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Washington & Lee has updated its law review rankings, which are based on citations to articles published in the past eight years (2001-2008): Impact Factor (citations/number of articles published) Citations in Law Reviews Citations in Cases (federal and state courts)...

Job Opportunities at the IRS Chief Counsel: Honors Program Summer Legal Intern Program Volunteer Legal Externship Program Hiring of Experienced Attorneys Benefits of Employment with the Office of Chief Counsel The IRS Office of Chief Counsel -- A Great Place...

Alan Schenk (Wayne State) has published The Credit Crisis and the VAT Administrative Rules, 19 Int'l Tax Monitor 428 (2008). Here is the abstract: While not exhaustive, this column focuses on the importance of the administrative provisions of a VAT...

The ABA Tax Section today announced the recipients of its 2009 Nolan Fellowships: Niles A. Elber (Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C.) Michelle A. Garcia (Davis & Harman, Washington, D.C.) Todd D. Keator (Thompson & Knight, Dallas) Alexey Manasuev (KPMG, Washington,...

I am thrilled that TaxProf Blog has been named to the ABA Journal's list of "the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal" -- the 2008 Blawg 100. TaxProf Blog...

The New York State Bar Association has issued tax reports on: Proposed § 336(e) Regs (1174) International Provisions of H.R. 3970 and Effects of Reduction in Corporate Tax Rate (1173) Investor-Owned Life Insurance (1172)

David Joulfaian (Office of Tax Analysis, Treasury Department) has posted The Estate Tax and the Demise of the Family Business: A Comment on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A recent paper by Brunetti (2006) examines whether the US estate tax...

WebCPA: Tax Attorney's Family Removed from Airplane: The families of tax attorney Atif Irfan and his brother Kashif were removed from an AirTran Airways flight [from Washington, D.C. to Orlando] after other passengers complained of suspicious comments they overheard. Kashif...

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Roberta Mann (Widener) has accepted a tenured position at Oregon, effective January 1, 2009. From the Oregon press release: Dean Margie Paris announced Monday that the university granted Professor Mann indefinite tenure at the rank of full professor. ... "This...

For a list of 29 currently open IRS attorney jobs, see here.

Ruth Mason (UConn) has posted three tax papers on SSRN: What Is Tax Discrimination? 2006 ECJ Direct Tax Cases 2005 ECJ Direct Tax Cases

Thursday: One-Year Anniversary of The Shelf Project Porn Star Sentenced on Tax Evasion Charges Tabbach: Crime, Punishment, and Tax Hymel & Mann: Tax Incentives for Ethanol Friday: More on Judicial Salaries v. Law Professor and Law Dean Salaries Doran: Tax...

There is a lot of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5: 1. [231 Downloads] Private Equity Management...

Gordon Smith (BYU) offers some advice for young law scholars, from the perspective of someone who has written 15-20 tenure review letters over the past few years. I think his final point is often overlooked by young scholars, to their...

Detroit Free-Press: 9-cent IRS Dilemma Leaves Lawyer Confused; He Owes a Nickel and Is Due 4-Cent Refund, by Joe Swickard: While many may fight the IRS over thousands of dollars, [Detroit criminal defense lawyer James] Howarth said he's in a...

John R. Graham (Duke University, Fuqua School of Business), Jana Smith Raedy (University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School) & Douglas A. Shackelford (University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School) have posted Research in Accounting for Income Taxes on SSRN....

From the New York Times (Rangel Pushed for a Donation; Insurer Pushed for a Tax Cut): Embattled House Ways & Means Chair Charles Rangel sought a $10 million donation from AIG for a school of public service that City College...

Jinyan Li (Osgoode Hall Law School) has posted two tax papers on SSRN: A Principled Approach to Reforming the Canadian Outbound Tax System: Broader Accrual and Full Exemption The Transformation of Chinese Enterprise Income Tax: Internationalization and Chinese Innovations (with...

The ABA Tax Section is co-sponsoring its 16th annual National CLE Tax Conference in Vail, Colorado today through January 7. For a list of the speakers and their topics, see here.