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Tax Policy Symposium - Fundamental Tax Reform and Tax Policy Issues in Election Year 2016
Date and time
Location
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road Villanova University Graduate Tax Program Villanova, PA 19085Description
Villanova University Graduate Tax Program’s Tax Policy Symposium
Fundamental Tax Reform and Tax Policy Issues in Election Year 2016
Featuring U.S. Representative Patrick Meehan
Thursday, June 2, 2016
As the 2016 Election Year intensifies, candidates will provide their views and proposals for tax reform. At Villanova University Graduate Tax Program’s inaugural Tax Policy Symposium—Fundamental Tax Reform and Tax Policy Issues in Election Year 2016—you will be introduced to the most salient issues within the debate, and the distinction among the various proposals that will impact your business and personal economic affairs.
This event will bring together a cross section of business leaders—from tax and accounting to legal and government to renowned academics—to discuss the economic and societal issues surrounding the need for fundamental Tax Reform. Patrick Meehan, U.S. Representative of the Seventh District of Pennsylvania and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will be the featured speaker.
The symposium will take place on Thursday, June 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (299 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, PA). It is free and open to the public.
This program is approved for 3.5 substantive CLE credits by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board and for 4 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) tax credits for Certified Public Accountants
Program
Networking and Coffee: 8 – 8:30 a.m.
Welcome: 8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Edward A. Liva, Professor of Practice and Director of the Graduate Tax Program, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Featured Speaker: 8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
“An Update from the House Ways and Means Committee”
Patrick Meehan, Representative of the Seventh District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Congress
Panel 1: 9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
“An overview of the current U.S. tax system that has been in place since 1986, and the need for fundamental tax reform, including the viability of a Consumption Tax.”
Jeff Kummer, Director of Tax Policy, Deloitte Tax LLP
Hank Gutman, Retired Partner, KPMG LLP
Ronnie Dassen, Tax Principal, U.S. VAT Practice Leader, Deloitte Tax LLP
Panel 2: 10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
“Proposals to Tax Carried Interests”
Jim Sowell, Principal, KPMG LLP
Jonathan Talisman, Partner, Capitol Tax Partners
Panel 3: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
“International Tax issues and the prospects for tax law changes that will impact multinational corporations and business”
J. Richard Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Practice, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Madeleine Barber, Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer, Tyco
Mindy Herzfeld, Contributing Editor, Tax Notes International
Networking Lunch: 12:30 – 2 p.m.
* Parking is free for all attendees
Program registrants who are unable to afford continuing legal course registration fees due to financial hardship may petition for registration fee waivers or discounted program fees. A petition for a reduced fee shall be filed at the same time the attorney pre-registers for the program, and state why the normal fee associated with the program causes the lawyer a financial hardship. The petition must be signed by the lawyer. The Law School’s CLE coordinator may waive or reduce the fee for the CLE program at his/her discretion.