Rate My Professor Stephanie Hoffer

Stephanie Hoffer is the Lawrence A. Jegen III Chair in Tax Law at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. She holds an LL.M. in taxation from the New York University School of Law and a J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Before joining IU McKinney in 2020, Hoffer served as a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for twelve years, a visiting assistant professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, a law clerk for Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and an associate in the tax department at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Her career reflects a deep commitment to tax law scholarship and teaching.

Hoffer's research specializes in United States federal income taxation, tax administrative procedure, and opportunities for financial wellness at the intersection of tax and disability law. She has published extensively on these topics, including 'The Death of Tax Court Exceptionalism' (2014), 'Is the Chief Justice a Tax Lawyer?' (2015), 'Misrepresentation: The Restatement's Second Mistake' (2014), 'Hobgoblin of Little Minds No More: Justice Requires an IRS Duty of Consistency' (2006), and co-authorship of the treatise 'International Taxation: Corporate and Individual' (2003). Her scholarship on tax collection due process received the John Minor Wisdom Award for the best lead article in the Tulane Law Review, and her writings on tax administrative procedure have been cited by federal courts. A Fulbright Scholar in 2017-18, she conducted research on comparative taxation in Austria. Hoffer has testified before the United States Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, and state legislative committees, and presented her work domestically and internationally, including a research paper and masterclass on international taxation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where she periodically serves as a visiting professor. She teaches federal income taxation of individuals and businesses, tax policy, international tax, and contract law. Hoffer serves on the University Faculty Council and volunteers for Down Syndrome Indiana.