Manoj
Viswanathan
Harry and Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Professor of Law, and Co-Director, UC Hastings Center on Tax Law
- Office 314-200
- Email Address viswanathanm@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (415) 565-4694
Biography
Professor Manoj Viswanathan teaches doctrinal tax courses, tax-focused clinical courses, and courses in contract law. His research focuses on tax policy, inequality, and tax-exempt organizations.
Prior to UC Hastings, Viswanathan was a clinical teaching fellow and lecturer at Yale Law School, where he co-taught the Community and Economic Development clinic, and worked as a tax associate with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP’s New York City office.
He received his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law, and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Expertise
Education
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New York University School of Law
LL.M., Law
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New York University School of Law
J.D., Law
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M., Chemical Engineering
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B., Chemical Engineering
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B., Physics
Accomplishments
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Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence 2020
Award honors outstanding professors at California’s top law schools.
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Geoffrey Hazard Junior Faculty Research Award 2019
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Judge Rose L. & Herbert Rubin Law Prize 2007
Awarded for most outstanding note for the NYU Law Review in international, commercial, or public law.
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1st place, Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation Writing Competition 2007
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1st place, Tannenwald Competition for Excellence in Tax Scholarship 2006
Selected Scholarship
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Implementing a (Modern) Progressive Consumption Tax (Forthcoming) 2022
Virginia Tax Review
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Retheorizing Progressive Taxation (Forthcoming) 2022
Tax Law Review
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Corporate Behavior and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
U. Chi. L. Rev. Online (2020)
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Lower-Income Tax Planning 2020
2020 U. Ill. L. Rev. 195
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The Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion: How Startup Shareholders Get $10 Million (or more) Tax-Free 2020
120 Colum. L. Rev. F.
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Hyperlocal Responses to the SALT Deduction Limitation 2019
71 Stan. L. Rev. Online 294
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The Games They Will Play: Tax Games, Roadblocks, and Glitches under the 2017 Tax Legislation 2019
Minnesota Law Review
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Caveat IRS: Problems with Abandoning the Full Deduction Rule, 2018
Special Report, Tax Notes
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From Business Tax Theory to Practice 2017
Clinical Law Review
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Tax Compliance in a Decentralizing Economy 2017
Georgia State Law Review
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The Hidden Costs of Cliff Effects in the Internal Revenue Code 2016
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
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Form 1023-EZ and the Streamlined Process for the Federal Income Tax Exemption: Is the IRS Slashing Red Tape or Opening Pandora's Box? 2014
University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online
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Sunset Provisions In The Tax Code: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptions For The Future 2007
New York University Law Review
