President's Tax Reform Panel Holds Eighth Meeting Today in Washington, D.C.

The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform holds its eighth meeting today and tomorrow in Washington, D.C. beginning at 9:30 am EST.  Today's meeting will focus on specific options for tax reform.  Here is today's schedule:

• Opening remarks by Panel Chairman Connie Mack

Panel 1:  Value-Added Tax

• Charles McLure (Hoover Institution, Stanford)
• Michael Graetz (Yale)

Panel II:  Consumed Income Tax

• Ernest S. Christian (Center for Strategic Tax Reform)
• Barry K. Rogstad (American Business Conference)
• Edward J. McCaffery (USC)

Panel III:  Retail Sales Tax

• Thomas A. Wright (Americans for Fair Taxation)
• David R. Burton (The Argus Group)

Panel IV:  Reform of Existing Code

• John Podesta (Center for American Progress)
• Paul Weinstein, Jr. (Progressive Policy Institute)
• Chris Edwards (Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute)

Panel V:  Alternative Proposals for Reform

• Jim Baker (Baker & Company)
• Roland Boucher (United Californians for Tax Reform)
• David S. Miller (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft)
• David A. Hartman (Lone Star Foundation)
• Norman G. Kurland (Center for Economic and Social Justice)

Panel VI:  Flat Tax

• Robert Hall (Hoover Institution, Stanford)
• Stephen Moore (Free Enterprise Fund)
• Richard Armey (FreedomWorks)
• Steve Forbes (Forbes magazine)

The meeting will be held in the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center Auditorium, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20594.  For the complete agenda, see here.