Vol. 33 No. 2 - Winter 2014

Until August 2015, the NewsQuarterly was published four times a year to report on developments pertaining to taxation, Section news and meeting updates, and other information of professional interest to Tax Section members. Archived issues are available to the public and can be accessed using the links below. Beginning in the fall 2015, the NewsQuarterly has been renamed ABA Tax Times. ABA Tax Times is a digital-only publication. Like the NewsQuarterly before it, ABA Tax Times will report on tax developments and Section news, and the new, enhanced format will also include links to cited source material and other information, as well as audio and video clips for related content.

Opinion Point

Taxation

Restoring Trust in the Internal Revenue Service

Frank Wolpe

Internal Revenue Service Aversion to Bias Backfires in Cincinnati

From the Chair

Taxation

Doing Good for Others and Yourself: Tax Section Pro Bono Efforts

Michael Hirschfeld

While many people would not think of pro bono and tax in the same breath, the need for tax advice for the tax exempt and low-income sectors can be immense.

Interview

Taxation

Interview with Roy Blough

Jasper L. Cummings Jr. and Alan J.J. Swirski

From 1938 to 1946, Mr. Blough was Director of Tax Research at the Treasury Department and Assistant to the Treasury Secretary.

Point to Remember

Taxation

Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts: An Effective Estate Tax Reduction Technique (Part 2)

Adam Abrahams

This two-part article addresses irrevocable life insurance trusts as a method for reducing the estate tax.

Pro Bono Matters

Taxation

A Calendar Call Staffing Success Story

Keith Fogg

As Chair of the Pro Bono and Tax Clinics Committee, one of my goals was to work with low income taxpayer clinics and with bar groups to obtain full coverage of all places where the Tax Court sits through stuffer agreements at the outset of cases and calendar call programs as the cases went to trial.

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Vol. 33 No. 2 - Winter 2014

Opinion Point

Restoring Trust in the Internal Revenue Service

From the Chair

Doing Good for Others and Yourself: Tax Section Pro Bono Efforts

Interview

Interview with Roy Blough

Point to Remember

Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts: An Effective Estate Tax Reduction Technique (Part 2)

Pro Bono Matters

A Calendar Call Staffing Success Story

Boxscore

Government Submissions Boxscore