Call for papers: 16th International Tax Administration Conference (ATax)

August 27, 2024

8 & 9 April 2025, Sydney, Australia

‘Tax Administration: Getting It Right’

The International Conference on Tax Administration is a prestigious biennial event bringing together leading tax administrators, tax administration policymakers, academics, and practitioners from around the globe.

The theme of the 2025 conference is ‘Tax Administration: Getting It Right’. The conference will explore latest developments and innovations in revenue administration in Australia and overseas. These include (not limited to): 

• digitalisation, in particular artificial intelligence (AI), how it is changing (transforming) tax administration and the tax profession and the implications for policy, ethical exploitation, cyber security and educating the next generation of tax professionals;
• innovations in service delivery and tax compliance strategies;
• developments in taxpayer rights and dispute resolution including how they are evolving in a digitalised environment;
• tax administration’s role in reducing inequality, including new approaches to protecting the vulnerable (UN Sustainability Development Goal 10);
• developments in globalisation of revenue administration (e.g. mutual cooperation on tax risks and data exchange and exploitation);
• implementing and administering environmental taxes including how service and compliance techniques are being adapted; and
• any other national or international developments in tax administration.

Your proposal should include the following details:

• title of the paper;
• author(s) brief professional bio and contact details;
• an abstract of 200-500 words on the contents of the proposed paper including its findings (actual or expected);
• nominate the conference theme your paper best relates to; and
• status of the paper, e.g. it is part of ongoing research, it has been previously published. Note whilst we are keen to showcase new original research, recent high quality published research will also be favourably considered.

Proposals should be sent to tblconferences@unsw.edu.au with subject ‘Tax Admin Conference Call for Papers 2025’ by end of Friday 26 October 2024 (Sydney time).

A Steering Committee will select papers for the conference. You will be advised of its decision in early December 2024. Submission of full papers will be required by end of Friday 14 February 2025 (Sydney time) using the eJournal of Tax Research template guidelines located here. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the eJTR (A-ranked in the list of journals of the Australian Business Deans Council).

The Cedric Sandford Medal will be awarded to the best paper presented at the conference (only papers submitted on time are eligible). The medal is in memory of Emeritus Professor Cedric Sandford and is judged by an independent expert panel.

Enquiries:

Dr Rodney Brown

Email: rodney.brown@unsw.edu.au

or

Scientia Associate ProfessorYan Xu

Email: yan.xu@unsw.edu.au

See the full conference webpages here