Tax Center News & Media
The Big Price Tag to Build Back Better
The Biden administration has proposed several multi-trillion dollar initiatives to invest more federal dollars in infrastructure, education, healthcare and more. However, these big-ticket items come at a significant cost, which President Biden hopes to cover through tax reforms. As dizzying negotiations and politicking continue in Washington, Kenan Institute Senior Fellow Mary Moore Hamrick and UNC Tax Center Research Director Jeff Hoopes unpack the proposed tax changes and their potential impacts on businesses and households in this week’s Kenan Insight. More
New UNC tax professor excited to come home
During the seven years John Gallemore taught at the University of Chicago, he worked with some Nobel Prize winners and guessed which colleagues were most likely to win the prize down the road. But his love for his home state prompted him to accept an offer to return to UNC Chapel Hill this fall as an associate professor of accounting. More
Executive Director Profiled by The Well
Courtney Knoll, the UNC Tax Center's Executive Director, was recently featured by UNC-Chapel Hill's The Well for her passion in bringing tax education to students. More
Jeff Hoopes Featured in News & Observer Article on North Carolina’s $6.5 Billion Surplus
UNC Tax Center Research Director Jeff Hoopes spoke to the News & Observer's Ned Barnett about the budget surplus and how potential tax cuts could impact the state's economy. More
Hoopes Quoted in Washington Post Article on Infrastructure Bill
Research Director Jeff Hoopes weighed in on the bi-partisan infrastructure bill and big corporations' plans to benefit. More
Hoopes Weighs In on the Wealth Tax Concept in Forbes Advisor Article
Jeff Hoopes, UNC Tax Center Research Director and Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor, offered insights on the idea of a wealth tax in a recent Forbes Advisor piece. More
Jeff Hoopes to Deliver Keynote Address at 11th EIASM Conference On Current Research In Taxation
At the July 12-13, 2021 virtual European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Conference, UNC Tax Center Research Director Jeff Hoopes will present the keynote address. More
Hoopes Speaks on North Carolina’s Corporate Tax Rate
UNC Tax Center Research Director Jeff Hoopes spoke to WCNC's Meghan Bragg about North Carolina's corporate tax rate, which is the lowest in the country. More
Hoopes Weighs In on Warren’s Real Corporate Profits Tax
UNC Tax Center Research Director Jeff Hoopes testified at Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s finance subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, April 27. Hoopes called Warren’s proposal for a 7% tax on book income a "Band-aid solution that creates more problems than it solves." More
Can the Internal Revenue Service Administer a Complicated Tax System on Its Budget?
The fifth annual Donald C. Lubick Symposium was held on Wednesday April 7. Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court, Maurice Foley, spoke on the challenges of implementing our country’s complicated tax code. He was followed by a panel of experts, including our Research Director Jeff Hoopes, who discussed improving businesses’ tax compliance, how large companies respond to changes in compliance and how IRS budget cuts have impacted corporate tax collections. Opening remarks and keynote discussions included Tracy Gordon, Interim Vice President of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, and Eric Toder, Institute Fellow or the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. The discussion panel included Jeff Hoopes, Sharon Katz-Pearlman of KPMG, Douglas O’Donnell of the IRS, Erin Towery of the University of Georgia, and Janel Holtzblatt of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. More
