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The IRS Scandal, Day 640

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Wall Street Journal editorial, End of the IRS Investigation?: Republicans are rightly furious about the IRS targeting of conservative political groups—and the agency’s lack of cooperation in finding out what happened. They’ve even cut the IRS budget to get the agency’s attention. So it was odd to learn that the…


Malcolm Butler, Not Tom Brady, to Pay Income Tax on Super Bowl MVP Truck

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Following up on Thursday’s post, The Tax Consequences of Tom Brady’s Gift of His Super Bowl MVP Truck to Malcolm Butler: ESPN, Malcolm Butler to Pay Taxes on Prize: The truck that Chevrolet presented to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady as Super Bowl MVP will be given directly by…


The IRS Scandal, Day 639

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The Hill, GOP Gives Thumbs Down to IRS Chief: More than a year into his tenure, some GOP lawmakers say the commissioner has lost his chance to win them over. And while other Republicans, especially in the Senate, give Koskinen higher marks, frustration with the IRS remains at a high…


Weekly Tax Roundup

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The Atlantic, The Rich, the Poor, and Whether Tax Policies Live or Die Art New News, Collector Sues IRS For $40 Million in Art Taxes Paid on Work by Monet, Picasso, Gauguin and More Bloomberg, Companies Too Big to Invert Would Take Brunt of Obama Tax Plan Bloomberg, Rand Paul…


Weekly SSRN Tax Roundup

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Mikhail Bespalov et al., Conceptual Bases, Priorities of Modern Russian Tax Policy Yuri Biondi & Simone Righi, Inequality and the Financial Accumulation Process: A Computational Economic Analysis of Income and Wealth Dynamics Michael Donohoe (Illinois), Petro Lisowsky (Illinois) & Michael Mayberry (Florida), Competition, Taxes, and Organizational Form Ashish Karundi, The…


Weekly Student Tax Note Roundup

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Haniya Mir (J.D. 2015, Duke), Note, Windsor and Its Discontents: State Income Tax Implications for Same-Sex Couples, 64 Duke L.J. 53 (2014) David Sessions (J.D. 2014, George Washington), Note, Reining in Tax-delinquent Contractors: How to Increase the Effectiveness of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Contracting Tax Accountability Act, 43…


Call for Papers: Citizenship and Taxation Symposium at Michigan

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Call for Papers: We invite paper proposals for a Citizenship and Taxation Symposium, to be held at the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Friday, October 9, 2015. This symposium will focus on ongoing developments regarding the unique US practice of taxing citizens who live permanently overseas….


Brian Williams, Helicopters, and Tax

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For those following the revelation that NBC News anchor Brian Williams has been wrongly claiming for over a decade that a helicopter he was riding in was struck by enemy fire in Iraq: The New Yorker, The Fact-Checked Adventures of Brian Williams, by Andy Borowitz: The fact-checking department at NBC…


TIGTA: IRS Rehired Hundreds of Former Employees With Performance Issues, Including Failing to File Tax Returns

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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Additional Consideration of Prior Conduct and Performance Issues Is Needed When Hiring Former Employees (2015-10-006): Between January 2010 and September 2013, IRS records show that the IRS hired more than 7,000 former employees (78 percent were temporary or seasonal positions). Most…


The IRS Scandal, Day 638

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The Blaze, GOP, Dems: Let’s Make It Easier to Fire IRS Officials: Dozens of House members, including three Democrats, have put forward a new bill that would require the IRS to fire anyone who targets people or groups based on their political beliefs. The Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act…


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