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Current Issues in Tax Law and Policy Colloquium

January-April 2017
Select Mondays, 4:30–6:30 p.m.
UC Irvine School of Law, Room MPAA 420 (Directions)

Tax policy is at the forefront of the political discourse in the United States. Corporate tax avoidance, IRS alleged targeting of political groups, and the administration of the Affordable Care Act through the Internal Revenue Code are just a few examples of the centrality of tax policy to the political process in the United States. This colloquium differentiates itself from similar workshops by strongly emphasizing such tax issues of current relevance.

This colloquium runs every spring. Leading tax scholars and tax-policy experts are invited to present their works in progress to a tax law seminar class at UC Irvine School of Law. Papers are discussed ahead of the presentations and students are required to draft short response essays. The response essays are shared with the presenters. This format allows students a unique opportunity to meaningfully engage cutting-edge research in tax policy.

Tax practitioners, faculty from outside the law school, and anyone with a keen interest in tax policy are welcome to attend. Please RSVP via the respective links for each event below. Light refreshments will be served.

These events are approved for 2.0 Continuing Legal Education Credit by the State Bar of California. UC Irvine School of Law is a State Bar-approved MCLE provider.

If you have questions, wish to request reasonable accommodations for a disability, or would like to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to Colloquium presentations, please email taxpolicy@law.uci.edu.

Spring 2017 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Topic	RSVP
January 30	Philip Hackney Louisiana State University	Subsidizing the Heavenly Chorus: Labor Unions and Tax Exemption	RSVP online >
February 13	Gregg D. Polsky University of Georgia School of Law	Elite Tax Professionals Behaving Badly: The Sad and Sordid Management Fee Waiver Saga	RSVP online >
March 13	Darien Shanske UC Davis	Apportionment and the State Corporate Income Tax: Past, Present and Possible Future	RSVP onilne >
March 27	Neil Buchanan George Washington University	Social Security is Fair to All Generations: Demystifying the Trust Fund, Solvency, and the Promise to Younger Americans	RSVP online >
April 17	Sarah Lawsky Northwestern University	Formalizing the Code	RSVP online >

Past Speakers