With large parts of the tax code enacted in 2017 set to expire next year, rigorous debates about tax policy are already underway. Partnership tax reform should be part of the conversation. Partnerships are a large and growing slice of the economy, representing almost 30 percent of business income in the United States. But partnership tax rules today have some critical weaknesses that generate wasteful planning, undermine equity, and reduce revenue.
On September 25, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and the Tax Law Center at NYU Law hosted a virtual event to lay out the scope of the partnership tax challenge for policymakers and discuss what changes to the tax code and tools for compliance should be considered.
The event featured a fireside chat with U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and Chye-Ching Huang (Tax Law Center). In addition, the event included a panel discussion with Lily Batchelder (NYU Law), William G. Gale (The Brookings Institution), Monisha Santamaria (KPMG), Diana L. Wollman (Cleary Gottlieb), and Miles Johnson (Tax Law Center).
The Hamilton Project and the Tax Law Center released a policy proposal in conjunction with the event.
For updates on the event, viewers followed @HamiltonProj and @TaxLawCenterNYU, and joined the conversation using #PartnershipTax to ask questions or emailed [email protected].
Agenda
10:30 a.m. | Welcome
Wendy Edelberg, Director, The Hamilton Project, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
10:35 a.m. | Fireside chat with Chair Wyden
The Honorable Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), U.S. Senator
Moderator: Chye-Ching Huang, Executive Director, The Tax Law Center at NYU
11:05 a.m. | Panel discussion: Challenges and changes
William G. Gale, Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Miles Johnson, Senior Attorney Advisor, The Tax Law Center at NYU
Monisha Santamaria, Principal, Washington National Tax, Passthroughs, KPMG US
Diana L. Wollman, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb
Moderator: Lily Batchelder, Former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy; Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Taxation, NYU Law
