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October 27, 2005

Please join The Tax Policy Center

and The Brookings Institution for

The Tax Reform Panel Report: "Blueprint for Change?"

Thursday, November 3, 2005
8:30 am - Registration and Breakfast
9:00 - 11:30 am - Panel Discussion

The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

On November 1, the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform is expected to release its long-awaited report on how to fix the income tax, with proposals ranging from trimming the home mortgage deduction to limiting tax breaks for employer-provided health insurance. On Thursday, November 3, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center will host a presentation and discussion of the panel's findings, assessing their potential impact on American taxpayers and the chance of success in Congress.

Rosanne Altshuler of Rutgers University, chief economist with the Tax Reform Panel, will summarize the commission's recommendations, and William Frenzel and Charles Rossotti, senior members of the Tax Reform Panel, will explain the reasoning behind their far-reaching recommendations. Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute, Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute and the Tax Policy Center, and Bill Gale of the Brookings Institution and the Tax Policy Center will assess the panel's success in meeting its stated tax reform goals. A questions and answer session will follow.

Moderator:

• BILL GALE, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Panelists:

• ROSANNE ALTSHULER, Associate Professor, Rutgers University; Chief Economist, Tax Reform Panel
• WILLIAM FRENZEL, Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution; Member, Tax Reform Panel
• KEVIN HASSETT, Resident Scholar and Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
• CHARLES O. ROSSOTTI, Chair, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group; Member, Tax Reform Panel
• C. EUGENE STEUERLE, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute; Co-director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Please RSVP to Please call the Brookings Office of Communications, (202) 797-6105, or or e-mail at communications@brookings.edu.

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