I am honored to be included on the list of Accounting Today's 100 Most Influential People for the fifth year in a row. The magazine contains one-sentence explanations of why each of the folks made the list; here is mine:
Probably the most prolific blogger in the tax field, Caron has made his blog into a must-read, chock-full of the latest developments in the worlds of tax, law and academia.
I am flattered to be on the list with such high-powered people in the tax and accounting worlds, including:
- Max Baucus (Chair, Senate Finance Committee)
- Barney Frank (Chair, House Financial Services Committee)
- Timothy Geithner (Secretary of the Treasury)
- Chuck Grassley (Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee)
- Sander Levin (Chair, House Ways & Means Committee)
- President Barack Obama
- Nina Olson (National Taxpayer Advocate, IRS)
- Mary Schapiro (Chair, SEC)
- Douglas Shulman (Commissioner, IRS)



