Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Tax Prof Joseph Bankman (Stanford) is scheduled to testify at today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on Bridging the Tax Gap. Other witnesses are:

• Raymond Wagner, Jr., Member, IRS Oversight Board, U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Mike Brostek, Director of Strategic Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office
• Pamela Gardiner, Acting Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
• Dale Brown, a taxpayer who engaged in an offshore tax shelter
• Mark Everson, IRS Commissioner
• Robert Morgenthau, New York District Attorney
• Debbie Langsea, Manager of California Franchise Tax Board
• Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate
• Nick Godici, Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Department of Commerce

For pre-hearing coverage, see today’s Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.