Hank Adler

Associate Professor, Clinical Faculty; Burra Executive Professor of Accounting

The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics

Expertise: Accounting; Individual and Corporate Taxes; Board of Director

Office Location: Beckman Hall 303H

Education:: University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Science
University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Business Admin.

Biography

Associate Professor of Accounting, Mr. Adler was in public accounting for thirty-four years, the last twenty as a tax partner at Deloitte & Touche. He joined the faculty of Chapman University in 2003. Mr. Adler has served on several corporate and community boards of directors. His research has been published by The Wall Street Journal, Tax Notes, Prentice Hall and Tax Magazine. His interests include theories of taxation and board governance.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Expiring Tax Provisions Could Cost Thirty Million Americans Taxpayers New Accounting Fees - Townhall.com; The Supreme Court Will Finally Decide What Income Means - Mandatory Repatriation Act - Wall Street Journal; The Ninth Circuit Upholds A Wealth Tax - Wall Street Journal; Charles G. Moore ET AL v United States - amicus curiae brief with Pacific Research Institute; Ninth Circuit Panel Opens Doors For progressive Tax Wish List; Deducting The Cost of My School's New Quarterback; California's Sports betting battle; What's Behind California's 'Business Exodus' California Insider; California Universal Single Payer–Another California Nightmare Epoch Times; Federal Government Wins Big From Twitter Sale Epoch Times; Federal Government Wins Big From Twitter Sale Epoch Times; DEBT4GIVN: The Folly of Student Debt Forgiveness Epoch Times; Biden's Billionaire Tax Is Neither Constitutional Nor Defendable Epoch Times; The Mandatory Repatriation Tax Is Unconstitutional; Caring More About the Punishing the Rich Than Either the Economy or the Constitution; Biden's New Death Tax; Washington State Might Tax 4 People Billions of Dollars. What If They Leave?; California’s Heavy Tax Increase On The Wealthy; Financial Impact On Residents | Hank Adler; Biden’s Amazing Income and Estate Tax Rates; Let's Just Take Their Money: a Tax Policy; Biden Individual Tax Proposals: The Largest Tax Increase Ever for the Self-Employed; Forgiving Student Debt = Maximum Unfairness; Senator warren's Proposed Confiscation of Bezos's Wealth; After the Coronavirus: States Will Remain Unable to Print Money; Should Cities and States Be Allowed (Required) To Go Bankrupt?; The National Wealth Tax: Unconstitutional and Unworkable - Part 1 Tax Notes; The National Wealth Tax: Unconstitutional and Unworkable - Part 2 Tax Notes; Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Is a Very Bad Idea, Townhall.com; Wealth Tax proposals - Not Ready For Prime Time; The Warren Wealth Tax Calculator Tells a Sad Story; California's Proposed Fraudulent Gift to the Ultra-Wealthy; The Worst Statutory Precedent in Over 100 Years Tax Notes 9/3/2018; TCJA Provisions Present Constitutional Questions Tax Notes 1/15/2018; Reform tax and protect charitable contributions; Reform tax and protect charitable contributions - Financial Times; Tax Notes, Volumes 155 & 156, numbers 155 & 156, September 18 & 25, 2017; Managing A Nation - Trump 2.0; Rep. Davis, Houston and Tax Reform; Democratic Healthcare Plan: First, We Fire Millions of Americans; Crushing Future Hurricane Victims, Crushing Housing, Crushing Charity - This Is Tax Reform; What Is In Tax Reform For Me / Thee; Dancing with the One That Brung You - Tax Reform; Democratic Tax Nonsense; Democratic and Media Nonsense Over Trump's Tax Bill; And Where To Tomorrow Mr. Trump; How Much Do Mitt and John Love Their Country?; Trump, The Art of The Deal, No Taxes for Trump; Clinton Foundation - Protecting On-Going Charitable Activities; Truth of University Hosing Segregation Leaks Out; Clinton Foundation - Protecting On-Going Charitable Activities?; Trump, The Art of the Deal, No Taxes For Trump; And Where To Tomorrow Mr. Trump?; Tax Reform - More Than Manufacturing; Without A Touch of Compassion; 2005 Trump Tax Returns: $50 Million in Taxes Apparently Not Enough; With Deferral of Obamacare Fix, It's Time to Focus on Simplifying Tax Code; Progressives Should Love and, in fact, Embrace the 15% Corporate Rate; Trump Tax Reform: Good, Bad and Unknown; Learned & Lawless Leaders of the University of California System; UC Santa Cruz: Little Boy Meets the Bully, Little Boy Caves; California's Proposed Single Payer Health System: Unlimited Demand Does Not Result In Unlimited Supply; The Fourth Way; Blaming Who On State Subsidies; Minimum Wage - Except for Union Members; Without Senate Approval There Are No Treaties; Civics - A Great Step In Arizona; Cynical Not To Have A Plan; Immigration and the Laws of Politics; Middle Class: Collateral Damage From Obama Tax Proposal; GOP - A Bold Response to the Supreme Court; Transparent / Opaque / Immigration; Tax Refund Seizure; Federal Income Tax Reporting - A Political Non-Issue?; Shovel Ready & The Constitution; Stockton's Bankruptcy - A Long Term Home Run; Planning Only Golf Trips, Vacations & Campaign Speeches; Kill the Obamacare Cadillac Tax Now; Withdrawal from Occupied Obamacare (THIS IS A TPYO, Not; The Unconstitutional Perfecta; Breaking the Constitution – National Popular Vote Interstate Compact; Democratic Leadership - A Gerontocracy; The Debt Limit and the White House; Exploiting the Presidential Veto; You Don't Have To Be Smart To Own A Smartphone; Bernardine Dohrn's Nomination For The First Circuit Court of Appeals; A Teachable Moment; Obamacare - FairTax - A Primer for Governor Huckabee; An Opportunity For Congressman Issa; Trust, But Verify; The Unconstitutional Perfecta; Tax Refund Siezure; Would I.C.E. Free Scott Peterson?; The Debt Limit and the White House; Dave Camp's Tax Reform - Things To Love/Things To Hate; Breaking the Constitution – National Popular Vote Interstate Compact; Water Torture For Democrats – Obamacare 2014; Hobby Lobby - When is $26 Million Really $43 Million?; Unionizing College Athletics Will Hurt Everyone; How Not To Respond To A Crisis - Obamacare; Carved in Stone—But Not Read or Studied; How Many Will Be Uninsured On January 1st?; Obamacare and New Coke; First A Mulligan on Syria, Why Not A Mulligan on Obamacare?; FrumForum.com - Published regularly on finance and taxes for this well read conservative website. (Dr. Kraft and i agreed that a listing of the various articles was not necessary. I am a regular contributor and generally respond to their requests for pieces on current events. (Over 1 million monthly readers); From Three to Five, Amazon ISBN 0615482236; Townhall.com - Published two pieces on finance and taxes for this well read conservative website; The FairTax Fantasy, An Honest Look at a Very, Very Bad Idea, Townhall Press, ISBN 978-1-60791-304-7 Co-authored with Chapman law professor Hugh Hewitt; Ethical Beginnings, Preferences, Rules, And Principles Influencing Decision Making, ISBN: 978-0-595-51781-7, by Waymund Rogers, University of California at Riverside, iUniverse, January, 2009; Townhall.com - Published six pieces on finance and taxes for this well read conservative website

Hank Adler

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