Entrepreneurs strengthen the economy directly by innovating and taking risks, and indirectly through their contributions to philanthropic organizations.  The tax code affects entrepreneurial activity and can encourage or stifle an entrepreneur’s philanthropic giving. At this forum, scholars will discuss new research that examines how estate and inheritance taxes affect entrepreneurship and how income and estate taxes affect the very wealthy. A discussion will follow about giving patterns among wealthy entrepreneurs and ways entrepreneurs are engaging in philanthropy in the 21^st century.Institute Fellow Len Burman will moderate the panel, followed by a question and answer session.

Speakers

• Shena Ashley, Vice President, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Urban Institute @shenarashley
• Jenny Bourne, Chair, Economics Department, Carleton College @CarletonCollege
• Robert McClelland, Senior Fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @Rob_McClelland
• Eugene Steuerle, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute @EugeneSteuerle 
• Leonard Burman, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute (moderator) @lenburman 

Materials

• Agenda 
• Speaker biographies  

Presentations

• Rob McClelland, “The Estate Tax and Entrepreneurship” 
• Jenny Bourne, “Lifetime Wealth Taxation of the Very Rich” 
• Gene Steuerle, “Giving Patterns of Wealthy Entrepreneurs”  
• Shena Ashley, “Entrepreneurs’ Engagement in Philanthropy”  

Light breakfast will be available at 8:30 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.

Support for this event is provided by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. For more information on the Tax Policy Center's funding principles, go to http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/about/annual-reports.