April 4, 2024
In early April, Professor Heather Field gave lectures on Financial Fundamentals for Law Students and Tax Compliance & Ethics at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) in Accra, Ghana, as part of a program entitled “Strengthening Ties Between Legal Education Institutions in Ghana and the United States,” implemented by…
February 29, 2024
Professor Heather Field presented her paper Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector: Deputizing Tax Insurers, 99 Ind. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2024) at Duke as part of its Duke Tax Policy Seminar hosted by Larry Zelenak. The abstract is as follows: The IRS is outgunned when trying to ensure compliance…
February 8, 2024
On Thursday (2/8), UC Law SF will host the 2024 Northern California Tax Professor Roundtable. There are two papers: Though Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level by Brian Galle (Georgetown) (with David Gamage (Missouri) and Darien Shanske (UC Davis)); Commentator: Shayak Sarkar (UC Davis) Help Wanted: Achieving…
January 18, 2024
The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic partnered with the ABA Section of Taxation to hold a one-day problem solving day at Morgan Lewis in San Francisco in January 2024. During that day, pro bono volunteers met with 16 different taxpayers to provide advice about various tax controversies.
January 18, 2024
Professor Heather Field spoke on a panel entitled “Lessons Learned from the Cross Refined Coal Case” as part of a program on “Leveraging Tax Incentives for the Common Good” at the ABA Tax Section Mid-Year Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
January 8, 2024
In early January 2024, Professor Manoj Viswanathan lectured on current events in federal tax policy for law students at the University of Pristina in Kosovo. This lecture was conducted as part of a program entitled “Expanding and Improving Practical Legal Education in Kosovo” and implemented by UC Law SF and…
November 2, 2023
Professor Heather Field presented her paper Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector: Deputizing Tax Insurers, 99 Ind. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2024) at the San Diego as part of its Tax Law Speaker Series hosted by Miranda Fleischer. The abstract is as follows: The IRS is outgunned when trying to…
October 7, 2023
Allison Christians (McGill) will present Taxing Big Data When the United States Disagrees (with Tarcisio Diniz Magalhães) via Zoom at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday 10/17 as part of the 2023 Tax Speaker Series. If you would like to attend, please contact Heather Field. Prof. Christians’…
September 25, 2023
Professor Amy Spivey ’13 is director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at UC Law SF. For the last three years, Professor Amy Spivey ’13 has helped students gain hands-on practice assisting single parents, seniors, non-native English speakers, and others in her role as director…
September 19, 2023
Deanna S. Newton (Pepperdine) will present Closing the Opportunity Gap at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday 9/19 as part of UC Law SF’s 2023 Tax Speaker Series. If you would like to attend, please contact Heather Field. Prof. Newton’s abstract is as follows: Opportunity Zones are low-income…
September 12, 2023
Susan Morse (Texas) will present Old Regs, via Zoom at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday 9/12 as part of the 2023 Tax Speaker Series hosted by Heather Field. Prof. Morse’s abstract is as follows: Old regs should not be subject indefinitely to administrative procedure challenge. Instead, we…
August 28, 2023
Prof. Heather Field authored a chapter entitled Tax Aspects of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions in the Research Handbook on Corporate Taxation (edited by Reuven Avi-Yonah), which was published in August 2023.