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Summer 2015
Tax Policy Student Presentation Tuesday May 26th & Wednesday May 27th
In recent years, there has been a great deal of discussion regarding the need for tax reform. The Joint Committee
on Taxation prepared the Report to the House Committee on Ways and Means on Present Law and Suggestions for
Reform Submitted to the Tax Reform Working Groups (May 6, 2013).
The report can be found at www.jct.gov ; report JCS-3-13. You are not expected to read the report; it is 558
pages. However, it may give you an idea of the some of the proposals and discussions regarding tax reform.
Additionally, the House Ways and Means Committee issued a draft tax reform The Tax Reform Act of 2014
(February 2014). The Tax Reform Act of 2014 can be found at http://tax.house.gov; the Executive Summary
provides an overview of the proposals which may also be helpful for your presentation.
Another article that may be of interest is a summary of proposals contained in Tax Reform in the 113th Congress:
An Overview of Proposals, March 24, 2014 (Congressional Research Service).
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43060.pdf
Additional materials posted on blackboard that may helpful are:
Tax News & Views, February 6, 2015: FY 2016 budget blueprint reflects presidents call for business
tax reform, infrastructure spending, middle-class tax relief (Deloitte Publication).
The politics of tax reform in the 114th Congress, April 15, 2015 (Deloitte Publication).
Students will prepare and present an 8 to 10 minute PowerPoint presentation addressing certain
aspects of tax policy
Email your presentation to Kay Maresh at mareshkay@gmail.com by 1:00 PM on Tuesday, May 26th.
Additionally, please bring your presentation to class on a USB drive/flash drive or your computer.
Each student should ask at least two questions to presenters during the two days of presentations.
There are no right or wrong answers. Presentations will be graded based on the students ability to discuss the
tax provisions and provide arguments to support their position.
There is no set format for the PowerPoint slides. No paper is required.
BE CREATIVE and HAVE FUN!
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