Webcast and PowerPoint Presentations from Today's Meeting of the President's Tax Reform Panel

A video webcast is available of today's meeting of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform at 9:30 a.m. CST at the Louisiana Children's Museum.  The Panel also has released the testimony to be given at the meeting:

• Statement by Vice-Chairman John Breaux
• Remarks by John Neely Kennedy (State Treasurer of Louisiana)

Panel I:  What is Fairness and How Can It Be Measured?

• PowerPoint Presentation of Robert Greenstein (Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities), Fairness Issues
• PowerPoint Presentation of William Beach (Director, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation)

Panel II:  Low-Income Taxpayers

• PowerPoint Presentation of Hilary Hoynes (UC-Davis, Economics Dep't), The Earned Income Tax Credit
• PowerPoint Presentation of Mark Moreau (Co-Director, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services)
• PowerPoint Presentation of David Marzahl (Executive Director, Center for Economic Progress), Issues, Challenges and Opportunities:  Low-Income Taxpayers and the Tax Code

Panel III:  Tax Treatment of Families

• PowerPoint Presentation of Eugene Steuerle (Senior Fellow, Urban Institute), Tax Reform and Fairness for Families
• PowerPoint Presentation of Mark Pauly (Penn-Wharton School), Fairness and the Federal Tax Treatment of Health Insurance and Medical Care
• James Alm (Andrew Young School of Public Policy, Georgia State), Thinking About the "Marriage Penalty"

For the complete agenda, see here.