Over 20 years after the OECD issued the 1998 Report by the Committee on Fiscal Affairs (Tax Sparing: A Reconsideration), it is appropriate to revisit the reasons that the OECD used for discouraging the use of such clauses, re-evaluating the soundness of such reasons under the current...

The purpose of this article is to examine how federal income tax laws benefit more affluent owner households but provide no benefits to economically-strapped renter households. This article proposes that the tax savings currently accruing to affluent owners be reduced and that the resulting...

Funding higher education is among the critical financial decisions made by individuals and families. There are myriad options. Yet, the conventional wisdom — namely using Section 529 Plans — may not be the optimal vehicle to effectuate this goal. Therefore, this Article discusses various...

National efforts to promote college enrollment are increasingly delivered through tax-based assistance, including tax credits and deductions for tuition and fees, tax-advantaged college savings plans, and student loan interest deductions. This paper outlines the main tax-based student aid...

National efforts to promote college enrollment are increasingly delivered through tax-based assistance, including tax credits and deductions for tuition and fees, tax-advantaged college savings plans, and student loan interest deductions. This paper outlines the main tax-based student aid...

Many EU Member States only grant tax incentives to resident charities. This limits the choice of donors and restricts the free movement of capital. The paper discusses this problem and the action taken by the European Commission, the ECJ (the Stauffer and Persche cases) and private organisations

Article considers whether income tax exemption for charities is consistent with normal income tax. .It finds that exemption for contributions is not special treatment and that exemption for income from sale of goods or performance of services related to the purpose of the charity is special...