Professor Itai Grinberg’s research interests center on cross-border taxation, taxation and development, and U.S. tax policy. Professor Grinberg joined the faculty from the Office of International Tax Counsel at the Department of the Treasury. At Treasury, he represented the United States on tax matters in multilateral settings, negotiated tax treaties with foreign sovereigns, had responsibility for a wide-ranging group of cross-border tax regulations, and was involved in international tax legislative developments. Prior to joining Treasury, he practiced tax law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he focused on a wide range of international tax controversy and planning matters. In 2005, Professor Grinberg served as Counsel to the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, where he advised a bipartisan presidential commission that made sweeping proposals to restructure the U.S. tax code.
Professor Grinberg earned his B.A. from Amherst College and his J.D. from Yale Law School. Prior to law school, he worked as a development consultant in Central America and helped establish a consulting firm focused on creating greater prosperity in developing countries through good business strategy. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LAW REVIEWS AND OTHER SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
Itai Grinberg, Design of Scope Limitations for OECD Pillar 1 Work, 98 Tax Notes Int’l 1221-1234 (2020).
Itai Grinberg, International Taxation in an Era of Digital Disruption: Analyzing the Current Debate, Taxes, Mar. 2019, at 85-118. [Gtown Law] [SSRN]
Itai Grinberg, Stabilizing “Pillar One”: Corporate Profit Reallocation in an Uncertain Environment, 23 Fla. Tax Rev. 130-192 (2019). [Gtown Law] [HEIN] [W] [L] [SSRN]
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APRIL 16, 2022
“A RUSSIAN DEFAULT IS LOOMING. A BITTER FIGHT IS LIKELY TO FOLLOW,” coverage in The New York Times, April 16, 2022, featuring Professor Anna Gelpern.
AUGUST 9, 2021
“THE RISKS OF CHINA’S AFRICAN LENDING,” coverage by Financial Times, August 9, 2021, featuring Professor Anna Gelpern.
MARCH 31, 2021
“DATABASE REVEALS SECRETS OF CHINA’S LOANS TO DEVELOPING NATIONS, SAYS STUDY,” coverage by Reuters, March 31, 2021, featuring Professor Anna Gelpern.
MARCH 31, 2021
“CHINA’S SECRET LOAN CONTRACTS REVEAL ITS HOLD OVER LOW-INCOME NATIONS,” coverage by Financial Times, March 31, 2021, featuring Professor Anna Gelpern.
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
“TREASURY ADDS 4 OFFICIALS TO TAX POLICY TEAM,” coverage by Law360, February 3, 2021, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
“U.S. TREASURY NAMES SENIOR TAX OFFICIALS IN ENFORCEMENT PUSH,” coverage by Reuters, February 3, 2021, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
“TREASURY ADDS 4 OFFICIALS TO TAX POLICY TEAM,” coverage by Law360, February 3, 2021, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
“GEORGETOWN PROFESSOR WILL RETURN TO TREASURY IN OECD ROLE,” coverage by Bloomberg Tax, Feberuary 2, 2021, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
“CREBO-REDIKER, LAGO EYED FOR U.S. TREASURY INTERNATIONAL ROLE,’ coverage by Bloomberg, February 2, 2021, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
“ITAI GRINBERG TO JOIN YELLEN’S TREASURY TEAM,” coverage by Bloomberg Tax, February 1, 2021, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
AUGUST 12, 2020
“NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T: DECIPHERING THE DUBIOUS PAYROLL TAX DEFERRAL,” coverage by Nonprofit Quarterly, August 12, 2020, quoting Professor of Law Itai Grinberg.
AUGUST 10, 2020
“TO WITHHOLD OR NOT: TRUMP’S ORDER GIVES EMPLOYERS A NEW DILEMMA,” coverage by the New York Times, August 10, 2020, quoting Professor of Law Itai Grinberg.
MARCH 1, 2020
“AMERICA’S FURY OVER DIGITAL TAXES,” coverage by The Sunday Times (London), March 1, 2020, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
“DIGITAL TAX FIGHT EMERGES AS GLOBAL ECONOMIC THREAT,” coverage by The New York Times, February 22, 2020, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
JANUARY 31, 2020
“U.S. PLAN FOR OPT-IN TECH TAX MEETS OPPOSITION”, coverage by the Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2020, quoting Professor of Law Itai Grinberg.
JANUARY 17, 2020
“THE LOOMING TAX WAR“, coverage in Foreign Affairs, January 17. 2020, by Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
“TRUMP’S TAX TRUCE WITH FRANCE EXPIRES, BUT THE PATH AHEAD REMAINS UNCLEAR“, coverage in The New York Times, November 26, 2019 quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
MAY 8, 2019
Professor Itai Grinberg will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 TAX SYMPOSIUM: TAX PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE by McDermott Will & Emery, May 8, 2019.
APRIL 29, 2019
“DEFINING MARKETING, TRADEMARK IP COULD SINK OECD TAX PLAN,” coverage by Law360, April 29, 2019, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg, and referencing his 2019 PAPER.
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
“LEAVING ARM’S-LENGTH MEANS DEFINING HARD CONCEPTS, PANEL SAYS,” coverage by Law360, February 15, 2019, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
OCTOBER 31, 2018
“US ATTACKS UK PLAN FOR DIGITAL SERVICES TAX ON TECH GIANTS,” coverage by BBC News, October 31, 2018, quoting Professors Lilian Faulhaber and Itai Grinberg.
OCTOBER 12, 2018
“EUROPE’S DIGITAL TAX PLAN ‘TOTALLY UNJUSTIFIABLE’,” an interview wtith Professor Itai Grinberg appearing in Luxembourg Times, October 12, 2018.
JUNE 26, 2018
“COMPANIES HOPE TO BEAT A NEW TAX CALLED THE BEAT,” coverage by The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2018, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
MAY 23, 2018
“I.R.S. WARNS STATES NOT TO CIRCUMVENT STATE AND LOCAL TAX CAP,” coverage by the New York Times, May 23, 2018, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
APRIL 16, 2018
“DESWEGEN LEHNT DIE DEUTSCHE WIRTSCHAFT DIE INTERNETSTEUER AB,” by the Frankfurter Allgemeine, April 16, 2018, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
JANUARY 29, 2018
“FAILING BEAT’S SERVICES COST METHOD EXCEPTION COULD COST BIG,” coverage by Tax Notes International Magazine, January 29, 2018, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
JANUARY 11, 2018
“APPLE COULD GET A $4 BILLION BREAK BECAUSE OF A TAX-LAW QUIRK,” coverage by Fortune, January 11, 2018, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
JANUARY 5, 2018
“TAXES AS CHARITY? NEW JERSEY TOWNS TRY TO ELUDE G.O.P. TAX LAW,” coverage by the New York Times, January 5, 2018, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
DECEMBER 7, 2017
“OUTCOME CLOUDY ON INT’L INTEREST DEDUCTIONS IN TAX BILL,” coverage in Law 360, December 7, 2017, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
“PANELISTS SEE INT’L TAX LANDSCAPE SHIFTING TOWARD CHAOS,” coverage in Law 360, November 20, 2017, quoting Associate Professor Lilian Faulhaber and Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
“TAX REFORM UNPACKED AT GEORGETOWN LAW,” coverage in Court House News, November 17, 2017, quoting Professors Itai Grinberg, Charles Gustafsan, Stephen Cohen and Associate Professor Lilian Faulhaber.
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
“MULTINATIONALS FACING RADICAL TAX CHANGES,” in the Royal Gazette, November 15, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
“HOUSE MOVES AHEAD WITH TAX BILL AS PUSHBACK MOUNTS”, coverage in The New York Times, November 7, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
“PUSHBACK BUILDS AS DEBATE CONTINUES ON GOP TAX PLAN,” coverage in The Seattle Times, November 7, 2017, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
“HOUSE GOP PLOTS CRACKDOWN ON CORPORATE TAX”, coverage in Politico, November 11, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
OCTOBER 26, 2017
“EU TO INVESTIGATE UK TAX LAW ON CONTROLLED FOREIGN COS.,” coverage by Law 360, October 26, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg and Associate Professor Lilian Faulhaber.
OCTOBER 16, 2017
“NEWS ANALYSIS: TAXING INBOUND SALES,” by Tax Notes, October 16, 2017, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
OCTOBER 13, 2017
“U.S. AND EUROPE MAY COLLIDE ON TAXING APPLE AND AMAZON,” by the New York Times, October 13, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
OCTOBER 5, 2017
“US PROFESSORS ADVOCATE INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORM BEFORE SENATE FINANCE PANEL,” coverage by MNE Tax, October 5, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg at a Senate Finance Committee hearing held October 3, 2017.
JULY 12, 2017
“A RISKY MIX: CUTTING TAXES FOR THE RICH AND AID FOR THE POOR,” coverage in The New York Times, July 12, 2017 quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
MAY 25, 2017
“A PROPOSED NEW TAX, MAINLY ON LATINOS, TO PAY FOR TRUMP’S BORDER WALL,” coverage on NPR, May 25, 2017, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
MAY 22, 2017
“PROFESSOR OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO BORDER TAX’S WTO PROBLEMS,” coverage by Tax Analysts, May 22, 2017, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
MAY 2, 2017
“TRUMP OUTLINE DOES LITTLE TO ADVANCE TAX REFORM, PANELISTS SAY,” coverage by Tax Notes Today, May 2, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg, who joined a PANEL DISCUSSION of tax policy experts sponsored by Tax Analysts and Georgetown University Law Center.
APRIL 29, 2017
“WILL HIGH TAXES FORCE THE RICH TO LEAVE AMERICA?” coverage by the Amercian Conservative, April 29, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
APRIL 12, 2017
“POLICY SHIFTS HINT AT WHO HAS WHITE HOUSE SWAY,” coverage in The New York Times, April 12, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
MARCH 6, 2017
“NEWS ANALYSIS: WHAT IS A RECIPROCAL TAX?” in Tax Notes Weekly, March 6, 2017, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
“WASHINGTON WILL NOT LET BRUSSELS HAVE THE LAST WORD ON APPLE”, coverage in The Financial Times, September 1, 2016, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
AUGUST 31, 2016
“U.S. TAX CODE MAY ALLOW DRAMATIC RETALIATION IN EU APPLE CASE,” reported in Fortune, August 31, 2016, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
“BRADY: INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORM = MORE U.S. JOBS, GROWTH & OPPORTUNITY,” coverage in Texas Insider, February 29, 2016, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
“LAWMAKERS WARNED OF HARMS OF EU TAX INVESTIGATIONS, BEPS,” coverage in Law 360, February 24, 2016, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
JANUARY 15, 2016
“SENATORS ASK WHITE HOUSE TO CONSIDER RETALIATORY TAX MEASURE ON EU,” Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2016, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
“CORPORATE TAX: THE $240BN BLACK HOLE,” coverage in Financial Times, November 24, 2015, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
OCTOBER 30, 2015
“A NEW ERA OF TAX-DATA SHARING FOR THE IRS,” coverage in The Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2015, quoting Associate Professor Itai Grinberg.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
“EXPATS LEFT FRUSTRATED AS BANKS CUT SERVICES ABROAD,” coverage in The Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2014, quoting Professor Itai Grinberg.
MAY 22, 2014
“IT IS GETTING HARDER TO HIDE MONEY FROM UNCLE SAM OFFSHORE,” coverage in The Washington Post, May 22, 2014, quoting Associate Professor Itai Grinberg.
JULY 12, 2013
“TREASURY DELAYS OFFSHORE TAX-DODGE LAW BY 6 MONTHS,” coverage by Reuters, July 12, 2013, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
JUNE 4, 2013
“DAVID CAMERON TALKING TOUGH ON TAX AS G8 NEARS – BUT WHAT CAN HE DELIVER?,” coverage in The Guardian (UK), June 4, 2013, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
APRIL 1, 2013
“FATCA IS FAR FROM A DONE DEAL,” coverage in the American Banker, April 1, 2013, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
“FOREIGNERS’ ACCOUNTS IN U.S. BANKS EYED IN TAX CRACKDOWN,” coverage by Reuters, February 4, 2013, featuring Professor Itai Grinberg.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
Professor Itai Grinberg TESTIFIED before the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag regarding an agreement between Switzerland and Germany that would allow for anonymous tax withholding, September 24, 2012.