Author Description

Product description Loose leaf textbook. About the Author Ben Ayers, dean of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, received an M.T.A. and B.S. from the University of Alabama. and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. A tax manager and a contract manager before he earned his doctorate, he is the recipient of 11 teaching awards at the school, college, and university levels, including the Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award and Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award. His research interests include the effects of taxation on firm structure, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets, and he has published articles in major journals of accounting, law, and economics. John Barrick, an associate professor in the Marriott School at Brigham Young University, served as an accountant at the United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation during the 110th and 111th Congresses. He received both B.S. and M.A.cc degrees from Brigham Young University, and, after his professional work experience, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in taxation, and his scholarly research and publications explore issues relating to tax corporate political activity. Ed Outslay, a professor of accounting in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Michigan State University, received a B.A. from Furman University and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He teaches graduate classes in corporate taxation, multiunit enterprises, accounting for income taxes, and international taxation. His many awards for teaching and service include ATA/Deloitte Teaching Innovations Award, the Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award and the Lifetime Service Award from the American Taxation Association. He has also received several awards for his baseball coaching. Brian Spilker teaches taxation at Brig