Graduate Tax Program

NYU School of Law/KPMG Lecture on Current Issues in Taxation

NYU Law's Graduate Tax Program and the Tax Practice of KPMG have joined together to create a lecture series on Current Issues in Taxation. Distinguished lecturers are brought to NYU Law each year to discuss a timely issue that may arise from recent or proposed legislation, regulations, cases or IRS rulings.

The series is a unique venture that brings together academics from NYU Law and distinguished tax advisors from KPMG. Representatives from each institution serve as panelists to comment on the lecture from their different professional perspectives. At a time when in some quarters there is tension between the academy and private practice, the NYU Law/KPMG lectures demonstrate that the two branches of the tax discipline can work together effectively to provide the highest level of consideration of current tax issues.

Our goals are to ensure that each year's lecture is the intellectual highlight of the student's year at NYU School of Law and to provide high-quality continuing legal education for alumni of the NYU Law Graduate Tax Program and KPMG partners and associates. These goals epitomize the balance between academic insight and practical experience that the GTP strives to achieve. The goal and expectations of NYU School of Law and KPMG are that the Lectures on Current Issues in Taxation will be recognized as the premier resource to which students, teachers and practitioners look for in-depth analysis and discussion of the most important issues in taxation in the United States.

20th Annual NYU/KPMG Tax Symposium
 
2025 NYU-KPMG Auditorium
20th Annual NYU/KPMG Tax Symposium
2025 NYU-KPMG Students
LLM in Taxation students attending the 20th Annual NYU/KPMG Tax Symposium
2025 NYU-KPMG Guests
Guests enjoying breakfast before the 20th Annual NYU/KPMG Tax Symposium
2025 NYU-KPMG
2025 NYU-KPMG Faculty
Professor David Kamin, Professor Brant Hellwig, and Dean Troy McKenzie of NYU Law
2025 NYU-KPMG Britt Haxton and Stephen Ehrlich
Britt Haxton and Stephen Ehrlich of KPMG welcome attendees
2025 NYU-KPMG Tax Cliff Panel
Tax Cliff Panelists: John Gimigliano (KPMG), Professor David Kamin (NYU Law), Barbara Angus (EY), and Jen Acuna (KPMG)
2025 NYU-KPMG Question
2025 NYU-KPMG Controversial Controversy Panel
Controversial Controversy Panelists: Cameron Taheri (KPMG), Jenny Austin (Mayer Brown), David Farhat (Skadden), and Peter Blessing (IRS)
2025 NYU-KPMG Keynote Speaker David Rosenbloom
2025 Keynote Speaker, Professor H. David Rosenbloom, NYU Law
2025 NYU-KPMG Attendees
2025 NYU-KPMG Multilateral Tax Cooperation Panel
Multilateral Tax Cooperation Panel: Michael Plowgian (KPMG), Jessie Coleman (KPMG), Professor Daniel Shaviro (NYU Law), Professor Rene Matteotti (NYU Law/University of Zurich), Professor Lilian Faulhaber (Georgetown)
2025 NYU-KPMG Attendees
2025 NYU-KPMG Regulatory Disruption Panel
Regulatory Disruption Panelists: Danielle Rolfe (KPMG), Mike Desmond (Gibson Dunn), Professor Kristen Hickman (Minnesota Law), Michael Schler (Cravath)

 

 

NYU School of Law/KPMG Lecture on Current Issues in Taxation: Keynote Speakers

Twentieth Lecture 2025
Tax Disruption–The Tax Policy Trifecta: 2025 Tax Cliff, Global Reform, and Regulatory Uncertainty
April 10, 2025

David Rosenbloom,
James S. Eustice Visiting Professor of Taxation
Director, International Tax Program
NYU School of Law  

Nineteenth Lecture 2019
Global Tax Roller Coaster – adapting to an environment riddled with complexity, uncertainty and instability
April 16, 2019

John Samuels,
Senior Managing Director and the Chairman of Global Tax
Blackstone Group L.P.

Eighteenth Lecture 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act–Navigating the Sea Change of U.S. International Tax
April 25, 2018

Thomas Barthold,
Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation

Seventeenth Lecture 2017
U.S. Tax Reform--A Perfect Storm
March 10, 2017

David M. Schizer
Dean Emeritus and Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law and Economics
Columbia Law School

Sixteenth Lecture 2016
Navigating the Global Tax Climate Change
April 19, 2016

Robert B. Stack
Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs)
US Department of the Treasury

Fifteenth Lecture 2015
Is the US international system really broken?
April 21, 2015

Mark Mazur
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
US Department of the Treasury

Fourteenth Lecture 2014
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting - as examined through the OECD's looking glass
April 8, 2014

Robert B. Stack
Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs) of Tax Policy
US Department of the Treasury

Thirteenth Lecture 2013
Tax planning for US Inbound investment: Defining the Boundaries
April 18, 2013

Danielle Rolfes
International Tax Counsel
Office of Tax Policy
US Department of the Treasury

Twelfth Lecture 2012
Taxation of Intangibles in a Global Economy – A Moving Target
April 10, 2012

Manal S. Corwin
Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs)
Office of Tax Policy
US Department of the Treasury, IRS

Eleventh Lecture 2011
Increasing Transparency in the US Self Assessment Tax System
March 22, 2011

Michael Danilack
Deputy Commissioner (International)
United States Competent Authority
Large Business and International Division

Tenth Lecture 2010
US International Tax and VAT Reform: Evolution or Revolution?
April 22, 2010

Richard Harvey
Senior Advisor to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
US Department of the Treasury, IRS

Ninth Lecture 2009
Global Supply Chain Management – Achieving Tax Efficiencies
April 23, 2009

Michael DiFronzo
Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International)
US Department of the Treasury, IRS

Eighth Lecture 2008
Economic Substance Doctrine – State of the Union and Prospects for the Future
January 29, 2008

John Harrell,
Attorney-Advisor
Office of Tax Policy
US Department of Treasury

Seventh Lecture 2007
Accounting for Tax Uncertainties
January 17, 2007

Edward Trott 
FASB Member 

Sixth Lecture 2006
Circular 230 – Impact on the Tax Profession
January 31, 2006

Michael Desmond
Tax Legislative Counsel
US Department of the Treasury

Fifth Lecture 2004

Barbara Angus
International Tax Counsel
Office of Tax Policy
US Department of the Treasury

Fourth Lecture 2003

Hal Hicks
Associate Chief Council (International)
US Internal Revenue Service

Third Lecture 2002

Larry Langdon
Commissioner
Large and Mid-Size Business Division (LMSB),
US Internal Revenue Service

Second Lecture 2001

Lewis Steinberg
Partner
Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Inaugural Lecture 2000

Richard Doernberg
K. H. Gyr Professor of International Legal Studies
Emory University Law School