Stephen W. Mazza
Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor
of Law Subjects: Federal Income Taxation, Federal Tax Procedure, Tax Policy
Phone: 785-864-9266 E-mail: smazza@ku.edu
Profile
Stephen Mazza joined the KU Law faculty in 1998. An honors graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, he received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law where he was managing editor of the Tax Law Review. After practicing in the tax section of a large Atlanta law firm, he returned to NYU as an acting assistant professor teaching in the LL.M. tax program. Professor Mazza has expanded the number of tax offerings at KU, teaching separate courses in Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Procedure and Tax Policy. He also coordinates the law schools tax certificate program and VITA program. Professor Mazza is an active member of the tax section of the Kansas Bar Association and a frequent speaker on tax issues.
Representative Publications
"Not Just Whistling in the Dark: Recent Guidance on Whistleblower Awards," 28 ABA Section of Taxation Newsquarterly 10 (Winter 2009); Tax Controversies: Practice and Procedure (Lexis Publishing, 3rd edition, 2009) (with Leandra Lederman); "Is a Server Crash Reasonable Cause for Late Filing?" 26 ABA Section of Taxation Newsquarterly 12 (Summer 2007) (with Leandra Lederman); "Constitutional Limitations on the Legislative Power to Tax in the United States," 15 Mich. St. Int. L.J. 481 (2007) (with Tracy Kaye); Tax Controversies: Practice and Procedure, Teacher's Manual and Selected Statutory, Regulatory and Administrative Materials (Lexis Publishing 2006) (with Leandra Lederman). To view the Tax Controversies Casebook home page, which includes updated material, click on Taxtexts.com
Presentations
"Measuring Rates of Return for Lobbying," Critical Tax Conference, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington (2009); "The Role of Tax Practitioners in Tax Compliance," Critical Tax Conference, Mercer University (2006)
Research Interests
Federal tax procedure, tax compliance.
Education
LL.M., New York University, 1993, Graduate Editor, New York University Tax Law Review; J.D., Alabama, 1992, Editor, University of Alabama Law Review; B.S., Samford University, 1989.
Admitted
Georgia 1993
Career History
Tax Associate, Kilpatrick & Stockton, Atlanta 1993-95; Acting Assistant Professor, New York University 1995-97; Managing Editor, New York University Tax Law Review; Visiting Assistant Professor, Mercer 1997-98; Associate Professor, Kansas 1998-2004; Professor since 2004.
Member
Order of the Coif.
