The University of Chicago 64th Annual Federal Tax Conference kicks off today:
- Philip R. West (Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C.), The Future of the Foreign Tax Credit
- Commentators: Michael J. Caballero (International Tax Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department), Daniel N. Shaviro (NYU)
- Kimberly S. Blanchard (Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York), PFICs
- Commentators: Diane Ring (Boston College), Lewis R. Steinberg (Credit-Suisse, New York)
- Irving Salem (Latham & Watkins, New York), Mayo Deference Examined Under the 6-Year Statute of Limitations Cases: Proposal for a Constitutionally Sound Allocation of Law Making Authority
- Stephen L. Gordon (Cravath, New York), How Much Regard for Disregarded Entities?
- Commentators: Jennifer H. Alexander (Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department), William S. Dixon (Citigroup Global Markets, New York)
- Michael Schler (Cravath, New York) & Karen Gilbreath Sowell (Ernst & Young, Washington, D.C.), Overlap in Corporate Reorganizations
- Commentators: Audrey Nacamuli Charling (General Electric, Stamford), Lee A. Kelley (Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Treasury Department)
- Philip B. Wright (Bryan Cave, St. Louis), Rescission
- Commentators: William D. Alexander (Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate), IRS), Sheldon I. Banoff (Katten Muchin Rosenman, Chicago)
- Phillip Gall (Deloitte Tax, New York), Kniffen and Beyond: The Strange Case of the Disappearance of Debt in Partnership Transactions
- Commentators: Robert J. Crnkovich (Ernst & Young, Washington, D.C.), Andew J. Dubroff (Ernst & Young, Washington, D.C.)



