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Objectives
- To foster the dissemination and publication of taxation materials.
- To promote tax education in areas such as curricula, education-related materials, graduate tax programs, and accreditation.
- To promote tax research in areas such as policy, law, planning, compliance, and economics.
- To encourage the interaction of tax academics, practitioners, and professional organizations.
Section Member Benefits
- The ATA Section publishes two premier journals. The Journal of the American Taxation promotes the study of, and the acquisition of knowledge about, taxation. The Journal of Legal Tax Research publishes creative and innovative studies that employ legal research methodologies.
- The ATA midyear meeting includes a Doctoral Consortium and Teaching and Curriculum Conference, teaching and research sessions, and the opportunity to earn CPE, volunteer and network.
- The ATA recognizes member contributions through awards such as Ray Sommerfield Outstanding Accounting Educator Award, ATA Teaching Innovation Award, the ATA Outstanding Service Award, ATA/PricewaterhouseCoopers Outstanding Dissertation Award, and the ATA Tax Manuscript Award.
- The ATA offers the opportunity for professional development and the opportunity for interaction of tax academics, practitioners, and professional organizations.
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Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award
(funded by the Ernst & Young Foundation)
2017: John Robinson, Texas A&M University
2016: Ben Ayers, University of Georgia
2015: John Philips
2014: Lillian Mills, The University of Texas at Austin
List of all Outstanding Tax Educator Award Recipients
ATA Outstanding Service Award
2017: Anthony Curatola, Drexel University
2016: Zite Hutton, Western Washington University
2015: Allen Ford, University of Kansas
2014: Ken Orbach, Florida Atlantic University and Nancy Nichols, James Madison University
List of all ATA Outstanding Service Award Recipients
ATA / Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award
2017: Kerry Inger (Auburn University), Mollie Adams (Bradley University), and Michele Meckfessel (University of Missouri- St. Louis)- “The Not So Pokey Hokies”
2016: Mark A. Holtzblatt, John Geekie, Cleveland State University, and Norbert Tschakert, Salem State University, "Should U.S. and Global Regulators Take a Bigger Tax Bite Out of Technology Companies? A Case on Apple's International Tax Minimization and Reporting Strategies"
2015: Susan Anderson, Elon University, and Lynn Stallworth, Appalachian State University
List of all Teaching Innovation Award Recipients
ATA / PricewaterhouseCoopers Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award
2017: Christina Lewellen, Florida State University
2016: Rebecca Lester “Made in the U.S.A.? A Study of Firm Responses to Domestic Production Incentives”
2015: Erin Henry "The Information Content of Tax Expense: A Discount Rate Explanation"
2014: Lisa De Simone, Stanford University, "Does a Common Set of Accounting Standards Affect Tax-Motivated Income Shifting for Multinational Firms?"
List of all Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award Recipients
ATA Tax Manuscript Award
2017: John Graham (Duke), Michelle Hanlon (MIT), Terry Shevlin (University of California - Irvine) “Incentives for Tax Planning and Avoidance: Evidence
from the Field”
2016: Petro Lisowsky, Leslie Robinson and Andrew Schmidt- "Do Publicly Disclosed Tax Reserves Tell Us About Privately Disclosed Tax Shelter Activity?"
2015: Ken Klassen and Stacie LaPlante "Are US Multinational Corporations Becoming More Aggressive Income Shifters?"
2014: Jennifer L. Brown (Arizona State University), "The Spread of Aggressive Corporate Tax Reporting: A Detailed Examination of the Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Shelter", The Accounting Review, volume 86, number 1, pp. 23-57 (2011).
JATA Outstanding Paper Award
2017: Brian Bratten (Kentucky) and David S. Hulse (Kentucky). “Retroactive Tax Legislation, reported Earnings, and Investors’ Responses to Earnings “Surprises:” Evidence from R&D Credit Extensions"
2016: Katharine Drake, Jennifer Brown, and Laura Wellman – “The benefits of a relational approach to corporate political activity: Evidence from political contributions to tax policymakers”
2015: Sanjay Gupta, Lillian F. Mills, Erin M. Towry "The Effect of Mandatory Financial Statement Disclosures of Tax Uncertainty on Tax Reporting and Collections: The Case of FIN 48 and Multistate Tax Avoidance"
2014: Leslie Robinson (Dartmouth College) and Andrew P. Schmidt (North Carolina State University). "Firm and Investor Responses to Uncertain Tax Benefit Disclosure Requirements."
List of all JATA Outstanding Paper Award Recipients
JATA Conference Best Discussant Award
2017: Jaron Wilde, University of Iowa
2016: Stacie LaPlante, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2015: C. Bryan Cloyd
2014: James Chyz (University of Tennessee) for the discussion of "Taxation and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Stock Options"
List of all JATA Conference Best Discussant Award Recipients
JLTR Outstanding Paper Award
2017: - Roby Sawyers (NC State), David Baumer (NC State), and Wade Chumney (California State, Northridge) “Insider Trading and IRC Section 6103(e)(1)(D)(iii)”
2016: Hughlene Burton and Noel Brock - Tax Treatment of ‘Carried Interest”
2015: John Gamino "Taxing Nonrecourse Litigation Funding"
2014: Michelle Bertolini, (Nova Southeastern University) and Pamela Weaver (University of Hartford) "Mandatory Arbitration within Tax Treaties: A Need for a Coherent International Standard"
Marty Escoffier Hospitality Award (Learn more about this award)
2017: Raquel Alexander, 2017 ATA Midyear Meeting Chair
2016: Kim Key, 2016 ATA Midyear Meeting Chair
2015: Diana Falsetta, Vice President, 2015 ATA Midyear Meeting Chair
2014: Charlene Henderson for outstanding work at the ATA Midyear Meeting
A Letter From Our President
Stacie Kelly
2024-2025
ATA Section President
Greetings ATA Members and welcome to the 2024/2025 academic year!
Thank you so much for providing me the opportunity to serve as your president this year. I am honored and extremely grateful for Jenny Brown’s (Past-President) help in navigating this important role. She provided outstanding leadership during the ATA’s 50th year and is absolutely wonderful!
Many members of the ATA, like Jenny, have been instrumental in my academic career over the past 25 years since I embarked on this adventure at the University of Washington as a PhD student. In addition to the excellent foundation I received at Washington, it was through various events provided by the ATA that I have met some truly remarkable people and enjoyed numerous rewarding opportunities.
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ATA Memorial Fund
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