ERIN M. TOWERY, CPA University of Georgia Terry College of Business J.M. Tull School of Accounting 232 Brooks Hall, 310 Herty Drive Athens, GA 30602 Phone: (646) 464 2744 Email: etowery@uga.edu August 2016 EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Doctor of Philosophy, Accounting 2013 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Master in Professional Accounting, Taxation 2005 Auburn University Auburn, AL Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting 2003 ACADEMIC University of Georgia Athens, GA EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor in Accounting 2013 Present APPOINTMENTS PUBLICATIONS Academic Research Consultant and Tax Policy Advisor to Internal Revenue Service Large Business & International (LB&I) Division The evolution of capital structure and operating performance after leveraged buyouts: Evidence from U.S. corporate tax returns, with Jonathan Cohn and Lillian Mills. Journal of Financial Economics 111(2): 469 494. Recipient of 2012 Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance The effect of mandatory financial statement disclosures of tax uncertainty on tax reporting and collections: The case of FIN 48 and multistate tax avoidance, with Sanjay Gupta and Lillian Mills. Journal of American Taxation Association 36(2): 203 229. Recipient of 2015 Journal of American Taxation Association Outstanding Paper Award One size does not fit all: How the uniform rules of FIN 48 affect the relevance of income tax accounting, with Leslie Robinson and Bridget Stomberg. The Accounting Review 91(4): 1195 1217. WORKING PAPERS Increased Tax Disclosures and Corporate Tax Avoidance, with Erin Henry and Norman Massel Conditionally accepted by National Tax Journal Unintended consequences of linking tax return disclosures to financial reporting for income taxes: Evidence from Schedule UTP (dissertation) Revising for third round submission to The Accounting Review 1
Taxpayer behavior under audit certainty, with Ben Ayers and Jeri Seidman Revising for second round submission to Contemporary Accounting Research How do IRS resource constraints affect the tax enforcement process? with Michelle Nessa, Casey Schwab and Bridget Stomberg The determinants and consequences of private equity buyouts of private firms: Evidence from U.S. corporate tax returns, with Jonathan Cohn and Edie Hotchkiss MEDIA CITATIONS RESEARCH INTERESTS TEACHING INTERESTS CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS Tax Notes, June 22, 2015, William Hoffman, Researchers suggest efficiencies to offset limited IRS resources Tax Notes, September 1, 2014, Thomas Jaworski, EU ban on non audit tax services might alarm U.S. multinationals Wall Street Journal, July 6, 2013, Mark Hulbert, Real Returns: Are private equity gains built to last? State Tax Today, August 2, 2012, Amy Hamilton, Researchers Examining Impact of FIN 48 on State Tax Avoidance Private Equity Findings, Winter 2012, Vicky Meek, Financial engineers or value Creators? Tax Compliance; Financial Reporting; Corporate Finance Corporate, Partnership and Individual Taxation; Multi Jurisdiction Taxation; Financial Accounting 2016: National Tax Association Annual Conference on Taxation (planned); University of Houston (planned); Washington State University; University of Washington; University of North Carolina Tax Symposium (Discussant); ATA Midyear Meeting (Discussant); MFA Annual Meeting (Discussant) 2015: FARS Midyear Meeting (Discussant); ATA Midyear Meeting (Discussant); IRS Research Conference (Presenter); American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Discussant); University of Illinois Symposium on Tax Research (Presenter); University of Waterloo 2014: Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference (Presenter); Journal of American Taxation Association Conference (Presenter); IRS Research Conference (Presenter); SESARC (Presenter); American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Presenter and Discussant) 2013: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Presenter and Discussant); ATA Mid Year Meeting (Presenter); University of Rochester; University of Florida; Rice University; Texas A&M University; University of Notre Dame; University of Georgia; Stanford University; University of Kansas; Boston College; The Ohio State University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Chicago; University of Miami; Arizona State University; Michigan State University; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; The Pennsylvania State University 2
2012: University of Texas at Austin Road Paper Workshop; American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Discussant); University of Texas at Austin Brownbag 2011: UNC Tax Symposium; American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Presenter and Discussant) 2010: University of Texas at Austin Brownbag 2009: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Presenter) 2008: University of Texas at Austin Brownbag CONFERENCES American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2016 ATTENDED National Tax Association Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2016 UCLA Accounting Mini Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 MFA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2016 UNC Tax Symposium Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, 2016 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2016 Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, British Columbia, Canada, 2015 University of Illinois Tax Symposium, Chicago, IL, 2015 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2015 IRS Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2015 SESARC, Atlanta, GA, 2015 Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, 2015 UNC Tax Symposium Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, 2015 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2015 AAA FARS Mid Year Meeting, Nashville, TN, 2015 Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2014 Taxation in a Global Economy Research Symposium, Austin, TX, 2014 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2014 SESARC, Atlanta, GA, 2014 IRS Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2014 Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, Telluride, CO, 2014 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2014 AAA New Faculty Consortium, Leesburg, VA, 2014 UNC Tax Symposium Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, 2014 University of Illinois Tax Symposium, Chicago, IL, 2013 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2013 IRS Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2013 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2013 University of Texas Accounting PhD Reunion Conference, Austin, TX, 2012 Alternative Investments Conference, Austin, TX, 2012 XBRL US National Conference, Austin, TX, 2012 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2012 IRS Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2012 Western Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2012 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2012 Utah Winter Finance Conference, Snowbird, UT, 2012 UNC Tax Symposium Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, 2012 University of Illinois Tax Symposium, Chicago, IL, 2011 3
American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2011 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting and Doctoral Consortium, Washington, D.C., 2011 UNC Tax Symposium Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, 2011 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010 IRS Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2010 Intersection of Economics & Psychology in Accounting Research Conference, Austin, TX, 2010 AAA ATA Mid Year Meeting and Doctoral Consortium, Denver, CO, 2010 UNC Tax Symposium Kenan Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC, 2010 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2009 Doctoral Internationalization Consortium in Accounting, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009 Lone Star Conference, Austin, TX, 2009 Accounting and Corporate Governance Conference, Austin, TX, 2009 Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, Austin, TX, 2008 HONORS Journal of American Taxation Association Outstanding Paper Award, 2015 & AWARDS Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, 2012 Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, 2011 University of Texas Graduate School Continuing Fellowship, 2011 2012 Fred Moore Assistant Instructor Award for Teaching Excellence, 2011 2012 McCombs Research Excellence Grant, June 2010 McCombs School of Business Doctoral Fellowship, 2009 Present University of Texas Pre Emptive Recruiting Fellowship, 2008 2009 Ernst & Young Travel Grant for ATA Doctoral Consortium, 2010 and 2011 RESEARCH Discussant, UNC Tax Symposium, 2016 SERVICE Discussant, MFA Annual Meeting, 2016 Discussant, ATA Mid Year Meeting, 2015 2016 Discussant, FARS Mid Year Meeting, 2015 Discussant, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2011 2015 Reviewer, The Accounting Review Reviewer, Contemporary Accounting Research Reviewer, Journal of the American Taxation Association Reviewer, Accounting Horizons Reviewer, FARS Midyear Meeting, 2013 2014 Reviewer, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2011 2015 Reviewer, ATA JATA Conference Committee, 2010 2011 Reviewer, ATA Research Resources and Methodologies Committee, 2009 2012 Selected to participate in private FASRI roundtable discussion of FIN 48, January 2011 Texas Tax Readings Group, 2008 2013 Member, American Accounting Association Member, AAA American Taxation Association INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE J.M. Tull School of Accounting Curriculum Committee, 2013 Present Terry College of Business Study Abroad & Foreign Exchange Committee PROFESSIONAL Huron Consulting Group New York City, NY EXPERIENCE Associate (Senior) Financial & Economic Consulting Practice 2007 2008 4
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York City, NY Tax Associate Investment Management Practice 2005 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Houston, TX Tax Intern Financial Services Practice Spring & Summer 2004 PROFESSIONAL Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee (License #19801) CERTIFICATIONS University of Texas 2011 Summer Statistics Institute Time Series Course University of Texas 2010 Summer Statistics Institute Bayesian Statistics Course 5