The Akron Tax Journal is ranked 4th among all publications in taxation as ranked by the Washington and Lee ranking of top law reviews. The Tax Journal presents in-depth articles on contemporary taxation issues with a primary focus on aiding practitioners in this complex field, and is published annually in the spring. The Tax Journal corresponds with the law school's offering of a joint degree program for a J.D./Masters of Taxation.

Past articles have included works on: subpart F, the slow death of the SESOP, the finality of tax court judgments, tax shelter opinion letters, the reach of the federal tax lien statute on interests in a tenancy by the entirety, educational opportunities in the tax code, religiously-based Social Security exemptions, external costs of sales in property valuations, specified liability loss (SLL) for a consolidated corporate taxpayer, the deductability of legal fees by a corporation, and the timing of taxes under FICA and FUTA.