April 1, 2025

Professor Gamage testifies on wealth tax reforms before the Washington State Senate

Professor David Gamage, one of the most cited tax scholars in the world, testified this week before the Washington State Senate on proposed wealth tax reforms. “Senate Bill 5797 represents a sound policy direction for Washington State. Taxing extraordinary wealth is not only feasible but is also a necessary tool for achieving a fairer tax system and securing sustainable revenue for vital public investments like education,” Gamage said in his testimony. “The arguments against such taxes based on taxpayer flight are empirically weak and largely ignore the effectiveness of modern design features in addressing avoidance…

March 13, 2025

Emory Law professor to present at Tax Colloquium

On Wednesday, March 19th, Alex Zhang (Emory Law) will present his draft paper – “The Other Taxation”– at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and…

March 6, 2025

Indiana and UCONN professor to present at Mizzou Law tax colloquium

On Wednesday, March 12th, Goldburn Maynard (Indiana University Kelley School of Business, but moving to the University of Connecticut School of Law) will present his draft paper – “Penalizing Precarity”– at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage…

Feb. 27, 2025

Washington Law professor to present at Mizzou Law Tax Colloquium

On Wednesday, March 5th, Shannon McCormack (Washington Law) will present her draft paper – “America’s Failure to Rescue Parents: A Narrative of Inequitable Tax ‘Reform’” – at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage…

Feb. 20, 2025

Georgetown Law professor to present at Mizzou Law Tax Colloquium

On Wednesday, February 26th, Brian Galle (Georgetown Law) will present his draft paper – “How to Tax the Rich: Options for 2025 and Beyond” – at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at…

Jan. 7, 2025

Mizzou Law launches tax colloquium course

When Mizzou Law professor David Gamage moved from Indiana University to the University of Missouri in January 2024, he knew he wanted to engage his students not just in traditional lecture-style classroom learning but also in applied discussions about real-world legal issues. “It’s beneficial for students to see cutting-edge research on applied topics and engage with that research and expertise in dialogue with a variety of leading law professors around the nation,” he said. “Colloquium style instruction is not a replacement for lecture-style courses, but brings law and application to life in a way for students to…

Jan. 3, 2025

Professor Gamage ranked third all time in tax scholarship downloads

Professor David Gamage, the Law School Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tax Law & Policy, ranks third all time in the total number of SSRN downloads of his tax law scholarship. The updated rankings were released by Paul Caron’s TaxProf Blog at the end of 2024. As of Dec. 31, 2024, Professor Gamage’s total body of scholarship has been downloaded an incredible 130,870 times from SSRN. Professor Gamage also ranks 11th in total tax law scholarship downloads in the last 12 months.

Dec. 13, 2024

Professor Gamage Presents on Virtual Panel

Professor David Gamage presented on a panel for Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) virtually. The panel was called, “Taxing the rich: a protocol on taxing the high-net-worth individuals [ chaired by Jayati Ghosh].”

Dec. 9, 2024

Professor David Gamage presents at Penn conference

Professor David Gamage presented at the University of Pennsylvania Tax Discrimination Conference on Dec. 6-7.

Nov. 15, 2024

David Gamage’s article profiled in Jotwell

Professor David Gamage, along with coauthors Brian Galle and Darien Shanske, had their article, Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level, profiled in the JOTWELL law blog by Kent Schenkel in a piece titled Practical Considerations for State Taxation of Wealth. To view the full profile, visit here.