The House Ways & Means Committee holds a public hearing today on Tax Reform:
In anticipation of recommendations from the Treasury Secretary on tax reform, this hearing will be the first of several to inform Congress on the need for and benefits of reforming the current tax code. The focus of the hearing will be on attaining a broad overview of the principle economic objectives of tax reform with a focus on fairness, simplicity, and impacts on growth. In particular, the hearing will explore:
- Ways to make compliance and understanding of the tax code simpler for American workers and businesses
- Economic distortions and incentives imposed by the tax code
- Various measures of tax burdens
Scheduled witnesses include:
- Alan J. Auerbach (Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, University of California at Berkeley)
- William Beach (John M. Olin Fellow and Director of Center for Data Analysis, Heritage Foundation)
- Leonard Burman (Co-Director of Tax Policy Center and Senior Fellow, Urban Institute)
- R. Glenn Hubbard (Dean, Columbia Graduate School of Business)
- Joel B. Slemrod (Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan Business School)
The hearing will be held at 10:00 am in 100 Longworth House Office Building. To watch the hearing live via webcast, see here. To submit written comments, see here.
