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Dennis Kennedy’s annual Best of Law-related Blogging Awards, the Blawggies, have named a winner in the Best Law Professor Blog category. The winner is a tax blog! Professor Jim Maule’s excellent blog, Mauled Again, took top honors. I’m a big fan and have interviewed Professor Maule here on taxgirl. You can get to know Professor…
Julius Baer Shareholders React Favorably To Tax Settlement News
Shares of Julius Baer stock nosed north sharply yesterday after settlement talks with U.S. officials caused them to announced that the bank has set aside $350 million to pay potential fines related to an ongoing criminal investigation into tax practices. I know: it sounds confusing. Why would shares soar – to an all time high…
Bolt Strikes At Diamond League Games, Says UK Races Hinge On Tax Laws
Usain Bolt said he wouldn’t race in the U.K. after the Olympics unless they changed their tax laws… and they did, extending the laws in place for the Olympics for the Diamond Games. But is this a trend?
U.S. Ranks Near The Bottom For Tax Competitiveness: We're #32!
Today, the Tax Foundation released its 2014 International Tax Competitiveness Index (ITCI). The ITCI measures the competitiveness of tax systems in the 34 countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based on criteria in five categories: corporate income taxes, individual taxes, consumption taxes, property taxes, and the treatment of foreign earnings. So…
Abreu Gets An Award
Alice Abreu, one of my favorite law school professors, is the well-deserved recipient of the 2007 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching at Temple University. Abreu teaches taxation, corporate taxation, international tax, and tax policy (if you’re at Temple, take this class!), among other courses. Of course, we Temple alums aren’t the only ones lucky enough…
IRS To Announce New Amnesty Plan
If you thought the steady stream of IRS announcements related to offshore accounts investigations happened to be a coincidence, imagine me shaking my head and clucking… This week, the IRS made noise about a new amnesty program targeting wealthy Americans and offshore accounts. I know what you’re thinking: Didn’t we just have one of those?…
