Thursday, April 15, 2004

Two panels on Friday, May 7 (3:00 – 6:00 p.m.) may be of particular interest to tax professors:

1. Rethinking Corporate Tax Planning and Teaching in the New World of Partial Integration. The speakers will discuss tax planning for corporations and their shareholders, and will consider how these changes impact the teaching and study of corporate taxation. The speakers will also discuss whether it matters that the rate reductions, at least as initially enacted, are temporary. Moderator: Linda Galler (Hofstra). Panelists: Martin McMahon (Florida) and Daniel Simmons (UC-Davis).

2. The Intersection of Race and Tax. This panel will discuss how tax policy intersects with race in areas including the marriage penalty, rate structure, economic development programs such as the New Markets Tax Credit, and the status of tax-exempt organizations. The panel will also discuss the effect of racial issues on the formation of tax policy. Moderator: Craig M. Boise (Case Western). Panelists: Professor David A. Brennen (Mercer), Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt), Janet Thompson Jackson (Baltimore), and Mildeen Worrell (Tax Counsel-Democratic Staff, Committee on Ways and Means).