Virginia Tax Study Group Meeting

9:30-10:45 a.m.
D.C. Panel

• Cameron Arterton '02, Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury
• Tony Coughlin, Tax Counsel, U.S. Senate Finance Committee
• Fred Murray, Managing Director (Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services, International Tax Services), Grant Thornton; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
• Cecily Rock '79, Senior Legislation Counsel, U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation

10:45-11 a.m. Break

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The Significance of Recent Inversion Activity for Business Tax Reform, and Administrative Response

• Paper: Ed Kleinbard, Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Professor of Law and Business, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, "'Competitiveness' Has Nothing to Do With It," 144 Tax Notes1055 (Sept. 1, 2014)
• Comment: Steve Shay, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School, and Brenda Zent, Attorney-Advisor, Office of International Tax Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury
• Moderator: Ruth Mason , Hunton & Williams Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, will moderate.

12:45-1:45 p.m.
Lunch,Caplin Pavilion (invited/registered guests)
Speaker: Alan Viard, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

2-3:30 p.m.
The Implications of the Decision in Loving v. Internal Revenue Service, 742 F.3d 1013 (D.C. Cir. 2014) for the Authority of the Internal Revenue Service to Regulate Tax Practice

• Chris Rizek, Member, Caplin & Drysdale
• Karen Hawkins, Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility, Internal Revenue Service
• Bryan Camp '87, George H. Mahon Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
• James Malone '72 , Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
• Moderator: Michael Doran , Roy L. & Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

3:30-3:45 p.m. Break

3:45-5:15 p.m.
Issues and Problems with Reliance on TEFRA Audit Procedures for Large Partnerships

• Michael Desmond, Law Offices of Michael J. Desmond, Santa Barbara, California, will lead the discussion
• Judge Ron Buch, U.S. Tax Court, Henry Schneiderman,retired IRS, and possibly others will comment.
• Moderator: Ethan Yale , Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

5:30-8 p.m.
Cocktails and Dinner, Caplin Pavilion (invited/registered guests)