Taxation, Sponsored by Poverty Law

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Room: Churchill B1

Floor: Second Floor

This panel will explore the impacts of shifting revenue sources from income taxes to tariffs as well as the decline in enforcement due to DOGE cuts to the IRS. The panel will examine the impact of these policies on poverty. Tariffs will likely have a regressive effect, affecting lower income Americans more heavily, and presenting the question of how the tax context might change or narrow the President’s tariff powers, including through statutory interpretation. At the same time, the reduction in IRS funding will cause enforcement efforts, particularly those targeting wealthy taxpayers, to decline. Overall tax compliance will likely suffer.