Tax Chat! No. 4 – The Economic Psychology of Tax Behavior

Registration is Now Open for Tax Chat! with Erich Kirchler on The Economic Psychology of Tax Behavior Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,Join us on December 10 at noon EST/17:00 GMT/18:00 CET for our next Tax Chat! with Professor Erich Kirchler of the Department of Applied and Clinical Psychology at the University of Vienna, Austria.  This “virtual” event is free, but you need to register here in order to receive the link.Erich is the author of Economic Psychology: An Introduction (with Erik Hoelzl) and Economic Psychology of Tax Behaviour.  He developed the…

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Tax Chat! No. 3 – Anthropology of Tax Video is Live

Tax Chat! Video on The Anthropology of Tax is Now Live! 29 November 2020Hello all!In case you missed our last Tax Chat!, you can now watch or listen to it on the Center for Taxpayer Rights’ YouTube channel. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Our guests for this Tax Chat! were Lotta Bjorklund Larsen, Johanna Mugler, and Nimmo Elmi.  I’ve collaborated with all three of them over the years to better understand the relationships between tax administrators and taxpayers.  This Tax Chat! was a fascinating discussion on topics relating to the application of anthropological…

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Taxpayer Rights, Human Rights, & Sustainable Development Goals

Taxpayer Rights Digest Watch the video of Tax Chat! No. 2 -- Taxpayer Rights, Human Rights, & Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Dear friends, Today we have uploaded the video of last month’s Tax Chat! to our YouTube channel; it is also accessible on the Tax Chat! page of our website here.  (Did you know the Center for Taxpayer Rights has a YouTube channel?  You should check it out; you can subscribe and get notifications of when we upload our Tax Chat! videos ….) Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email https://youtu.be/5SsBuet_qOk As you may recall,…

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Tax Chat! No. 3 – The Anthropology of Tax

Taxpayer Rights Digest Announcing Open Registration for Tax Chat No. 3 -- The Anthropology of Tax Click here for free Registration for Tax Chat! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,Please join us for our next episode of Tax Chat!, our free zoom conversation about taxpayer rights and tax administration, to be held on Tuesday, November 10 at noon Eastern Standard Time (17:00 GMT/18:00 CET).  The Center for Taxpayer Rights’ mission includes promoting and exploring taxpayer rights and taxation through disciplines other than the traditional ones of law and economics.  For that reason,…

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Tax Chat No. 2

Register now for Tax Chat! Taxpayer Rights, Human Rights, and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals The Center for Taxpayer Rights announces registration is now open for the Tax Chat! with Professors Riel Franzsen and Annet Oguttu  and Asha Ramgobin.   This Tax Chat! will be held on Tuesday, 06 October, 2020 at noon Eastern Daylight Time/18h00 South African Standard Time (17:00 BST/18:00 CEST).  The theme of the Tax Chat! is Taxpayer Rights, Human Rights, and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Tax Chat! is a series of online conversations with persons from different disciplines who work in the field of taxpayer rights.  With host Nina Olson, Executive Director of…

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Tax Chat! Taxpayer Rights, Human Rights

More Tax Chat! Live and Uploaded! Greetings, all.The first day of fall brings a bit of sadness, as I realize in another world I would be preparing to travel to Pretoria, South Africa, for the 5th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights.  Regrettably, we’ve had to postpone that conference until next year, for the 6th and 7th of October, 2021.  We also plan to hold the regularly scheduled 2021 conference on May 27th and 28th, 2021 in Athens, Greece.  So there will be an abundance of conferences next year, and we also plan to livestream them for those of you who…

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Tax Chat! 01 September 2020

Registration Now Open for Tax Chat! with Professor Pasquale Pistone and Philip Baker, QC about the Observatory on Taxpayers' Rights 01 September 2020 | Noon EDT | 17:00 BST | 18:00 CEST Join Nina Olson, Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights, for the inaugual session of Tax Chat!, the Center's online series of conversations about taxpayer rights and tax administration.  Nina will be joined by Professor Pasquale Pistone and Philip Baker, QC, the co-directors of the Observatory on Taxpayers' Rights, to discuss the Observatory's most recent General and National Reports. The Observatory on the Protection of Taxpayers' Rights,…

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Amicus Curiae Briefs

The Summer of Amicus Curiae Briefs Dear friends, This issue of the Taxpayer Rights Digest finds us discussing recent activity in the U.S. courts, with filings on behalf of the Center in several cases.  Historically, because low and middle income taxpayers have no or limited resources, the impact of tax agency actions or procedures on these or small business taxpayers was not brought to the attention of the courts.  With the advent of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) movement, this trend is being reversed. The expansion of LITCs in the United States, after the enactment of a federal grant…

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International Conference on Taxpayer Rights and more …

Taxpayer Rights in Challenging Times Being an update on the International Conference on Taxpayer Rights and other Center activities Hello, all.  It has been quite some time since the last Taxpayer Rights Digest – and in so many ways the world has changed profoundly.  In this issue, I’ll cover the work the Center for Taxpayer Rights has been engaged in, advocating for the rights of taxpayers in a rapidly changing environment and economy. But first, I want to note the passing of a leader in civil and human rights, U.S. Congressman John Lewis.  Although best known for his leadership and…

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Australia’s National Tax Clinic Program

A Report on Australia's National Tax Clinic Program In this issue of the Taxpayer Rights Digest, we highlight the expansion of tax clinics to Australia.  Several years ago, an Australia Tax Office (ATO) official visited the IRS and met with me and Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) staff.  Among other issues, we discussed the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic grant program that TAS administers.  The ATO official found this concept very exciting.  A year or so later, Annette Morgan, of Curtin University, visited our office with her students and we, too, discussed the clinic concept.  Well, one thing led to another and…

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