Weekly Tax Roundup

• Accounting Web, A New Way to Tax the Michael Jackson Estate?
• BBC News, Why Are Americans Giving Up Their Citizenship?
• Bloomberg BNA, Conservation Easements: Appraisals don't have to be Tidy to be Qualified
• Bloomberg Businessweek, My Big Gay Tax Return
• Forbes:  Lost: $67 Million. If Found, Please Return To IRS, by Tony Nitti
• Forbes, Musician Wins Hobby Loss Case, by Peter J. Reilly
• Fornes:  Ten Tax Commandments ... To Keep IRS Away, by Robert W. Wood
• Forbes, TIGTA Finally Stumbles On The Real IRS Scandal, by Peter J. Reilly
• The Hill:  Report: IRS's Tracking of Healthcare Costs Shoddy
• Bruce Pasfield & Elise Paeffgen (both of Alston & Bird, Washington, D.C.), How to Enforce a Carbon Tax: Lessons from the Montreal Protocol and the U.S. Experience with the Ozone Depleting Chemicals Tax, 14 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 389 (2013)
• Tax Analysts Blog, We Need a Tax Professional to Run the IRS, by Christopher Bergin
• Washington Times editorial, No Sanction for Greed: The IRS Wants to Stamp Out the Neighborhood Tax Preparer