Manoj
Viswanathan
Associate Professor of Law
- Office 314-200
- Email Address viswanathanm@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (415) 565-4694
Biography
Prof. Viswanathan teaches doctrinal tax courses and co-teaches the UC Hastings Business Tax Practicum for Social Enterprises. His research focuses on tax policy, economic development, and the regulation of tax-exempt organizations.
Prior to his arrival at 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 LLM and J.D. 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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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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Sunset provisions in the tax code: A critical evaluation and prescriptions for the future 01/2007
New York University 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? 09/2014
University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online
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The Hidden Costs of Cliff Effects in the Internal Revenue Code 05/2016
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
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From Business Tax Theory to Practice 07/2017
Clinical Law Review
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How SALT Deduction Repeal Promotes State Capture of Federal Charitable Contributions 11/2017
The Surly Subgroup
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Tax Compliance in a Decentralizing Economy 04/2018
Georgia State law Review
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State Responses to Federal Tax Reform: State Charitable Tax Credits 04/2018
Tax Notes
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State Responses to Federal Tax Reform: State Charitable Tax Credits 05/2018
Special Report, Tax Notes
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Tax Compliance and the Sharing Economy (book chapter) 12/2018
Cambridge University Press
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The Games They Will Play: Tax Games, Roadblocks, and Glitches under the 2017 Tax Legislation 12/2018
Minnesota Law Review
