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Allison Christians

May 17, 2024

Allison Christians is a tax law scholar and the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law[1] at the McGill University Faculty of Law/Faculté de Droit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her research and teaching focus on Canadian and U.S. domestic and international tax law and policy issues, with an emphasis on the relationship between taxation and economic development and on the role of government and non-government institutions and actors in the creation of tax policy norms.

Her work includes frequent analysis of both domestic and international tax policies relating to laws such as the 2010 US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, the 2012 Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act (aka Bill C-31), and the policies put forth by organizations like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Many of her articles are available on SSRN.[2]

Career edit

Christians received her LL.M. degree in Taxation from the NYU School of Law and her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School.

The foundation of Christians' legal career was set by her work as a tax lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, where she focused on the taxation of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructurings and associated issues and transactions involving private and public companies. She also worked at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, where she focused mainly on private equity funds.

Christians taught at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Northwestern University School of Law before joining the Faculty of Law at McGill University in 2012 and has held visiting positions at Leiden University, Thammasat University, and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.

Commentator and analyst edit

Christians is the author of 'The Big Picture,' a column for Tax Analysts[3]' Tax Notes International, serves as editor of the Tax section of Jotwell, and regularly comments on developments in international tax law and policy on the Tax, Society & Culture blog,[4] on the Lexis Nexis Tax Law Community blog,[5] and on Twitter @profchristians.[6]

She is also an active member of the International Fiscal Association and has been involved in projects with the International Bar Association Human Rights Initiative.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act edit

Christians has been a vocal opponent to the United States' Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), speaking out against it in multiple academic and news articles,[7] conferences,[8] and at the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance.[9]

The United States Congress enacted FATCA to curb tax avoidance by US persons by requiring that any bank around the world that holds an account of a US person report the financial information relating to that bank account to the Internal Revenue Service, among other things. One of her biggest criticisms is that she believes the U.S. Treasury lacks the power to make intergovernmental agreements (IGAs)[10] that are crucial to the functioning of FATCA. The IGAs, now signed with over 150 countries,[11] state that the foreign country will mandate that its banks comply with FATCA. Instead, she argues, the power to make such agreements (what she calls "treaties") only lies within the US Congress.[12]

Additionally, she argues that FATCA traps many individuals who were not aware that they are U.S. citizens in the first place, or those who are simply not aware that they are subject to the United States' citizenship-based taxation regime, thanks in large part to birthright citizenship.[13] The United States' citizenship-based tax system is one of only two in the world. It requires that U.S. citizens and permanent residents to file tax returns with the IRS every year, regardless of their physical location of residence. The other country that does this is Eritrea, but it has been widely criticized in the United Nations by many countries, including the United States.

Supporter of windfall profits tax edit

In October 2020, Christians commented favourably on Jagmeet Singh's proposal to tax windfall profits of Canadian corporations in light of the astronomical deficits created by the Canadian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an article designed to create sympathy for new Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland she said: "It's not a punishment of [corporate] success. Rather, it's an acknowledgement that the brokenness of the market has created a windfall for them... And if the government takes some of that, especially now to pay for things that we now really are struggling to pay for, for example, health care, then that's good over all for the economy."[14]

Awards edit

Christians was given the teacher of the year in 2009 by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association, and in May 2014 she was awarded the John Durnford Prize in Teaching Excellence by the Law Student Association of McGill University.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law | Stikeman Chair in Tax Law - McGill University". www.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  2. ^ "SSRN Author Page for Allison Christians :: SSRN". papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  3. ^ "Tax Analysts -- Home Page -- Where Better Tax Law and Smarter Tax Debate Begin". www.taxanalysts.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  4. ^ "Tax, Society & Culture". taxpol.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  5. ^ "Tax Law - LexisNexis® Legal Newsroom". www.lexisnexis.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  6. ^ "Allison Christians (@profchristians) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  7. ^ "Dropping the bomb". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  8. ^ FATCAForum (2012-12-24). "FATCA Forum - Part 5 of 9 - Allison Christians on FATCA and International Tax Law". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  9. ^ The Isaac Brock Society (2014-05-14). "Standing Committee on Finance Meeting 34 re FATCA - May 13, 2014". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  10. ^ "FATCA - Archive". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  11. ^ "Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) monitor". PwC. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  12. ^ Christians, Allison (2014-07-04). "Tax, Society & Culture: IRS claims statutory authority for FATCA agreements where no such authority exists". Tax, Society & Culture. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  13. ^ "Q & A: How will the new U.S. tax law affect Canadians?". CTVNews. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  14. ^ Curry, Bill (8 October 2020). "Singh calls for Second World War-style excess profits tax to pay for pandemic spending". The Globe and Mail Inc.

May 17, 2024
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Allison Christians is a tax law scholar and the H Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law 1 at the McGill University Faculty of Law Faculte de Droit in Montreal Quebec Canada Her research and teaching focus on Canadian and U S domestic and international tax law and policy issues with an emphasis on the relationship between taxation and economic development and on the role of government and non government institutions and actors in the creation of tax policy norms Her work includes frequent analysis of both domestic and international tax policies relating to laws such as the 2010 US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act the 2012 Protecting Canada s Immigration System Act aka Bill C 31 and the policies put forth by organizations like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Many of her articles are available on SSRN 2 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Commentator and analyst 1 2 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act 1 3 Supporter of windfall profits tax 2 Awards 3 See also 4 ReferencesCareer editChristians received her LL M degree in Taxation from the NYU School of Law and her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School The foundation of Christians legal career was set by her work as a tax lawyer at Wachtell Lipton Rosen amp Katz in New York where she focused on the taxation of domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions spin offs restructurings and associated issues and transactions involving private and public companies She also worked at Debevoise amp Plimpton in New York where she focused mainly on private equity funds Christians taught at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Northwestern University School of Law before joining the Faculty of Law at McGill University in 2012 and has held visiting positions at Leiden University Thammasat University and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Commentator and analyst edit Christians is the author of The Big Picture a column for Tax Analysts 3 Tax Notes International serves as editor of the Tax section of Jotwell and regularly comments on developments in international tax law and policy on the Tax Society amp Culture blog 4 on the Lexis Nexis Tax Law Community blog 5 and on Twitter profchristians 6 She is also an active member of the International Fiscal Association and has been involved in projects with the International Bar Association Human Rights Initiative Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act edit Christians has been a vocal opponent to the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act FATCA speaking out against it in multiple academic and news articles 7 conferences 8 and at the Canadian Parliament s Standing Committee on Finance 9 The United States Congress enacted FATCA to curb tax avoidance by US persons by requiring that any bank around the world that holds an account of a US person report the financial information relating to that bank account to the Internal Revenue Service among other things One of her biggest criticisms is that she believes the U S Treasury lacks the power to make intergovernmental agreements IGAs 10 that are crucial to the functioning of FATCA The IGAs now signed with over 150 countries 11 state that the foreign country will mandate that its banks comply with FATCA Instead she argues the power to make such agreements what she calls treaties only lies within the US Congress 12 Additionally she argues that FATCA traps many individuals who were not aware that they are U S citizens in the first place or those who are simply not aware that they are subject to the United States citizenship based taxation regime thanks in large part to birthright citizenship 13 The United States citizenship based tax system is one of only two in the world It requires that U S citizens and permanent residents to file tax returns with the IRS every year regardless of their physical location of residence The other country that does this is Eritrea but it has been widely criticized in the United Nations by many countries including the United States Supporter of windfall profits tax edit In October 2020 Christians commented favourably on Jagmeet Singh s proposal to tax windfall profits of Canadian corporations in light of the astronomical deficits created by the Canadian response to the COVID 19 pandemic In an article designed to create sympathy for new Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland she said It s not a punishment of corporate success Rather it s an acknowledgement that the brokenness of the market has created a windfall for them And if the government takes some of that especially now to pay for things that we now really are struggling to pay for for example health care then that s good over all for the economy 14 Awards editChristians was given the teacher of the year in 2009 by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association and in May 2014 she was awarded the John Durnford Prize in Teaching Excellence by the Law Student Association of McGill University See also editFATCA agreement between Canada and the United StatesReferences edit H Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law Stikeman Chair in Tax Law McGill University www mcgill ca Retrieved 2015 10 16 SSRN Author Page for Allison Christians SSRN papers ssrn com Retrieved 2015 10 17 Tax Analysts Home Page Where Better Tax Law and Smarter Tax Debate Begin www taxanalysts com Retrieved 2015 10 16 Tax Society amp Culture taxpol blogspot ca Retrieved 2015 10 16 Tax Law LexisNexis Legal Newsroom www lexisnexis com Retrieved 2015 10 16 Allison Christians profchristians Twitter twitter com Retrieved 2015 10 16 Dropping the bomb The Economist ISSN 0013 0613 Retrieved 2015 10 17 FATCAForum 2012 12 24 FATCA Forum Part 5 of 9 Allison Christians on FATCA and International Tax Law YouTube Retrieved 2015 10 17 The Isaac Brock Society 2014 05 14 Standing Committee on Finance Meeting 34 re FATCA May 13 2014 YouTube Retrieved 2015 10 17 FATCA Archive www treasury gov Retrieved 2015 10 17 Intergovernmental agreement IGA monitor PwC Retrieved 2015 10 17 Christians Allison 2014 07 04 Tax Society amp Culture IRS claims statutory authority for FATCA agreements where no such authority exists Tax Society amp Culture Retrieved 2015 10 17 Q amp A How will the new U S tax law affect Canadians CTVNews 14 January 2014 Retrieved 2015 10 17 Curry Bill 8 October 2020 Singh calls for Second World War style excess profits tax to pay for pandemic spending The Globe and Mail Inc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allison Christians amp oldid 1145483835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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