Author: April Davis

Meet NTA’s Officers

Andrew Lyon, President, is a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. William Gale, First Vice President, is the Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. James Alm, Second Vice President, is Chair of the Department of Economics at Tulane University. All three have special stories to… Read more »

Meet our Dissertation Prize Winners

Jacob Bastian and Michael Gilraine have won the NTA’s Outstanding Dissertation Prize for 2017. Jacob is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University. Michael is Assistant Professor of Economics… Read more »

111th Annual Conference on Taxation

We’re headed to New Orleans! Join us at the Sheraton New Orleans on November 15-17, 2018 for the 111th Annual Conference on Taxation! Conference News

Ralph A. Gerra, In Memoriam

Ralph A. Gerra was born in 1920 in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame, where he was the class valedictorian. He entered Columbia Law School in the fall of 1941 and then left to enlist in the Navy where he was on active duty from 1942 to 1946, stationed… Read more »

48th Annual Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers

Thomas A. Barthold Thomas A. Barthold is the chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. He joined the Joint Committee on Taxation as a staff economist in 1987. Over the past three decades he has worked on a wide variety of issues, including capital gains taxation, savings incentives, environmental and energy taxes, estate… Read more »

48th Annual Spring Symposium Registration

Register Now Conference Pricing   Early Registration (until 4/20) Regular Registration (4/21 – 5/16) On Site Registration (5/17 – 5/18) Member: $250 $320 $375 Non-member: $370 $440 $495 Student Member: $125 $165 $195 In order to receive member pricing, you must be a current NTA member in good standing. The annual membership fee for individuals… Read more »

48th Annual Spring Symposium Program

THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT: WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHAT COMES NEXT? Download the Spring Symposium Program Thursday, May 17 8:45-9:00 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Rosanne Altshuler, President, National Tax Association 9:00-10:30 am THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT: A TAX SYSTEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY? (A Panel Discussion) Organizers: Paul Landefeld, Joint… Read more »