Dear [colleague]:

Enclosed are some materials about the E-commerce Taxation Workshop,
which will be held Friday, October 1, 1999 8-5PM at the School of
Information Management and Systems, UC Berkeley.

Logistics
o getting from the airport to the Claremont
o a list of attendees and affiliations
o an agenda

Content
o sample discussion questions
o a review article by David Hardesty that summarizes the main issues
o a review article by Rich Prem (previously sent)

Please read these materials before coming to Berkeley.  At the meeting
we provide you with a binder containing additional materials.  We have 
also created a Web site at 
    http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/affiliates/workshops/tax99
that contains material about the workshop, along with related links.


Our hope is to draw on your expertise to come up with a research
agenda, pointers to the literature, data sources and insights that
will be helpful to the policy discussion.  We will have a person
taking notes at the meeting. Those notes will provide the basis for a
white paper summarizing the meeting.  This summary will not attribute
statements to individuals. Reporters or stakeholders will not be
present, so that we may encourage a candid discussion of the key
issues.

We look forward to seeing you in Berkeley for the workshop.  If you
have any questions, please contact Lucy Montanez at 510-642-9980,
lucy@sims.berkeley.edu.