Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Team Teaching as a Component of Law School Curricular Change

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My musings a few weeks ago on "The Law School Curriculum: Ready for a Change?" brought a comment from a CPA practicing in Souther...
Monday, May 29, 2006

A Memorial Day Essay on War and Taxation

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Thinking about Memorial Day has me thinking about war, helped along by a steady dose of war movies on some of the cable channels this weeken...
Friday, May 26, 2006

FTC Report on "Shocking" Gasoline Prices Not a Shock

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Round and round we go. It spins and spins. Why? Back in May of 2004, in a Memorial Day post that focused on the relationship between gasoli...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Taxation Swann Song Should Be Tackled for Loss

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So what does a gubernatorial candidate do in Pennsylvania to respond to the public pressure for tax reform, something the state's politi...
Monday, May 22, 2006

There Are Some Things Tax Break Money Cannot (and Should Not) Buy

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Advocates of using the tax law to achieve social and other goals at best remotely connected with raising revenue have an excellent opportuni...
Friday, May 19, 2006

Another VUSL Graduation, Another Rainy Day

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Yes, it is graduation day at the Villanova University School of Law. In last year's graduation post, Far Less "Au Revoir" Than...

A Flood of Tax Charts

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This time, the great maker of tax charts, known to most of us as Andrew Mitchel , has outdone himself. His contribution to tax practitioners...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

The Law School Curriculum: Ready for a Change?

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According to this report , a proposed curriculum change at the Harvard Law School curriculum would shift the approach of teaching law from t...
Monday, May 15, 2006

Call the New Tax Bill TROFTHOWT. Why? Read On.

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The Congress sure knows how to sneak in the tax increases while trumpeting tax reduction. The recently passed legislation awaiting the Pres...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Proposed Philadelphia Tax Break to Manipulate Behavior

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On the way to the gym this morning I heard a report on KYW , the area's news station, that a member of Philadelphia's City Council h...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

More Reasons to Reject the Claim that the Wealthy Are Suffering

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My response to the Wall Street Journal editorial alleging that the Bush tax cuts have been disadvantageous for the wealthy has generated so...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Bye-Bye, Gasoline Price Cap

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Last August, I explored the fuelishness of Hawaii's attempt to cap gasoline prices. Called stupid by some, I tried to be diplomatic and...

Another Treasury Vacancy to be Filled

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Back in October I commented on the remaining vacancies in the Treasury Department after having previously analyzed the issue . I wondered w...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Cutting Taxes for the Rich Makes them Poorer? C'mon!

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Former student Nakul Krishnakumar directed my attention to a Wall Street Journal editorial by Stephen Moore, "How to Soak the Rich (th...
Friday, May 05, 2006

Another Villanova Law Prof Becomes a Blogger

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My colleague, Mike Carroll, who teaches contracts and intellectual property courses, has entered the world of law professor blogging. He is ...
Thursday, May 04, 2006

Voting on Taxes in a Democracy: Not With This Group

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In my post about the good and bad in yesterday's flurry of tax news , I wrote: Good news: The Pennsylvania Senate voted 40-9 yesterday f...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Today in Taxes: Good News, Bad News, and More News

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Bad news: Republicans in Congress have reached an agreement to extend the special low tax rates on capital gains and dividends . The cost? $...