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Senate Holds Hearing Today on Business Tax Reform

Paul Caron

The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on C, K, or S: Exploring the Alphabet Soup of Small Business Choices in Advance of Tax Reform.  Here are the witnesses scheduled to testify:

  • Douglas A. Shackelford (Meade H. Willis Distinguished Professor of Taxation and Accounting, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School)
  • Eric J. Toder (Senior Fellow, Urban Institute)
  • Samuel P. Starr (Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown)
  • Dewey W. Martin (Professor and Chair of the Accounting Department, Husson College)

The hearing takes place today at 10:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

In connection with the hearing, the Joint Committee on Taxation has released Tax Reform: Selected Federal Tax Issues Relating to Small Business and Choice of Entity (JCX-48-08).  As noted yesterday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released Well-Designed, Fiscally Responsible Corporate Tax Reform Could Benefit the Economy.

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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