Tax and a few other committees of the 110th Congress held hearings either specifically on tax reform or related to it, such as on health care reform or small business tax reform. Below are links to these hearings, categorized as follows:
Major Federal Tax Reform Website - click here.
5/13/08 SFC - Cracking the Code: Tax Reform for Individuals
4/15/08 SFC - Tax Fundamentals in Advance of Reform
4/3/08 SFC - Outside the Box on Estate Tax Reform: Reviewing Ideas to Simplify Planning
3/12/08 SFC - Alternatives to the Current Federal Estate Tax System
Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation of Wealth Transfers Within a Family: A Discussion of Selected Areas for Possible Reform (JCX-23-08), April 2, 2008
Joint Committee on Taxation, Description and Analysis of Alternative Wealth Transfer Tax Systems (JCX-22-08), March 10, 2008
5/1/08 HWM - Education Tax Incentives
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Analysis Relating to Tax Benefits for Higher Education (JCX-35-08), April 29, 2008.
11/14/07 SFC - Federal Estate Tax: Uncertainty in Planning Under the Current Law
Joint Committee on Taxation, History, Present Law, and Analysis of the Federal Wealth Transfer Tax System (JCX-108-07), November 13, 2007
10/30/07 HWM - Appropriateness of Retirement Plan Fees
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Background Relating to Qualified Retirement Plan Fees (JCX-103-07), October 30, 2007
9/25/07 HWM - Whether Charitable Organizations Serve the Needs of Diverse Communities
9/6/07 HWM - Fair and Equitable Tax Policy for America�s Working Families
7/24/07 HWM - Tax-Exempt Charitable Organizations
6/27/07 SFC - The Stealth Tax that�s No Longer a Wealth Tax: How to Stop the AMT from Sneaking Up on Unsuspecting Taxpayers
5/24/07 HWM - Hearing on Tax Incentives for Affordable Housing
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law for Certain Housing Tax Benefits (JCX-28-07), May 23, 2007
5/8/07 HWM - Effects of Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
3/22/07 HWM - Alternative Minimum Tax
3/20/07 HWM - Internal Revenue Service Operations and the Tax Gap
3/7/07 HWM - Alternative Minimum Tax
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Background Relating to the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (JCX-10-07), March 5, 2007
7/24/08 SFC - The Cayman Islands and Offshore Tax Issues
6/26/08 SFC -The Foundation of International Tax Reform: Worldwide, Territorial, and Something in Between
Joint Committee on Taxation, Economic Efficiency and Structural Analyses of Alternative U.S. Tax Policies for Foreign Direct Investment (JCX-55-08), June 25, 2008
U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Statement for the Record
9/26/07 SFC - Offshore Tax Issues: Reinsurance and Hedge Funds
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Analysis Relating to Selected International Tax Issues (JCX-85-07), September 24, 2007
6/14/07 HWM - Promoting U.S. Worker Competitiveness in a Globalized Economy
5/3/07 SFC - Offshore Tax Evasion: Stashing Cash Overseas
9/11/08 HSBC - Examining Expiring Tax Incentives and the Needs of Small Business
6/18/08 HSBC - S Corps: Ensuring Parity, Growth and Development for Small Businesses
6/5/08 SFC - C, K or S - Exploring the Alphabet Soup of Small Business Choices in Advance of Tax Reform
Joint Committee on Taxation, Tax Reform: Selected Federal Tax Issues Relating to Small Business and Choice of Entity (JCX-48-08), June 4, 2008
4/10/08 HSBC - Modernizing the Tax Code: Updating the Internal Revenue Code to Help Small Businesses Stimulate the Economy
12/08 CBO
11/21/08 CRS - The Tax Exclusion for Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Policy Issues Regarding the Repeal Debate
11/19/08 SFC - Health Care Reform: An Economic Perspective
10/21/08 SFC - High Health Care Costs: A State Perspective
10/24/08 JCT - Present Law Tax Treatment of the Cost of Health Care (JCX-81-08)
7/31/08SFC - Health Benefits in the Tax Code: The Right Incentives
JCT - Summary of Testimony
6/16/08 SFC - Health Care Reform Summit
10/25/07 SFC - Small Business Health Insurance: Building a Gateway to Coverage
10/27/08 CRS - Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions
10/08 HCEL - Preserving and Strengthening 401(k)s and Retirement Plans
10/22/08 HCEL - The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Workers' Retirement Security
10/7/08 HCEL - The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Workers' Retirement Security
9/17/08 SHELP - 401(k) Fee Disclosure: Helping Workers Save for Retirement
7/16/08 SSCA - Saving Smartly for Retirement: Are Americans Being Encouraged to Break Open The Piggy Bank?
7/10/08 JEC - Your Money, Your Future: Public Pension Plans and the Need to Strengthen Retirement Security and Economic Growth
6/26/08 HWM - IRAs and their role in our retirement system
Joint Committee on Taxation, Present Law and Analysis Relating to Individual Retirement Arrangements (JCX-53-08), June 24, 2008
GAO, IRAs - Government Actions Could Encourage More Employers to Offer IRAs to Employees, June 2008
3/6/07 HCEL - 401(k) Fees
9/18/08 HWM - Policy Options to Prevent Climate Change
7/24/08 SFC - Tax and Financing Aspects of Highway Public-Private Partnerships
7/10/08 SFC - Transportation Infrastructure: Issues and Options
Joint Committee on Taxation, Overview of Selected Tax Provisions Relating to the Financing of Surface Transportation Infrastructure, (JCX-56-08), July 8, 2008
5/25/08 SFC - Tax Aspects of a Cap-and-Trade System
9/26/07 HSBC - Small Business Renewable Energy Tax Incentive Possibilities
5/24/07 SFC - Energy Efficiency: Can Tax Incentives Reduce Consumption?
4/24/07 HWM - Member Proposals on Energy Tax Incentives
4/19/07 HWM - Energy and Tax Policy
4/19/07 SFC - Grains, Cane, and Automobiles: Tax Incentives for Alternative Fuels and Vehicles
4/12/07 SFC - International Perspectives on Alternative Energy Policy: Incentives and Mandates and their Impacts
2/28/07 HWM - Energy and Tax Policy
10/30/08 JEC - Faltering Economic Growth and the Need for Economic Stimulus
10/29/08 HWM - Economic Recovery, Job Creation and Investment in America
6/19/08 HWM - Hearing on Economic Stimulus Payments
1/08 CBO - Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness
1/16/08 JEC - What Should the Federal Government do to Avoid a Recession
6/24/08 HJC - H.R. 5267, the "Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2008"
2/14/08 HSBC - Business Activity Taxes and their Impact on Small Businesses
12/6/07 HJC - H.R. 3396, the �Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act�
SFC = Senate Finance Committee SSCA = Senate Special Committee on Aging HWM = House Ways & Means Committee CRS = Congressional Research Service
HSBC = House Small Business Committee JEC - Joint Economic Committee JCT = Joint Committee on Taxation CBO = Congressional Budget Office
HJC = House Judiciary Committee SHELP = Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions HCEL = House Committee on Education and Labor
PSI - Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
This page last revised on January 30, 2010. Professor Annette Nellen
Last Modified: Feb 22, 2023