Death commonly opens windows into taxpayers' lives and sheds light on items that were previously kept hidden or tightly guarded. This light sometimes reveals that the decedent failed to report income, took improper deductions, or held undisclosed assets -- factors that have historically...

Under section 32(k), a little-known subsection introduced to the code by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the earned income tax credit is disallowed if a taxpayer improperly claimed that credit in a prior tax year. This disallowance is best known to tax practitioners as the EITC ban. If the...

The subsidy provided by the earned income tax credit (EITC ) is of particular importance to individuals subjected to domestic abuse, given that such individuals are often impoverished, and the EITC can provide them with the financial resources necessary to improve, endure, or leave an abusive...

State governments are considering new charitable tax credits designed to circumvent the 2017 federal tax overhaul's cap on state and local tax deductions. Will these plans work? This essay argues that the answer is: yes, but with some qualifications

The Aloha State has been on the front line of justice for decades, including tax justice. This is the story of a two-decade-plus journey of the Hawaii earned income tax credit — including how the state might better serve financially challenged residents as they navigate the global pandemic’s...

The desirability of doing business in any foreign country may turn on the ability to avoid double taxation. This issue is a serious concern for foreign countries. For example, in China authorities have expressed a willingness to pursue a treaty specifically removing the problem of double...

Congress enacted the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), inter alia, to entice poor single mothers to work (or work more) as a means of lifting themselves out of poverty. Its design as a wage subsidy that phases out at higher earnings levels is intended to accomplish this goal. A strong labor...

On his 1934 income tax return, Franklin Roosevelt claimed an "earned income credit" of $1,400. We usually think of the Earned Income Tax Credit (ETIC) as a subsidy for the poor. This article recovers the original history of the credit back when it was a subsidy for the rich, or at least wealthy...

The tax treatment of personal injury damages has been largely ignored in Canada, despite questionable authority for the generally accepted position that they are not taxable. Courts have reasoned that personal injury damages are not subject to tax because these awards replace lost human capital....

This paper will discuss the creation of a system-wide quality service agenda for tax preparation for low-income families, with the chief focus on the Earned Income Tax Credit (“EITC”). The EITC is an important anti-poverty measure for low-income families. Therefore its administration will...