TSCRA Daily News Update, May 16, 2008

Senate Finance Committee opens series of tax hearings

On May 13, the Senate Finance Committee held the first of what is expected to be a series of six tax policy hearings. The hearing, entitled: "Cracking the Code -- Tax Reform for Individuals," focused on the role of taxes on the individual tax payer.  Panel members included: Dr. Leonard Burman from the Urban Institute; Dr. William Gale from the Brookings Institute; Mr. Stephen Entin from the Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation; and Dr. J.D. Foster from the Heritage Foundation.

 

 


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