Dates: 8–10 September 2025

Location: Nottingham University Business School

Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham NG8 1BB

Conference information

The TRN 2025 conference will be held in the Business School South Building at the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus on 8-10 September 2025. It will be mainly an in-person conference with some, but limited, virtual provision for those who are unable to travel to Nottingham.

As usual, the first two days will be research focused, while the Tax Education Day will run on 10 September.

Both research and teaching focused papers are welcomed in this call for papers.

There will be concurrent sessions over the conference to accommodate the papers submitted. The virtual sessions will be conducted via Microsoft Teams with links to be provided prior to the conference.

The conference will offer a limited number of fee scholarships and travel bursaries for PhD students and Early Career Research/Teaching colleagues. We will also hope to have limited funding for supporting childcare costs. Further details will be available once registration opens.

Conference Dinner

The drinks reception and conference dinner will take place on the evening of Monday 8 September at a venue also on the Jubilee Campus.

Call for papers

The call for papers is now passed for this event

Booking

Bookings for this event ARE NOW OPEN – please see full details and book your place here

Accommodation

There is limited conference accommodation available on campus. This accommodation is bookable on a first come first served basis. 

Southwell Hall (student hall of residence)

The cut off point for booking accommodation in Southwell Hall will be 18 August 2025. 

Only 40 (en suite) rooms are available, so booking is on a first come, first served basis.  The cost is £54 per night, inclusive of VAT and breakfast.

Please note that booking may require setting up an account with Nottingham Venues (the formal conference organising entity at Nottingham) and then following through the process advised.  It can take a little while – and please make a note of the code TAXCONF2025 before booking as you may need to enter it separately later.

Jubilee Hotel and Conference Centre (JCC)

Click The Jubilee Hotel (on the ‘book directly’ option). On the drop-down box, add the code and click apply and all the dates and rates will appear for to book. Code: TaxRes26. Please enter this code as a ‘Group’ code, or it won’t work.  Rooms (inclusive of VAT and breakfast) cost £95 per night.

The cutoff date to book accommodation in the JCC is 3 August 2025.

Further details on this event will be available on the TRN website in due course at: https://taxresearch.network

Deadline for submitting abstract: 24 March 2025
Submission should be sent to: Yvette.lind@bi.no
Workshop held in Oslo 23 May 2025
Edited book planned to be published in late 2026

Editors and organizers:
Yvette Lind, Professor of Law at BI Norwegian Business School
James Alm, Professor emeritus of Economics at Tulane University

Background and motivation for workshop and edited book
Taxation is essential for the functioning of our modern states as it funds the maintenance of
law and security, collective decision-making, provision of public goods and services, and
redistribution. In short, no government or state can survive without taxation. This is apparent
when considering the Nordic welfare states. Given this importance, the design and execution
of taxes are fundamental. Moreover, taxation encompasses the relationship between
individuals, governments, and public policy and thus naturally concerns various disciplines
such as economics, politics, and law. Taxes have been extensively studied by these disciplines
but rarely collectively, despite the apparent benefits of doing so. In addition, the actual making
of taxes through tax laws and tax policies is of great interest to both legal scholars and legal
practitioners when they apply and interpret these tax laws. Despite this apparent linking and
importance, the political aspects of tax laws are often left out of tax studies done by legal
scholars.

Consequently, BI Tax and Fiscal Policy Centre at BI Norwegian Business school is organising
a workshop as a recognition of this research gap and the growing need to consider taxation in
a more holistic fashion, especially in light of ongoing global and local developments.
The workshop strives to gather scholars from various disciplines with the purpose of
advancing the interlinking of political economy and tax law as a recognised and progressively
growing research field. Those accepted to the workshop will have the chance to have their
research papers included in a book that will be edited by Yvette Lind and James Alm and is
planned to be published by Edinburgh University Press in the second half of 2026.
The proposed workshop and publication aim to (1) answer questions about the relationship
between tax law and political economics in a number of differing settings, and (2) provide
scholars with the methodological and theoretical tools necessary for conducting studies on
taxation through the lenses of political economy and tax law. Consequently, we welcome
papers of a broad variety that may be linked to any of our three outlined themes.

1. The power to tax. This includes questions such as: Who has the power to tax and how
   does this affect our tax systems and subsequently our tax laws? Who ought to have the
   power and why? How should tax laws be enforced? How do political considerations
   affect the power to tax? This theme naturally also covers aspects associated with the
   administrative, procedural, and legislative processes associated with taxation, i.e. the
   making of tax laws and the fashion in which we interpret and apply them.
2. The fundamentals of our tax systems. What principles underpin our tax systems?
   Should we design our tax systems and tax laws to achieve justice or efficiency, or
   simply to raise revenues? Who/what should be taxed?
3. Redistribution of tax revenues. Tax scholars from law rarely consider the ways in
   which the tax revenues that are collected are actually spent, especially via their
   redistribution to various groups in society. The uses of taxes form a vital part of the
   publication. Within this umbrella authors may naturally wish to explore the goals of
   redistribution, e.g. equal treatment or equity. Redistribution and progressive taxation
   naturally deviate from equal treatment. Does our (formally) neutral tax systems
   discriminate against – or in favour of – various groups based on – for instance – gender,
   race, and economic status? And if so, has this been addressed politically and/or legally
   in our tax systems?

The above outlined themes have been dealt with extensively within disciplines such as
economics and political economics yet less so by law, at least those outside of the US. It is our
wish to address this research gap through this workshop and publication and to foster research
in this area of law when considering the Nordics in particular.

Papers selection will be done by editors based on the following criteria: quality, novelty,
multidisciplinary approach or appeal to multidisciplinary audience, and overall fit with
planned publication.

We strongly encourage early-career scholars and/or Nordic tax scholars to apply as we wish
to strengthen the Nordic tax community through this networking and international
publication opportunity. We can sadly not offer funding for travel and stay during the
workshop, but the workshop itself is cost-free for participants. Nordic tax scholars are
encouraged to apply for funding for participation (travel and stay) from the Nordic Tax
Research Council who are co-funding this event.

Proposed time plan
✓ Deadline for submitting abstract: 24 March 2025.
✓ The decision on accepted/rejected papers will be communicated in mid-April 2025.
✓ First drafts of papers are to be submitted to editors by the 12 May 2025.
✓ The workshop will be held in Oslo at BI Norwegian Business School 23 May 2025.
✓ Revised draft papers are expected to be sent to editors by 12t October 2025.
✓ Editors will request additional changes by 1 December 2025.
✓ Papers subjected to additional revision are expected to be received by 15 February 2026.
✓ Final publication is expected in the second half of 2026.

Review process
✓ Editors will make the initial sorting when accepting/rejecting papers for workshop.
✓ External reviewers will be invited to comment on papers at the workshop.
✓ Editors will provide supplementary comments on the papers after the workshop.
✓ Revised drafts will be subject to additional review from editors and possible external
reviewers based on individual need

Submitted abstracts will be subject to a blind peer-review process by editors, and selected candidates will present first draft papers during the two-day conference.

Following conference discussions, participants can finalize their papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings, which will be published by IBFD after review by scientific editors.

Please send your abstract (up to 1000 words) to academic@ibfd.org by October 31, 2024.

More info is available here.

‘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

The eJTR plans to publish a special issue in 2024 to honour John’s many contributions to tax law. This special issue will be edited by Emeritus Professor Chris Evans and Professor Binh Tran-Nam, two of John’s long-time colleagues. Submitted papers are expected to focus on John’s areas of research interest, which include, but are not limited to, taxation of business entities, international taxation, double tax treaties, tax history and capital gains taxation. Contributions by John’s former students, colleagues and co-authors are particularly welcome.

Please send your submissions in correct eJTR template to Chris cc.evans@unsw.edu.au with a copy to Binh b.tran-nam@unsw.edu.au by 31 December 2023.

Youngdeok Lim

Yan Xu

Guest Editors: Jarkko Harju (Tampere University) and Yvette Lind (BI
Norwegian Business School)

Full details available from –

https://sciendo-parsed-data-feed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NTAXJ/Special_Issue_and_Symposium_of_the_Nordic_Tax_Journal_Taxing_Dividends_in_the_Nordics_Challenges_and_Opportunities.pdf

Location: Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

The conference will be held at the University of Cambridge from 5-7 September 2023 and will run as an in-person conference with some virtual provision for those who are unable to travel to Cambridge. As usual, the first two days will be research focused, while the Tax Education Day will run on the 7th September. Further details of the conference are at TRN Conference 2023 – Cambridge.

Both research and teaching focused papers are welcomed in this call for papers.

There will be concurrent sessions over the conference to accommodate the papers submitted. The virtual sessions will be conducted via Microsoft Teams with links to be provided prior to the conference. 

The conference will offer a limited number of fee scholarships and travel bursaries for PhD students and Early Career Research/Teaching colleagues. We will also hope to have limited funding for supporting childcare costs. Further details will be available once registration opens.

Call for papers:

There is no specific theme for this conference. We therefore welcome any research or teaching-focused tax papers. We particularly welcome abstracts to be submitted by early career researchers or teachers or individuals from under-represented groups.

Deadline for submissions – 16th April 2023

Decisions on acceptances can be expected by mid-May.

Please submit a 300-word abstract, in a Microsoft Word, RTF or OTD document to:

ctl@law.cam.ac.uk

Please also include your full name, affiliation and email address in the submission (and provide the same details for any co-authors).

The topic of the conference is ‘Tax, public finance and the rule of law’.  We have prepared a brief paper explaining this theme and setting out possible areas in which proposals could be made.

The CTL is a small centre with a particular focus on legal, philosophical and historical aspects of taxation. We welcome abstracts from all relevant academic fields but have a particular preference for papers from early career researchers, interested practitioners, legal scholars and researchers in other fields who are willing to comment on law from their own perspective.

The conference will be held in the Faculty of Law in Cambridge, but we are alert to the continuing constraints on academic funding for travel.  We would therefore encourage you to apply even if you believe that you are unlikely to be able to travel to Cambridge, and we will tailor our plans for the conference depending on whether the accepted abstracts demonstrate a need for hybrid facilities. 

As with the previous conferences as well as the CTL’s biennial tax history conference (seehttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tax-justice-and-tax-law-9781509945528/ and https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tax-law-in-times-of-crisis-and-recovery-9781509958030/), we hope to publish a volume based on the papers presented in the conference and have a prima facie expectation that all papers will be included although this is not an absolute requirement.

Abstracts of up to 500 words should be sent to ctl@law.cam.ac.uk by 15 January 2023.

There will be concurrent sessions over the conference to accommodate the papers submitted. The virtual sessions will be conducted via Zoom with links to be provided prior to the conference. All sessions will be recorded and available online shortly after the conference concludes.

There is no specific theme for this conference. We therefore welcome any research or teaching-focused tax papers. We particularly welcome abstracts to be submitted by early career researchers or individuals from under-represented groups. 

Please submit a 300-word abstract via Qualtrics by Friday 8^th April 2022 (https://edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bxtWGZdwlZjqVlI)

Theme: The Future of Tax: More than Just Politics?

Location: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and online

Conference Information

The conference will be held at the University of Canterbury from 19-20 January 2022 and will run as a hybrid model (in-person and virtual).

The will be 4 Keynote Speakers, the annual Patron’s address, and concurrent sessions over the conference to accommodate the papers submitted, there will be 5 sessions per day with 3 papers in each session.

The virtual sessions will be conducted via Zoom with links to be provided the week prior to the conference. All sessions will be recorded and available on the website shortly after the conference concludes.

The conference will offer a limited number of fee scholarships for PhD students.  Please complete the scholarship application form (available in due course) if you wish to be considered for a scholarship.  

Prizes for the best tax research paper and the best PhD student paper will be awarded.

If you have any questions please contact any one of the team:

Alistair Hodson (alistair.hodson@canterbury.ac.nz)
Andrew Maples (andrew.maples@canterbury.ac.nz)
Adrian Sawyer (adrian.sawyer@canterbury.ac.nz); or
Rob Vosslamber (rob.vosslamber@canterbury.ac.nz)

Papers and abstract

Conference papers to be received by Sunday 9 January 2022 for inclusion of the ATTA website in advance of the conference.

For those wishing to be considered for a prize please submit your paper to members of the organising team (above) by Sunday 12 December 2021.

Pricing 

Registration fees are as follows

AUD$230 in-person (AUD$115 per day if only attending 1 day)

AUD$130 for virtual (AUD$65 per day if only attending 1 day)

AUD$150 for PhD Student attending in-person

AUD$100 for PhD Student attending virtually

For all registration queries please contact news@atta.network