The National Tax Association, in partnership with ithe Office of Tax Policy Research at the University of Michigan and Tax Analysts, held a conference yesterday in Washington, D.C. on 5 Key Perspectives You Can Learn from Other Professions and Disciplines about Tax Policy:
Five Key Things Non-Lawyers Should Know about Tax Law and Its Policy Implications (and What Non-Lawyers Could Do Differently as a Result):
- Pam Olson, Skadden Arps
- Wally Hellerstein, University of Georgia
- George Yin, University of Virginia
- Len Burman, Urban Institute (moderator)
Five Key Things Non-Economists Should Know about Tax Economics and Its Policy Implications (and What Non-Economists Could Do Differently as a Result):
- Jim Hines, University of Michigan
- Bill Fox, University of Tennessee
- Tom Barthold, Joint Committee on Taxation
- Ken Gideon, Skadden Arps (moderator)
Five Key Things Non-Accountants Should Know about Tax Accounting and Its Policy Implications (and What Non-Accountants Could Do Differently as a Result):
- Doug Shackelford, University of North Carolina
- Lillian Mills, University of Texas
- Chris Ohmes, Ernst & Young
- Laura Kalambakidis, University of Minnesota (moderator)
Five Key Things Non-Tax-Administrators Should Know about Tax Administration and Its Policy Implications (and What Non-Tax-Administrators Could Do Differently as a Result):
- Don Korb, Chief Counsel, IRS
- Mary Jane Egrs, Tax Commissioner, State of Nebraska
- Michael Keen, International Monetary Fund
- Matthew Murray, University of Tennessee (moderator)
Five Key Things That U.S. Tax Policy Analysts Should Know about Business Perspectives on Tax Issues and Its Policy Implications (and What Non-Business Tax Policy Analysts Could Do Differently as a Result):
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Timothy McCormally, Tax Executive Institute
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Annabelle Canning, Verizon Wireless
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Dan Kostenbauder, Hewlett-Packard
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Howard Gleckman, Business Week (moderator)
Five Key Things Non-Journalists Should Know about Media and Its Policy Implications (and What Non-Journalists Could Do Differently as a Result):
- David Wessel, Wall Street Journal
- Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist
- Doug Sheppard, State Tax Notes
- Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan (moderator)
