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Taxation Of Foreign-Earned Income In Kind: Henry Taxpayer Goes To Japan, Carole Silver Adler

Indiana Law Journal

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Accelerated Depreciation—Tax Expenditure Or Proper Allowance For Measuring Net Income?, Douglas A. Kahn

Articles

Since the 1950s, it has become fashionable to attack various provisions of the Internal Revenue Code by calling them "subsidies" rather than "proper" means of measuring taxable income. These "subsidies" through Code provisions have come to be referred to as "tax expenditures," a term coined by Professor Stanley Surrey in a speech he made as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy on November 15, 1967. In that speech, Professor Surrey stated that our tax system often deliberately departs "from accepted concepts of net income," so that by granting exemptions, deductions, and credits that are not appropriate to an …

The Artist's Tax Dilemma, Wendy J. Gordon

Scholarship Chronologically

An artist's first job is to create. Somewhere down the line, most artists find they have a second job, which is to sell. Many artists resist involvement in the second task (with mixed results), yet beyond it the artist encounters a duty even more dreaded: to pay taxes.

Inherited Excess Mortgage Property: Death And The Inherited Tax Shelter, Louis A. Del Cotto, Kenneth F. Joyce

Journal Articles

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Proposed Legislative Solutions To Tax Shelter Partnership Abuses - The End Of The Aggregate Concept?, Thomas E. Settles

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Note first will set forth the Treasury Department's perception of the present abuses of tax shelter partnerships and will analyze existing procedural rules, the Treasury Department's proposed amendments, and the House of Representatives' proposed amendments in light of these abuses. Next, the Note will examine the substantive law of Subchapter K and will attempt to point out the probable effects of the proposed amendments on the aggregate concept of partnerships, on substantive partnership tax law, and on the viability of the partnership form of business. Finally, this Note will propose a solution to the problem of tax shelter partnership …

Partnerships And The "Used Section 38 Property" Investment Credit: A Widening Loophole, David Brian Mursten

Florida State University Law Review

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Tightening The Limitations On Carryovers Under Section 382(B): F Reorganization And The Tax Reform Act Of 1976., J. Pat Tielborg

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Selected Practical Problems With Professional Associations And Professional Corporations., Robert Jorrie, Richard W. Wolf

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

An Approach To Income Tax Simplification, Fred W. Peel

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Home Office Deductions Under The New Section 280a Of The Internal Revenue Code, Edward J. De Guardiola

Florida State University Law Review

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Hill Farrer & Burrill, 67 T.C. 411 (1976), David Brian Mursten

Florida State University Law Review

Profit Sharing- NEW DEFINITION OF A PARTNERSHIP "PROFITS INTEREST" DISQUALIFIES AN OTHERWISE QUALIFIED PROFIT SHARING PLAN.

Wright V. Commissioner, 62 T.C. 377 (1974), Aff'd, 543 F.2d 593 (7th Cir. 1976), Ruth L. Gokel

Florida State University Law Review

Income Tax- PROPERTY SETTLEMENT IN DIVORCE- AN UNSETTLED AREA OF SETTLED LAW.

Reducing Legal Noise: A Comment On Clark, The Morphogenesis Of Subchapter C: An Essay In Statutory Evolution And Reform, William D. Popkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Updating The Mccandless Doctrine: Taxing Of Reasonable Compensation Paid By Closely-Held Corporations, 12 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 113 (1978), John J. Vondran

UIC Law Review

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The Affinity Provisions Of The Internal Revenue Code: A Case Study In Nonsimplification, Glenn E. Coven

Faculty Publications

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Has The 1976 Tax Reform Act Injected A Gain-Seeking Requirement Into Section 166?, J. Clifton Fleming Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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Tax Superiority In Bankruptcy—A Study Of Business Bankruptcy Distributions In The Southern And Western Districts Of New York, Peter D. Wolfson

Buffalo Law Review

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Carter's Projected "Zero-Based" Review Of The Internal Revenue Code: Is Our Tax Code To Be "Born Again"?, L. Hart Wright

Michigan Law Review

The evolution of today's Internal Revenue Code, which began with the mere embryo that Congress created in 1913, has absorbed over the ensuing sixty-four years more creative energy on the part of more co-authors than any other law in history. Despite this unstinted expenditure of "blood, sweat, and tears," the resulting document--were it possessed of human senses--would recognize that, for a foreseeable period, its life will be anything but serene. The plight in which it would find itself could even be compared to that early morning scene observed one hundred years ago by General Custer, when hostile forces were massed …

Partnership Allocations And Tax Reform, Donald J. Weidner

Florida State University Law Review

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Assessing Internal Revenue Service Jeopardy Procedures: Recent Legislative And Judicial Reforms, Margaret M. Armen

Cleveland State Law Review

Recent events have led thoughtful citizens, jurists, and Congressmen to question the wisdom of allowing the Internal Revenue Service (Service) to assess and collect taxes without prior judicial hearing in those instances in which the revenue is thought to be "in jeopardy." Congress and the Supreme Court have made significant reforms which strengthen a taxpayer's rights against Service intransigence or arrogance with respect to jeopardy assessments. The reforms, the abuses which prompted them, and suggestions for future congressional action are the subject of this Note.

Deduction Of Traveling Expenses By The Two-Worker Family -- An Inquiry Into The Role Of The Courts In Interpreting The Federal Tax Law, William D. Popkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Professor Popkin urges that courts interpret section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code, which permits a deduction for business expenses, also to permit a two-worker family to deduct that part of their transportation costs and living expenses attributable to a second job. After tracing the current state of the law, he contends that the implicit assumption of the Code-that married taxpayers live together and constitute a single consumption unit-should allow deduction of some commuting costs and living expenses, much as a single taxpayer is allowed a deduction for transportation to and living expenses at a secondary place of business. Last, …

Eliminating The Capital Gains Preference. Part Ii: The Problem Of Corporate Taxation, Michael J. Waggoner

Publications

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Eliminating The Capital Gains Preference. Part I: The Problems Of Inflation, Bunching And Lock-In, Michael J. Waggoner

Publications

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The Ab (Abc) And Ba Transactions: An Economic And Tax Analysis Of Reserved And Carved Out Income Interests, Kenneth F. Joyce, Louis A. Del Cotto

Journal Articles

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The Tax Consequences Of Inter Vivos Charitable Contributions After December 31, 1969 Under Section 170, Olin R. Melchionna Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

To give and live to give again has always been the American way. Traditionally, Americans contribute to those charitable institutions and associations which effectuate their benevolent, philanthropic desires. Many individuals believe the funding of charitable institutions should be primarily by direct contributions from the private sector as opposed to federal and state government subsidies. This view is supported by the federal income, I gift and estate tax deductions.

Reconciling Business Purpose With Bail-Out Prevention: Federal Tax Policy And Corporate Divisions, Stephen B. Cohen

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Corporate divisions-spin-offs, split-offs, and split-ups-unfortunately pose a more complex problem than Senator Humphrey's childlike vision would lead one to believe: the reconciliation of competing goals of maximizing business flexibility and minimizing tax avoidance. It is widely believed that divisions are essential to business planning; thus, tax-free treatment promotes business flexibility. Yet, an untaxed division may allow tax avoidance through "bail-out" of corporate earnings and profits at capital gain rates.

The Judicial Public Policy Doctrine In Tax Litigation, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note evaluates the merits of Revenue Ruling 74-323. First, it asserts that, while not arbitrary, the Service's resolution of the preemption issue was not mandated by the language of amended section 162 or by the relevant legislative history. Second, it maintains that it is both appropriate and procedurally feasible to apply the judicial public policy doctrine to violations of federal civil rights laws that impose no fine, imprisonment, loss of license, or other criminal penalty. The denial of a deduction in this situation would extend the public policy doctrine beyond both section 162(c)(2) and the judicial doctrine as it …

Fisher V. United States, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Assessing The Distributional Effects Of Income Tax Revision: Some Lessons From Incidence Analysis, Michael J. Graetz

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years public attention to issues of tax equity has increased dramatically. The testimony in January 1969 of outgoing Secretary of the Treasury Joseph Barr that 154 individuals who had adjusted gross incomes of more than $200,000 in 1966 paid no federal income tax intensified public awareness and concern about the equity of the tax system. Tax reform has remained a central issue of public policy.

At the same time, scholars working in the tax field have refined their methods of analyzing the impact on individuals and classes of individuals of tax laws and tax changes. Theoretical advances in …

Implications Of Minority Interest And Stock Restrictions In Valuing Closely-Held Shares, Alan L. Feld

Faculty Scholarship

The federal estate and gift taxes levy on the gratuitous transfer of wealth by both testamentary and lifetime disposition. The amount of the tax depends on the value placed on the property transferred by the decedent or donor. When the property transferred consists of shares of stock in a closely held corporation, there often exists no ready market to help in valuation. As a result, the value of the shares used to compute the federal estate or gift tax must be determined first by appraising the value of the enterprise, and then by allocating some portion of that value to …