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Peculiarities of the U.S. Individual Income Tax: What President Obama Might Do About Them - Clayton

Published: 25 February 2009

After briefly summarizing the basic structure of the U.S. income tax, Professor Fox will explain common misconceptions about the distribution of income tax burdens among income classes in the U.S. He then will discuss why three of the largest tax expenditures--for home ownership, health insurance premiums, and employer-based retirement plans—are neither equitable nor economically efficient. Finally, Professor Fox will suggest what tax reforms we might expect from President Obama, including his views on the future of the federal estate tax. Professor John Fox is a Visiting Academic with the Department of Business Law and Taxation, undertaking research with the Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute. He is an expert on United States tax policy. Professor Fox has a graduate degree in law from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law and a master's degree in taxation at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Time: 12.30 to 1.30 pm
Date: Friday 6 March, 2009
Venue: Sir George Lush Room, Building 3a Ground Floor, Clayton campus

For further information contact:
Name: Anne Mulcahy (Dept of Business Law and Taxation)
Telephone: +61 03 9903 4062
Email: anne.mulcahy@buseco.monash.edu.au