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One-Hundred Years of the Federal Income Tax

March 1-2, 2013

2013 is the centennial of the modern U.S. income tax. Florida State will host a distinguished array of experts who will offer perspectives on what we have learned in 100 years and where we should go in the future.

Judges, tax administrators, attorneys, academics and other tax professionals are invited to attend.

Featured Presenters and Commentators

Steven Bank, Professor and Vice Dean, UCLA School of Law

Joseph Bankman, Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School

Joseph M. Dodge, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson Professor, Florida State University College of Law

David Gamage, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

James R. Hines, Jr., L. Hart Wright Collegiate Professor of Law and Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

Steve R. Johnson, University Professor, Florida State University College of Law

Douglas A. Kahn, Paul G. Kauper Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Jeffrey H. Kahn, Larson Professor, Florida State University College of Law

Leandra Lederman, William W. Oliver Professor of Tax Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Gregg D. Polsky, Willie Person Mangum Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law

Clarissa Potter, Deputy Tax Director, AIG; former IRS Deputy Chief Counsel

Chris William Sanchirico, Samuel A. Blank Professor of Law, Business, and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Daniel N. Shaviro, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, New York University School of Law

Lawrence A. Zelenak, Pamela B. Gann Professor of Law, Duke Law School

Papers will be published in the Florida State University Law Review.

Symposium Materials

• Joseph Dodge draft: Income Tax Simplification Proposals
• David Gamage draft: On the Future of Tax Salience Scholarship: Operative Mechanisms and Limiting Factors
• Steve R. Johnson: Reforming Federal Tax Litigation: An Agenda
• Douglas A. Kahn draft: A Proposed Replacement of the Tax Enpenditure Concept and a Different Perspective on Accelerated Depreciation
• Gregg D. Polsky: Rationally Cutting Tax Expenditures
• Dan Shaviro draft: The Forgotten Henry Simons
• Lawrence Zelenak draft: Will the Federal Income Tax Have a Bicentennial?

Symposium Schedule

For a complete schedule, please click here.

For more information, contact Catherine Miller, assistant dean for administration. Telephone: 850.644.3301 or e-mail: cmiller@law.fsu.edu.