2nd Annual State of the Tax System Forum

Featuring:
Eugene Steuerle, author of Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy (Urban Institute Press), Urban Institute senior fellow, and co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

With a panel of experts:

• Joseph Cordes, professor of economics, George Washington University
• Peter Gosselin, economics staff writer, Los Angeles Times (moderator)
• Nina Olson, national taxpayer advocate, Internal Revenue Service
• Ronald Pearlman, professor of law and director of graduate tax programs, Georgetown Law Center

How did our tax system get to where it is now? Does disagreement over the design of an ideal system frustrate reform and open up the gates to anything and everything in tax legislation? How can we decide to rationalize the system in the midst of such conflicts? What are some practical steps?

Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy examines developments of the past 25 years, how we got where we are today, and where we might be headed. Please join us for a thought-provoking discussion of the state of the tax system to mark the release of this important book.

When:
    Monday, April 12, 2004
    8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
    (registration and continental breakfast at 8:30)

Where:
    Urban Institute
    Katharine Graham Conference Center
    2100 M Street, NW, 5th floor
    Washington, DC