Call for Papers: 2010 IRS Research Conference

Posted by on October 19, 2009

IRS will hold the 2010 IRS Research Conference in June or July, in Washington, D.C.  The exact date and location will be announced in the future at http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=213583,00.html.  For more information about this conference, including previous conference programs and papers, visit this Website and click on the links to previous conferences.

We invite you to propose an original paper for the 2010 Conference.  Submitted proposals may also be considered for a poster session. General topics of interest include tax compliance, taxpayer burden, improving tax administration, and the nature and behavior of the taxpayer population. For, example, we welcome proposals about:

§        identifying compliance problems and promoting compliance
§        improving taxpayer service
§        the impact of legal and regulatory changes on tax administration
§        the effects of globalization on taxation
§        the impact of economic cycles on tax administration
§        the role of third parties, such as paid preparers
§        comparative tax administration studies
§        research methodologies

Proposals are welcome from government and non-government researchers from the U.S. and abroad. One author per paper will receive funding for travel and those who are not government employees also may be eligible to receive honoraria.

Conference papers will be due in May, prior to the Conference. After the Conference, a proceedings volume will be published containing all of the papers.  Authors will have until August to submit copies of their papers, including any revisions in response to Conference feedback

For proposed papers, please submit:

·        A title
·        An abstract not to exceed two pages in length
·        Names and affiliations for all authors
·        An e-mail address and phone number for at least one contact author

The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2009.

Please e-mail your submission to:  research.conference@irs.gov and put “paper proposal” in the subject line.

Janice M. Hedemann
Chair, 2010 IRS Research Conference