The National Tax Association’s 3-day 99th Annual Conference on Taxation kicks off today at the Hyatt Regency in Boston.  Today’s panels of interest to the readers of this blog include:

8:30–10:00 a.m.:  On Globalization and the Possibility of Progressive Taxation Location

• Organizer: William Gentry (Williams College)
• Moderator: George Plesko (University of Connecticut)
• Speaker: Lawrence Summers (Harvard University)
• Interlocutor: Joel Slemrod (University of Michigan)

10:15–11:45 a.m.:  Internationalizing the Public Finance Curriculum

• Organizer/Moderator: Laura Kalambokidis (University of Minnesota)
• Panelists:
  • Reuven Avi-Yonah (University of Michigan Law School)
  • Jon Bakija (Williams College)
  • Mihir Desai (Harvard University)
  • Ronald Fisher (Michigan State University)

1:45–3:15 p.m.:  Tax Policy and Financial Accounting Location

• Organizer: Connie Weaver (Texas A&M University)
• Moderator: Jeffrey Kahn (Penn State University)
• Presentations:
  • Do Corporations Pay for Income Statement Classification? The Effect of Financial Reporting on the Market for Housing Tax Credits, Leslie Robinson (Dartmouth College)
  • Is Aggressive Financial and Tax Reporting Related to the Tax Function as a Profit or Cost Center?, John R. Robinson, Stephanie Sikes (both of University of Texas at Austin) & Connie Weaver (Texas A&M University)
    • Financial Accounting and Corporate Behavior, by David I. Walker (Boston University)
    • Discussant: David P. Weber (University of Connecticut)

3:30–5:00 p.m.:  In Honor of Richard Bird Recipient of the 2006 Daniel M. Holland Medal

• Organizer: Robert Ebel (Office of The Chief Financial Officer, District of Columbia)
• Moderator: Eric Zolt (University of California at Los Angeles)
• Presentations:  Recognition of the Ongoing Contributions of Richard M. Bird
  • Roy Bahl (Georgia State University)
  • Charles McLure (Stanford University)
  • Enid Slack (University of Toronto)
  • Francois Vaillançourt (Université de Montréal)
  • Comments: Richard Bird (University of Toronto)

5:00–6:00 p.m.:  Annual Meeting of the Members of the National Tax Association – Tax Institute of America

• Presentation of the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards
• Presidential Address, Joel Slemrod

6:30–7:30 p.m.:  Reception in Honor of Richard Bird

For the full program, with the list of the speakers and their topics, see here.