2021 Tannenwald Tax Writing Competition Winners

The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship has announced the winners of the 2021 tax writing competition:

First Prize ($5,000):
Mohanad Salaimi (Michigan), Corporate Inversions: Getting on the Tax Reform Train Before It Leaves the Station
Faculty Sponsor: Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Second Prize ($2,500):
Alexander Pettingell (NYU), A Machine Learning Approach to the Debt-Equity Multifactor Test
Faculty Sponsor: Mitchell Kane

(Tie) Third Prize ($1,000):
Ainsley Tucker (Boston University), Masquerading Churches: Abusing the Internal Revenue Code to Avoid Financial Transparency
Faculty Sponsor: David Walker

(Tie) Third Prize ($1,000):
Jeff Gordon (Yale), Taxation at a Distance
Faculty Sponsor: Anne Alstott

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