Tax Analysts today published Toward Tax Reform: Recommendations for President Obama's Task Force:

This book of advice for the President’s tax reform panel includes essays by 32 prominent tax experts — lawyers, economists, and academics from across the political spectrum.

• Foreword: The Volcker Task Force on Tax Reform, by Robert Goulder Closing the International Tax Gap Via Cooperation, Not Competition, by Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
• Tax Policy Should Encourage U.S. Investment and Growth, by William C. Barrett
• Repeal the Debt-Financed Rule as Applied to Exempt Investors in Funds, by Kimberly S. Blanchard
• 10 Recommendations for Business Tax Reform, by Herman B. Bouma
• Promote Dividend Repatriation, by Joseph M. Calianno & Fred F. Murray
• Creation of National Appellate Tax Court Will Improve Tax Law, by Jasper L. Cummings, Jr.
• Obama’s Treasure Hunt, by Chris Edwards
• Consider International Trends and Norms in Reforming the System, by Rocco V. Femia
• Remove the Return, by William G. Gale
• Be Careful in Designing International Tax Reform, by Alan W. Granwell
• Protectionist Pitfalls in U.S. Tax Reform, by James R. Hines Jr.
• Adopt Formulary Apportionment and Combined Reporting, by Joe Huddleston
• The Terrible State of the Tax Base, by Calvin H. Johnson
• Where Can We Stand to Gain Perspective?, by Edward D. Kleinbard
• Should the Internal Revenue Code Include a GAAR?, by Jerome B. Libin
• Simplifying the Tax System Will Help Our Economy, by Martin Lobel
• Strive for a Sound and Respected Tax System, by Annette Nellen
• Political Will Can Shore Up Tax Administration, Enact Reform, by H. David Rosenbloom
• Count Capital Gains in AMT, Unify Higher Education Credits, by Deborah H. Schenk
• Moving to a Territorial System and Reforming the Corporate Tax, by Daniel N. Shaviro
• Close the ‘Growth Gap,’ Not the Tax Gap, by Amity Shlaes
• Individual Nonfilers and the International Tax Gap, by Paula N. Singer
• Real Tax Reform Is Always Hard: Some Advice for the Task Force, by C. Eugene Steuerle
• What Does a 21st-Century Tax System Look Like?, by Clinton Stretch
• Focus on the Tax ‘Avoidance’ Gap, by Eric Toder
• 25 Ways to Make the Tax Code Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient, by Alan D. Viard
• It’s Time to Adopt Formulary Apportionment, by Joann M. Weiner
• 10 International Tax Questions for the Volcker Tax Reform Panel, by Philip R. West
• Allow Expensing of All Investment Outlays and Dividend Payments, by Arthur W. Wright
• Corporate Tax Reform, Finally, After 100 Years, by George K. Yin
• Use a Multilateral Approach in International Tax Enforcement, by Bruce Zagaris
• Reform the Taxation of Business Income, by Eric M. Zolt

You can download a free copy of the book here, and request a hard copy of the book here.