Upcoming Events

• Transition Event (December 5, 2008 at Brookings)- Details TBA
• Taxes and Social Policy (Winter 2009)-Details TBA

Past Events

• October 22, 2008 -Stupid Tax Tricks—Campaign Edition with Special Guest Josh Kornbluth? 
• October 7, 2008 - Are state and local governments nearing a new tax revolt?
• October 3, 2008 - The Candidates’ Spending Plans: Do They Add Up? 
• September 26, 2008 - NTA Conference, Attaining Fiscal Sustainability: State and Local Perspectives and the Federal Outlook<
• September 4, 2008- America’s Future: Conversations about Politics and Policy during the 2008 Republican National Convention
• Dueling Tax Plans: What Would McCain and Obama Do? (July 23, 2008) Urban Institute
• McCain's Tax and Economic Plans: A conversation with Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior economic policy advisor (April 7, 2008) Urban Institute
• Race, Ethnicity, Poverty, and the Tax-Transfer System (April 4, 2008) Urban Institute
• March 13, 2008 - Where Credit is Due: Why Tax Policy for Low-Income Working Families Isn't Working (and What Can Be Done About It)
• The Housing Crisis and What it Means for State and Local Governments (March 12, 2008) Urban Institute
• Taxes and Health Insurance: Analysis and Policy (February 29, 2008) Brookings Institution
• Economic Stimulus: What Will Work, and What Will Not (January 31, 2008) Urban Institute
• Who Pays the Corporate Tax in an Open Economy (December 18, 2007) Urban Institute
• Barack Obama Speech on Tax Policy(September 18, 2007) Hilton Embassy Row (webcast available)
• Taxing Carried Interest(September 7, 2007) Rayburn House Office Building
• Can Tax Policy Slow Global Warming? (June 5, 2007) Urban Institute
• Higher Education and the Tax System (May 23, 2007) Brookings Institution
• Options to Fix the Alternative Minimum Tax (April 16, 2007) American Enterprise Institute {Transcript}
• Stupid Tax Tricks - A Tax Policy Center Forum (April 11, 2007) Urban Institute
• State and Local Finances After the Storm: Is Smooth Sailing Ahead? (March 30, 2007) Urban Institute (no audio or transcript available)
• The 18th Annual Urban Institute Roundtable on the President's Budget and the Economy (February 9, 2007) Urban Institute
• New Directions in Health Policy: A Discussion of the President’s Tax-Based Health Insurance Proposals (February 9, 2007) Brookings Institution (Transcript)
• First Tuesday Forum: Increasing the Minimum Wage: Implications and Effects (January 2, 2007) Urban Institute
• First Tuesday Forum: Making Taxes and Welfare Work Together (November 7, 2006) Urban Institute
• Twenty Years After Tax Reform: Time for Another Round? (October 16, 2006) National Press Club (Transcript)
• Subsidies for Child Care (June 19, 2006) Urban Institute
• Health Insurance Tax Incentives: The Cure or the Disease? (May 2, 2006) Urban Institute
• Giving Credit Where Credit is Due? The Tax System and Low-Income Households (April 12, 2006) Urban Institute
• 17th Annual Roundtable on the President's Budget and the Economy (February 8, 2006) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Tax Reform in an Open Economy (December 2, 2005) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• The Tax Reform Panel Report: "Blueprint for Change?" (November 3, 2005) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Taxing Capital Income: Do we? Should we? Can we? (Can we not?) (September 23, 2005) Brookings Institution (Transcript)
• Tax Reform and the Environment (June 3, 2005) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Federal Tax Reform and the States (May 18, 2005) National Press Club (no transcript or audio available)
• Can Tax Time Be Less Burdensome? (April 11, 2005) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Death by a Thousand Cuts: An Analysis of the Estate Tax's Demise (March 24, 2005) Brookings Institution
• Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and Tax Analysts: A Forum on Tax Shelters (February 11, 2005) Urban Institute (no transcript or audio available)
• Setting the Stage for Tax Reform: A Tax Policy Center Forum (January 18, 2005) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Reforming Social Security: A Tax Policy Center and Brookings Institution Forum (January 13, 2005) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Strengthening Retirement Saving: A Bipartisan Proposal (September 14, 2004) 304 Cannon House Office Building (no transcript or audio available)
• Fixing the Tax Mess: Prospects and Possibilities (July 13, 2004) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• The 2004 Campaign: Assessing the Merits and Costs of the Candidates' Domestic Agendas (June 23, 2004) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Improving 401(k) Asset Choices: Avoiding the Next Enron (June 10, 2004) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• The Long-Run Budget Squeeze and the Short-Run Race to November (June 1, 2004) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Filling the Savings Gap: How to Get Moderate-Income Households to Save for Retirement (May 17, 2004) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• 2nd Annual State of the Tax System Forum (April 12, 2004) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Taxing Times on the Campaign Trail (April 6, 2004) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Health Care in America: How to Fix a Troubled System (March 25, 2004) Brookings Institution
• Is a Fair Tax System an Oxymoron? (January 14, 2004) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Is the Tax System Rigged in Favor of the Super-Rich? (January 9, 2004) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Do Misperceptions Guide the Tax Policy Debate? (December 16, 2003) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Saving Social Security: Which Way to Reform? (December 10, 2003) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Tax Economists Forum - Reassessing the Fiscal Gap: The Role of Tax-Deferred Saving (July 23, 2003) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Saving Private Pensions (May 6, 2003) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Public Disclosure of Tax Returns? (April 25, 2003) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• The State of the Income Tax — 2003 (April 8, 2003) Urban Institute (no transcript or audio available)
• State Fiscal Crises: Causes, Consequences, Solutions (April 3, 2003) Urban Institute (no transcript or audio available)
• 14th Annual Urban Institute Roundtable on the President’s Budget and the Economy (February 6, 2003) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• The Estate Tax: A Forum Featuring William H. Gates, Sr. (January 14, 2003) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Setting the Stage: The Coming Debate Over Tax and Fiscal Policy (January 9, 2003) Urban Institute (Transcript)
• Tax Economists Forum - The Economic Effects of Fiscal Discipline (January 8, 2003) Urban Institute (no transcript or audio available)
• The Economic Effects of Long-Term Fiscal Discipline (December 17, 2002) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Tax Systems and International Trade (December 9, 2002) Brookings Institution (no transcript or audio available)
• Tax Economists Forum - The AMT: Problems and Potential Solutions (September 18, 2002) Urban Institute (no transcript or audio available)
• Alternative Minimum Tax Briefing (September 18, 2002) Urban Institute (no transcript or audio available)
• First Tuesday - The 2001 Tax Cut: One Year Later (June 4, 2002) Urban Institute (Transcript)