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Prof. Dr. Christoph Watrin
University of Münster
Germany
 

doc. Ing. Ladislav Mejzlík, Ph.D.
Dean, Faculty of Finance and Accounting
University of Economics in Prague
Czech Republic

Prof. Ken Klassen, Ph.D.
University of Waterloo, School of Accounting and Finance, Canada

Prof. Ryan J. Wilson, Ph.D.
University of Oregon, Business Lundquist College

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The workshop program will start on July 1st in the morning and finish on July 2nd in the afternoon. A detailed schedule will be posted in May.

A Ph.D. Seminar will be taught by the keynote speakers on June 29th to 30th, 2015. All workshop participants are invited to this Seminar (no registration fee for workshop participants). For details contact Dr. Adrian Kubata at: adrian.kubata@wiwi.uni-muenster.de. Participants of the doctoral seminar have to present one of the papers from the reading list. Papers will be assigned by MIAT.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together international scholars working on current issues in taxation. Thereby we will learn about different 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 the keynote speakers offers an excellent possibility to receive meaningful feedback for submitted work.

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                                                      

Discussion: Each accepted paper will be discussed by another workshop participant, giving participants the unique opportunity to receive thorough and individual feedback on their research project. Each participant is expected to serve as discussant of someone else paper.

                                                                                                    SUBMISSION CLOSED

Full papers as well as proposals can be submitted.

The submitted papers/proposals should consist of a cover page and the body of the proposal. Please note that the papers/proposals have to be submitted online as ONE document, created in one of the following compatible formats: Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx).

The COVER PAGE should include the following information:

• title
• each Author’s name, his/her affiliation, address, telephone, fax, e-mail
   

The BODY of the paper/proposal should include:

• purpose/topic of research
• research method
• theories used
• contribution to research

Proposal/full papers submission: 1 April 2015
Scholarship application: 1 April 2015
Author notification: as of 13 April 2015
Registration of authors: 15 May 2015
Final papers: 1 June 2015

The Münster Institute of Accounting and Taxation offers five scholarships for young research fellows of 300 € each. To apply for a scholarship please send your proposal and a PhD confirmation letter to Dr. Adrian Kubata at adrian.kubata@wiwi.uni-muenster.de by 1 April 2015. Scholarships will be assigned by lot. Applicable are only participants who present a paper at the workshop.

VENUE

University of Economics in Prague (VŠE v Praze)
Faculty of Finance and Accounting
Nám. W. Churchilla 4
130 67 Praha 3

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