TPC/UCLA Tax Policy Conference: Federal Tax Reform Beyond the Beltway:
                             How Federal Tax Reform and Tax Policy Will Affect State and Local Governments
                                                            Friday, February 3, 2012, 8:30 am -  4:45 pm
                                                            UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California
                     
                                                             Webcasts of Each Session Available Below
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Conference Schedule
 
8:30 am - 9:00 am: Check-In and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:15 am: Welcome and Introductory Remarks
 
9:15 am - 10:45 am: Tax Policy in a Federalist System - Webcast of Session 
 
Moderator: Valerie Chang, MacArthur Foundation
 
Federal Tax Reform and the Deduction for State and Local Taxes
Kim Rueben, Tax Policy Center – Urban Institute, and Kirk Stark, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Federal-State Tax Coordination: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Walter Hellerstein, University of Georgia
 
Discussant: Darien Shanske, University of California, Hastings School of Law
 
10:45 am - 11:00 am: Break
 
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: What Would a Federal VAT Mean for the States? - Webcast of Session 
 
Moderator: Ingrid Schroeder, Pew Charitable Trusts
 
Effect of a Federal Value-Added Tax on State and Local Governments
Jim Nunns and Eric Toder, Tax Policy Center – Urban Institute
 
VAT in a Federal System - Lessons from Canada
Michael Smart and Richard Bird, University of Toronto
 
Discussant: Charles McLure, Stanford University

12:30 pm  - 1:30 pm:  Lunch

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm:  Federal Tax Reform and Low Income Households - Webcast of Session

Moderator: Kirk J. Stark, University of California, Los Angeles

When it Rains, it Pours: The Link between State and Federal Income Taxes for Low-Income Families
Elaine Maag, Tax Policy Center – Urban Institute
 
Unemployment Insurance Financing: Time for Reform?
Brian Galle, Boston College
 
Discussant: Tracy Gordon, Tax Policy Center – Brookings Institution
 
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Break
 
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm: How Will Federal Reform Affect Other State Policies? - Webcast of Session 
 
Moderator: Howard Gleckman, Tax Policy Center – Urban Institute
 
Tax Breaks, Tax Reforms and the Elderly
Jon Rork, Reed College, and Karen Conway, University of New Hampshire
 
The Federal Mortgage Interest Deduction and Local Tax Bases: Channels of Adjustment from Policy Change
Andrew Hanson, Georgia State University, and David Albouy, University of Michigan
 
Discussant: Julie Cullen, University of California, San Diego

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Co-sponsored by the Urban/Brookings Tax Policy Center, the MacArthur Foundation
and the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law.
 
For more information, contact Rachel Estrada at estrada@law.ucla.edu.