IRS Research Conference 2008 IRS Research Conference June 11–12 Washington, D.C. The 2008 IRS Research Conference highlighted research on tax compliance and administration, and facilitated dialogue among IRS researchers, IRS and state tax administrators, tax experts from other countries, academic researchers, Federal agencies, and private sector experts. The 2008 Conference was held June 11 and 12 at the Hart Auditorium of the Georgetown University Law Center. Hart Auditorium is located in McDonough Hall, at 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. Keynote address Doug Shulman, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service 2008 IRS Research Bulletin PDF Conference program PDF List of attendees PDF Estimating individual income tax noncompliance Moderator: Javier Framinan, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service Demographic and Noncompliance Study of the Advance EITC PDF Joanna Stamatiades and James Cook, Government Accountability Office; and Eric Larsen, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service Changing Patterns of Noncompliance Among Sole Proprietors: 1988–2001 PDF Katie Fox, Janice Hu, and Peter Adelsheim, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service You Earn How Much! An Investigation of Self-Reported Income Versus Administrative Income Data PDF Valmai Copeland, New Zealand Inland Revenue Discussant Comments for the 2008 IRS Research Workshop PDF John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin-Madison Administering the corporation income tax in the 21st century Moderator: Don McPartland, Large and Mid-Size Business Division, Internal Revenue Service Summary of Repatriated Dividend Study PDF Melissa Redmiles, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service FIN 48 and Tax Compliance PDF Lillian Mills, University of Texas at Austin; and Leslie Robinson and Richard Sansing, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Electronic Tax Return Filing, Enterprise Data Structures and Tax Compliance Risk Assessment PDF Charles Boynton and William Trautman, Large and Mid-Size Business Division, Internal Revenue Service; and Petro Lisowsky, Boston University Discussant Comments PDF George Plesko, University of Connecticut, School of Business SOI: 90 Years of Tax Statistics PDF Moderator: Martha Eller Gangi, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service Discussant comments PDF Michael Udell, Joint Committee on Taxation Presenter: Barry W. Johnson, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service Innovative approaches to improving tax compliance Moderator: Julie Buckel, Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service Beyond Deterrence: Targeting Tax Enforcement with a Penalty Default Alex Raskolnikov, Columbia University, Columbia Law School Does Threatening ‘Prospective Retrospection’ of Anti-Avoidance Measures Work in Deterring Tax Avoidance on Employee Remuneration? PDF Encouraging Participation in Tax Filing PDF James Alm, Georgia State University; Michael Jones, Bridgewater State College; and Michael McKee, Appalachian State University Discussant: Jane Gravelle, Congressional Research Service Harnessing technology to improve tax administration Moderator: Tom Beers, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service Management of Corporate Tax Data in a Digital Age PDF Kithsiri L. De Silva, New Zealand Inland Revenue Developing a Filter to Protect Low Income Taxpayers from Systemic Levies Issued Through the Federal Payment Levy Program PDF Jeff Wilson, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service Lessons Learned from IRS Free Filers: Capturing Young Taxpayers for a Lifetime of Electronic Filing PDF David Cico and Courtney Howard Olson, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service Discussant comments PDF Janet McCubbin, AARP Public Policy Institute Back to top Links to other conferences: Tax stats - IRS Research Conference