Call for Papers
3rd EIASM Workshop of Current Research in Taxation

July 1-2, 2013, Munster, Germany

We are very pleased to announce the 3rd EIASM Workshop of Current Research in Taxation with Douglas Shackelford (UNC) and Scott Dyreng (Duke). The Workshop takes place on 1-2 July 2013 in Munster (Germany).

The goal of the workshop is to bring together international scholars working on current issues in taxation. We will cover a wide range of topics from worldwide tax research and create a setting where work in progress can be improved and discussed in-depth. Especially the attendance and moderating function of Prof. Douglas Shackelford and Prof. Scott Dyreng offers an excellent opportunity to receive meaningful feedback for submitted work.

TOPICS: Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Accounting for income taxes.
- Tax accounting and capital markets.
- Similarities and differences between tax and financial accounting; book-tax conformity.
- Tax planning, tax avoidance and earnings management.
- Tax uncertainty, tax complexity and tax risk.
- Corporate governance and taxation.
- Taxation of multinational corporations.
- Taxation of family firms and public companies.
- Taxes and non-tax costs. implicit taxes.
- Taxpayer behavior, tax compliance, tax consulting.
- The current and evolving duties of tax administrators and policymakers.
- Proposals for tax reforms, tax policy, recent legislative or regulatory changes.
- Important current tax issues.
- Taxes in a changing economic, regulatory, and fiscal environment.
- Tax harmonization.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information about the workshop, please see our website at: http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=951. Information on the subsequent PhD-Seminar on July 3-4, 2013, which is held jointly with the keynote speakers, can be found at: http://www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/iub/studieren/lehrprogramm/sose13/Forschungsseminar.html

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Deadline for submissions to the workshop is 18 April 2013. Papers should be submitted electronically (in PDF format) using the form available at the EIASM website.