Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Quick Way to Becoming a Tax Practitioner?

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A few days ago an email showed up in my inbox, with the subject "tax consultant." I opened it, and found this: Dear Sirs, If you h...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Economics Lessons from a Road Trip

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This past weekend I took a short road trip. Short in terms of duration (38 hours) and in terms of distance (approximately 600 miles, which i...
Friday, April 25, 2008

Should the Tax Law Encourage or Dampen Demand?

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The latest entry in my analysis of current economic woes, If Only It Were Prices Getting Depressed , hasn't dampened Joe Kristan's s...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

If Only It Were Prices Getting Depressed

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Several months ago I started a short flurry of blog exchanges when, in Can a Tax Rebate Band-Aid Stop the Economic Bleeding? , I not only qu...
Monday, April 21, 2008

If We're Special, Can We Ignore Taxes and User Fees?

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Sometimes when I am teaching students a complex tax provision, I try to get them to understand that some of the complexity reflects one or m...
Friday, April 18, 2008

Vote Trolling Creates Bad Tax Policy

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Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for President, proposed that the federal government suspend the gasoline tax ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Employee-Independent Contractor Distinction Still Eludes Some Lawyers

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Almost two weeks ago, in It's Time to Adjust Withholding, But Can You Do the Calculations? , I commented on a tax withholding calculator...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Bringing Economic Awareness Into the Analysis of Law School Education

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My post of several weeks ago, Why Law School Education Doesn't Mesh with Law Practice , brought another response from a practicing lawye...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Getting More Specific with That Withholding Question

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My post last week, It's Time to Adjust Withholding, But Can You Do the Calculations? , generated some replies. One respondent, a law stu...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Does Borrow-and-Spend Hide Economic Rot?

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There's something reassuring, no matter how confident I am about the positions I take when I post, to discover that I'm not alone in...
Monday, April 07, 2008

Preventing Foreclosure through the Tax Law? Not This Time

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Last week, Senators Dodd and Shelby introduced The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, described by them as a bipartisan agreement to help...
Friday, April 04, 2008

It's Time to Adjust Withholding, But Can You Do the Calculations?

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It is no secret that many taxpayers have too much federal income tax withheld from their wages. Though some people find some sort of psychol...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

A State Rebate Bandwagon?

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In many states, the federal income tax law is a role model for the state income tax law. As horrible as that sounds, it has its benefits, be...
Monday, March 31, 2008

Bringing Practical Awareness Into Law School Education

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My post last week, Why Law School Education Doesn't Mesh with Law Practice brought an affirmative and encouraging response from Andrew ...
Friday, March 28, 2008

"Taxing Lawyers" Taxes This Tax Lawyer's Brain

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Headlines, like soundbites, can be misleading. Sometimes, deliberately so. Consider the headline in this recent story out of California: Is...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Why Law School Education Doesn't Mesh with Law Practice

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An article in this month's ABA Journal, "Stuck in the Rut: It's Time to Stop Handling Cases as if You're in Law School...
Monday, March 24, 2008

So What Are YOU Going to Do With Your Tax Rebate?

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Several days ago, in response to an ABA-TAX listserve discussion concerning some technical issues presented by the tax rebate program, Glynn...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Blasted Partnership Taxation

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Several days ago, someone posted an inquiry to the ABA-TAX listserve concerning the tax consequences of a sale of a partnership interest. T...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Does It Make Sense to Overload the IRS and the Tax Code?

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Earlier this month, in Using Taxation for Non-Tax Purposes , I criticized the use of the tax code to compel, entice, or discourage activitie...