Tax Break

Tuesday, March 20  

·         The Senate Finance Committee hearing, “Tax Fraud by Identity Theft, Part 2: Status, Progress, and Potential Solutions” will start at  10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Testifying will be Steven T. Miller, IRS deputy commissioner for services and enforcement, Ronald A. Cimino, Justice Department deputy assistant attorney general for criminal matters, and National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson.

 ·         The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on the state of the international financial system that will also begin at  10 a.m. but in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner will testify.

 ·         The American Enterprise Institute will sponsor a program with an address by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan on the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, starting at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 21 

The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee will hold a hearing on President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget for the IRS  at 10 a.m. in Room 2359, Rayburn House Office Building. IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman will testify.

A worker arranges a saree drying after dyeing in a village south of Kolkata REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Some events in the week ahead:

Monday, February 27 – Tuesday, February 28
The Practicing Law Institute will sponsor a two-day program in New York featuring speakers from Treasury and the IRS on a number of topics including investment adjustments, accounting issues, Treasury Department developments, inter-company transactions, and tax attributes and consolidation.

Tuesday, February 28

* The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will hold an open board meeting at its offices at 1666 K Street NW in Washington DC and via web conference to consider proposed standards on related parties, significant unusual transactions and other matters. Starting at 9:30 AM.

Some events in the week ahead:

Monday, February 6

Comment letters due on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s proposed accounting standards updating the cumulative translation adjustment following the sale of a nonprofit or foreign business.

Tuesday, Feburary 7

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) will hold a hearing on extending the two-percentage-point payroll tax cut and continuing emergency federal unemployment insurance benefits through the end of 2012, including examining the economic impact of extending these policies versus allowing them to lapse.

Witnesses:

Dr. Mark M. Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics Mr. James Sherk, Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation Ms. Judith M. Conti, Federal Advocacy Coordinator, National Employment Law Project

Wednesday, February 8