NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATION
2003 SPRING SYMPOSIUM
May 29-30
2003
Holiday Inn Capitol, Washington, DC
Preliminary Program
ALL SESSIONS IN THE COLUMBIA BALLROOM
08:45 am |
WELCOME | |
| 9:00 am-10:30 am | MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TAX AND FISCAL POLICY | |
| Moderator | Leonard E. Burman, The Urban Institute | |
| Presenters: | John W. Diamond and Pamela Moomau, Joint Committee on Taxation—Issues in Analyzing the Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Policy Discussant: Eric M. Engen, American Enterprise Institute Kent Smetters, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania—The $43 Trillion Hole (and Growing) Discussant: W. Douglas Elmendorf, Federal Reserve Board of Governors William G. Gale and Peter R. Orszag, The Brookings Institution—The
Economic Effects of Fiscal Discipline
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| 10:45 am:-12:15 PM | CURRENT BUSINESS ISSUES: INTERNATIONAL REFORM, TRANSFER PRICING, AND STOCK OPTIONS | |
| Moderator | Randall E. Weiss, Deloitte & Touche | |
| Presenters: | James R. Hines, Jr., University of Michigan—Evaluating International Tax Reform Discussant: Michael J. McIntyre, Wayne State University Laura Clauser, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department—Allocation of Income from Intangibles: New Rules under Section 482 Discussant: Randall D. Weiss Gene Amromin and Nellie Liang, Federal Reserve Board of Governors—Employee Stock Options, Capital Structure, and Tax Benefits Discussant: Matthew Knittel, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department
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| 12:30 pm - 2 pm | LUNCHEON -- DISCOVERY BALLROOM | |
| Presiding: Gary C. Cornia, President, National Tax Association Speaker: Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office
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| 2:00 pm-3:30 pm | STATE AND LOCAL DEFICITS IN 2003 AND BEYOND: CAUSES AND COPING STRATEGIES | |
| Moderator | Dennis Zimmerman, Congressional Budget Office | |
| Presenters: | Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities—Piling on Problems: How Federal Policies Affect State Fiscal Conditions Philip Spilberg, California Franchise Tax Board—Now You See It, Now You Don't: California's Fiscal Mess John Petersen, George Mason
University—Changing Red to Black: Deficit-Closing Alchemy
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| 3:45 pm-5:15 pm | LOOMING TAX ISSUES | |
| Moderator | Jane G. Gravelle, Congressional Research Service | |
| Presenters: | Julia Lynn Coronado, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Eric M. Engen, American Enterprise Institute; Brian Knight, Brown University; and Paul Smith, Federal Reserve Board of Governors—Can Investing the Trust Fund in Private Financial Markets Solve the Social Security Crisis? Evidence from State and Local Pension Funds Discussant: Henry J. Aaron, The Brookings Institution Gene Amromin and Paul Smith, Federal Reserve Board of Governors—Tax-Deferred Retirement Account Withdrawals: Is There a Rhyme or Reason? Discussant: Paul Burnham, Congressional Budget Office Leonard E. Burman, The Urban
Institute—Whither Tax Expenditures?
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| 5:15 pm-6:15 pm | RECEPTION -- DISCOVERY BALLROOM | |
| 9:00 am-10:30 am | DIVIDEND HULLABALOO: WHAT FRUITS WOULD A CUT IN DIVIDEND TAXES BEAR? | |
| Moderator | Moderator: Jason Cummins, Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
| Presenters: | Robert J. Carroll, Council of Economic Advisers; Kevin A. Hassett, American Enterprise Institute; and James B. Mackie III, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department—The Economic Effects of Dividend Taxation Discussant: Eileen Mauskopf, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Jane Gravelle, Congressional Research Service—Effects of Dividend Relief on Economic Growth, the Stock Market, and Corporate Tax Preferences Discussant: Andrew
Lyon, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department
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10:45 am-12:15 pm |
COSTS OF COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTIES OF SIMPLIFICATION | |
| Moderator | Thomas A. Barthold, Joint Committee on Taxation | |
| Presenters: | John Guyman, John F. O'Hare, and Michael P. Stavrianos, IBM Consulting; and Eric J. Toder, Internal Revenue Service—Estimating the Compliance Costs of the U.S. Individual Income Tax. Mark Mazur, Analysis and Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service—Learning about Compliance: The National Research Program Janet Holtzblatt and Janet McCubbin, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department—Whose Child Is It Anyway? Simplifying the Definition of a Child Discussant: TBA |
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