Leading scholars, policymakers and practitioners will discuss how to close the tax gap, or the quarter-trillion-dollar difference between the amount of tax owed to the government and the amount actually collected. The main topics of conversation will include reasons for noncompliance and ways to close the tax gap among small businesses, the self-employed, the poor and the wealthy. Speakers will also discuss potential steps to be taken by the new administration in an effort to combat the problem. 

Speakers include:

• Prof. Leslie Book, Professor of Law; Director, Graduate Tax Program, Villanova University School of Law
• Prof. Edward Morse, Professor of Law, Creighton University Law School
• Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service
• Prof. Alex Raskolnivok, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
• Prof. Daniel Shaviro, Professor of Taxation, New York University School of Law
• Prof. Joel Slemrod, Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan School of Business;
  Director, Office of Tax Policy Research
  

This event is free and open to the public. MCLE credits available.