2005 IRS Research Conference
June 7–8
Washington, D.C.
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Foreword, Acknowledgments, and Table of Contents PDF
New estimates of individual income tax compliance
Preliminary Results of the National Research Program’s Reporting Compliance Study of Tax Year 2001 Individual Returns PDF
Charles Bennett, IRS, National Research Program
Preliminary Update of the Tax Year 2001 Individual Income Tax Underreporting Gap Estimates PDF
Alan Plumley, IRS, RAS, Office of Research
Estimating the Informal Supplier Tax Gap PDF
James Alm, Georgia State University; and Brian Erard, B. Erard and Associates
Indirect measures of compliance
Visualization of Effective Tax Rates for Tax Gap Estimation and Compliance Risk Assessment PDF
Peter Lumb, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, United Kingdom
ROA-Based Estimates of Income Shifting by U.S. Multinational Corporations PDF
Charles W. Christian, Arizona State University; and Thomas D. Schultz, Case Western Reserve University
Taxpayer compliance burden
Measuring the Tax Compliance Burden of Small Businesses PDF
Donald DeLuca, Arnie Greenland, John Guyton, Sean Hennessy, and Audrey Kindlon, IBM Business Consulting Services
Tax Compliance Costs of Small Businesses 2004: Improving the Estimates PDF
Prue Oxley and Stuart Turner, Inland Revenue, New Zealand; and Charles Sullivan, Capital Research, Wellington, New Zealand
The Effects of Tax Software and Paid Preparers on Compliance Costs PDF
John L. Guyton, IBM Business Consulting Services; Adam K. Korobow, LMI; Peter S. Lee, Internal Revenue Service; and Eric J. Toder, The Urban Institute
Use of tax administration resources
Offshore Compliance: Using Regression and Risk Modeling to Select Cases from Large Datasets PDF
Annex 1 and Annex 2 PDF
Annex 3 PDF
Damian Pritchard and Nadeer Khan, Inland Revenue, United Kingdom
Risk-Based Collection Model Development and Testing PDF
Jane Martin and Rick Stephenson, IRS, Small Business/Self-Employed Division
Methods for Measuring IRS’s Productivity PDF
Kevin Daly and Jennifer Gravelle, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Influencing voluntary compliance behavior
Research into the Impact of Audit on Compliance PDF
Valmai Copeland, Inland Revenue, New Zealand
Carrots, Sticks, Sole Proprietors, and Tax Accountants PDF
John Hasseldine, Nottingham University Business School; Peggy A. Hite, Indiana University; Simon James, University of Exeter; and Marika Toumi, Nottingham University Business School
Understanding barriers to compliance and participation
Does Confidentiality Affect Tax Compliance? PDF
Susan Laury and Sally Wallace, Georgia State University
Compliance with Information Reporting: Exempt Organizations PDF
Martin David and Thomas Pollak, Urban Institute; and Paul Arnsberger, Internal Revenue Service
Improving Tax Compliance of Bilingual Taxpayers with Effective Consumer Communication PDF
Christine C. Bauman, University of Northern Iowa; David Luna, Baruch College; and Laura A. Peracchio, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee