Tax Policy in the Obama Era

January 30, 2009

Tax Policy in the Obama Era
Sponsored by the UCLA School of Law and the Tax Policy Center
Friday, January 30, 2009, 8:30 am – 5:15 pm
UCLA School of Law
*Webcast Information Below*

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 an Era of Growing Inequality
	Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley Economics Department Income Tax Reform and Inequality
	Len Burman, Tax Policy Center The Rising Tide Tax System: Indexing the Tax System for Changes in Inequality
	Eric Zolt, UCLA School of Law & Leah Boustan, UCLA Economics Department Income Inequality and Local Government
	Commentator: Elizabeth Garrett, University of Southern California
10:45 am - 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Dimensions of Fiscal Policy in the Post-Bush Era
	George Yin, University of Virginia School of Law Temporary-Effect Legislation, Political Accountability, and Fiscal Restraint Temporary-Effect Legislation, Political Accountability, and Fiscal Restraint - Powerpoint Presentation
	Hillary Hoynes, UC Davis Economics Department Tax Policy for Low Income Families: The EITC
	Kirk Stark, UCLA School of Law In Search of a Post-Partisan Fiscal Federalism
	Commentator: Pamela Olson, Skadden Arps
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch Speaker: The Honorable Rep. Xavier Becerra United States House of Representatives Member of the Committee on Ways and Means
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Policy Options Amid Economic Crisis
	Steve Bank, UCLA School of Law Tax Policy During the Great Depression
	Dan Halperin, Harvard Law School & Tax Policy Center Retirement Income Security After the Fall
	Daniel J. B. Mitchell, UCLA Anderson School of Management When Luck Runs Out: Leadership – Present and Past - and the California State Budget Article: Lost in Translation
	Commentator: Joseph Bankman, Stanford Law School
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm	Politics, Public Opinion & the Possibility of Tax Reform
	Larry Bartels, Princeton University Public Opinion and the Politics of Tax Policy: From Bush to Obama Public Opinion and the Politics of Tax Policy: From Bush to Obama - Powerpoint Presentation
	Ed McCaffery, USC School of Law & California Institute of Technology Behavioral Dimensions of Tax Reform
	Rosanne Altshuler, Tax Policy Center Lessons from the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
	Commentator: Ellen Aprill, Loyola Law School

To Register
Please RSVP to estrada@law.ucla.edu by Monday, January 26. There is no charge to attend.

Directions and Parking
The UCLA campus is located at 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095. The UCLA School of Law is nearest the Hilgard/Wyton entrance and directions can be found online.

Hotel
The Hotel Palomar-Los Angeles-Westwood offers a UCLA rate of $239 per night. Mention "UCLA Tax Policy Conference" when booking. The Hotel Palomar is located less than a mile from the UCLA campus at 10740 Wilshire Boulevard. Shuttle service to campus is available.

MCLE
The UCLA School of Law is an approved CLE provider. The live conference will provide six hours of MCLE credit.

Live Webcast
The meeting will be available via live webcast from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. PST on Friday, January 30 at mms://msmedia.law.ucla.edu/event44. You may either click on the link directly, or copy and paste it in your internet browser. If the link doesn’t work immediately, wait a moment and attempt to access again.

Recorded Webcast
To view a recording of the event, please click on the links below. The program is divided into two parts:
mms://msmedia.law.ucla.edu/eres/TaxPolicyCtrEvent013009pt1.wmv mms://msmedia.law.ucla.edu/eres/TaxPolicyCtrEvent013009pt2.wmv

Contact Information
For more information, please contact Rachel Estrada, Business Law and Policy Program Manager, UCLA School of Law, estrada@law.ucla.edu, (310) 206-1875.