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Why Do Developing Countries Tax So Little?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by webmaster in Scholarship, Tax Leave a comment

Timothy Besley (London School of Economics) & Torsten Persson (Stockholm University), Why Do Developing Countries Tax So Little?, 28 J. Econ. Perspectives 99 (Fall 2014): Low-income countries typically collect taxes of between 10 to 20 percent of GDP while the average for high-income countries is more like 40 percent. In…


The IRS Scandal, Day 642

Posted on February 10, 2015 by webmaster in IRS News, IRS Scandal, Tax Leave a comment

Washington Times, New Emails Show IRS Delayed Witness Interview in Criminal Probe: Lawyers for the Internal Revenue Service attempted to stall a criminal investigation by waiting nearly a month before giving an agency employee permission to meet with investigators, despite the employee’s willingness to testify, emails showed. The emails, obtained…


University of New South Wales Issues Call for 2015 Tax Research Fellows

Posted on February 9, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education, Tax, Tax Prof Jobs Leave a comment

The School of Taxation and Business Law (TBL) at the University of New South Wales, Australia, will offer several Atax Research Fellowships ($7,500) in taxation, business law and related disciplines in 2015. Research Fellows normally spend four weeks working at TBL on a mutually agreed area of research. The preferred…


NYU Hosts Book Discussion With Eugene Steuerle on How to Restore Fiscal Freedom and Rescue Our Future

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The NYU Graduate Tax Program hosts a discussion today with C. Eugene Steuerle (Urban Institute) on his book, Dead Men Ruling: How to Restore Fiscal Freedom and Rescue Our Future (2014): Eugene Steuerle argues that these seemingly separable economic and political problems are actually symptoms of a common disease, one…


Johnston: Obama and Congress Offer Bogus Rhetoric on Tax Reform

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Al Jazeera: Obama and Congress Offer Bogus Rhetoric on Tax Reform: Tax Proposals Favor Political Donor Class at the Expense of Ordinary Americans , by David Cay Johnston (Syracuse): Considering all the talk in Washington about “tax reform,” you might think serious work is underway to adapt our century-old federal…


Fleischer: Obama’s International Tax Plan May Not Work as Intended

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New York Times Deal Book: How Obama’s Tax Plan May Not Work as Intended, by Victor Fleischer (San Diego): Companies’ offshore cash holdings are a tempting target for American tax writers, as President Obama’s proposal this week to tax deferred offshore earnings proves. Those same offshore earnings may attract foreign…


TurboTax Temporarily Suspends State E-Filings on Fraud Concerns

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Wall Street Journal, TurboTax Temporarily Suspends E-Filings on Fraud Concerns: The largest online tax-software company in the U.S. temporarily halted electronic filing of all state returns after more than a dozen states spotted criminal attempts to obtain refunds through its systems. Intuit Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif., said Friday…


The IRS Scandal, Day 641

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Judicial Watch, IRS Obstructs Justice?: We have just obtained new internal documents from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that show how the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel worked to delay a meeting between an IRS employee and DOJ and FBI investigators about the Obama IRS abuse and harassment of…


TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

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Saturday: Case Western Purchased Home of Former Dean in Settlement of Law Prof’s Retaliation Lawsuit Malcolm Butler, Not Tom Brady, to Pay Income Tax on Super Bowl MVP Truck NLJ: Scandals Put Law Schools in Damage Control Mode The IRS Scandal, Day 639 Sunday: Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant?…


The Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads

Posted on February 8, 2015 by webmaster in Scholarship, Tax, Top 5 Downloads Leave a comment

There is a bit of movement in this week’s list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5: [282 Downloads] Important Developments in Federal Income Taxation (2014), by Edward A. Morse (Creighton) [178 Downloads] Thomas Piketty and Inequality: Legal Causes…


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