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Follow up to Some Interesting Sources on Tax Legislation (and a Little Procedure Too)

Posted on Dec. 27, 2017

We have previously offered some suggestions for readers wanting additional insights on the major tax legislation Congress pushed through and President Trump signed into law last week. Here are some more interesting reads:

An update on the must read The Games They Will Play article that describes how the “final law introduces fundamental—and in our view insurmountable—structural problems to the income tax.” This is I think the most important tax article of the year and an essential read.

Tax and twitter maestro Professor Andy Grewal suggests that 2017 prepayment of 2018 property taxes may not generate a 2017 deduction;

Professor Ellen Aprill explains in a guest post on Medium why the new law imposing a 21% excise tax on highly paid University employees has a hefty technical glitch that seems to unintentionally exclude employees of public universities;

Forbes tax blogger Tony Nitti on the 20% deduction on pass through income, a major source of future game playing (and complexity). This is terrific;

Professor Sam Brunson over at Surly discussing the implications of the repeal of deductions for dependents as well as the trade offs from the law’s boosting the standard deduction and increasing the CTC. An important read for low and moderate income families—the comment exchange is also good;

A Law360 piece on another of the law’s big winners: tax professionals;

Professor Dan Shaviro offering some preliminary thoughts on the international provisions;

And finally on a completely unrelated topic, if you have had enough substance and want some procedure, Frank Agostino and his team have a new monthly tax controversy journal out, and it includes a practical and important discussion of the about to be implemented passport revocation rules.

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