For those unable to join us in Malibu this Friday (Jan. 18) for our symposium on Tax Advice for the Second Obama Administration: please check out the free live webcast beginning at 8:45 a.m. PST:
Introduction and Welcome
- Deanell Tacha (Dean, Pepperdine)
- Chris Bergin (President, Tax Analysts)
Keynote Address: Michael Graetz (Columbia)
Occupy the Tax Code: The Buffett Rule, the 1%, and the Fairness/Growth Divide
Moderator: David Brunori (Tax Analysts)
Papers: Dorothy Brown (Emory), The 535 Report: A Pathway to Fundamental Tax Reform
Francine Lipman (UNLV), Access to Tax InJustice
Kirk Stark (UCLA) (with Eric Zolt (UCLA)), Tax Reform and the American Middle ClassCommentary: Bruce Bartlett (New York Times), David Miller (Cadwalader, New York)
Estate and Gift Tax
Moderator: Paul Caron (Cincinnati/Pepperdine)
Papers: Ed McCaffery (USC), Distracted from Distraction by Distraction: Reimagining
Estate Tax Reform
Grayson McCouch (San Diego), Who Killed the Rule Against Perpetuities?
Jim Repetti (BC) (with Paul Caron), Occupy the Tax Code: Using the Estate Tax to Reduce InequalityCommentary: Joe Thorndike (Tax Analysts)
Luncheon Address: David Cay Johnston (author/journalist)
Business/International Tax #1
Moderator: Tom Bost (Pepperdine)
Papers: Steve Bank (UCLA), The Globalization of Corporate Tax Reform
Karen Burke (San Diego), Passthrough Entities: The Missing Link in Business Tax Reform
Martin Sullivan (Tax Analysts)Commentary: Michael Schler (Cravath, New York)
Business/International Tax #2
Moderator: Khrista McCarden (Pepperdine)
Papers: Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan), Corporate and International Tax Reform: Proposals for the Second Obama Administration
Allison Christians (McGill), Putting the Reign Back in Sovereign: Advice for the Second Obama Administration
Susan Morse (UC-Hastings), The Transfer Pricing Regs Need a Good EditCommentary: Robert Goulder (Tax Analysts)
Closing Remarks: What Have We Learned Today?: David Cay Johnston (author/journalist)
