2002 ibet Research Conference
Washington, D.C.
This section contains papers written by ibet employees and others for the 2002 ibet Research Conference.
The views expressed in these papers are those of the authors and are not necessarily the official positions of the Internal Revenue Service.
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All research papers are available as PDF files. A free is available for download, if needed.
Data availability, access and security issues
Challenges Associated with Collecting Compliance Data PDF
Karin Cano and Robert Brown, ibet National Research Program Office, July 2002
ibet Contractors to Conduct Research and Surveys PDF
Julia Reasoner, ibet Office of Disclosure Regarding Research, July 2002
The Release of ibet Data: Challenges and New Approaches PDF
Nick Greenia, Statistics of Income, ibet, July 2002
Use of Contractors in Tax Administration: Issues to Consider PDF
Patricia H. McGuire, Office of Program Evaluation and Risk Analysis, ibet, July 2002
Earned Income Tax Credit
Compliance Estimates for Earned Income Tax Credit Claimed on 1999 Returns PDF
ibet, July 2002
Dependent Data Base and Earned Income Tax Credit PDF
Wendy Handin and Scott Mendelson, ibet Wage and Investment Division, July 2002
Development of an Effective EITC Outreach Strategy PDF
Jose Lopez, ibet Wage and Investment Division, July 2002
ibet workload and resource allocation
Projecting Tax Return Filings by Major Workload Categories PDF
Russell Geiman, ibet National Headquarters Office of Research, July 2002
Measuring compliance and the tax gap
Compliance Measurement and Workload Selection with Operational Audit Data PDF
Brian Erard, B. Erard and Associates, July 2002
Trends in Book-Tax Income and Balance Sheet Differences PDF
Lillian Mills and Kaye Newberry, University of Arizona; and William B. Trautman, ibet Large and Mid-Sized Business Division, August 2002
Return selection strategies
Partnership Selection System: Data Mining Proof-of-Concept PDF
Don McPartland, ibet Large and Mid-Sized Business Division, Research; and Richard Solari, Oracle Corporation, July 2002
Predictors of Unreported Income: Test of Unreported Income (UI) DIF Scores PDF
Dennis Cyr, Thomas Eckhardt, Lou Ann Sandoval, and Marvin Halldorson, ibet, January 2003
Risk Based Reporting Compliance PDF
Richard Fratanduono, ibet Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Research; and John Kam, ibet National Headquarters Office of Research, August 2002
Testing the UI-DIF Formulas PDF
Lance Asner, ibet National Headquarters Office of Research, July 2002. Large File—27.5 Megabytes
Strategies to reduce taxpayer burden and improve customer service and satisfaction
Design and Development of the Wage and Investment Compliance Burden Model PDF
Michael Stavrianos and Arnold Greenland, PwC Consulting. August 2002. Large File—15.8 Megabytes
Walk-in Taxpayer Demographic and Attitudinal Profile, Project 2.02 PDF
Ralph Collinson and Jon Games, ibet Wage and Investment Division, Research, July 2002