We conduct a comprehensive survey that asks CPAs and other tax professionals to describe their opinions about the continuance of "temporary" provisions in the tax code. Our objective is to see if the multiple extensions of many of these temporary provisions have led CPAs to conclude that these...

The U.S. court system plays an important role in resolving asset valuation disagreements between taxpayers and the taxing authority. A recent study examining the relation between court valuations of estates and case/judge attributes finds evidence suggesting that the number of appraisers used by...

The U.S. court system plays an important role in resolving asset valuation disagreements between taxpayers and the taxing authority. Prior literature suggests that, in estate tax cases, courts act as a compromisers choosing a value somewhere between the estimates arrived at by the taxpayer and...