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Petro Lisowsky

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Educational Background

D.B.A., Majors: Financial Accounting, Taxation (Minors: Finance, Economics), Boston University, 2008
M.Acc., Majors: Financial Accounting, Taxation, University of Michigan, 2002
B.B.A., Major: Accounting, University of Michigan, 2001

Positions Held

Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 - Present
Tax Policy Advisor, Internal Revenue Service, Large and Mid-Size Business Division, Research & Workload Identification, 2005 - Present
Teaching Assistant, Boston University, 2005-2008
Instructor, Boston University, 2006
Tax Associate, Deloitte LLP, Private Client Advisors Group, 2005
Research Assistant, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis, 2004
Accounting Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Finance & Accounting Service, 2002-2003
Instructor, University of Michigan, 2001-2002
Tax Associate, Deloitte LLP, Comprehensive Tax Services Group, 2001

Recent Publications

Lisowsky, P. 2009. Inferring U.S. Tax Liability from Financial Statement Information. Journal of the American Taxation Association, 31: 29-63

Boynton, C., Lisowsky, P., Trautman, W. 2008. E-File, Enterprise Structures, and Tax Compliance Risk Assessment. Tax Notes, Sept: 1069-1078

Boynton, C., Lisowsky, P., Trautman, W. 2008. E-file Enterprise Structures, and Tax Compliance Risk Assessment. IRS Research Bulletin, 19-39

Lisowsky, P., Trautman, W. 2007. Book-Tax Consolidation, Rates of Return, and Capital Structure. Tax Notes, Dec: 1043-1071

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award, American Taxation Association/PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2009
Outstanding Student Research Award, Boston University School of Management, 2008
American Taxation Association-KPMG Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2005-2008
Outstanding Student Teaching Award, Boston University School of Management, 2007
Doctoral Fellowship, Boston University School of Management, 2003-2007
American Accounting Association-Deloitte-Michael J. Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2006

Service Activities

Member, American Taxation Association Tax Policy Committee (Liaison to IRS), 2009-2010
Member, American Taxation Association-KPMG Doctoral Consortium Committee, 2009-2010
Discussant, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (New York City, NY), 2009
Member, University of Illinois/Deloitte Tax Research Symposium XI Planning Committee, 2009
Reviewer, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (New York City, NY), 2009
Moderator, University of Illinois/Deloitte Tax Research Symposium X, 2008
Reviewer, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL), 2007

Teaching and Research Interests

Taxation and Tax Policy (corporate and individual, undergraduate and graduate levels); Financial Accounting (undergraduate and graduate levels)

Interaction between Tax Shelters and Financial Reporting; Inferring Corporate Tax Positions from Financial Statement Data; Link between Book-Tax Differences and Risk

 

Contact Information:

194 Wohlers Hall
1206 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL, 61820
(217) 244-8091
lisowsky@illinois.edu


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