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An Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Event

The Scouting Report: Tax Reform

Taxes, Tax Reform, Corporate Taxes, Fiscal Policy


Event Summary

April 15 is tax day in the United States and some Americans are scrambling to complete their 1040s and gather their receipts.

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Event Information

When

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Where

Online

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Map

Event Materials

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

Leonard Burman, director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, thinks that the nation urgently needs tax reform. On tax day, he answered questions about what the Obama administration should do to create a fair and equitable tax system during an online web chat moderated by Politico Senior Editor Fred Barbash.
 

Transcript

12:31 [Comment From Zachary]
I believe that increases in tax rates now or in the near future will undo much of what the president hopes to accomplish with the stimulus bill. Is there a way to increase long term tax revenue without raising individual or corporate tax rates?

12:32 Len Burman:
Zachary, that is a good point. Many skeptics of economic stimulus think that future tax increases or spending cuts will undo much of the effect of the stimulus. I think that's probably not true.

12:33 Len Burman:
However, it is true that our long-term fiscal situation is pretty dire and tax increases will definitely be in our future.

Participants

Expert

Leonard Burman

Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Moderator

Fred Barbash

Senior Editor
Politico


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