George A. Plesko

Downloadable Papers and Links

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Journal and Refereed Conference Publications:

Valuing Loss Firms," with Peter Joos, forthcoming, The Accounting Review, July 2005.

"Corporate Tax Avoidance and the Properties of Corporate Earnings" National Tax Journal, September 2004.

“Bridging the Reporting Gap: A Proposal for More Informative Reconciling of Book and Tax Income,” with Lil Mills, National Tax Journal 56:4 (December 2003), pp. 865 - 893.

On January 28, 2004 the IRS announced proposed changes in the 1120 reconciliation. The IRS proposed a new Schedule M-3 which would contain greater detail on book-tax reconciliation. A general explanation of the new Schedule M-3 was also provided.

“An Evaluation of Alternative Measures of Corporate Tax Rates” Journal of Accounting and Economics 35:2 (April 2003) pp. 201 - 226.

"The Relation Between Financial and Tax Reporting Measures of Income,” with Gil Manzon, Tax Law Review 55:2 (Winter 2002), pp. 175 - 214.

“The Role of Short-Term Debt in Capital Structure,” Proceedings of the Ninety-Third Annual Conference, (Washington D.C.: National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America, 2001), pp. 135 - 140.

"The Influence of Tax Costs on Organizational Choice in the Natural Resource Industry" with Tom Omer and Marjorie Shelley, Journal of the American Taxation Association 22:1 (Spring 2000).

“Book-tax Differences and the Measurement of Corporate Income,” Proceedings of the Ninety-Second Annual Conference, (Columbus: National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America, 2000), pp. 171 - 176.

“Evidence and Theory on Corporate Tax Shelters,” Proceedings of the Ninety-Second Annual Conference, (Columbus: National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America, 2000), pp. 367 - 371.

"’Gimme Shelter:’ Closely-Held Corporations Since the Tax Reform Act of 1986," National Tax Journal 48: 3, (September 1995), pp. 409 - 416.

"Corporate Taxation and the Financial Characteristics of Firms," Public Finance Quarterly 22:3, (July 1994), pp. 311 - 334.

"Earnings Management and the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax," with Charles Boynton and Paul Dobbins, Journal of Accounting Research 30, (Supplement, 1992) pp. 131 - 153.

"Earnings Management and the Corporate AMT," with Charles Boynton, Paul Dobbins, and Jeffrey Gramlich in Proceedings of the Eighty-Third Annual Conference, (Columbus: National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America, 1991), pp. 44 - 49.

"Environmental Regulations and the Cost of Capital in the 1970s," in Proceedings of the Eighty-Third Annual Conference 1990, (Columbus: National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America, 1991), pp. 115 - 121.

"Interpreting Federal Revenue Estimates: Corporate Receipts After the Tax Reform Act of 1986," in Proceedings of the Eighty-Second Annual Conference 1989, (Columbus: National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America, 1990), pp. 163 - 168.

"The Accuracy of Government Forecasts and Budget Projections," National Tax Journal 41: 4, (December 1988), pp. 483 - 501.


Contributions to Books and Other Publications:

“Individual and Corporate Capital Gains Are Highly Correlated,” (with Leonard Burman), Tax Notes, Oct. 28, 2002, p. 553.

“Reconciling Corporations' Book and Taxable Income, 1996 - 1998,” SOI Bulletin, Spring 2002 (Washington D.C.: US Government Printing Office)

"Corporate Income Tax: Impact and Incidence," in J.A. Richardson, ed., Handbook on Taxation, chapter 29, (Marcel Dekker, 1999)

"Dividends Received Deduction,” in J.J. Cordes, ed., Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, (Washington, D.C., Urban Institute, 1999)

“Subchapter S Corporation," in J.J. Cordes, ed., Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, (Washington, D.C., Urban Institute, 1999)

Review of Cracking the Code: Making Sense of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax, by Andrew B. Lyon, (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1997), in National Tax Journal, Vol. 51, No. 1, (March 1998).

"A Preliminary Outlook on Maine Tax Policy," with Daphne Kenyon and Christine Collins, State Tax Notes, February 12, 1996.

“Taxes and the Choice of Entity for Small Business,” Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, 1994 (NTIS PB95239976)

Six microeconomics cases in R.W. Tresch, ed, 1994, Principles of Economics: Cases and Supplementary Topics, (West: St. Paul).

"Budget Projections," in P. Newman, M. Milgate, and J.Eatwell, eds., The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, (New York: Stockton Press, 1992).

"Environmental Regulations, Capital Formation, and the Economic Performance of U.S. Manufacturing Industries," unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1985.

"A Comparative Study of U.S. and Wisconsin Productivity: Analysis of Manufacturing Industries,1963 - 1982," with R. Pilo, Staff Paper 85-12, Wisconsin Department of Development, March 1985.

"Capital Market Efficiency and the Role of Government in Small Business Finance," prepared for the Wisconsin Strategic Development Commission. Staff Paper, Wisconsin Department of Development, August 1984.

"Regulation and Productivity in Motor Vehicles and Steel: Final Report of Pilot Study," with J. Jondrow and M. Bowes, Public Research Institute, PRI 80-47, December 1980.

 

Congressional Testimony and Presentations:

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance, Enron: The Joint Committee on Taxation’s Investigative Report, S. Hrg. 108-117, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GPO), February 13, 2003

Click here for the complete hearing.

U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, “Issues in the Existing System: The Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax, Depreciation, and Entrepreneurship,” March 14, 2002.

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance, The Alternative Minimum Tax, S. Hrg. 104-80, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GPO), May 3, 1995.

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance, Decline of Corporate Tax Revenues, S. Hrg. 101-1065, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GPO), May 3, 1990.

 


Work Under Review:

"Costly Dividend Signaling : The Case of Loss Firms with Negative Cash Flows,” with Peter Joos

“Omitted Variable Bias in Time Series Estimates of Capital Gains Realizations"

"The Tax Advantage of Corporate Debt After Tax Reform"

“Tax Reform and the Distribution of Corporate Income Taxes”

"Strategic Disclosure for Political Gain: the Case of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax” with Gil Manzon

"The Role of Taxes in Organizational Choice: S Conversions After the Tax Reform Act of 1986"

“Measuring the Incentive Effects of State Tax Policies with an Application to Capital Investment” with Robert Tannenwald


Work in Progress:

"Estimates of the Magnitude of Financial and Tax Reporting Conflicts"

"Implicit Taxes, Tax Dependent Securities, and the Miller Hypothesis: The Case of Auction Rate Preferred Stock."

"Did Tax Reform Discourage Corporate Leverage?"

“The Incremental Benefit of Simulating Marginal Tax Rates”

 

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