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Preventing Tax-Exempt Propaganda: The Case For Defining The Second Prong Of The Methodology Test, Jordanne Miller
Preventing Tax-Exempt Propaganda: The Case For Defining The Second Prong Of The Methodology Test, Jordanne Miller
Catholic University Law Review
Under current Treasury Regulations, various propaganda groups throughout the United States are exempt from paying federal income tax. This is so because the current test used by the IRS to determine tax-exempt eligibility, the methodology test, is incapable of separating wild propaganda from viewpoints supported by facts.
The IRS created the methodology test in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Since then, groups denied tax-exempt status have repeatedly challenged its validity. The IRS has responded, and the test has evolved. However, the second prong of the test remains undefined—it is still unclear what it means for facts to be “distorted.” This Comment …
Failed Charity: Taking State Tax Benefits Into Account For Purposes Of The Charitable Deduction, Roger Colinvaux
Failed Charity: Taking State Tax Benefits Into Account For Purposes Of The Charitable Deduction, Roger Colinvaux
Buffalo Law Review
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) substantially limited the ability of individuals to deduct state and local taxes (SALT) on their federal income tax returns. Some states are advancing schemes to allow taxpayers a state tax credit for contributions to a charity controlled by the state. The issue is whether state tax benefits are deductible as a charitable contribution for purposes of the federal income tax. Under a general rule of prior law—the full deduction rule—state tax benefits were ignored for purposes of the charitable deduction. If the full deduction rule is applied to the state workaround schemes, then …
Charitable Contributions In Lieu Of Salt Deductions, David Gamage
Charitable Contributions In Lieu Of Salt Deductions, David Gamage
Articles by Maurer Faculty
State governments are considering new charitable tax credits designed to circumvent the 2017 federal tax overhaul’s cap on state and local tax deductions. Will these plans work? This essay argues that the answer is: yes, but with some qualifications.
The Future Of Salt: A Broader Picture, David Gamage, Darien Shanske
The Future Of Salt: A Broader Picture, David Gamage, Darien Shanske
Articles by Maurer Faculty
In this essay, we evaluate the new cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction. We argue that the structure of the new cap is not consistent with any theory as to what the SALT deduction is or should be. In canvassing these theories, we further evaluate how future reforms to the SALT deduction might proceed.
Caveat Irs: Problems With Abandoning The Full Deduction Rule, David Gamage, Joseph Bankman, Jacob Goldin, Daniel J. Hemel, Darien Shanske, Kirk J. Stark, Dennis J. Ventry Jr., Manoj Viswanathan
Caveat Irs: Problems With Abandoning The Full Deduction Rule, David Gamage, Joseph Bankman, Jacob Goldin, Daniel J. Hemel, Darien Shanske, Kirk J. Stark, Dennis J. Ventry Jr., Manoj Viswanathan
Articles by Maurer Faculty
Several states have passed — and many more are considering — new tax credits that would reduce tax liability based on donations made by a taxpayer in support of various state, local or non-profit programs. In general, taxpayer contributions to qualifying organizations — including public charities and private foundations, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments — are eligible for the federal charitable contribution deduction under section 170. In a previous article, we explained how current law supports the view that qualifying charitable contributions are deductible under section 170, even when the donor derives some federal or state …
Charitable Subsidies And Nonprofit Governance: Comparing The Charitable Deduction With The Exemption For Endowment Income, David M. Schizer
Charitable Subsidies And Nonprofit Governance: Comparing The Charitable Deduction With The Exemption For Endowment Income, David M. Schizer
Faculty Scholarship
Charitable subsidies are supposed to encourage positive externalities from charity. In principle, the government can pursue this goal by evaluating specific charitable initiatives and deciding how much each should receive. Although the government sometimes makes this sort of fine-grained judgment, this Article focuses on two income tax rules that leave the government essentially no discretion about which charities to fund: the deduction for donations to charity ("the deduction") and the exemption of a charity's investment income ("the exemption"). With each subsidy, federal dollars flow automatically as long as charities satisfy very general criteria.
As a result, these subsidies are especially …
Economic Recovery Tax Act Of 1981, Merlin G. Briner
Economic Recovery Tax Act Of 1981, Merlin G. Briner
Akron Law Review
In essence this Act and the results it either produces or fails to produce will be a test of our free enterprise system. The Act, coupled with the administration's policy of deregulation and relaxing government controls of business, provides the opportunity business leaders have been looking for.
A key to future economic health is the reduction of federal expenditures. If these cannot be curtailed, the combined effect of expenditures and reduced tax revenues on inflation will be disastrous. If expenditures cannot be controlled, then taxes will have to be increased substantially in the not too distant future.
An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Nancy Mclaughlin, Federico Cheever
An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Nancy Mclaughlin, Federico Cheever
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
The idea of a conservation easement – restrictions on the development and use of land designed to protect the land’s conservation or historic values – can be relatively easily understood. More significant and more challenging is the complex body of state and federal laws that shapes the creation, funding, tax treatment, enforcement, modification, and termination of conservation easements.
The explosion in the number of conservation easements over the past four decades has made them one of the most popular land protection mechanisms in the United States. The National Conservation Easement Database estimates that the total number of acres encumbered by …
An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Federico Cheever, Nancy A. Mclaughlin
An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Federico Cheever, Nancy A. Mclaughlin
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
The idea of a conservation easement – restrictions on the development and use of land designed to protect the land’s conservation or historic values – can be relatively easily understood. More significant and more challenging is the complex body of state and federal laws that shapes the creation, funding, tax treatment, enforcement, modification, and termination of conservation easements.
The explosion in the number of conservation easements over the past four decades has made them one of the most popular land protection mechanisms in the United States. The National Conservation Easement Database estimates that the total number of acres encumbered by …
Charitable Deductions For Rail-Trail Conversions: Reconciling The Partial Interest Rule And The National Trails System Act, Scott Bowman, Danaya Wright
Charitable Deductions For Rail-Trail Conversions: Reconciling The Partial Interest Rule And The National Trails System Act, Scott Bowman, Danaya Wright
Danaya C. Wright
This Article examines an undeveloped legal topic at the intersection of tax law and real property law: charitable deductions from income tax liability for donations of railroad corridors that are to be converted into recreational trails. The very popular rails-to-trails program assists in the conversion of abandoned railroad corridors into hiking and biking trails. However, the legal questions surrounding the property rights of these corridors have been complex and highly litigated. In 1983, Congress amended the National Trails System Act to provide a mechanism for facilitating these conversions, a process called railbanking. In essence, a railroad transfers its real property …
Alms To The Rich: The Facade Easement Deduction, Wendy G. Gerzog
Alms To The Rich: The Facade Easement Deduction, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
This article presents the case for repeal of the façade easement deduction. Proponents of this benefit argue that the deduction encourages historic preservation by reimbursing property owners for relinquishing their right to alter the façade of their property in a way inconsistent with that conservation goal; however, this article shows that there are many reasons to urge its repeal: the revenue loss, the small number of beneficiaries, the financial demographics of that group of beneficiaries; the dubious industries that are supported by the deduction; and the continual marked overvaluation and abuse despite Congressional, court, and administrative review and expense.
After …
Graev: Conditional Facade Easement, Wendy G. Gerzog
Graev: Conditional Facade Easement, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
In Graev v. Commissioner, the Tax Court decided whether the taxpayers’ donations of a facade easement and cash contributions were conditional gifts and therefore disallowable as charitable deductions under the requirements of the regulations. The court reviewed the facts to determine whether the condition was allowed because it was “so remote as to be negligible.” The taxpayers argued that case law at the time of the donation allowed for a donation of between 10 and 15 percent of the value of the property, and that they had deducted a value constituting 11 percent of the property’s appraised value; that the …
Rationale And Changing The Charitable Deduction, Roger Colinvaux
Rationale And Changing The Charitable Deduction, Roger Colinvaux
Scholarly Articles
There are two principal rationales for the charitable deduction. Depending upon choice of rationale, some tax reform changes are suggested and others are not. A base measurement rationale suggests eliminating the deduction for unrealized appreciation, keeping the benefit as a deduction and not a credit, not adopting caps or a nonitemizer deduction, and protecting the tax base by narrowing the class of organizations eligible to receive deductible contributions. A subsidy rationale, depending upon which strand is emphasized, might favor a more equitable tax benefit in the form of a credit or through caps or a nonitemizer deduction, and could lead …
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy G. Gerzog
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
Defined value clauses used to value nonmarketable family limited partnership (FLP) interests create valuation distortions and other public policy issues. This paper describes these abuses and proposes the employment of restrictions similar to those applied to pecuniary formula marital deduction clauses.
The article explains how pecuniary formula marital deduction provisions created valuation distortions by allowing for undervaluation of the marital share that were remedied by the IRS’s Rev. Proc. 64-19 and the enactment of section 2056(b)(10). The article analyzes recent case law expanding the use of defined value clauses into the FLP area and criticizes the courts for not applying …
High-Profile, Low-Profile And Hidden Need Organizations: Understanding The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has previously been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at …
The Hidden Limits Of The Charitable Deduction: An Introduction To Hypersalience, Lilian Faulhaber
The Hidden Limits Of The Charitable Deduction: An Introduction To Hypersalience, Lilian Faulhaber
Faculty Scholarship
Behavioral economics introduced the concept of salience to law and economics. In the area of tax policy, salience refers to the prominence of taxes in the minds of taxpayers. This article complicates the literature on salience and taxation by introducing the concept of “hypersalience,” which is in many ways the mirror image of hidden taxation. While a revenue-raising tax provision must be hidden for taxpayers to underestimate their tax bill, a revenue-reducing tax provision – such as a deduction, exclusion, or credit – must be more than fully salient for taxpayers to underestimate their tax bill. In other words, the …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has previously been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at …
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Wendy Gerzog
Defined value clauses used to value nonmarketable family limited partnership (FLP) interests create valuation distortions and other public policy issues. This paper describes these abuses and proposes the employment of restrictions similar to those applied to pecuniary formula marital deduction clauses.
The article explains how pecuniary formula marital deduction provisions created valuation distortions by allowing for undervaluation of the marital share that were remedied by the IRS’s Rev. Proc. 64-19 and the enactment of section 2056(b)(10). The article analyzes recent case law expanding the use of defined value clauses into the FLP area and criticizes the courts for not applying …
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Wendy Gerzog
Defined value clauses used to value nonmarketable family limited partnership (FLP) interests create valuation distortions and other public policy issues. This paper describes these abuses and proposes the employment of restrictions similar to those applied to pecuniary formula marital deduction clauses.
The article explains how pecuniary formula marital deduction provisions created valuation distortions by allowing for undervaluation of the marital share that were remedied by the IRS’s Rev. Proc. 64-19 and the enactment of section 2056(b)(10). The article analyzes recent case law expanding the use of defined value clauses into the FLP area and criticizes the courts for not applying …
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Wendy Gerzog
Defined value clauses used to value nonmarketable family limited partnership (FLP) interests create valuation distortions and other public policy issues. This paper describes these abuses and proposes the employment of restrictions similar to those applied to pecuniary formula marital deduction clauses.
The article explains how pecuniary formula marital deduction provisions created valuation distortions by allowing for undervaluation of the marital share that were remedied by the IRS’s Rev. Proc. 64-19 and the enactment of section 2056(b)(10). The article analyzes recent case law expanding the use of defined value clauses into the FLP area and criticizes the courts for not applying …
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Not All Defined Value Clauses Are Equal, Wendy Gerzog
Wendy Gerzog
Defined value clauses used to value nonmarketable family limited partnership (FLP) interests create valuation distortions and other public policy issues. This paper describes these abuses and proposes the employment of restrictions similar to those applied to pecuniary formula marital deduction clauses. The article explains how pecuniary formula marital deduction provisions created valuation distortions by allowing for undervaluation of the marital share that were remedied by the IRS’s Rev. Proc. 64-19 and the enactment of section 2056(b)(10). The article analyzes recent case law expanding the use of defined value clauses into the FLP area and criticizes the courts for not applying …
Facade Easement: Inexpert Valuation, Wendy G. Gerzog
Facade Easement: Inexpert Valuation, Wendy G. Gerzog
All Faculty Scholarship
The article discusses the recent Dunlap decision, which involved facade easement transfers to the National Architectural Trust, a qualified charity that preserves building easements across the country, although most are in New York City. Although allowing a deduction for their cash contributions to NAT to enforce the easement and not finding any penalties applicable, the Tax Court held that despite two valuation reports written by accepted valuation experts, the taxpayers had not established any value for their easement.
Increase In Standard Mileage Rate For Certain Charitable Work
Increase In Standard Mileage Rate For Certain Charitable Work
The Contemporary Tax Journal
No abstract provided.
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Mitigating The Effects Of An Economic Downturn On Charitable Contributions: Facing The Problem And Contemplating Solutions, Grace S. Lee
Grace S Lee
Charitable giving has been a foundation of American society almost since the nation began, but the issue of how such giving should be treated for tax purposes has been the subject of frequent debate. Scholars have proposed various theories explaining why the positive effects of this deduction on both donors and donees outweigh the negative impact on government coffers of this tax expenditure, although many still criticize certain features of the deduction in its current form. However, one area of this research that has been neglected is how the charitable sector is affected by changes to the economy at large. …