Joint Center Announces Tax Policy Advisory Committee 

Joint Center April 18, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 18, 2023
Contact: Chandra Hayslett, chandra@jointcenter.org

Joint Center Announces Tax Policy Advisory Committee 

Committee’s work will increase equity in federal tax policy and tax administrationWASHINGTON — The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today announced the creation of a Tax Policy Advisory Committee, whose members will help guide the Joint Center’s research, convenings, and public education on tax policy issues affecting Black communities in hopes of shaping tax policy debates and furthering racial equity.

“The Joint Center’s Tax Policy Program Advisory Committee will be instrumental in achieving a number of goals, including amplifying the Joint Center’s impact on federal tax policy debates and furthering research on tax policy and racial inequality,” said Jessica Fulton, VP, Policy for the Joint Center. “It is fitting to announce this important committee on Tax Day because the members will help the Joint Center to highlight the inequities that exist within tax policy and its administration, such as Black taxpayers being at least three times as likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service than other taxpayers and how the existing federal tax code exacerbates the wealth gap.”

This group of scholars will support the Joint Center’s Tax Policy Program by providing their expertise and collaborating on policy development.

The inaugural members include:

• Jeremy Bearer-Friend, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
• Steven Dean, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
• Bradley Hardy, Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy and Georgetown University
• Chye-Ching Huang, Executive Director, Tax Law Center at New York University Law School
• Phyllis Taite, Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law

For more information about the Joint Center’s Economic Policy Program, click here.

###About the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, America’s Black think tank, provides compelling and actionable policy solutions to eradicate persistent and evolving barriers to the full freedom of Black people in America. We are the trusted forum for leading experts and scholars to participate in major public policy debates and promote ideas that advance Black communities. We use evidence-based research, analysis, convenings, and strategic communications to support Black communities and a network of allies.