2020 Tannenwald Tax Writing Competition Winners

The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship has announced the winners of the 2020 tax writing competition:

First Prize ($5,000):
Ryan Bullard (North Carolina), I Am “QOZ,” The Great and Terrible: A Policy Analysis of the Qualified Opportunity Zone Nominations Process
Faculty Sponsor:  Leigh Osofsky

Second Prize ($2,500):
Heydon Wardell-Burrus (Harvard), Blending Under A Global Minimum Tax
Faculty Sponsor:  Alvin C. Warren, Jr.

Third Prize ($1,500):
Tommy Hoyt (Northwestern), The Syntax of a Sin Tax: Lessons on How to Craft a Sweetened Beverage Tax that Can Stand Up to Industry Resistance
Faculty Sponsor:  Sarah Lawsky

Honorable Mention:
Robert Stephen Earnest (Minnesota), Ain’t No Taxing High Enough: Using Land Value Taxation to Combat the Nation’s Rental Affordability Crisis
Faculty Sponsor:  Ann Burkhart

Susannah R. Kroeber (Columbia), The Case for Over-withholding Federal Income Tax
Faculty Sponsor:  Alex Raskolnikov

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