Overview

While tax clinics have existed in the US since the 1970s, they are now being established throughout the world, with recent clinical developments in Australia, the UK and Ireland in particular. Of interest to higher education professionals, the tax profession and policymakers, this practical handbook explores the benefits that a clinical tax education can have and equips readers with the tools needed to start a clinical tax project. It investigates the ways in which tax clinics can both educate and remedy tax positions for local communities. It also explores the higher education setting, in which community tax projects rely on students for their success, offering them the benefits of an alternative learning environment in tax and experience in tax while studying. Beyond identifying the practical benefits, this handbook uses learning from tax clinics to uncover the burdens and impacts of tax policy on more marginalised taxpayers, and how policymakers can tailor tax systems to overcome them.

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Author:   Amy Lawton (Lecturer in Tax Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  Annette Morgan ,  David Massey ,  Donovan Castelyn
Publisher:   University of London
Imprint:   University of London Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781911507352

ISBN 10:   1911507354
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   07 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Nina Olsen 1. Introduction Amy Lawton, Annette Morgan, David Massey and Donovan Castelyn Part 1: The Tax Clinic 2. A brief history of tax clinics around the globe Donovan Castelyn and Annette Morgan 3. Project administration: how to set up a tax clinic Amy Lawton 4. Rationale: Tax support for low-income individuals Tina Riches 5. Rationale: Tax and the poverty interface Ann Kayis-Kumar, Lily Pan, Michael Walpole, Bradley Hastings and Jack Noone Part 2: Tax Clinics and our Communities 6. Engagement in the community Amy Lawton, Annette Morgan, David Massey and Donovan Castelyn 7. Listening to our Communities: The Community Tax Law Project as an example of Low-Income Taxpayer Community Focused Service Provider David Sams 8. Public Education: the Unilag Tax Club * Edidiong Bassey and Aduloju Oluwatofunmi* 9. Public Education: engaging with secondary education in schools Michelle Lyon Drumbl 10. Taxpayer resolution: improving taxpayer compliance in Indonesia Kristian Agung Prasetyo and Khusnaini 11. Policy changes: impact on and through the tax court Keith Fogg 12. Marginalised voices: tax and the criminal justice system Deborah Wood Part 3: Tax Clinics and our Students 13. Pedagogical theory and clinical tax education Amy Lawton 14. Enhancing student experience: shadowing, role plays and reflection Connie Vitale and Andrew Medlen 15. Introducing tax advocacy to students Sarah Lora and Christine Speidel 16. Developing Employability Skills through Practice-Based Learning Eric O. Boahen, Shampa Roy-Mukherjee, Emmanuel Ambe and James Tuffour 17. Students’ professional identity and a fully online tax clinic Brett Freudenberg, Melissa Belle Isle, Colin Perryman, Kristin Thomas and Ashleigh Cohen Part 4: Moving Forwards 18. A research roadmap for tax clinics Emer Mulligan and Margaret O’Neill 19. Moving forwards: tax clinics and business schools David Massey 20. Concluding remarks Amy Lawton  

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This handbook provides a most comprehensive guide to the establishment and the operation of a Tax Clinic anywhere in the world. The international handbook provides a blueprint for any university tax academic contemplating the establishment of a tax clinic or a manager at a not-for-profit institution. … this international handbook is highly recommended reading for all universities throughout the world that offer business and law degrees and courses that include taxation law. -- John McLaren

Author Information

Amy Lawton is a Lecturer in Tax Law at Edinburgh Law School. Prior to joining the School in 2021, she was a Lecturer in Law at Lancaster University where she founded the first UK-based Tax Clinic. Her research interests broadly lie in tax and the environment. Her recent work has explored how university students engage with a clinical education in tax, value creation in the UK, and how environmental taxation can be used to drive behavioural change in businesses in relation to energy consumption.

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