The 2021-22 GGU Tax & Estate Planning Review Write-On Competition will open on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, and run through noon on Friday, July 30, 2021. Invitations to the Journal will be extended no later than noon on Monday, August 2, 2021. Watch this space for more information approaching the competition dates. Thank you and […]
Dr. Marcia Ruben, Assistant Professor and Chair of GGU’s Graduate Management Program, speaks with Robert Patterson—an MS Taxation alumnus and Director and Worldwide Tax & Trade Controller at Microsoft—about his life and career. Robert (MST ’04), has enjoyed a storied career as a tax practitioner. Currently, he serves as a Microsoft director, ensuring internal control […]
In February 2020 (read: pre-COVID-19-pandemic and the California shelter-in-place order taking hold), I was lucky enough to sit down with Nathan Pastor (JD ’14, LLM ’16, right) to discuss a case that resulted in a seismic shift in California probate law—Barefoot v. Jennings. The audio recording and transcript of that interview, as well as a […]
The 2020-21 GGU Tax & Estate Planning Review Write-On Competition has run its course. Invitations to the Journal will be extended no later than noon on Monday, August 17, 2020. Thank you and best of luck!
Introduction The Editorial Board of the GGU Tax & Estate Planning Review had originally planned for this interview to serve as the formal launch event of the Journal back in March of 2020. It goes without saying that COVID-19 got in the way of those plans. Thankfully, Submissions Editor Steven Reading was able to connect […]
Overview It has been two years since the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and many states are still wrestling with exactly how they plan to conform to key provisions of the law—particularly those provisions related to Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI). The Three Flavors of Corporate & Individual Conformity We are […]