Paul Chen Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Leverages experience with the political process in Washington and expertise on economic issues to provide policy, strategy, and technical advice to a variety of clients, including government agencies, TV/film.
• Provide policy and strategic advice to the House and Senate on tax provisions in the Build Back Better Act.
• Collaborate in predicting economic impact and corporate ramifications of new tax legislation for the Joint Committee on Taxation, consisting of senior members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance.
• Evaluate proposals for taxing the digital economy and revising international tax principles for the first time in 100 years
• Analyze and synthesize large amounts of data, and summarize complex provisions in tax law, in simple but critical education sessions for members of Congress and their staff

Los Angeles, California, United States

Lead audit and compliance practice in support of businesses claiming tax incentives.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as lead economist of the international tax policy team on highly influential, nonpartisan Congressional committee. Advised members of Congress and their staff on tax legislation related to business taxation, the.
• Shaped and drafted the most significant international tax legislation of the past +50 years, which resulted in +$600 billion in tax changes for U.S. corporations
• Briefed major stakeholders, including CFOs of Fortune 500 companies and trade association representatives, on applications and implications of tax legislation
• Consulted with senior White House, Treasury Department, and IRS officials on tax policy and tax regulations
• Drafted key legislative documents that courts, the IRS, and the Treasury Department rely on to implement and administer the tax law
• Analyzed data, prepared legal analysis, and summarized academic tax literature for members of the Senate Finance and Ways and Means Committees, two of the most influential committees in Congress

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Taught international finance to working policy professionals, with an emphasis on modeling exchange rates and financial flows between countries

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Applied economic expertise and superior communication skills to translate economic ideas into political communication and advocacy on a broad range of topics including tax, banking, health care, labor markets, and.
• Authored economic reports used by Democratic members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to develop legislation and frame the Democratic message on the economy
• Wrote openings statements, talking points, and questions for the committee chair to use during hearings with prominent policymakers and business leaders, including the Treasury Secretary and the Federal Reserve Chair
• Authored committee’s 2009 and 2010 annual reports on the state of the economy and provided legislative recommendations for Congress to promote economic recovery
• Distilled dense, complex academic and policy literature into succinct and visually concise policy memos and presentations for Democratic members of Congress and their staff
• Supervised and mentored 5 research assistants and 2 policy analysts

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed quantitative models of taxpayer behavior to guide the IRS’s compliance initiatives covering hundreds of billions of dollars in tax collections

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Taught econometrics to 40+ undergraduate students with an emphasis on the use of statistical tools to analyze consumer behavior, financial markets, labor markets, and macroeconomic policy
• Received student evaluations ranked in the top 5% of all economics professors at Georgetown University

Canton, OH, And Richmond, VA

• Helped build the Obama campaign's ground operations in Stark County, Ohio, from scratch
• Coordinated the Obama campaign's operations with local community leaders and businesses
• Recruited and managed over 75 grassroots volunteers in Canton, OH, and Richmond, VA

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Master Of Arts - Ma, Statistics

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Main Campus Academic Committee, School of Foreign Service.

Education record