The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 significantly changed how business income is taxed. To what extent have these changes affected tax planning decisions and the economy? Join the UNC Tax Center and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center as experts in accounting, taxation and economics offer their perspectives.
Agenda
8:30 a.m.
Breakfast and registration
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and introduction
- Mark Mazur, Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @TaxPolicyCenter
- Ed Maydew, Professor of Accounting, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School; Director, University of North Carolina Tax Center @UNCTaxCenter
9:05 a.m.
Panel: Preliminary Effects of Tax Cuts on Corporate Behavior and the Economy
- Michelle Hanlon, Professor of Accounting, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Jeff Hoopes, Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School @UNCTaxCenter
- Dan Lynch, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Wisconsin School of Business
- Benjamin Page, Senior Fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @TaxPolicyCenter
- Courtney Edwards, Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School; Associate Director UNC Tax Center, (moderator) @UNCTaxCenter
10:35 a.m.
Panel: Effects of the New Tax Law on Corporate and Business Tax Planning Decisions
- Reuven Avi-Yonah, Professor of Law, University of Michigan School of Law
- Lily Batchelder, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
- Jeff Maydew, Partner, Baker and McKenzie LLP
- Nancy Millet, Partner, US Services Inbound Leader, Deloitte
- Steve Rosenthal, Senior Fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center (moderator)
11:55 a.m.
Closing Remarks
12:00 p.m.
Event concludes
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