These documents have been released in connection with today’s first meeting of the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform:
- Fact Sheet from the Panel
- Opening Statement of Chairman Connie Mack
- Opening Statement of Vice-Chairman John Breaux
- Statement of John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury
- PowerPoint Presentation of Stephen J. Entin, President and Executive Director at the Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department
- PowerPoint Presentation of William G. Gale, Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair at The Brookings Institution and the Co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
- PowerPoint Presentation of Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., and former IRS Commissioner
- PowerPoint Presentation of Louis Kaplow, Finn M.W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School
The second meeting is scheduled for March 3 at 9:30 a.m. at the Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building, The George Washington University, 805 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20052:
The meeting will be focused on understanding problems presented by the tax system, including its complexity and the impact of complexity on overall compliance.
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‘FUNDAMENTAL REFORM’? DON’T GO THERE, SAY WITNESSES
The first round of witnesses at the president’s tax reform panel said that “fundamental” tax reform just isn’t going to…
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