Taxprof Blog

Features news, information, and resources related to tax law primarily for law school tax professors.

Author: Paul L. Caron, a law professor and director of faculty projects at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, edits TaxProf Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network, of which he is publisher and editor-in-chief. He also is on the board of advisers for Law School Innovation and contributes to MoneyLaw.

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Recent Posts from TaxProf Blog

Taxes and the Declaration of Independence
From the TaxProf Blog vault: a July 4th post by Neil Buchanan (George Washington) during a guest blogging stint here: I thought I would take another look at our oft-mentioned and seldom-read Declaration of Independence…
Villanova Dean Resigns, Is Implicated in Prostitution Bust
Villanova Dean Mark Sargent announced his resignation on Monday, effective immediately, for "personal and medical reasons." Yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Police investigating a prostitution ring in Chester County relied on two customers, including the dean…
Solving Tax-Treaty Shopping Through Limitation on Benefits Provisions
Anna A. Kornikova (J.D. 2009, Brooklyn) has published Comment. Solving the Problem of Tax-Treaty Shopping Through the Use of Limitation on Benefits Provisions, 8 Rich. J. Global L. & Bus. 249 (2008). Here is the…
Southern Illinois President Reverses Dean's Detenuring of Law Prof
In a remarkable sequence of events, Southern Illinois President Glenn Poshard has reversed the decision by Dean Peter Alexander, who detenured Law Prof Jill Adams for "not meet(ing) the expectations of the School of Law."…
Like-Kind Exchanges and Qualified Intermediaries
Bradley T. Borden (Washburn), Paul L.B. McKenney (Varnum, Novi, MI) & David Shechtman (Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia) have posted Like-Kind Exchanges and Qualified Intermediaries, 123 Tax Notes ___ (July 6, 2009), on SSRN. Here…
Ayers: The Undertraining of Lawyers and its Effect on the Advancement of Women and Minorities
Irene Segal Ayers (NYU) has posted The Undertraining of Lawyers and its Effect on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession, 3 Duke Forum L. & Soc. Change ___ (2009), on SSRN.…
SSRN Faculty Rankings (Law Schools Ranked 22-100 in U.S. News)
Tax Prof Bridget Crawford (Pace) has prepared a faculty scholarship ranking by recent SSRN downloads (following Brian Leiter's methodology) of the law schools ranked 23-100 in U.S. News, along with the Top 3 faculty by…
Camp: Protecting Trust Assets from the Federal Tax Lien
Bryan Camp (Texas Tech) has published Protecting Trust Assets from the Federal Tax Lien, 1 Est. Plan. & Community Prop. L.J. 295 (2009). Here is the abstract: One common issue facing those who create trusts…
More Fallout From DePaul's Firing of Dean Glen Weissenberger
One of the bizarre aspects of DePaul's abrupt firing of Dean Glen Weissenberger (blogged here, here, here, here, and here) was that DePaul is scheduled to host 185 law school deans at an all-expenses-paid conference…
The Distribution of Tax Burdens in Four EU Countries
The Distribution of Effective Tax Burdens in Four EU Countries, by Joachim Merz (University of Lüneburg, Germany), C.A. De Kam (Groningen University, The Netherlands), J. De Haan (Groningen University, The Netherlands), C. Giles (The Institute…