The National Tax Association concludes its two-day 36th Spring Symposium today on Big Ideas — The Morning After. Here are today’s scheduled panels, speakers, and topics:
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: A Multi-Disciplinary Discussion of the Domestic Manufacturing Deduction
- Moderator: James Mackie (Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department)
- Papers:
- John McClelland (Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department) − Five Things an Economist Thinks are Important in Analyzing the Domestic Manufacturing Deduction
- Lillian F. Mills (Arizona) − Five Things an Accountant Thinks are Important in Analyzing the Domestic Manufacturing Deduction
- Clarissa Potter (Office of the Chief Counsel, IRS) − Five Things an Attorney Thinks are Important in Analyzing the Domestic Manufacturing Deduction
- George Plesko (Connecticut) − Interdisciplinary Issues in Tax
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Collective Impacts of Piecemeal Tax Policies − The Devil’s in the Details
- Organizer/Moderator: Nicholas Bull (Joint Committee on Taxation)
- Papers:
- Paul Burnham & Larry Ozanne (both of the Congressional Budget Office) − Distortions from Piecemeal Tax Reform Revealed Through Effective Tax Rates
- Jane Gravelle (Congressional Research Service) & Jennifer Gravelle (Government Accountability Office) − Horizontal Equity and Family Tax Treatment: The Orphan Child of Tax Policy
- Michael Cooper & Mathew Knittel (both of the Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department) − Partial Refundability: How are Corporate Tax Losses Used?
- Discussants:
- Eric Toder (The Urban Institute)
- Paul Menchik (Michigan State)
- Drew Lyon (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
The conference is being held at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, S.W. (L΄Enfant Plaza Metro), Washington, D.C. 20024
