PUBLISHED ARTICLES

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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

"Religious Organizations and Tax Law," Wendell R. Bird, Federal and State Taxation of Exempt Organizations Chapter 4, 1994 (Warren Gorham & Lamont Publishers).

"Tax Act of 2006 and Charities," Charitable Giving and Solicitation 719, May 2007.

"Tax Relief Act of 2006 and Senate Finance Committee Staff Proposals: Brave New World for Charities and Foundations,"  17 Taxation of Exempts 201, Mar.-Apr. 2006

"Guidance on 'Election Year Issues' for Exempt Organizations," Wendell R. Bird, 15 Taxation of Exempts 269, May - June 2004.

"Charitable Gift Planning after 'Repeal' of the Federal Estate Tax," Wendell R. Bird, 14 Taxation of Exempts 114, Nov.-Dec. 2002.

"Donor Advised Funds and Community Foundations," Wendell Bird, 13 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 68, Sept.-Oct. 2001.

"Political Activities and Exempt Organizations," Wendell R. Bird, 12 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 243, Mar. 2000.

"Foundation for New Era Philanthropy Scandal," Wendell R. Bird, 8 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 69, 1996.

"Exempt Organization Rules on Political Activities," Wendell R. Bird, 7 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 195, 1995-1996.

"Exempt Organizations Face Sales and Use Taxes," Wendell R. Bird, 6 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 16, 1994.*

"Current Developments in the State and Local Taxation of Exempt Organizations," Wendell R. Bird, 4 Journal of Tax Exempt Organizations 20, 1992.*

"Exempt Religious Organizations Have Strict Limits," Wendell R. Bird & Thomas O. Kotouc, 48 Taxation for Accountants 207, 1991.

"Exempt Organizations and Publishing," Wendell R. Bird, 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3024, 1989.

"Unrelated Debt-Financed Income," Wendell R. Bird & Russell P. Reach, 8 CCH's Federal Tax Service J: Chapter 6, 1988.

"Exempt Organizations and Discrimination," Wendell R. Bird, Tax-Exempt Organizations 3295, 1986.

CORPORATE LAW

"The Employee/Independent Contractor Test," Wendell R. Bird, Journal of Asset Protection 39, March 1998.

"Sales Tax Relief Not Automatic," Wendell R. Bird, 2 Journal of Multistate Taxation 203, 1992.*

"Taxable Subsidiaries," Wendell R. Bird, 4 Practical Tax Lawyer 53, 1990.

ESTATE PLANNING AND CHARITABLE GIVING

"Congress Offers No Relief but Much Red Tape for Charities and Foundations,"  17 Taxation of Exempts 201, Mar.-Apr. 2006

"The Charitable Techniques Most Charities Overlook," 16 Taxation of Exempts, 260, May - June 2005, reprinted in "Charitable Giving Techniques," Charitable Giving 599 (par. 507), Aug. 2005.

"Charitable Giving Techniques and Other Estate Techniques," Wendell R. Bird, 5 Journal of Practical Estate Planning (CCH) 9, Oct. - Nov. 2003.

"Charitable Gift Planning after 'Repeal' of the Federal Estate Tax," Wendell R. Bird, 14 Taxation of Exempts 114, Nov.-Dec. 2002.

"Family Limited Partnerships of Marketable Securities," Wendell R. Bird, 27 Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal 131, May 2002.  

"Qualified Personal Residence Trusts," Wendell R. Bird, 25 Estate Planners' Alert 3, Nov. 2000.

"Charitable Gift Annuities," Wendell R. Bird, Charitable Giving 713, 1998.

"Estate Tax Savings for Retirement Plan and IRA Assets," Wendell R. Bird & David O. Treadwell, Jr., 1 National Lawyers Association Review 5, 1997.

"Advanced Estate Planning," Wendell R. Bird, 1994.

"Methods of Estate and Gift Tax Savings," Wendell R. Bird, 57 Taxes 247, 1979.

"Estate and Gift Tax Savings for Medium-Sized Estates," Wendell R. Bird, Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reports (CCH) 10,802 (1979).

LITIGATION

"Freedom of Religion," Wendell R. Bird, 87 Yale Law Journal 515, 1978.

"Freedom from Establishment," Wendell R. Bird, 1979 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 125, 1979.

"Constitutional Law: Church and State Law," Wendell R. Bird, Emory University School of Law Course Materials, 1984.

*For marked articles, was primary author with a co-author.

For each publication, the text is as of the date indicated. ©2007 Wendell R. Bird. All rights reserved. A single copy may be downloaded for personal use only, and may not be electronically copied, photographically duplicated, or otherwise reproduced, without express written permission.



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