Federal Tax Reform and the States
- Papers & Presentations
May 18, 2005 - National Press Club - 529 14th St NW Ste 1300, Washington, DC 20045
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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
Senator Steve Rauschenberger, Illinois, President-elect, NCSL |
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| 9:15 am - 10:45 am |
National
Sales Tax and VAT Proposals
Moderator: Robert Ebel , Senior Fellow, Urban Institue
National Sales Tax
[Presentation: A National Retail
Sales Tax: Consequences for the States]
Bill Fox, University of Tennessee
Matthew Murray, University of Tennessee
Value Added Taxes Paper
[Presentation: Coordinating
State Sales Taxes with a Federal VAT: Opportunities, Risks,
and Challenges]
Charles McLure, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Discussant
Richard M. Bird, University of Toronto |
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| 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 Paper
[Presentation: What Will
Happen to State Corporation Taxes After Federal Tax Reform?]
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 |
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| 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Luncheon Program: The Current Debate in Historical Context
Ronald Pearlman, Georgetown University Law Center
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| 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 Paper
[Presentation: The Effect
of Repealing the Deductibility of 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 |
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| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Wrap up
Harley Duncan
Executive Director, Federation for Tax Administrators |
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