WHAT: American University’s Kogod Tax Policy Center staff available to comment on issues facing individuals and business owners during tax season.

WHEN: February 18 – Ongoing

WHERE: On campus, in-studio, via email, telephone or Skype

Experts Available:

Caroline Bruckner is the managing director of the Kogod Tax Policy Center. In this capacity, she has testified before both U.S. House and Senate Congressional committees as well as the IRS, and recently released ground-breaking research on the tax compliance challenges of the small business owners powering the sharing economy as well as the tax challenges facing women entrepreneurs. Her latest research, “Billion Dollar Blind Spot: How the U.S. Tax Code's Small Business Expenditures Impact Women Business Owners,” examines the challenges women business owners face with the current tax code. Bruckner can discuss the challenges small business owners face with tax filings, business deductions and issues low and moderate-income owners face.

Donald Williamson is the Howard S. Dvorkin Faculty Fellow and the executive director of the Kogod Tax Policy Center at American University. Williamson is also the director of the Masters in Taxation program at the Kogod School of Business at American University. He has written and served as a media expert on tax reform and how the current tax code impacts small businesses.

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