TaxProf Blog
Law blog
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TaxProf Blog was a popular collaborative blog about United States tax law written by law school professors. It was active from 2004 to 2025.
| Owner | Law Professor Blogs |
|---|---|
| Founder | Paul Caron |
| Editor | Paul Caron[1] |
| URL | taxprof |
| Launched | April 2004 |
| Current status | Inactive |
History
TaxProf Blog was established in April 2004 by Paul Caron, professor of law at Pepperdine University.[2][3] According to Reuters, it was "an influential early entrant in the constellation of law professor blogs that flourished in the mid-2000s through the 2010s".[4]
In a post to TaxProfBlog on September 8, 2025, Canon announced he would shutter the site effective September 30 of that year.[5] The move coincided with the termination of the TypePad platform on which it was hosted.[5][6]
Content
TaxProf Blog was a collaborative blog written by Caron and other law school professors.[7] It reported on current events and precedential cases in U.S. tax law.[8]
Posts on TaxProf Blog were widely cited in the popular press and legal journals.[9] Its reporting was sourced by USA Today, the Washington Post, Above the Law, law.com, and other outlets.[10][11][12][13] It achieved popularity[14] in the academic community and came to be regarded as academia's leading tax blog.[15]
Reception
In 2010, the blog was named to a list of ABA Journal 's "favorite" legal blogs.[9] The blog has been described by law experts Benjamin H. Barton and Christopher M. Fairman as a "must read"[16][17] and as a "wonderful blog" by Edward McCaffery.[18]