17th Annual Critical Tax Theory Conference Kicks Off Today at Baltimore

The  17th Annual Critical Tax Theory Conference kicks off today at Baltimore:

Critical tax scholars ask why the tax laws are the way they are and what impact tax laws have on historically disempowered groups, such as people of color; women; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals; low-income and poor individuals; the disabled; and nontraditional families. Critical tax scholarship shares the following goals: (1) to uncover bias in the tax laws; (2) to explore and expose how the tax laws both reflect and construct social meaning; and (3) to educate nontax scholars and lawyers about the interconnectedness of taxation, social justice, and progressive political movements. However, as articulated at the original conference in 1995 to the present, the content of the Critical Tax Theory Conference has not been narrow – the topics discussed have been wide-ranging and have included more conventional tax topics as well.

Session #1:

• Emily Cauble (DePaul), Taxing Partnership Allocations Among Related Parties (with Gregg Polsky (North Carolina))
• Linda Jellum (Mercer), Dodging the Taxman: Why the Partnership Anti-Abuse Regulation is Unconstitutional
• Jay Soled (Rutgers), Tax Basis Determinations and Pass-Through Entities: A Crisis of Taxpayer Noncompliance

Session #2:

• Joshua Blank (NYU), Reconsidering Corporate Tax Privacy
• Tracy Kaye (Seton Hall), Taxation and Development Incentives in the United States
• Walter Schwidetzky (Baltimore), Integrating Subchapters K and S

Session #3:

• Lily Kahng (Seattle), Taxation of Intellectual Capital
• Shu-Yi Oei (Tulane) & Diane Ring (Boston College), Taxing Human Equity

Session #4:

• Anthony Infanti (Pittsburgh), Big (Gay) Love: Has the IRS Legalized Polygamy? 
• Joel Newman (Wake Forest), Tax Aspects of Sales and Donations of Self-Created Art, Literature and Music
• James Repetti (Boston College), What is the Appropriate Role for Economic Efficiency in Formulating Tax Policy?

Prior Critical Tax Theory Conferences:

• 2013 Critical Tax Theory Conference (UC-Hastings)
• 2012 Critical Tax Theory Conference (Seton Hall)
• 2011 Critical Tax Theory Conference (Santa Clara)
• 2010 Critical Tax Theory Conference (St. Louis)
• 2009 Critical Tax Theory Conference (Indiana-Bloomington)
• 2008 Critical Tax Theory Conference (Florida State)
• 2007 Critical Tax Theory Conference (UCLA)
• 2005 Critical Tax Theory Conference (Seattle)
• 2004 Critical Tax Theory Conference (Rutgers-Newark)