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When Helpers Hurt: Protecting Taxpayers From Preparers, Michelle Lyon Drumbl Dec 2014

When Helpers Hurt: Protecting Taxpayers From Preparers, Michelle Lyon Drumbl

Scholarly Articles

In this article, Drumbl explores return preparer regulation as a policy matter and questions what would be gained by applying Circular 230 to return preparers.


Taxpayers’ Lack Of Standing In International Tax Dispute Resolutions: An Analysis Based On The Hybrid Norms Of International Taxation, Limor Riza Dec 2014

Taxpayers’ Lack Of Standing In International Tax Dispute Resolutions: An Analysis Based On The Hybrid Norms Of International Taxation, Limor Riza

Pace Law Review

This paper examines whether a taxpayer should have “standing” in international dispute resolutions. To answer this question the primary task is to identify the nature of international taxation. In other words, this paper discusses how to classify the field of international taxation. Is it part of public international law, private international law (i.e., conflict of laws), national (domestic) law, or is it a hybrid field that requires specific attention? Making this distinction is vital for resolving disputes when a taxpayer is taxed twice for cross-border transactions in cases where the double tax convention is unclear and both contracting states claim …


The House Of Windsor: Accentuating The Heteronormativity In The Tax Incentives For Procreation, Anthony C. Infanti Dec 2014

The House Of Windsor: Accentuating The Heteronormativity In The Tax Incentives For Procreation, Anthony C. Infanti

Washington Law Review

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor, many seem to believe that the fight for marriage equality at the federal level is over and that any remaining work in this area is at the state level. Belying this conventional wisdom, this Article plumbs the gap between the promise of Windsor and the reality that heteronormativity has been one of the core building blocks of the federal tax system. Eradicating embedded heteronormativity will take far more than a single court decision (or even revenue ruling); it will take years of work uncovering the subtle ways in which …


Taxation And Inequality: A Case For The Vat., Reuven S. Avi-Yonah Dec 2014

Taxation And Inequality: A Case For The Vat., Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Articles

The author shows that a progressive income tax has had little effect on after-tax income inequality. Social programs, however, do create a more equal society. He proposes a national sales tax—a value-added tax—to finance more such social programs as America's best route to a more equal society.


Speak Up: Issue Advocacy In Increasingly Politicized Times, Sally Wagenmaker Nov 2014

Speak Up: Issue Advocacy In Increasingly Politicized Times, Sally Wagenmaker

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

This article first provides a brief primer on current constraints affecting Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations' communications within the context of what has become known as “issue advocacy.” It then sets forth the problem of increasing politicization of nonprofits' issue advocacy activities. The article next evaluates related constitutional tensions for politically tinged issue advocacy, through the lens of the Supreme Court's free speech decisions. It concludes by addressing how the IRS's different content-based standards for issue advocacy are susceptible to abuse, are otherwise constitutionally suspect, and therefore warrant reform.


Reinvigorating The Reit's Neutrality And Capital Formation Purposes Through A Modernized Tax Integration Model, Simon Johnson Nov 2014

Reinvigorating The Reit's Neutrality And Capital Formation Purposes Through A Modernized Tax Integration Model, Simon Johnson

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

Efforts at reform have not spared the REIT arrangement, but have focused on objectives unrelated to its model of tax integration, despite its significant flaws. Owing to the interaction of several provisions, the model largely precludes capitalization through retained earnings. This increases the cost of REIT capital and limits its capacity to realize the neutrality and private real estate capital formation objectives Congress pursued in creating the arrangement. Accordingly, it is important to consider how to durably improve the REIT tax integration model. Ultimately, the article concludes that the shareholder allocation model, a complete integration model conceptually similar to the …


The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta): Good For Jobs, For The Environment, And For America, Thomas J. Schoenbaum Nov 2014

The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta): Good For Jobs, For The Environment, And For America, Thomas J. Schoenbaum

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Court Of Appeals Of New York, Harner V. County Of Tioga, Gerald C. Waters Jr. Nov 2014

Court Of Appeals Of New York, Harner V. County Of Tioga, Gerald C. Waters Jr.

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Equitable Anti-Injunction Act, Erin Morrow Hawley Nov 2014

The Equitable Anti-Injunction Act, Erin Morrow Hawley

Notre Dame Law Review

The Anti-Injunction Act of 1867 (AIA or the Act) has never been more important. Originally enacted to expedite the collection of revenue-raising taxes, courts and scholars have for years assumed that the statute imposes a jurisdictional bar on any pre-enforcement challenge to a tax. On this interpretation, taxpayers subject to an invalid tax have two choices only: comply or pay the tax and pursue a refund. Read this way, the Act is a marked departure from the general rule that pre-enforcement challenges are permissible so long as justiciability requirements are met. And it imposes a marked burden on aggrieved taxpayers …


Profits V. Purpose: Hybrid Companies And The Charitable Dollar, Rachel Culley, Jill R. Horwitz Nov 2014

Profits V. Purpose: Hybrid Companies And The Charitable Dollar, Rachel Culley, Jill R. Horwitz

Law & Economics Working Papers

Social entrepreneurship -- a catch-all term meaning harnessing business practices for social good -- has attracted people who want to “do well while doing good” for decades. Advocates of the idea have succeeded in blurring the boundaries among legal ownership types and inspired nonprofit/for-profit joint ventures, public-private partnerships, and the widespread privatization of traditional government functions and activities. The most recent manifestation of this trend is the creation of hybrid non-profit/for-profit firms. In the United States, the Low-Profit Limited Liability Company (L3C) is growing, and there are similar firms in the United Kingdom and Canada. In this paper we address …


Equitable Anti-Junction Act, The, Erin Morrow Hawley Nov 2014

Equitable Anti-Junction Act, The, Erin Morrow Hawley

Faculty Publications

The (AIA or the Act) has never been more important. Originally enacted to expedite the collection of revenue-raising taxes, courts and scholars have for years assumed that the statute imposes a jurisdictional bar on any pre-enforcement challenge to a tax. On this interpretation, taxpayers subject to an invalid tax have two choices only: comply or pay the tax and pursue a refund. Read this way, the Act is a marked departure from the general rule that pre-enforcement challenges are permissible so long as justiciability requirements are met. And it imposes a marked burden on aggrieved taxpayers that grows all the …


2014 Schedule Nov 2014

2014 Schedule

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Contingent Purchase Price, Contingent Liabilities And Indemnities In Taxable Acquisitions (Slides), William M. Richardson, Robert H. Wellen Nov 2014

Contingent Purchase Price, Contingent Liabilities And Indemnities In Taxable Acquisitions (Slides), William M. Richardson, Robert H. Wellen

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Negotiating Tax Provisions In Partnership And Llc Agreements, Robert G. Gottlieb, Brian J. O'Connor Nov 2014

Negotiating Tax Provisions In Partnership And Llc Agreements, Robert G. Gottlieb, Brian J. O'Connor

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Advising Venture & Early-Stage Clients: Current Ear-To-The-Ground Assessment, Gary D. Leclair Nov 2014

Advising Venture & Early-Stage Clients: Current Ear-To-The-Ground Assessment, Gary D. Leclair

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Overview Of Civil Tax Penalties, Craig D. Bell, Christopher S. Rizek Nov 2014

Overview Of Civil Tax Penalties, Craig D. Bell, Christopher S. Rizek

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Working With The Section 752 Partnership Liability Allocation Rules (Slides), Jennifer H. Alexander, Andrea M. Whiteway Nov 2014

Working With The Section 752 Partnership Liability Allocation Rules (Slides), Jennifer H. Alexander, Andrea M. Whiteway

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


The New World Of Estate Planning After The 2012 Tax Act 15 (Abbreviated Outline) An Estate Planner's Perspective On Recent Tax Developments: The Year In Review, John B. O'Grady, Howard M. Zaritsky Nov 2014

The New World Of Estate Planning After The 2012 Tax Act 15 (Abbreviated Outline) An Estate Planner's Perspective On Recent Tax Developments: The Year In Review, John B. O'Grady, Howard M. Zaritsky

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Net Investment Income Tax Planning, Jeanne M. Sullivan Nov 2014

Net Investment Income Tax Planning, Jeanne M. Sullivan

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Tax Accounting Methods Considerations In Restructuring Transactions, Glenn Carrington, Kristine Mora Nov 2014

Tax Accounting Methods Considerations In Restructuring Transactions, Glenn Carrington, Kristine Mora

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Contingent Consideration, Contingent Liabilities And Indemnities In Acquisitions (Outline), Robert H. Wellen Nov 2014

Contingent Consideration, Contingent Liabilities And Indemnities In Acquisitions (Outline), Robert H. Wellen

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Taxation, Craig D. Bell Nov 2014

Taxation, Craig D. Bell

University of Richmond Law Review

This article reviews significant recent developments in the laws affecting Virginia taxation. Each section covers legislative changes, judicial decisions, and selected opinions or pronouncements from the Virginia Department of Taxation (the "Tax Department") and the Virginia Attorney General over the past year.


Strange Bedfellows: The Federal Constitution, Out-Of-State Nongrantor Accumulation Trusts, And The Complete Avoidance Of State Income Taxation, Jeffrey Schoenblum Nov 2014

Strange Bedfellows: The Federal Constitution, Out-Of-State Nongrantor Accumulation Trusts, And The Complete Avoidance Of State Income Taxation, Jeffrey Schoenblum

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

With the maximum rate of federal income tax at 39.6 percent, the Medicare surtax on investment income of 3.8 percent, and some state income tax rates exceeding 9 percent, taxpayers in the highest brackets have been seeking to develop strategies to lessen the tax burden. One strategy that has been receiving increased attention is the use of a highly specialized trust known as the NING, a Nevada incomplete gift nongrantor trust, which eliminates state income taxation of investment income altogether without generating additional federal income or transfer taxes. A major obstacle standing in the way of accomplishing this objective, however, …


Recent Tax Developments In Virginia: 2013-2014, Craig D. Bell, William L.S Rowe Nov 2014

Recent Tax Developments In Virginia: 2013-2014, Craig D. Bell, William L.S Rowe

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Advising Venture & Early-Stage Client: Issues Confronting Early-Stage Companies, Carroll D. Hurst Nov 2014

Advising Venture & Early-Stage Client: Issues Confronting Early-Stage Companies, Carroll D. Hurst

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


2014 Tax Conference Forms Nov 2014

2014 Tax Conference Forms

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


2014 Tax Conference Speakers Nov 2014

2014 Tax Conference Speakers

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Reclassification Risks For Compensation Paid By S And C Corporations To Shareholder-Employees, Stephen R. Looney Nov 2014

Reclassification Risks For Compensation Paid By S And C Corporations To Shareholder-Employees, Stephen R. Looney

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Working With The Section 752 Partnership Liability Allocation Rules (Outline), Jennifer H. Alexander, Andrea M. Whiteway Nov 2014

Working With The Section 752 Partnership Liability Allocation Rules (Outline), Jennifer H. Alexander, Andrea M. Whiteway

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Structuring And Restructuring Deals In 2014 (And Beyond), Stephen L. Owen Nov 2014

Structuring And Restructuring Deals In 2014 (And Beyond), Stephen L. Owen

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.