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2008 IRS Research Conference
June 11-12
The 2008 IRS Research Conference highlighted research on tax compliance and administration, and facilitated dialogue among IRS researchers, IRS and state tax administrators, tax experts from other countries, academic researchers, Federal agencies, and private sector experts.
The 2008 Conference was held June 11 and 12 at the Hart Auditorium of the Georgetown University Law Center. Hart Auditorium is located in McDonough Hall, at 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C.
Keynote Address
Doug Shulman
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
2008 IRS Research Bulletin
Conference Program
List of Attendees
Papers and Presentations
Estimating Individual Income Tax Noncompliance
Moderator: Javier Framinan, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service
Demographic and Noncompliance Study of the Advance EITC,
Joanna Stamatiades and James Cook, Government Accountability Office,
and Eric Larsen, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service
Changing Patterns of Noncompliance Among Sole Proprietors: 1988-2001,
Katie Fox, Janice Hu, and Peter Adelsheim, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service
You Earn How Much! An Investigation of Self-Reported Income Versus
Administrative Income Data,
Valmai Copeland, New Zealand Inland Revenue
Discussant Comments for the 2008 IRS Research Workshop - John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Administering the Corporation Income Tax in the 21st Century
Moderator: Don McPartland, Large and Mid-Size Business Division,
Internal Revenue Service
Summary of Repatriated Dividend Study,
Melissa Redmiles, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service
FIN 48 and Tax Compliance,
Lillian Mills, University of Texas at Austin, and Leslie Robinson and Richard Sansing, Tuck School of Business,
Dartmouth College
Electronic Tax Return Filing, Enterprise Data Structures and Tax Compliance
Risk Assessment,
Charles Boynton and William Trautman, Large and Mid-Size Business Division, Internal Revenue Service, and Petro Lisowsky, Boston University
Discussant: George Plesko, University of Connecticut, School of Business
SOI: 90 Years of Tax Statistics
Moderator: Martha Eller Gangi, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service
Presenter: Barry W. Johnson, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service
Discussant:
Michael Udell, Joint Committee on Taxation
Innovative Approaches to Improving Tax Compliance
Moderator: Julie Buckel, Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service
Beyond Deterrence: Targeting Tax Enforcement with a Penalty Default,
Alex Raskolnikov, Columbia University, Columbia Law School
Does Threatening ‘Prospective Retrospection’ of Anti-Avoidance Measures
Work in Deterring Tax Avoidance on Employee Remuneration?
Alice Dwyer, Nick Catton, and Antony Long, Her Majesty’s Revenue
and Customs
Encouraging Participation in Tax Filing,
James Alm, Georgia State University; Michael Jones, Bridgewater State College; and Michael McKee, Appalachian State University
Discussant: Jane Gravelle, Congressional Research Service
Harnessing Technology to Improve Tax Administration
Moderator: Tom Beers, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service
Management of Corporate Tax Data in a Digital Age,
Kithsiri L. De Silva, New Zealand Inland Revenue
Developing a Filter to Protect Low Income Taxpayers from Systemic Levies Issued Through the Federal Payment Levy Program,
Jeff Wilson, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service
Lessons Learned from IRS Free Filers: Capturing Young Taxpayers for a Lifetime of Electronic Filing,
David Cico and Courtney Howard Olson, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service
Discussant: Janet McCubbin, AARP Public Policy Institute
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IRS Research Conference Registration Form
Links to previous conferences:
2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002
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