Tax Reform Panel to Hold 10th Meeting

Senators Connie Mack and John Breaux, chairman and vice-chairman of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, respectively, announced that the panel's 10th meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 20. The meeting will be held at the Renaissance Hotel here. The panel has held nine meetings in which witnesses testified about problems with the current tax system and various options for reform. At this meeting, panel members will discuss issues associated with reform, but there will not be any testimony presented. The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform was established by President Bush in January and charged with recommending reforms to the tax code that would make the U.S. tax system simpler, fairer and more growth-oriented. The panel's final recommendations are due by Sept. 30, 2005.