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The American Taxation Association (ATA) was founded in 1974 and joined the American Accounting Association (AAA) in 1978 as the Tax Section of the AAA. Memberships and student memberships are open to persons with an interest in tax education and research. To learn more about our objectives, please see ATA objectives. Under the guidance of the President Lillian Mills, the ATA's committees provide a wide variety of services to the ATA membership. See the Committees page for more information.
News & Announcements
2010 Midyear Meeting and JATA Conference registration and hotel information is now available
2010 Doctoral Consortiium application and program information is now available
The ATA mourns the sudden death of Marty Escoffier, husband of Shirley Dennis-Escoffier and friend of the ATA. (posted 9/17/2009)
ATA President Lillian Mills' 2009 Annual Meeting remarks are available online. (posted 10/30/2009)
The call for nominations for the 2010 Ray M. Sommerfield Outstanding Tax Educator Award is now available (posted 10/16/2009)
2010 Internal Revenue Service Research Conference - Call for Papers (posted 9/30/2009)
The Call for Nominations for ATA Officers, Trustees, and Publications Committee Members for 2010-2011 has been posted on the ATA website. Who you would like to see in ATA leadership positions? These individuals will influence the activities of the ATA in the coming years. Nominations are due February 13, 2010, but earlier nominations are encouraged. (posted 8/22/09)
ATA/KPMG Tax Doctoral Consortium Announcement and Student Application are now available (posted 8/14/09)
A Call for Nominations for Editor of the “Journal of the American Taxation Association” (JATA) has been posted on the ATA website. (posted 8/12/09)
The 2009 ATA Award recipients are now listed on the ATA website. (posted 8/11/2009).
The Calls for Papers for all of the 2010 ATA Midyear Meeting Research Sessions are now on the ATA website. (posted 7/21/2009).
The 2009 Southern Federal Tax Institute will be held October 19-23, 2009 in Atlanta at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta (in Buckhead). The Trustees of the SFTI have asked me to convey their invitation to full-time tax and accounting faculty members to attend the Institute tuition-free. To see the program and to register, please go to the SFTI web site, www.sfti.org. Or, you may communicate with the SFTI office at info@sfti.org. (posted 7/20/2009).
The 2009 ATA Syllabus Exchange is now on the ATA website. (posted 6/14/09)
Updated information about the KPMG Professor Residency Program is now available. (posted 6/16/09)
KPMG has developed two ten-minute Tax Technical Videos to support classroom instruction of a tax technical topic. For more information, click here. (posted 2/6/09)
Please submit your tax syllabi for the ATA Tax Syllabus Exchange. Please click here for information. (posted 9/17/2009).
Deloitte Dbriefs U. Great resource for tax profs. All webcasts now available on demand!
Assessment of Learning Survey Results (updated through November 2007) are now available (posted 3/27/08)
The VITA Best Practices Report of the ATA Pro-Bono Tax Services Task Force is now available on the ATA website. (posted October 20, 2007)
Tax Analysts' offer to ATA members - new annual application (posted June 26, 2007)
Updated Syllabus Exchange is available. (posted Feb. 11, 2007)
Read about the KPMG Professor Residency Program.
New Tax Case Exchange is available. Check it out.
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