The Year in Review — we are 5 years old!
Being a review of the Center for Taxpayer Rights activities during our 5th year of operations.
Final Race & Tax Administration Tax Chat!
Final Tax Chat! on Race & Tax Administration Dear Friends,We are coming up on two very exciting events at the Center for Taxpayer Rights and I encourage you to sign up for them.The fourth and final Tax Chat! in our free series on Race and Tax Administration is taking place next Tuesday, May 28, from noon to 1:30pm EDT. The topic this week is Disparity in Real & “Non-Real” Audits: How to reduce racial disparity while promoting effective tax administration. Yes, that title is a mouthful but it accurately describes what we will be discussing.Our guests include Hadi Elzayn, one…
Giving Tuesday 2023 & an Update
Giving Tuesday 2023 & an Update Dear Friends,It has been about six months since we sent out a newsletter, so no one can accuse us of littering people’s email boxes. In our defense, we certainly haven’t been idle during this period. And while I hate to have our first contact in a while be a request for donations, I’m actually using this Giving Tuesday email as an excuse to get myself back on track with communicating with our subscribers more regularly.You already know the important work the Center for Taxpayer Rights has been doing, because you’ve subscribed to the Taxpayer…
A new Tax Chat! on Maintaining & Increasing Voluntary Compliance
This week’s post is another reminder about two events we have underway in May and during the summer.
Registration Open for 8th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights!
8th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights Registration is Open! Dear Friends,It is my great pleasure to announce that registration is open for the 8th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights! The theme of the conference is Access to Justice: Judicial Review & Alternative Dispute Resolution. It will be held from 24 to 26 May, 2023, in Santiago, Chile. This year the conference is hosted by the the Centro de Estudios Tributarios at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile. The conference will be in-person and also live-streamed. You can view the agenda for the 8th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights (ICTR)…
7th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights
7th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights Registration Now Open! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,It is my great pleasure to announce that registration is now open for the 7th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights. Yay!This year, the conference is being hosted by Harvard Law School. However, we will be holding it online for one more year, just to be safe and to minimize logistical burden. The theme of the conference is Tax Collection and Taxpayer Rights in the Post-COVID World. It will be held from May 18 to 20, 2022, with a free…
A New Video on Taxation and Sustainable Development Goals
New video on Taxation as a Means to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,As this crazy year winds down, we’ve been catching up on editing the videos from the two International Conferences on Taxpayer Rights we held online this year. Last week we posted the panel discussion Taxpayer Rights as Human Rights from our South Africa conference, and today we are sharing the video of the conference’s second panel, Taxation as a Means to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in African and Other Developing Countries. This video is a…
Taxpayer Rights as Human Rights – a new video – and end-of-year giving!
Taxpayer Rights as Human Rights – a new video –& End-of-Year Giving! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends, As we come to the end of yet another very challenging year, we are getting caught up on editing the videos from the two International Conferences on Taxpayer Rights that we held this year. We are overflowing with important content, indeed! Before I discuss the new video, I just want to make this request that you consider supporting the Center for Taxpayer Rights in your end-of-year charitable giving. We need your help to continue…
Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Is a Statutory Time Limit Jurisdictional in a Collection Due Process Hearing before the U.S. Court? The Center files an Amicus Brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dear Friends,This week, the Tax Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Center for Taxpayer Rights in the case Boechler v. Commissioner. You can read our amicus brief here. Because the issue to be decided is of…