Leslie Book
The John H. Buhsmer Esq. '84 Endowed Professor of Law
Biography
Leslie Book is 棉花糖直播 Law's inaugural聽John H. Buhsmer Esq. '84 Endowed Professor of Law. While at 棉花糖直播, he has served as director of the Federal Tax Clinic, director of the Graduate Tax Program and director of the Online Graduate Tax Program.听He also served as a Professor in Residence with the IRS, Taxpayer Advocate Service in 2019.
Book is a national authority on tax procedure and tax administration.听 He is the successor author for the Thomson Reuters treatise IRS Practice and Procedure and the cofounder and one of the primary bloggers at Procedurally Taxing. He has written numerous law review articles and three research reports submitted to Congress on behalf of the Taxpayer Advocate Service, including a 2019 report containing a series of proposals to improve the administration and delivery of refundable credits.
Book has testified before Congress on the fair administration of our nation鈥檚 tax laws and on the future of tax administration.听 In 2007 he won the ABA Tax Section Janet Spragens Pro Bono Award, and Book continues to directly assist low income and underrepresented taxpayers through pro bono litigation. In 2018 he was the inaugural winner of the Diane Ambler Award for faculty curricular innovation for his work in creating the 棉花糖直播 Online Graduate Tax Program with his colleague Joy Mullane. In 2021, Book won the Diane Ambler Faculty Scholarship Impact Award for scholarship that has had a significant impact on the law, the academy, the legal profession or policy debates
Book is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a member of the governing Council of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, and a founding Board Member at the Center for Taxpayer Rights
Book received his BA from Franklin & Marshall College (magna cum laude), his JD from Stanford University School of Law, and his LLM (Taxation) from New York University School of Law. 聽At Stanford Law School, he was a founding editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review, and at New York University School of Law he was a student-editor at the Tax Law Review.听
Practice Experience
- Member of Pennsylvania Bar
- Davis Polk & Wardwell, Associate, London and New York
- Baker & McKenzie, Associate, New York
Recent Publications
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Refund Limits Frustrate Pro Se Taxpayer Resident in Germany, Blog Post, Procedurally Taxing @ Tax Notes, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
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TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SHORTENING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO TAXPAYERS, Article, Academic Journal, January 2025
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Curtin Comes Down: Taxpayer Claiming Filing a Form 1040-SS Starts the SOL on Assessment, Blog Post, Procedurally Taxing @ Tax Notes, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
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Return Preparers: An Update on Efforts to Crack Down on the Bad Ones, Blog Post, Procedurally Taxing @ Tax Notes, December 2024
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Challenges to IRS Compliance With APA鈥檚 Rulemaking Requirements, Book Chapter, Thomson Reuters, December 2024
Recent Presentations
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'Marriage, Inequality and the Tax Code', 鈥淪queezing Blood from Stones鈥 , American Tax Policy Institute , Washington DC . October 2024
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'Delaware Tax Group', Scams and Tax Law:, Delaware Tax Associatoon , Wilmington DE. September 2024
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'9th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights', Impact of Digitalisation on the Right to Fair Treatment of the Taxpayer, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Antwerp, Belgium. June 2024
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'Race and Tax Administration', Racial Disparity in Tax Administration Beyond Audits , Center for Taxpayer Rights, Washington DC. May 2024
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'Race and Tax Administration', Racialized Burdens Within Organizations: What are they, why does it matter, and how can they be alleviated , Center for Taxpayer Rights, Washington DC. April 2024
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Courses and Seminars
- Introduction to Federal income Tax
- Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
- Tax Policy
- Professional Practice and Tax Procedure (Graduate Tax Program)
Education
- Franklin & Marshall College, BA (magna cum laude)
- Stanford University School of Law, JD
- New York University School of Law, LLM (Taxation)