As part of a series of suggestions for President Obama for his second term, the New York Times has been publishing editorials with lots of suggestions. On 12/30/12, they published proposals for tax reform. They call for a variety of tax increases including new taxes. For a link to the editorial, summary of the suggestions and commentary on them, see http://21stcenturytaxation.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-york-times-tax-reform-suggestions.html.
Annette Nellen, CPA, Esq., is a professor in and director of San Jose State University’s graduate tax program (MST), teaching courses in tax research, accounting methods, property transactions, state taxation, employment tax, ethics, tax policy, tax reform, and high technology tax issues.
Annette is the immediate past chair of the AICPA Individual Taxation Technical Resource Panel and a current member of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the California Bar. Annette is a regular contributor to the AICPA Tax Insider and Corporate Taxation Insider e-newsletters. She is the author of BNA Portfolio #533, Amortization of Intangibles.
Annette has testified before the House Ways & Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, California Assembly Revenue & Taxation Committee, and tax reform commissions and committees on various aspects of federal and state tax reform.
Prior to joining SJSU, Annette was with Ernst & Young and the IRS.
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