In Brookings Webinar, Professor Ventry Weighs New Direct File Program

Professor Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. was a panelist for the April 12 Brookings Institution webinar “The Past and Future of Public Tax Preparation.” 

The panel addressed the IRS' recent rollout of its Direct File program, a free public alternative to commercial tax preparation software, and where it stands within the context of previous efforts to make tax preparation free, simple and public.

Professor Ventry is an expert in tax policy and legal ethics. His research interests include tax expenditure analysis, family taxation, professional responsibility and standards of care, tax filing and administration, tax compliance, public finance, and tax and legal history. He is the former chairman of the IRS Advisory Council, and co-author on the casebook, Federal Income Taxation with Martin McMahon Jr., Daniel L. Simmons, and Bradley T. Borden.