16th Annual IRS-TPC Joint Research Conference on Tax Administration | June 25, 2026

Urban Institute, Washington, DC • June 25, 2026

Call for Papers

The Internal Revenue Service and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center plan to co-sponsor their sixteenth annual tax administration research conference next year. It will be held on June 25, 2026, at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.

We invite you to propose a research paper on a tax administration topic for the 2026 conference. General areas of interest include measuring and influencing taxpayer compliance, estimating taxpayer compliance costs (burden), tax complexity, improving tax administration (e.g., through service, enforcement, systems, third parties, changing the tax law or regulations, etc.), and understanding the nature and behavior of the taxpayer population. For more information about IRS research conferences, including previous conference programs and papers, visit the IRS Website https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-irs-research-conference, and click on the links to previous conferences.

Proposals are welcome from government and non-government researchers from the U.S. and abroad, and are due by C.O.B. Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

Completed papers will be due by Monday, May 18, 2026. A conference proceedings volume will be published containing all the papers presented at the conference. Authors will have until August 28, 2026 to revise and submit a final draft of their paper for publication.

For each proposed paper, please submit (in Microsoft Word format):
• A title
• An abstract not to exceed 750 words or 2 pages
• Names and affiliations of all authors
• An e-mail address and phone number for at least one contact author

The deadline for proposals is January 7, 2026.

Please e-mail your submission to: research.conference@irs.gov. Please put “proposed paper” in the subject line.

Thank you for your interest in our conference and in advancing tax administration research.

Reza Rashidi, IRS Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Robert McClelland, Senior Fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center