The two-day 2006 IRS Research Conference Program concludes today at Georgetown. Here are today’s panels, paper presenters, and discussants:

Session 4: The Role of Third Parties in Tax Administration and Compliance

• Moderator: Curt Hopkins, IRS, Small Business/Self-Employed Division
• Papers:
  • Avoidance Policies – A New Conceptual Framework, David Ulph, HM Revenue and Customs
  • Instance-based Classifiers for Tax Agent Modelling, Fuchun Luan and Warwick Graco, Australian Taxation Office and Mark Norrie, Crackerjack Consulting, Canberra
  • Tax Preparation Services for Low- and Moderate-Income Households: Preliminary Evidence from a New Survey, Michael Barr and Jane Dokko, University of Michigan
• Discussant: Anne Steuer, IRS, Small Business/Self-Employed Division

Session 5: New Approaches to Compliance and Administration

• Moderator: Elizabeth Kruse, IRS, Office of Program Evaluation and Risk Analysis
• Papers:
  • The Effect of Targeted Outreach on Compliance, Peter Adelsheim, Curt Hopkins and Marlene Le, IRS, Small Business/Self-Employed Division
  • Evaluating Working for Families: A Multi Agency Income Support Program, Prue Oxley, Valmai Copeland and April Bennett, Inland Revenue, New Zealand
  • A New Era of Tax Enforcement Policy:  From "Big Stick" to Responsive Regulation, Sagit Leviner, University of Michigan
• Discussant: Janet Holtzblatt, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Closing Remarks: Janet McCubbin, IRS, Statistics of Income Division