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Professor Jason Oh specializes in tax policy and public finance. He has written extensively about how politics and institutions shape tax and budgetary policy and has testified in front of the House Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. Congress on issues related to tax policy and inequality. He is also a frequent commentator on tax and public finance issues, appearing on NBC Nightly News, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNN, and NPR. Professor Oh's research explores fiscal instruments designed to respond to international tax evasion, specifically adapting to types of assets and closely-held businesses. His articles have been published in esteemed journals such as NYU Law Review, Penn Law Review, Iowa Law Review, and Tax Law Review. He teaches courses on Federal Income Taxation and Taxation of Business Enterprises and serves as the faculty coordinator for the UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy & Public Finance. Before joining UCLA, he was an Acting Assistant Professor of Tax Law at NYU Law School and worked as a tax attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, focusing on the tax implications of complex mergers and acquisitions. In 2021, Professor Oh was appointed the inaugural Lowell Milken Chair in Law.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Teaches Federal Income Taxation and Taxation of Business Enterprises.
New York University School of Law • New York, NY
Taught tax law and contributed to research in the field.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.