Presidential hopefuls in both parties have made taxes a central policy issue for 2016.  Some have proposed bold new taxes, others have proposed replacing existing taxes with new ways for the government to raise revenue, and others are rethinking how the tax code should affect low- and middle-income households. Some of these new approaches to taxation may outlive the election season. Experts from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center will discuss the politics and policy behind these campaign proposals.

PANEL

• Howard Gleckman, senior fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center (moderator)
• Len Burman, Robert C. Pozen director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
• Joe Rosenberg, senior research associate, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
• Elaine Maag, senior research associate, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
• Adele Morris, senior fellow and policy director, Brookings Climate and Energy Economics Project
  
   

EVENT MATERIALS

• event_agenda.pdf

  event_agenda.pdf (126.31 KB)

• speaker_biographies.pdf

  speaker_biographies.pdf (124.25 KB)

• presidential_candidates_tax_plans.pdf

  presidential_candidates_tax_plans.pdf (506.04 KB)

• child_tax_credit_options.pdf

  child_tax_credit_options.pdf (253.06 KB)
• Major Candidate Tax Proposals, Election 2016 Matrix

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Lunch will be available at 11:30 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 12:00 p.m.​ For inquiries regarding this event, please contact events@urban.org. 

Photo by John Minchillo/AP