TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• Deductibility of 'Scholarship' Payments to Student Escorts
• Hesch:  The Financial Danger of Maximizing Taxable Gifts in 2012
• The Most Dangerous Colleges in America
• NY Times:  Tax Burden Is Lower for Most Americans Than in the 1980s
• Criticism of Case Western Dean's NY Times op-ed, Law School Is Worth the Money

Sunday:

• Estate Planning for Illegal Assets:  The Final Chapter
• Will the Mortgage Interest Deduction Go Off the Fiscal Cliff?
• Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads
• Should Law Students be Allowed to Take the Bar in February of Their Third Year?
• Bartlett:  Tax Reform That Works -- The Case for a VAT