Andrew Leahey

Contributor|Taxes

I am a seasoned tax and technology attorney with a passion for delving into matters at the intersection of law, policy, economics and technology. When I'm not writing about the law I'm teaching it, to undergraduates and law students alike, at Drexel Kline School of Law. I have a

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294 viewsMay 3, 2024

New EV Tax Credit Rules To Challenge China’s Dominance

Certain battery materials deemed impracticable to trace can now be temporarily excluded from restrictions on sourcing from Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC) until 2027.

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419 viewsMay 2, 2024

Why The Venice Tourist Tax Is A Controversial Policy

As of April 25, Venice started charging an entry fee — a so-called tourist tax — for day-trippers from that date until July.

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1,890 viewsApr 30, 2024

Unrealized Gain Tax—A Coming Sea Change in FY2025 Budget Proposal?

Among the most striking initiatives in the FY2025 Budget Proposal is a set of proposals taxing unrealized gains—a concept generally absent in tax frameworks due to val...

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235,133 viewsApr 24, 2024

Biden Capital Gains Proposal Of 44.6% Comes With Caveats And Asterisks

The number being bandied about is 44.6%, which would be the highest formal federal capital gains rate since its inception.

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710 viewsApr 22, 2024

Do We Need A Property Tax For Space?

Considering a proposal for a property tax-like policy for the deployment of near-Earth satellites.

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228 viewsApr 5, 2024

Licensing Fees For AI Training Data Is Impractical—AI Tax Is Workable

Traditional intellectual property law paradigms fall down in the face of the "use" of a piece of copyrighted work not being to copy it, per se, but to learn from it.

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470 viewsApr 4, 2024

IRS Whistleblower Littlejohn—Between Weaponizing And Whistleblowing

In the annals of modern whistleblowing, the name Charles Littlejohn is not likely first to come to mind.

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818 viewsMar 20, 2024

IRS Direct File Contains Google And Canvas Fingerprinting Scripts

In an era, and in an area, where digital privacy concerns are front and center, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appears to be treading a thin line between user expe...

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203 viewsMar 19, 2024

35 Major Corporations Spent More On Top Executives Than Taxes

A recent report jointly prepared by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), working from data gathered for a study by the Institut...

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696 viewsMar 10, 2024

New York Bill Would Expand Residential Solar Tax Credit To $10,000

It transforms the credit into a refundable credit for low to moderate income taxpayers or those residing in a disadvantaged community.