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proceedings - University of Illinois Tax Research Symposium X
Preface
This volume contains proceedings from the University of Illinois Tax Research Symposium X held at the Standard Club in Chicago, Illinois on September 19, 2008.
Five panel discussions and one paper were presented. The presentations and paper focusing on IFRS made the X Symposium on Tax Research a very relevant and educational event.
A. Rashad Abdel-khalik
University of Illinois
Proceedings
Panel I: Convergence and Conversion to IFRS
The Tax Transformation to IFRS
Nathan Andrews, Deloitte (Panel Leader)
Craig L Fjelsted, KPMG
John Phillips, University of Connecticut
Panel II: Effects of Adopting IFRS on Transfer Pricing
Effects of Adopting IFRS on Transfer Pricing
Kathy Ford, Ernst & Young (Panel Leader)
Jim Wisniewski, Ernst & Young
Chuck Larson, IRS
Panel III: FIN 48 under IFRS
Liabilities for Uncertain Tax Benefits FIN 48 versus IAS 12
Uncertain Tax Positions
Ken Kuykendall, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Panel Leader)
Richard Sansing, Dartmouth College
Paper Presentation
Tax Planning Considerations under IFRS
Georgia Siougle, Athens University of Economics & Business,
Greece
Panel IV: Does LIFO have a Future?a
Does LIFO have a Future? (Plesko)
LIFO Who Needs It? (Ayres)
George Plesko, University of Connecticut (Panel Leader)
Frances Ayres, University of Oklahoma
Panel V: Tax Avoidance Around the World and Conjectures about the Effects of Adopting IFRS
World-Wide Corporate Tax Avoidance (Swenson)
Tax Avoidance Around the World (Shevlin)
Charles Swenson, University of Southern California (Panel Leader)
Tom Omer, Texas A&M University
Terry Shevlin, University of Washington
