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Audit Research Symposium
October 2-4, 2008

Lyceum Series

   Mr. Conrad Hewitt
   US Securities & Exchange
   October 10, 2008

   Mr. Dan Doyle
   Walgreens
   October 30, 2008

   Mr. Dennis Nally
   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
   November 6 , 2008

   Mr. Bryan Segedi
   Ernst & Young LLP
   November 13 , 2008

   Mr. James Turley
   Ernst & Young LLP
   November 19 , 2008

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University of Illinois
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Symposium on Tax Research X

Department of Accountancy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
September 19, 2008

Held in Chicago, Illinois

Sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation

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Program

Papers

• Siougle
• Swenson

Presentations

Panel I: Convergence and Conversion to IFRS (Andrews, Fjelsted, Phillips)

• The Tax Transformation to IFRS

Panel II: Effects of Adopting IFRS on Transfer Pricing (Ford, Wisniewski, Larson)

• Effects of Adopting IFRS on Transfer Pricing

Panel III: FIN 48 under IFRS (McAlpin, Sansing)

• Liabilities for Uncertain Tax Benefits FIN 48 versus IAS 12
• Uncertain Tax Positions

Paper Presentation: Tax Planning Considerations under IFRS (Siougle)

Panel IV: Does LIFO have a Future? (Plesko, Ayres)

• Does LIFO have a Future? (Plesko)
• LIFO Who Needs It? (Ayres)

Panel V: Tax Avoidance Around the World and Conjectures about the Effects of Adopting IFRS (Swenson, Omer, Shevlin)

• World-Wide Corporate Tax Avoidance (Swenson)
• Tax Avoidance Around the World (Shevlin)

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tax Research Symposium Planning Committee

A. Rashad Abdel-khalik, Chair
Paul Beck
Jon Davis (University of Wisconsin)
Howard Engle (University of Illinois and Deloitte LLP)
Norma Lauder
Karen Molloy
Pat Roxworthy (Yum Brands!)
Al Sutherland (Illinois Tool Works)

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