Charles E. McLure papers, bulk 1983-1985

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
McLure, Charles E.
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, working papers, and printed matter relating to American taxation policy during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan and especially to worldwide unitary taxation proposals.
Extent:
25 manuscript boxes (12.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles E. McLure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Comprised of correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, working papers, and printed matter relating to American taxation policy during the Ronald Reagan administration. Materials are mostly focused on fundamental tax reform and worlwide unitary taxation proposals. There is a large amount of memoranda which is accompanied by supplementary materials related to tax reform. Original folder and binder titles have been retained when possible.

Biographical / historical:

Charles E. McLure, Jr. was born in Sierra Blanca, Texas on April 14, 1940. He received degrees in economics from the University of Kansas and Princeton University. He attended the University of Kansas for a Bachelor's degree from 1958 to 1962. He then attended Princeton for both his Master's and Doctoral degrees between 1962 and 1966. After a few years of teaching at Rice University, McLure served as the Vice President of the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1977 to 1981. In 1983, he became Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis. McLure was responsible for developing the Treasury Department's proposals to President Ronald Reagan for income tax reform. This work would be the basis for the Tax Reform Act of 1986. He was also Staff Director of the Working Group on Worldwide Unitary Taxation. At the end of his term as Deputy Assistant in 1985, he received the Treasury Department's Exceptional Service Award. McLure has written extensively about tax reform and taxation, and has served as a consultant to various U.S. governmental agencies and international organizations. He received the Daniel Holland Medal from the National Tax Association in 2004.

McLure is currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution specializing in the economics of tax policy.

Date Event
1962
B.A., University of Kansas
1962-1965
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Princeton
1965-1977
Professor, Rice University
1977-1981
Vice president, National Bureau of Economic Research
1979
Author, Must Corporate Income Be Taxed Twice?
1981-
Senior fellow, Hoover Institution
1983-1985
Deputy assistant secretary of the treasury for tax analysis, Department of the Treasury, United States
1985
Received Exception Service Award from Department of the Treasury
1986
Author, Economic Perspectives on State Taxation of Multijurisdictional Corporations
1987
Author, The Value Added Tax: Key to Deficit Reduction, with Mark A. Bloomfield
1990
Author, The Taxation of Income from Business and Capital in Colombia
1999
Author, Fiscal Transition in Kazakhstan, with Jorge Martinez and Sally Wallace
2004
Received the Daniel Holland Medal, National Tax Association
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1999.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles E. McLure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563