The 38th Annual American Taxation Association (ATA) Midyear Meeting was a huge success!

The 38th Annual American Taxation Association (ATA) Midyear Meeting was successfully held on February 19-21, 2026 | Nashville, TN

We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all participants, presenters, and organizers whose contributions played an integral role in making this event such a meaningful and successful experience. Your engagement, insights, and collaboration were invaluable to the overall success of the meeting.

We truly hope you found the program both enriching and rewarding, and we warmly invite you to join us again next year for another opportunity to connect, learn, and advance the field of accounting education together.

We would like to thank EY for being the program host for the 2026 Teaching and Curriculum Conference and KPMG for supporting the Doctoral Consortium!

Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors for their generous support of our Midyear Meeting

Celebrating 50 Years of the American Taxation Association!

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In Memoriam: an ATA Founding Member
Edward Jay Schnee
(November 22, 1946 – December 20, 2025)

We share the news that Dr. Ed Schnee passed away peacefully on December 20, 2025, at the age of 79. He was a resident of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, and native of New York City, NY.

Ed was the Hugh Culverhouse Professor of Accounting at the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama from 1982 to 2022, after stints at the University of Kentucky and the University of South Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from City College of New York and his MBA and doctorate from Michigan State University. He devoted the majority of his career to teaching tax accounting to seniors and master’s students.

He was a founding member of the American Taxation Association (ATA) Section and served in many capacities for the organization, including President and Editor of the section’s Journal of Legal Tax Research. Ed received many awards in recognition of his contributions, including the ATA’s Outstanding Tax Educator Award (2011) and the ATA Outstanding Service Award (2004). 

We express our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. You can read his full In Memoriam posting HERE.