Bringing A Severance Tax On Natural Gas To Pennsylvania: Who, What, Why, When, And How?,
2016
University of Kentucky
Bringing A Severance Tax On Natural Gas To Pennsylvania: Who, What, Why, When, And How?, Samuel M. Smith
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
No abstract provided.
Why U.S. States Need Pension Waiver Credits,
2016
University of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Law
Why U.S. States Need Pension Waiver Credits, Randall K. Johnson
Faculty Works
This article identifies a novel approach to public pension reform, which takes into account existing political and legal constraints. It does its work in four key ways. First, the article encourages better use of public sector resources by calling for the elimination of public pension inefficiencies. Next, it explains how to reduce public pension inefficiencies, on a prospective basis, by moving away from defined-benefit pension plans. Third, the article describes one way to move beyond defined-benefit pension plans through the creation of a new tax expenditure program (specifically, a Pension Waiver Credits Program). Finally, it explains how to implement this …
Tax Cannibalization And State Government Tax Incentive Programs,
2016
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Tax Cannibalization And State Government Tax Incentive Programs, David Gamage, Darien Shanske
Articles by Maurer Faculty
States and localities offer businesses an enormous amount of tax incentives to locate within their jurisdictions despite: 1) the mass of evidence that suggests that these incentives are not particularly effective and, 2) substantial doubts about their constitutionality.
In this essay, we develop a new critical perspective on state tax incentives. We argue that offering these incentives permits states to offer lower taxes to more mobile businesses while keeping their overall corporate tax rates high. This is arguably not the best choice for the states, but it is definitely not the best choice for the federal government. Because the states …
Purpose And Power Of The Group Tax Exemption In Health Care,
2016
University of Richmond
Purpose And Power Of The Group Tax Exemption In Health Care, Marie Yascko-Rosado
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
This article argues that the group tax exemption and consolidated group returns provide immense assistance to nonprofit healthcare organizations, because of simplicity, financial benefits and efficiency benefits. Part III will discuss what it means to be a tax-exempt entity and the legal basis for its existence, the historical basis of the exemption and its various rationales including relief of government burden, subsidy and income measurement theories. Part IV will explain the tax-exempt status in health care, the effects of the Affordable Care Act on the uninsured population, and key differences between for-profit entities and non-profit entities. Part V will both …
Using Taxes To Improve Cap And Trade, Part Ii: Efficient Pricing,
2016
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Using Taxes To Improve Cap And Trade, Part Ii: Efficient Pricing, David Gamage, Darien Shanske
Articles by Maurer Faculty
In this article, the first of a series, we analyze the distributional issues involved in implementing U.S. state level cap-and-trade regimes. Specifically, we will argue that the structure of California’s AB 32 regime will unnecessarily disadvantage lower-income Californians under the announced plan to give away approximately half of the permits to businesses and pollution-emitting entities.
The Federal Government's Power To Restrict State Taxation,
2016
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
The Federal Government's Power To Restrict State Taxation, David Gamage, Darien Shanske
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This essay evaluates the limits on the U.S. federal government’s powers to restrict the taxing powers of state governments. The essay revisits earlier debates on this question, to consider the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and also academic research on the problem of tax cannibalization.
Brief Of Interested Law Professors As Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner In Brohl V. Direct Marketing Association,
2016
University of Connecticut School of Law
Brief Of Interested Law Professors As Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner In Brohl V. Direct Marketing Association, Richard Pomp
Faculty Articles and Papers
Amici curiae are 14 professors of law who have devoted much of their teaching and research to the area of state taxes and the role of state tax policy in our federal system. The amici are concerned with the effect of this Court’s dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence on the development of fair and efficient state tax systems. No decision of this Court has had more effect on state sales and use tax systems than Quill Corporation v. North Dakota. We believe the Tenth Circuit properly decided the case below. But if the Court decides to grant the Direct Marketing Association’s …
No State Left Behind: An Analysis Of The Post-Egtrra Death Tax Landscape And An Argument For Kentucky To Repeal State Death Taxes,
2016
University of Kentucky
No State Left Behind: An Analysis Of The Post-Egtrra Death Tax Landscape And An Argument For Kentucky To Repeal State Death Taxes, Mary Ellen Wimberly
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Share And Share Dislike: The Rise Of Uber And Airbnb And How New York City Should Play Nice,
2016
Brooklyn Law School
Share And Share Dislike: The Rise Of Uber And Airbnb And How New York City Should Play Nice, Alexandra Jonas
Journal of Law and Policy
Uber and Airbnb are two companies in the emerging “sharing economy” that provide individuals with a means to become entrepreneurs and benefit from a laissez-faire business model. The problem, however, is that while the benefits to users are great, so too are the risks. The dangers of operating without restraint and circumventing existing law are not only potentially harmful to unapprised users, but also adversely affect the continued use of these businesses. Every aggrieved user complaint has the potential for a lawsuit and every violation creates an opportunity for penalties. Left over are attempts by the courts and city government …
Taxing Remote Sales In The Digital Age: A Global Perspective,
2016
UGA School of Law
Taxing Remote Sales In The Digital Age: A Global Perspective, Walter Hellerstein
Scholarly Works
This Article addresses three fundamental questions raised by the taxation of remote sales in the digital age from a global perspective, but focuses on the implications, if any, of the answers to these questions in the global context for the U.S. subnational retail sales tax. First, should remote sales be taxed under a consumption tax? Second, if the answer to the first question is “yes,” where should such sales be taxed? Third, how can remote sales be taxed effectively under a consumption tax in the digital age?4
Neighborhoods By Assessment: An Analysis Of Non-Ad Valorem Financing In California,
2016
Duke Law School
Neighborhoods By Assessment: An Analysis Of Non-Ad Valorem Financing In California, Mathew D. Mccubbins, Ellen C. Seljan
Faculty Scholarship
Non-ad valorem assessments on property are a fiscal innovation born from financial stress. Unable to raise property taxes due to limitations, many localities have turned to these charges as an alternative method to fund local services. In this paper, we seek to explain differential levels of non-ad valorem assessment financing through the analysis of property tax records of a large and diverse set of single family homes in California. We theorize that assessments, as opposed to other forms of taxation, will be used when residents hold anti-redistributive preferences. We show that assessment financing is most common in cities with high …
Hillenmeyer, "Convenience Of The Employer," And The Taxation Of Nonresidents' Incomes,
2016
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Hillenmeyer, "Convenience Of The Employer," And The Taxation Of Nonresidents' Incomes, Edward A. Zelinsky
Articles
In Hillenmeyer v. Cleveland Board of Review, Ohio’s Supreme Court unanimously declared that Cleveland’s municipal income tax violated the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution by taxing a nonresident athlete under the “games-played” method rather than the “duty-days” method. According to the Ohio court, the games-played approach overtaxed Mr. Hillenmeyer by allocating to Cleveland Mr. Hillenmeyer’s compensation from the Chicago Bears using the percentage of the Bears’ games played in Cleveland. By this approach, Cleveland taxed Mr. Hillenmeyer extraterritorially, reaching income he earned from services he performed for the Bears outside of Cleveland’s borders. Due Process, the Ohio …
Benefits Vs. Costs Of Business Incentives,
2015
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Benefits Vs. Costs Of Business Incentives, Timothy J. Bartik
Presentations
No abstract provided.
Taxing Legalized Marijuana: How Courts Should Treat Drug Tax Statutes In Light Of The Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause And Executive Non-Enforcement Of The Controlled Substances Act,
2015
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Taxing Legalized Marijuana: How Courts Should Treat Drug Tax Statutes In Light Of The Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause And Executive Non-Enforcement Of The Controlled Substances Act, Joseph A. Goldstein
Cardozo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Of More Than Usual Interest: The Taxing Problem Of Debt Principal,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
Of More Than Usual Interest: The Taxing Problem Of Debt Principal, Charlene D. Luke
Seattle University Law Review
Leverage is an essential but often troubling component of the U.S. market. The financial crisis highlighted the risks and complexity of a leverage web that includes flesh-and-blood people from all walks of life and paper people from all corners of the business and investment world. In the tax area, the potentially problematic incentive effects of interest deductibility have long engaged a wide array of tax commentators and policymakers. While interest deductibility rightly receives widespread scrutiny, a more comprehensive approach to leverage is needed. This Article focuses on the surprisingly complicated tax treatment of cash (and cash equivalent) borrowings. This Article …
The Three Worlds Of Multilevel Democracy: Local Linkages, Civil Society And The Development Of The Modern State,
2015
Singapore Management University
The Three Worlds Of Multilevel Democracy: Local Linkages, Civil Society And The Development Of The Modern State, Jefferey Sellers, Anders Lidstrom, Yooil Bae
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
The Three Worlds of MultilevelDemocracydevelops and applies a novel theory of democratic governance. This theory incorporates micro-level patternsof governance and civic organization at the local scale into a comparative macro-analysisof national democratic institutions. Institutionsand politics at the micro-level of cities and communities provide the basis fora new perspective on national state-society relations. We demonstrate how these local patterns havedeveloped through historical processes that were often distinct from those thatgave rise to national democratic institutions, and analyze how they have shapeddemocratic institutions at the national level. These local patterns continue to account for significant cross-nationalcontrasts in the quality of democracy and …
Recent Developments In Virginia Taxation,
2015
William & Mary Law School
Recent Developments In Virginia Taxation, Craig D. Bell, William L.S Rowe
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
No abstract provided.
Taxation,
2015
Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond, Virginia
Taxation, William L.S. Rowe, Emily J.S. Winbigler
University of Richmond Law Review
This article reviews significant recent developments in the lawsaffecting Virginia state and local taxation. Each section coverslegislative activity, judicial decisions, and selected opinions fromthe Virginia Department of Taxation (the "Department") and the Virginia Attorney General over the past year.
Becker V. Becker, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 85 (Oct. 29, 2015),
2015
Nevada Law Journal
Becker V. Becker, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 85 (Oct. 29, 2015), Paul George
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
In response to a certified question by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, the Court concluded that under NRS 21.090(1)(bb) a debtor can exempt his stock in the corporations described in NRS 78.746(2), but his economic interest in that stock is still subject to the charging order remedy in NRS 78.746(1).
Without Representation, No Taxation: Free Blacks, Taxes, And Tax Exemptions Between The Revolutionary And Civil Wars,
2015
University of Michigan Law School
Without Representation, No Taxation: Free Blacks, Taxes, And Tax Exemptions Between The Revolutionary And Civil Wars, Christopher J. Bryant
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
This Essay is the first general survey of the taxation of free Blacks in free and slave states between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A few states treated all equally for tax purposes, but most states enacted taxation systems that subjected free Blacks to different requirements. Both free and slave states viewed free Blacks as an undesirable population, and this Essay posits that—within the relevant political constraints—states used taxes and tax exemptions to dissuade free Black immigration and limit the opportunities for free Blacks within their borders. This topic is salient for at least two reasons. First, the Essay sheds …
