IRS Research Conference 2004 IRS Research Conference June 2–3 Washington, D.C. This section contains selected papers and other materials produced by IRS employees and others for the 2004 IRS Research Conference that was held on June 2–3, 2004, in Washington, DC. These materials are included in the proceedings of the conference—The IRS Research Bulletin: Recent IRS Research on Tax Administration and Compliance, Publication 1500. Each item is appropriately identified below. The views expressed in these materials are those of the authors and are not necessarily the official positions of the Internal Revenue Service. For more information about the proceedings volume or a particular item, please send us an email message. All research papers are available as PDF files. A free Adobe Acrobat reader is available for download, if needed. Foreword and Table of Contents PDF Conference Program PDF Conference Attendee List PDF Keynote Address PDF Senator Charles Grassley Chairman Senate Finance Committee Measuring and influencing voluntary compliance Criminal Investigation Enforcement Activities and Taxpayer Noncompliance PDF Jeffrey Dubin, California Institute of Technology, February 2005 Audit Information Dissemination, Taxpayer Communication, and Compliance: An Experimental Approach PDF James Alm, Georgia State University; Betty Jackson, University of Colorado at Boulder; and Michael McKee, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, February 2005 Statistical Analysis of Compliance Using the NRP Data: Detection Controlled Models PDF Jonathan Feinstein, Yale University, June 2004 Tax administration and compliance in other countries Compliance Research at the Canada Revenue Agency PDF Greg Maloney, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, February 2005 Translating the Compliance Model into Practical Reality PDF Tony Morris and Michele Lonsdale, New Zealand Inland Revenue, February 2005 Tax Credits: The UK PerspectiveSummary PDF Medhi Hussain, Inland Revenue, United Kingdom, May 2004 Issues in IRS management / administration of the tax system IRS Human Capital: Hiring and Attrition of Employees in Compliance Occupations PDF Alex Turk and Thomas Mielke, Internal Revenue Service, February 2005 Internet-Based Customer Service: Organizational Experiences PDF IRS, Wage and Investment Division; and Stefano Grazioli, University of Virginia, May and June 2004 Measuring taxpayer compliance burdens The Tax Compliance Burden of Small Businesses—A Profile of 50 Businesses PDF Donald Deluca, Arnold Greenland, Sean Hennessy, Audrey Kindlon, and Michael Stavrianos, IBM Consulting, February 2005 Evaluating the Ability of the Individual Taxpayer Burden Model to Measure Components of Taxpayer Burden: The Alternative Minimum Tax as a Case Study PDF Allen Lerman, Treasury Department; and Peter Lee, Internal Revenue Service, February 2005 New developments in IRS enforcement strategies Relational Mining for Compliance Risk PDF David DeBarr, MITRE Corporation; and Maury Harwood, Internal Revenue Service, February 2005 Designing a System for Structured Assessment of Compliance Risk PDF John Lowrance, SRI International; and Rajesh Ragoobeer, Internal Revenue Service, February 2005 Compliance Risk Modeling and Resource Allocation in LMSB PDF William Trautman, Internal Revenue Service, May and June 2004 Compliance with the Earned Income Tax Credit IRS Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Initiative: Status Report to Congress PDF February 2005 Appendix C from IRS Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Initiative: Status Report to Congress PDF February 2005 Links to other conferences: IRS Research Conference