Federal Tax Reform and the States
May 18, 2005 - National Press Club - 529 14th St NW Ste 1300, Washington, DC 20045
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7:30 am – 8:30 am | Registration and Coffee |
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8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome and Introductions
Ray Scheppach, Executive Director, NGA
William Pound, Executive Director, NCSL |
| 8:45 am – 9:15 am | Setting the Stage
A governor and a state legislator discuss the importance of tax reform, the inevitable effects of federal reforms on state revenue systems and the need for national policy-makers to factor these effects into their deliberations.
Senator Steve Rauschenberger, Illinois, President-elect, NCSL |
| 9:15 am – 10:45 am | National Sales Tax and VAT Proposals
Moderator: Billy Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
National Sales Tax
Bill Fox, University of Tennessee
Matthew Murray, University of Tennessee
Value Added Taxes
Charles McLure, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Discussant
Richard M. Bird, University of Toronto |
| 10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Business Tax Reform and Other Proposals, Including the Flat Tax
Moderator: Dan R. Bucks, Director, Montana Department of Revenue
Business Tax Reform Proposals
Martin Sullivan, Tax Analysts, Inc.
David Brunori, Tax Analysts, Inc.
Remarks on a Flat Tax
Bruce Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis
Discussant
Thomas S. Neubig, Ernst and Young |
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Luncheon Program: The Current Debate in Historical Context
Ronald Pearlman, Georgetown University Law Center
| | 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Deductibility and Tax-Preferred Savings Proposals
Moderator: Delegate John Hurson, Maryland, NCSL President
Deduction for State and Local Taxes
Kim Rueben, Tax Policy Center
Len Burman, Tax Policy Center
Tax-Preferred Savings Vehicles
Bill Beach, Heritage Foundation
Discussant
Jane G. Gravelle, Congressional Research Service |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Wrap up
Harley Duncan
Executive Director, Federation for Tax Administrators |
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