Professor McMillan Contributes Tax Expertise on National Level

Washburn Law Professor Lori McMillan has been quoted in multiple national news stories recently, tapping into her expertise on a variety of tax issues.

In January, McMillan was quoted as an expert on tax issues in the CNN article “Kansas Tax Cuts on Trial Amid Huge Budget Deficit”. The story can be accessed at: http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/11/pf/taxes/kansas-tax-cuts/index.html

She was also featured in WalletHub’s recent study examining “2015’s States with the Best and Worst Taxpayer ROI [return on investment].” Wallethub is a web site that offers financial advice. Read the complete story at:  http://wallethub.com/edu/state-taxpayer-roi-report/3283/#lori-a-mcmillan

McMillan was quoted extensively in the Atlantic article “Kansas’s Failed Experiment.” The complete story can be found online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/kansass-failed-experiment/389874/?utm_source=btn-facebook-control

Her most recent contribution was in the Washington Post's article Kansas lawmakers want the poor to pay for tax cuts for the rich, in which "she worries that policymakers have failed to reckon with the consequences of their reforms for taxpayers and for the state's budget over the long term."

McMillan is the director of the LL.M. program and teaches courses in business and tax law. She received a Master of Laws in International Taxation from New York University School of Law, and is substantially finished with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence in taxation from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. She has extensive experience working in and with foreign legal offices and clients, involved in tax planning for inbound and outbound transactions, both from a domestic U.S. and Canadian tax perspective, as well as from an international and tax treaty stand-point.