancy S. Abramowitz Jun 2007

Professor Janet Spragens: In Memory Of A Friend, In Celebration Of An Idea, Nancy S. Abramowitz

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

This article is a tribute to the career and contributions of Professor Janet Spragens, who created the Federal Tax Clinic at the American University, Washington College of Law (WCL). During testimony before the historic Internal Revenue Service Restructuring Commission, Prof. Spragens advised the Commission to create better education of the public and greater availability of free advocacy for low-income taxpayers through federal funding of more clinics. In its landmark legislation of 1998, Congress responded to this testimony with the enactment of 26 U.S.C. §7526, which authorized a program to fund academic and pro bono clinics working to educate non-native English …


Welfare By Any Other Name: Tax Transfers And The Eitc, Dennis Ventry Jun 2007

Welfare By Any Other Name: Tax Transfers And The Eitc, Dennis Ventry

American University Law Review

Tax credits, particularly refundable tax credits, are viewed increasingly as a social policymaking magic bullet. Indeed, the tax instrument can be a particularly effective and efficient mechanism for delivering social welfare benefits. However, deploying uniform refundable credits or universal tax subsidies will not solve all anti-poverty woes. In particular, over-reliance on the tax instrument blinds policymakers to a more fundamental conundrum that has plagued government transfers for over thirty years: What exactly is the government trying to accomplish by delivering social welfare benefits through the tax system? The Article explores this systemic question, and poses two further questions. First, what …


Freakonomics And The Tax Gap: An Applied Perspective , Leslie Book Jun 2007

Freakonomics And The Tax Gap: An Applied Perspective , Leslie Book

American University Law Review

Over the past thirty years, a significant amount of research from a variety of social science disciplines has considered tax compliance. Economists, psychologists, and sociologists have contributed to the discussion, offering research and, at times, conflicting explanations regarding whether a person is likely to comply with his obligation to file an accurate tax return. The unifying theme among this research is a search for explanatory reasons which are the factors that lead to non-compliance. In broad terms, the economic models of tax compliance assume rational behavior, and that people will coldly consider compliance from the perspective as to whether the …


No Wealthy Parent Left Behind: An Analysis Of Tax Subsidies For Higher Education , Andrew D. Pike Jun 2007

No Wealthy Parent Left Behind: An Analysis Of Tax Subsidies For Higher Education , Andrew D. Pike

American University Law Review

This Article will examine whether the tax provisions constitute a sensible portion of the federal financial aid expenditure programs. Part I of this Article discusses the principal tax provisions that provide subsidies for higher education and analyzes provisions constitute a sensible component of the federal financial aid expenditure programs. Part I of this Article discusses the principal tax provisions that provide subsidies for higher education and analyzes the allocation of benefits that arise from these provisions. Part II evaluates these provisions from a tax policy perspective. Part III contains conclusions and policy recommendations.


No Wealthy Parent Left Behind: An Analysis Of Tax Subsidies For Higher Education, Andrew Pike Jun 2007

No Wealthy Parent Left Behind: An Analysis Of Tax Subsidies For Higher Education, Andrew Pike

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

This article analyzes the status in 2007 of higher education costs in relation to U.S. taxation policy and the declining real income and ability of lower and middle income taxpayers to pay tuition and fees. Then-current tax policy lessened support for families with the greatest financial need while providing much greater levels of support to those with greater financial resources. To enhance distributional fairness, the author proposes that Congress repeal tax provisions that have this effect and consolidate the separate sources of federal financial aid grants into one program--an expanded Pell Grant program. He also advises that Congress make the …


What's Good For The Goose Is Not Good For The Gander: Sarbanes-Oxley-Style Nonprofit Reforms, Lumen N. Mulligan Jun 2007

What's Good For The Goose Is Not Good For The Gander: Sarbanes-Oxley-Style Nonprofit Reforms, Lumen N. Mulligan

Faculty Works

In this article, I contend that these Sarbanes-Oxley-inspired, state, nonprofit reforms, particularly the costly disclosure requirements, will be of little value in the effort to improve ethical nonprofit board governance. The article proceeds as follows. Part II provides a primer on the oversight of nonprofit organizations. Part III reviews the recent Sarbanes-Oxley-like nonprofit reforms introduced in seven states. Part IV contends that the disclosure-focused reforms, which form the bulwark of these acts, will not foster ethical nonprofit board governance. Part V argues that this failure stems from the inappropriate application of a stockholder-based, normative perspective in the nonprofit sector. The …


Optimal Tax Compliance And Penalties When The Law Is Uncertain, Kyle D. Logue Jun 2007

Optimal Tax Compliance And Penalties When The Law Is Uncertain, Kyle D. Logue

Articles

This article examines the optimal level of tax compliance and the optimal penalty for noncompliance in circumstances in which the substance of the tax law is uncertain - that is, when the precise application of the Internal Revenue Code to a particular situation is not clear. In such situations, a number of interesting questions arise. This article will consider two of them. First, as a normative matter, how certain should taxpayers be before they rely on a particular interpretation of a substantively uncertain tax rule? If a particular position is not clearly prohibited but neither is it clearly allowed, what …


The Economic Impact Of Backdating Of Executive Stock Options, M. P. Narayanan, Cindi A. Schipani, H. Nejat Seyhun Jun 2007

The Economic Impact Of Backdating Of Executive Stock Options, M. P. Narayanan, Cindi A. Schipani, H. Nejat Seyhun

Michigan Law Review

This Article discusses the economic impact of legal, tax, disclosure, and incentive issues arising from the revelation of dating games with regard to executive option grant dates. It provides an estimate of the value loss incurred by shareholders of firms implicated in backdating and compares it to the potential gain that executives might have obtained through backdating. Using a sample of firms that have already been implicated in backdating, we find that the revelation of backdating results in an average loss to shareholders of about 7%. This translates to about $400 million per firm. By contrast, we estimate that the …


Obtaining The Skills Required For Performing Tax Process Outsourcing, William Byrnes May 2007

Obtaining The Skills Required For Performing Tax Process Outsourcing, William Byrnes

William H. Byrnes

No abstract provided.


The Prospect Of New Partnership Taxation In China, Wei Cui May 2007

The Prospect Of New Partnership Taxation In China, Wei Cui

All Faculty Publications

China's revised Partnership Law requires the government to tax partners but not partnerships. Previous partnership tax rules applied only to partnerships with individual partners, and suffered from major flaws, the most important of which is that the character of income received by a partnership is not completely preserved when allocated to the partners, with the result that individual partners are overtaxed on both labor and investment income. In other words, there was no true flow-through taxation. The paper recommends improving the flow-through treatment of income, but argues that because Chinese partnerships are unlikely to be prepared in the short-term to …


Segundo Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García May 2007

Segundo Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Memorias del Segundo Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos. "Autonomía, Profesionalización, Control y Transparencia"


Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva May 2007

Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

No abstract provided.


The Region And Taxation: School Finance, Cities, And The Hope For Regional Reform, Myron Orfield May 2007

The Region And Taxation: School Finance, Cities, And The Hope For Regional Reform, Myron Orfield

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taxing Risk: An Approach To Variable Insurance Reform, Charlene D. Luke May 2007

Taxing Risk: An Approach To Variable Insurance Reform, Charlene D. Luke

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Philosopher Kings And International Tax: A New Approach To Tax Havens, Tax Flight, And International Tax Cooperation, Steven Dean May 2007

Philosopher Kings And International Tax: A New Approach To Tax Havens, Tax Flight, And International Tax Cooperation, Steven Dean

Faculty Scholarship

Tax flight treaties could help to solve the $50 billion-a-year problem that tax flight (the evasion of income taxes through the use of offshore tax havens) poses for the United States. Tax flight treaties would offer tax havens a substantial portion of the increased tax revenues that they could generate by providing the United States with the enforcement assistance it needs. Those payments, potentially representing as much as half of the added tax revenue produced by tax flight treaties (and in all probability an amount that is greater than any GDP gains attributable to eliminating waste and other economic distortions …


Lecture, “Current Issues In Us-Swedish Tax Relationships, Hugh Ault Apr 2007

Lecture, “Current Issues In Us-Swedish Tax Relationships, Hugh Ault

Hugh J. Ault

No abstract provided.


Lecture, “The Work Of The Oecd In International Tax Matters, Recent Developments, Hugh Ault Apr 2007

Lecture, “The Work Of The Oecd In International Tax Matters, Recent Developments, Hugh Ault

Hugh J. Ault

No abstract provided.


The Aches And Pains Of Transition To A Consumption Tax: Can We Get There From Here?, Daniel S. Goldberg Apr 2007

The Aches And Pains Of Transition To A Consumption Tax: Can We Get There From Here?, Daniel S. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

This article discusses probably the most significant obstacle to the adoption of a consumption tax: the negative effects on existing wealth that the transition from the income tax to most forms of a consumption tax would have. The Congressional Budget Office in its 1997 study posed the question, “How to Get There from Here.” The difficulty with transition and the changes in the tax law since the CBO study, however, prompt the more basic question: “Can we get there from here?” This article deals with this question by examining the effects of transition on existing wealth under a variety of …


Tax Shelters And The Code: Navigating Between Text And Internet, Steven A. Dean, Lawrence M. Solan Apr 2007

Tax Shelters And The Code: Navigating Between Text And Internet, Steven A. Dean, Lawrence M. Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


And Now For Something Completely Different: Spendthrift, Discretionary, And Protective Trusts In North Carolina And The Federal Tax Lien, Philip Z. Brown Apr 2007

And Now For Something Completely Different: Spendthrift, Discretionary, And Protective Trusts In North Carolina And The Federal Tax Lien, Philip Z. Brown

Campbell Law Review

This Comment seeks to discuss the impact of the revisions made to North Carolina trust law effective January, 2006, in the context of their incongruity with the common law and the potential for favoritism toward federal tax liens over prior liens attached by state creditors (including liens for state taxes). In order to rectify the problems created by the revisions, North Carolina should either clarify the impact of these changes so as not to leave settlors, trustees, or beneficiaries with unrealistic expectations or revise the code to fill in the gaps created by the revisions.


Questioning The Wisdom Of Patent Protection For Tax Planning, Brant J. Hellwig Apr 2007

Questioning The Wisdom Of Patent Protection For Tax Planning, Brant J. Hellwig

Scholarly Articles

The topic of federal patent protection for tax planning strategies has received considerable recent attention, much of it from a tax bar whose overall incredulity concerning the patentability of tax advice has been transformed into anxiety and disgust by the prospect of infringement actions. In their article Patents, Tax Shelters, and the Firm, Dan Burk and Brett McDonnell approach the subject from a broader perspective by employing theory of the firm principles to evaluate the effects of stronger intellectual property protection in the tax planning arena. While conceding that the possible effects are complex and ambiguous, the authors predict that …


Halos, Billboards, And The Taxation Of Charitable Sponsorships, Ethan G. Stone Apr 2007

Halos, Billboards, And The Taxation Of Charitable Sponsorships, Ethan G. Stone

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.