Author: Tara Sheehan

118th Annual Conference Call for Papers

  November 6 – 8, 2025 The Westin Copley Place Boston, MA The 118th Annual Conference on Taxation will cover a broad range of topics in tax policy and public finance. We welcome submissions from the fields of accounting, economics, law, and public policy and administration, as well as research from other fields or by… Read more »

NTA Session at ASSA

The National Tax Association is soliciting papers for presentation at the 2025 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) annual meeting to be held from January 3–5, 2025 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) in San Francisco, California. Based upon submitted abstracts, papers will be selected for one NTA session at the ASSA. NTA seeks abstracts on broad topics related… Read more »

James Cilke, 2024 Davie-Davis Award Recipient

James Cilke is the recipient of the 2024 Davie-Davis Public Service Award. Cilke serves as a Senior Economist for the U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation. Previously, he served as a financial economist at the Office of Tax Policy at the Treasury Department in the Economic Modeling and Computer Applications Division of the Office of… Read more »

116th Annual Conference Fellowships

There are three fellowship/funding opportunities for the 116th Annual Conference, the NTA DEI Travel Fellowship, the the NTA Tax Climate Fellowship and the the NTA/CSWEP Mentoring Dinner for Women/Non-Binary Persons.  Read on for specifics for each fellowship. NTA Equity and Inclusion Travel Fellowship The Equity and Inclusion Travel Fellowship provides conference travel funding with the… Read more »

NTA Member Spotlight: Steven Dean

Steven Dean will join the faculty of the Boston University School of Law this fall after being a professor at Brooklyn Law School since 2004. His latest book “For-Profit Philanthropy: Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies, Donor-Advised Funds, and Strategic Corporate Giving” (with Dana Brakman Reiser) was published by Oxford University Press in… Read more »

115th Annual Conference Cancellation

        Dear NTA Members, It is with a heavy heart that the NTA leadership has decided to cancel the 2022 Annual Conference, set to start on Thursday, November 10 in Miami, FL. Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to hit the Miami area on Wednesday night/Thursday morning and we are afraid that even… Read more »

NTA Mentoring Activities

NTA will be hosting two events to provide mentoring to our student and early career members. NEW THIS YEAR: The Early Career Professionals Breakfast will take place in conjunction with the NTA Annual Conference in Miami on Thursday, November 10, 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM. The Early Career Professionals Breakfast is for those NTA members… Read more »

New National Tax Journal Editors

The National Tax Association is proud to announce the appointment of Andrew Samwick and Caroline Weber to the position of co-editors of the National Tax Journal. Samwick and Weber will replace long-time editors Stacy Dickert-Conlin and William Gentry in January 2023. Samwick and Weber were selected after an open call for editors was put forth… Read more »

Call for Applications: Editorship of the National Tax Journal

The National Tax Association is seeking candidates for the position of Editor of the National Tax Journal (NTJ). The Search Committee will evaluate candidates with the intent of announcing the new Editor(s) by the end of 2022. If you wish to be considered, please send your curriculum vitae and a brief statement of interest and… Read more »