Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern Law) will present Limiting Languages for Tax Law via Zoom at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday, 10/1 (4:00-5:00 p.m.), as part of the 2024 Tax Speaker Series hosted by the UC Law SF Center on Tax Law. If you would like to attend,…
Emily Satterthwaite (Georgetown Law) will present Taxing Nannies (with Ariel Jurow Kleiman and Shayak Sarkar) via Zoom at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday, 9/24 (5:10-6:10 p.m.), as part of the 2024 Tax Speaker Series hosted by the UC Law SF Center on Tax Law. If you…
Register Here The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced the most significant changes to U.S. international tax rules in almost a century. These changes were built on an already-complex tax system, and after 2025, some of the most important rate provisions are set…
June 17, 2024
The Center on Tax Law is pleased to announce the following scholarship awards. Cat Nasi is the recipient of the 3L Academic Excellence in Tax Scholarship, awarded to the tax concentrator with the highest GPA considering grades in FIT and their best 16 graded tax concentration units. Cat Nasi and…
June 17, 2024
The Center on Tax Law is pleased to announce that Judd Baguioro, Judy Shih, and Michael Wambach are recipients of Peter K. Maier Scholarships. These scholarships are generously funded by Cliff Jernigan (’68) and the Silicon Valle Tax Directors Group and are awarded to one or more 3L tax…
June 17, 2024
The Center on Tax Law is pleased to announce that several members of the Tax Concentration Class of 2024 earned pro bono recognitions. Recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Pro Bono (for students who recorded at least 150 hours of pro bono services while in law school) is awarded to Nicholas…
June 3, 2024
Leo Martinez (’78), Emeritus Professor of Law, was awarded the 2024 Robert J. Kutak Award, which honors those who advance the legal profession by fostering meaningful partnerships among legal educators, practicing lawyers, and judges.
May 30, 2024
On May 30-31, Prof. Viswanathan presented “Earmarked Taxes and Progressivity” at the Association of Mid-Career Tax Professors Conference (AMT) (for faculty tenured for up to 10 years), and Prof. Field presented “Selling Tax Benefits” at the Experienced in Tax Conference (EITC) (for faculty tenured between 10 and 20 years). AMT…
May 15, 2024
The UC Law SF Center on Tax Law held a celebration to honor the twenty-five tax concentrators graduating in May 2024. Concentrators, their families and friends, and faculty members joined together to celebrate students’ accomplishments. This event was generously hosted by Jennifer Fung (’18) and Adrian Fung.
May 2, 2024
The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic also hosted a one-day event in May 2024 aimed at assisting taxpayers obtain their Covid stimulus funds before the statute of limitations expired on those refunds. The event assisted over 50 taxpayers with the help of 7 volunteer attorneys, 4 volunteer students, and 4 employees from…
April 18, 2024
Professor Heather Field presented her paper Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector: Deputizing Tax Insurers, 99 Ind. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2024) at Wisconsin as part of its Business, Tax, and Compliance Colloquium hosted by Nyamagaga Gondwe. The abstract is as follows: The IRS is outgunned when trying to ensure…
April 16, 2024
On April 16, 2024, Prof. Manoj Viswanathan presented Damage Award Taxation and Distributive Justice at the UC Law SF Faculty Colloquium. The paper discusses how tax consequences of certain “make whole” remedies can fail to properly restore recipients, and under what circumstances these damage awards should be modified.