2013 Symposium on the Centennial of the Income Tax

2013: “100 Years Under the Income Tax”

Read the articles from the symposium.

On April 5, 2013, the Tax Program at Northwestern and Northwestern University Law Review held a symposium on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the income tax.

PANELS

Expectations: The motivation and rhetoric behind the federal income tax

• Professor Robin Einhorn
• Professor Erik Jensen
• Professor Marjorie E. Kornhauser
• Moderator: Dr. Joe Thorndike

Realities: How has the structure of the income tax evolved?

• Professor Anuj C. Desai
• Professor Henry Ordower
• Professor Tracey M. Roberts
• Moderator: Professor Robert Peroni

Complications in implementation and some unintended consequences

• Professor Stephanie McMahon
• Professor Brian Galle
• Moderator: Professor David Cameron

The Past and the Future: A focus on corporate taxation

• Professor Adam Rosenzweig
• Professor Stephanie Hoffer
• Professor Dale Oesterle
• Moderator: Jeffrey Sheffield, Lecturer, NULS Tax Program and Kirkland & Ellis