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TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup

Saturday:

• This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
• Can You Bribe Your Way Into Law School?
• National Taxpayer Advocate: The IRS Should Either Fix Or Eliminate The Free File Program
• Apollo 13 And The Importance Of Time-Pressured Performance Tests In Preparing Law Students For The Bar Exam (And Practice)

Sunday:

• 7th Circuit: § 107 Housing Allowance For 'Ministers Of The Gospel' Does Not Violate The Establishment Clause
• Can Christian Conservatives Transform Law Through Legal Education?
• Simkovic: At Yale, The Federalist Society Loses Friends And Alienates People
• The Top Five New Tax Papers

 

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [502 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
2. [338 Downloads]  A Constitutional Wealth Tax, by Ari Glogower (Ohio State)
3. [186 Downloads]  Basis of Grantor Trust Assets Before the Grantor's Death, by Jeffrey Pennell (Emory)
4. [169 Downloads]  Tax Wars: The Battle over Taxing Global Digital Commerce, by Art Cockfied (Queen's)
5. [138 Downloads]  The Marriage of Artificial Intelligence and Tax Law: Past, Present, and Future, by Blazej Kuzniacki (Ministry of Finance, Poland)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [489 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
2. [345 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)
3. [316 Downloads]  A Constitutional Wealth Tax, by Ari Glogower (Ohio State)
4. [181 Downloads]  Basis of Grantor Trust Assets Before the Grantor's Death, by Jeffrey Pennell (Emory)
5. [152 Downloads]  Tax Wars: The Battle over Taxing Global Digital Commerce, by Art Cockfied (Queen's)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [469 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
2. [358 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
3. [328 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)
4. [305 Downloads]  A Constitutional Wealth Tax, by Ari Glogower (Ohio State)
5. [160 Downloads]  Basis of Grantor Trust Assets Before the Grantor's Death, by Jeffrey Pennell (Emory)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [575 Downloads]  Spiritus Ex Machina: Addressing the Unique BEPS Issues of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence by Using 'Personality' and 'Residence', by Lucas de Lima Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo)
2. [445 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
3. [337 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
4. [324 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)
5. [295 Downloads]  A Constitutional Wealth Tax, by Ari Glogower (Ohio State)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [551 Downloads]  Spiritus Ex Machina: Addressing the Unique BEPS Issues of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence by Using 'Personality' and 'Residence', by Lucas de Lima Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo)
2. [424 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
3. [321 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
4. [317 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)
5. [278 Downloads]  A Constitutional Wealth Tax, by Ari Glogower (Ohio State)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [534 Downloads]  Spiritus Ex Machina: Addressing the Unique BEPS Issues of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence by Using 'Personality' and 'Residence', by Lucas de Lima Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo)
2. [417 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
3. [405 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
4. [314 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
5. [296 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [504 Downloads]  Spiritus Ex Machina: Addressing the Unique BEPS Issues of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence by Using 'Personality' and 'Residence', by Lucas de Lima Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo)
2. [403 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
3. [376 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
4. [305 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
5. [281 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and new papers debuting on the list at #1, #2, and #3:

1. [409 Downloads]  Spiritus Ex Machina: Addressing the Unique BEPS Issues of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence by Using 'Personality' and 'Residence', by Lucas de Lima Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo)
2. [380 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
3. [305 Downloads]  Ten Reasons to Prefer Tax Partnerships Over S-Corporations, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
4. [267 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
5. [230 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and new papers debuting on the lit at #4 and #5:

1. [370 Downloads]  Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [353 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
3. [230 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David S, Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)
4. [221 Downloads]  The Impact of Soda Taxes: Pass-through, Tax Avoidance, and Nutritional Effects, by Stephen Seiler (Stanford), Anna Tuchman (Northwestern) & Song Yao (Minnesota)
5. [115 Downloads]  Cloudy with a Chance of Taxation, by Rifat Azam (Radzyner) & Orly Mazur (SMU) (review by Hayes Holderness (Richmond))

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the lit at #5:

1. [397 Downloads]  Digital Battlefront in the Tax Wars, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
2. [351 Downloads]  Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
3. [326 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
4. [269 Downloads]  Beyond Notice-and-Comment: The Making of the § 199A Regulations, by Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Leigh Osofsky (North Carolina)
5. [213 Downloads]  The Proposed Section 163(j) Regulations, by David S, Miller, Sejin Park, Mani Kakkar & Sean Webb (Proskauer)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the lit at #2:

1. [331 Downloads]  Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [304 Downloads]  Digital Battlefront in the Tax Wars, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
3. [303 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
4. [259 Downloads]  Beyond Notice-and-Comment: The Making of the § 199A Regulations, by Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Leigh Osofsky (North Carolina)
5. [203 Downloads]  The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, by Wei Cui (British Columbia)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list, with some reshuffling of the order within the Top 5:

1. [311 Downloads]   Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [293 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
3. [281 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
4. [218 Downloads]  Beyond Notice-and-Comment: The Making of the § 199A Regulations, by Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Leigh Osofsky (North Carolina)
5. [195 Downloads]  The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, by Wei Cui (British Columbia)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #3 and #5:

1. [304 Downloads]   Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [291 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
3. [271 Downloads]  How Data Should (Not) Be Taxed, by Johannes Becker (University of Muenster), Joachim Englisch (University of Muenster) & Deborah Schanz (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
4. [191 Downloads]  The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, by Wei Cui (British Columbia)
5. [181 Downloads]  Beyond Notice-and-Comment: The Making of the § 199A Regulations, by Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Leigh Osofsky (North Carolina)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [282 Downloads]   Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [270 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
3. [189 Downloads]  Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities: An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS, by Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
4. [181 Downloads]  The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, by Wei Cui (British Columbia)
5. [159 Downloads]  GoTaxMe: Crowdfunding and Gifts, by Jeffrey Kahn (Florida State) (review by Hayes Holderness (Richmond))

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [251 Downloads]   Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [240 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
3. [172 Downloads]  Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities: An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS, by Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
4. [161 Downloads]  The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, by Wei Cui (British Columbia)
5. [153 Downloads]  GoTaxMe: Crowdfunding and Gifts, by Jeffrey Kahn (Florida State) (review by Hayes Holderness (Richmond))

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [216 Downloads]   Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)
2. [214 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
3. [165 Downloads]  Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities: An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS, by Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
4. [154 Downloads]  The Mandatory Repatriation Tax Is Unconstitutional, by Sean McElroy (Stanford)
5. [1501 Downloads]  The Digital Services Tax: A Conceptual Defense, by Wei Cui (British Columbia)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #2:

1. [191 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia) & Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
2. [181 Downloads]  Tax Competition and the Ethics of Burden Sharing, by Ivan Ozai (McGill)
3. [155 Downloads]  Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities: An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS, by Leopoldo Parada (Turin)
4. [148 Downloads]  The Mandatory Repatriation Tax Is Unconstitutional, by Sean McElroy (Stanford)
5. [145 Downloads]   Profit Shifting Before and After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by Kimberly Clausing (Reed)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #2:

1. [171 Downloads]  Tax Competition and the Ethics of Burden Sharing, by Ivan Ozai (McGill)
2. [165 Downloads]  The Illegality of Digital Services Taxes Under EU Law: Size Matters, by Ruth Mason (Virginia)
3. [145 Downloads]  Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities: An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS, by Leopoldo Parada (University of Turin)
4. [141 Downloads]  The Mandatory Repatriation Tax Is Unconstitutional, by Sean McElroy (Stanford)
5. [138 Downloads]  The Proposed SALT Regulations May Be Doomed, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5:

1. [249 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: Six Results after Six Months, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
2. [156 Downloads]  Tax Competition and the Ethics of Burden Sharing, by Ivan Ozai (McGill)
3. [133 Downloads]  The Mandatory Repatriation Tax Is Unconstitutional, by Sean McElroy (Stanford)
4. [130 Downloads]  Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities: An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS, by Leopoldo Parada (University of Turin)
5. [124 Downloads]  The Proposed SALT Regulations May Be Doomed, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [235 Downloads]  The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
2. [234 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: Six Results after Six Months, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
3. [226 Downloads]  Rolling Real Estate Gain into a Qualified Opportunity Fund: Comparison with § 1031, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn) & Alan Lederman (Akerman, Miami)
4. [156 Downloads]  Tax Competition and the Ethics of Burden Sharing, by Ivan Ozai (McGill)
5. [128 Downloads]  The Mandatory Repatriation Tax Is Unconstitutional, by Sean McElroy (Stanford)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [223 Downloads]  The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
2. [210 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: Six Results after Six Months, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
3. [208 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)
4. [149 Downloads]  Tax Competition and the Ethics of Burden Sharing, by Ivan Ozai (McGill)
5. [134 Downloads]  Rolling Real Estate Gain into a Qualified Opportunity Fund: Comparison with § 1031, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn) & Alan Lederman (Akerman, Miami)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [503 Downloads]  Compelled Subsidies and the First Amendment, by William Baude (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA)
2. [217 Downloads]  The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
3. [203 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)
4. [198 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: Six Results after Six Months, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
5. [143 Downloads]  Tax Competition and the Ethics of Burden Sharing, by Ivan Ozai (McGill)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [491 Downloads]  Compelled Subsidies and the First Amendment, by William Baude (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA)
2. [243 Downloads]  The Charitable Contribution Strategy: An Ineffective SALT Substitute, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)
3. [208 Downloads]   The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
4. [194 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)
5. [185 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: Six Results after Six Months, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [483 Downloads]  Compelled Subsidies and the First Amendment, by William Baude (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA)
2. [241 Downloads]  The Charitable Contribution Strategy: An Ineffective SALT Substitute, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)
3. [203 Downloads]   The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
4. [187 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)
5. [158 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: Six Results after Six Months, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [459 Downloads]  Compelled Subsidies and the First Amendment, by William Baude (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA)
2. [326 Downloads]  The New Non-Territorial U.S. International Tax System, Part 1, by Daniel Shaviro (NYU) (reviewed by David Elkins (Netanya) here)
3. [230 Downloads]  The Charitable Contribution Strategy: An Ineffective SALT Substitute, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)
4. [193 Downloads]   The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
5. [175 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [449 Downloads]  Compelled Subsidies and the First Amendment, by William Baude (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA)
2. [306 Downloads]  The New Non-Territorial U.S. International Tax System, Part 1, by Daniel Shaviro (NYU) (reviewed by David Elkins (Netanya) here)
3. [220 Downloads]  The Charitable Contribution Strategy: An Ineffective SALT Substitute, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)
4. [181 Downloads]   The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
5. [157 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

SSRN has updated its list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads for the first time in a month:

1. [440 Downloads]  Compelled Subsidies and the First Amendment, by William Baude (Chicago) & Eugene Volokh (UCLA)
2. [276 Downloads]  The New Non-Territorial U.S. International Tax System, Part 1, by Daniel Shaviro (NYU) (reviewed by David Elkins (Netanya) here)
3. [209 Downloads]  The Charitable Contribution Strategy: An Ineffective SALT Substitute, by Andy Grewal (Iowa)
4. [145 Downloads]   The Death of the Income Tax (or, the Rise of America's Universal Wage Tax), by Edward McCaffery (USC)
5. [142 Downloads]  Taxing the Robots, by Orly Mazur (SMU)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

SSRN's servers were down last week, so I was unable to do my regular Sunday post.  There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [372 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill) (reviewed here (Sloan Speck (Colorado))
2. [310 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: A Preliminary Summary and Assessment, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
3. [219 Downloads]   Income-Based Effective Tax Rates and Choice-of-Entity Consideratins Under the 2017 Tax Act, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn) (reviewed here by Mirit Eyal-Cohen (Alabama))
4. [194 Downloads]  U.S. Tax Reform: Potential Impact on Europe and EU Corporations (Presentation Slides), by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
5. [142 Downloads]   Advice for Jeff Bezos: Social Welfare Organizations as Grantmakers, by David Miller (Proskauer Rose, New York)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #1:

1. [450 Downloads]  The False Promise of Presidential Indexation, by Daniel Hemel (Chicago) & David Kamin (NYU)
2. [357 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill) (reviewed here (Sloan Speck (Colorado))
3. [299 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: A Preliminary Summary and Assessment, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
4. [204 Downloads]   Income-Based Effective Tax Rates and Choice-of-Entity Consideratins Under the 2017 Tax Act, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn) (reviewed here by Mirit Eyal-Cohen (Alabama))
5. [188 Downloads]  U.S. Tax Reform: Potential Impact on Europe and EU Corporations (Presentation Slides), by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [337 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill) (reviewed here (Sloan Speck (Colorado))
2. [275 Downloads]  The International Provisions of the TCJA: A Preliminary Summary and Assessment, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
3. [174 Downloads]  U.S. Tax Reform: Potential Impact on Europe and EU Corporations (Presentation Slides), by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
4. [157 Downloads]  Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: The Year 2017, by Bruce McGovern (South Texas) & Cassady Brewer (Georgia State)
5. [143 Downloads]   Income-Based Effective Tax Rates and Choice-of-Entity Consideratins Under the 2017 Tax Act, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn) (reviewed here) Mirit Eyal-Cohen (Alabama))

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5:

1. [319 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill)
2. [246 Downloads]   The International Provisions of the TCJA: A Preliminary Summary and Assessment, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
3. [173 Downloads]   Rethinking Legal Taxonomies for the Gig Economy: Tax Law, Employment Law, and Economic Incentives, by Abi Adams, Judith Freedman & Jeremias Prassl (Oxford)
4. [155 Downloads]   U.S. Tax Reform: Potential Impact on Europe and EU Corporations (Presentation Slides), by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
5. [147 Downloads]   Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: The Year 2017, by Bruce McGovern (South Texas) & Cassady Brewer (Georgia State)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [289 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill)
2. [254 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
3. [250 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)
4. [215 Downloads]   The International Provisions of the TCJA: A Preliminary Summary and Assessment, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)
5. [215 Downloads]   Rethinking Legal Taxonomies for the Gig Economy: Tax Law, Employment Law, and Economic Incentives, by Abi Adams, Judith Freedman & Jeremias Prassl (Oxford)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [291 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
2. [261 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill)
3. [243 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
4. [239 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)
5. [179 Downloads]   The International Provisions of the TCJA: A Preliminary Summary and Assessment, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list, with some reshuffling of the order of the papers within the Top 5:

1. [294 Downloads]  The New U.S. Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income', by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania)
2. [271 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
3. [240 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill)
4. [235 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
5. [224 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [272 Downloads]  The New U.S. Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income', by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania)
2. [258 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
3. [229 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
4. [207 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)
5. [194 Downloads]  Introduction to Tax Policy Theory, by Allison Christians (McGill)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list, with some reshuffling of the order of the papers within the Top 5:

1. [290 Downloads]  The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy, by Michael Graetz (Columbia)
2. [244 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
3. [236 Downloads]  The New U.S. Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income', by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania)
4. [223 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
5. [185 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list, with some reshuffling of the order of the papers within the Top 5:

1. [277 Downloads]  The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy, by Michael Graetz (Columbia)
2. [229 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
3. [217 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
4. [215 Downloads]  The New U.S. Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income', by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania)
5. [169 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [262 Downloads]  The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy, by Michael Graetz (Columbia)
2. [209 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
3. [203 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
4. [180 Downloads]  The New U.S. Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income', by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania)
5. [153 Downloads]  Code Sec. 1031 after the 2017 Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #3 and #5:

1. [984 Downloads]  Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [248 Downloads]  The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy, by Michael Graetz (Columbia)
3. [194 Downloads]  Higher Education Savings and Planning: Tax and Nontax Considerations, by Philip Manns (Liberty) & Timothy Todd (Liberty)
4. [183 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
5. [151 Downloads]  The New U.S. Tax Preference for 'Foreign-Derived Intangible Income', by Chris Sanchirico (Pennsylvania)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5:

1. [957 Downloads]  Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [415 Downloads]  Taxation of Investments in Bitcoins and Other Virtual Currencies: International Trends and the Brazilian Approach, by Flavio Rubinstein (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) & Gustavo Gonçalves Vettori (University of São Paulo)
3. [237 Downloads]  The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy, by Michael Graetz (Columbia)
4. [156 Downloads]  IRC Section 678 and the Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trust (BDOT), by Edwin Morrow
5. [151 Downloads]  How to Drive an RV Through a Loophole: The Ethics and Legality of LLC Formation for Sales Tax Avoidance, by Chase Edwards (Louisiana-Lafayette), Justin Ward (Jones Walker, Baton Rouge) & Casey Carder (Arkansas-Little Rock )

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5:

1. [931 Downloads]  Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [390 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)
3. [389 Downloads]  Taxation of Investments in Bitcoins and Other Virtual Currencies: International Trends and the Brazilian Approach, by Flavio Rubinstein (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) & Gustavo Gonçalves Vettori (University of São Paulo)
4. [221 Downloads]   The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy, by Michael Graetz (Columbia)
5. [173 Downloads]   Taxing & Zapping Marijuana: Blockchain Compliance in the Trump Administration, by Richard Ainsworth (Boston University) & Brendan Magauran

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list, with some reshuffling of the order of the papers within the Top 5:

1. [900 Downloads]  Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [377 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)
3. [367 Downloads]  Taxing Income Where Value Is Created, by Allison Christians (McGill) & Laurens van Apeldoorn (Leiden)
4. [366 Downloads]  Taxation of Investments in Bitcoins and Other Virtual Currencies: International Trends and the Brazilian Approach, by Flavio Rubinstein (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) & Gustavo Gonçalves Vettori (University of São Paulo)
5. [326 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list, with some reshuffling of the order of the papers within the Top 5:

1. [858 Downloads]  Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [358 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)
3. [346 Downloads]  Taxing Income Where Value Is Created, by Allison Christians (McGill) & Laurens van Apeldoorn (Leiden)
4. [326 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)
5. [323 Downloads]  Taxation of Investments in Bitcoins and Other Virtual Currencies: International Trends and the Brazilian Approach, by Flavio Rubinstein (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) & Gustavo Gonçalves Vettori (University of São Paulo)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5:

1. [778 Downloads]   Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [331 Downloads]  Taxing Income Where Value Is Created, by Allison Christians (McGill) & Laurens van Apeldoorn (Leiden)
3. [326 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)
4. [312 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)
5. [298 Downloads]  Taxation of Investments in Bitcoins and Other Virtual Currencies: International Trends and the Brazilian Approach, by Flavio Rubinstein (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) & Gustavo Gonçalves Vettori (University of São Paulo)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #3:

1. [680 Downloads]   Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [370 Downloads]  The Elephant Always Forgets: U.S. Tax Reform and the WTO, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) & Martin Vallespinos (S.J.D. 2018, Michigan)
3. [308 Downloads]  Taxing Income Where Value Is Created, by Allison Christians (McGill) & Laurens van Apeldoorn (Leiden)
4. [301 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)
5. [297 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #1:

1. [644 Downloads]   Evaluating the New US Pass-Through Rules, by Dan Shaviro (NYU)
2. [522 Downloads]  Choice-of-Entity Decisions Under the New Tax Act, by Brad Borden (Brooklyn)
3. [340 Downloads]  The Elephant Always Forgets: U.S. Tax Reform and the WTO, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) & Martin Vallespinos (S.J.D. 2018, Michigan)
4. [291 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)
5. [275 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

This week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads is the same as last week's list:

1. [486 Downloads]  Choice-of-Entity Decisions Under the New Tax Act, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
2. [315 Downloads]  The Elephant Always Forgets: U.S. Tax Reform and the WTO, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) & Martin Vallespinos (S.J.D. 2018, Michigan)
3. [277 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)
4. [254 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)
5. [214 Downloads]  Country-by-Country Reporting and the International Allocation of Taxing Rights, by Michelle Hanlon (MIT)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and new papers debuting on the list at #3, #4, and #5:

1. [438 Downloads]  Choice-of-Entity Decisions Under the New Tax Act, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
2. [293 Downloads]  The Elephant Always Forgets: U.S. Tax Reform and the WTO, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) & Martin Vallespinos (S.J.D. 2018, Michigan)
3. [248 Downloads]  Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups, by Gregg Polsky (Georgia)
4. [217 Downloads]  The Impact of the 2017 Act's Tax Rate Changes on Choice of Entity, by Jim Repetti (Boston College)
5. [197 Downloads]  Country-by-Country Reporting and the International Allocation of Taxing Rights, Michelle Hanlon (MIT)

The Top Five New Tax Papers

There is quite a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new #1 paper and new papers debuting on the list at #4 and #5:

1. [1059 Downloads]  Federal Income Tax Treatment of Charitable Contributions Entitling Donor to a State Tax Credit, by Joseph Bankman (Stanford), David Gamage (Indiana), Jacob Goldin (Stanford) & Daniel Hemel (Chicago) et al.
2. [738 Downloads]  Is New Code Section 199A Really Going to Turn Us All into Independent Contractors?, by Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Diane Ring (Boston College)
3. [402 Downloads]  Choice-of-Entity Decisions Under the New Tax Act, by Bradley Borden (Brooklyn)
4. [265 Downloads]  The Elephant Always Forgets: U.S. Tax Reform and the WTO, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) & Martin Vallespinos (S.J.D. 2018, Michigan)
5. [260 Downloads]  Beat It: Tax Reform and Tax Treaties, by Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan)