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2012 Schedule

2012 UNC Tax Symposium 2012 Participants 2012 Agenda Accommodations Archives

Date Time Event
25
Friday
January, 2013
11:30 AM – 12:50 PM

Title – The Effect of the Shareholder Dividend Tax Policy on Corporate Tax Avoidance

Authors:
Dan Amiram, Columbia University

Andrew M. Bauer, University of Illinois

Mary Margaret Frank, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Bob Adams, McGladrey

12:50 PM – 1:50 PM
Lunch—DuBose House, Rizzo Center
1:50 – 3:10 PM

Title – Are Venture Capital Investments Inefficiently Organized? Quantifying the Foregone Tax Losses Generated by Startup Firms Organized as C-Corporations

Authors:
Eric Allen, University of California

Sharat Raghavan, University of California

Discussant:
Ira Weiss, University of Chicago

3:10 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 4:50 PM

Title– Where in the World are “Permanently Reinvested” Foreign Earnings?

Authors:
Jennifer Blouin, University of Pennsylvania

Linda Krull, University of Oregon

Leslie Robinson, Dartmouth College

Discussant:
Timothy McDonald, Procter & Gamble

4:50 – 5:10 PM
Break
5:10 – 6:30 PM

Title – Importing Corruption Culture from Overseas: Evidence from Corporate Tax Evasion in the United States

Authors:
Jason DeBacker, Office of Tax Analysis,
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Bradley T. Heim, Indiana University

Anh Tran, Indiana University

Discussant:
Tom Brennan, Northwestern University

6:30 – 7:30 PM
Reception—DuBose House
7:30 PM
Dinner—DuBose House
28
Saturday
January, 2012
6:30 – 8:00 AM
Breakfast – Dubose House
8:00 AM – 9:20 AM

Title – Liquidity, Investor-Level Tax Rates, and Expected Rates of Return

Authors:
Stephanie A. Sikes, University of Pennsylvania

Robert E. Verrecchia, University of Pennsylvania

Eva Labro, University of North Carolina

Discussant:
Peter Easton, Notre Dame

9:20 – 9:35 AM
Break
9:35 AM – 10:55 AM

Title – Taxes and the Location of Targets

Authors:
Wiji Arulampalam, University of Warwick

Michael P. Devereux, Oxford University

Federica Liberini, University of Warwick

Discussant:
Marc Zenner, JP Morgan

10:55 – 11:10 AM
Break
11:10 – 12:30 PM

Title – Taxing Cash

Authors:
Ilan Benshalom, Hebrew University

Discussant:
Chris William Sanchirico, University of Pennsylvania

12:30 PM
Lunch—DuBose House, Rizzo Center
1:30 PM
Buses to RDU Airport

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This event is invitation only. The 27th Annual UNC Tax Symposium will be held at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill on Friday, April 12th and Saturday morning, April 13th.

This event is invitation only. The seminar exposes students of all backgrounds to current tax research and is designed for students from doctoral programs without a Ph.D. tax seminar. Students learn the fundamentals of tax research, and some might wind up adding tax to their set of research interests.

Knowledgeable speakers will discuss state and federal tax policy issues and their legal implications. Our keynote speaker will be Internal Revenue Service Commissioner and UNC Alumnus, Danny Werfel.

In its 26th year, the University of North Carolina Tax Symposium is designed to bring together leading scholars from economics, accounting, finance, law, political science and related fields who share a common interest in current tax research.

This event is invitation only. The seminar exposes students of all backgrounds to current tax research and is designed for students from doctoral programs without a Ph.D. tax seminar. Students learn the fundamentals of tax research, and some might wind up adding tax to their set of research interests. The doctoral seminar is sponsored by the KPMG Foundation.

At this 1st annual event, nine prominent tax experts will discuss a broad array of federal and state tax policy issues, with a special session devoted to professional responsibility/ethics.

Join the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the UNC Tax Center for their annual convening, this year held virtually, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

In its 25th year, the University of North Carolina Tax Symposium is designed to bring together leading scholars from economics, accounting, finance, law, political science and related fields who share a common interest in current tax research.

This event is invitation only. The seminar exposes students of all backgrounds to current tax research and is designed for students from doctoral programs without a PhD tax seminar. Students learn the fundamentals of tax research, and some might wind up adding tax to their set of research interests. The doctoral seminar is sponsored by the KPMG Foundation.

Join us for this 4th in a series of webcasts jointly hosted by the UNC Tax Center and the AICPA. UNC’s Tax Center Leadership Council members Louise Reed and Ed Cook will join UNC economics and finance professor Eric Ghysels to help unravel the mysteries of blockchain and discuss the practical implications this technology is having on accounting and business.

Join the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the University of North Carolina Tax Center for a live webinar featuring accounting, law, and economics experts as they discuss the effects of the Biden Administration on corporate tax proposals.

In partnership with the AICPA, the UNC Tax Center's expert panel will share highlights from the Senate Finance Committee expected whitepaper on proposed US tax legislation, details from the expected Treasury Green Book on Biden administration revenue proposals, as well as updates and discussion of the latest academic research on income shifting and global tax policy.