Associate Professor of Accounting
McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin
(512) 471-5332
lisa dot desimone at mccombs dot utexas dot edu
In the Media
Check out my podcast Taxes for the Masses, available wherever you find your podcasts
Innovation tax breaks could be a tailwind for the US economy
Procrastinating on your taxes? Here's our FAQ on extensions and filing late
Here’s why we should all agree to adequately fund the IRS (OpEd)
File it away: Why the US ‘free file’ tax program needs to be free (OpEd)
Here’s why we should all agree to adequately fund the IRS (OpEd)
My TFTM cohost Bridget Stomberg and I were guests on the Financial Recon podcast to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act
Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act succeed in curbing CEO pay? See here and here.
USA Today on Trump's tax returns
Barron's on the so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (OpEd)
Invited Presentations and Discussions
2023: Erasmus Accounting Workshop, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Mannheim, University of Connecticut, University of Illinois Chicago, Harvey E. Kapnick Spring Conference at the University of Michigan, Campbell Fellow at the Hoover Institution
2022: INSEAD Accounting Symposium, 3rd Norwegian Tax Accounting Symposium, weARE Webinar on International Tax Research
2021: Carnegie Mellon University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Ohio State Tax Symposium, Dartmouth, Wharton, American Taxation Association Doctoral Consortium: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2020: American Taxation Association Mid-Year Meeting (presenter) and the Journal of the American Taxation Association Conference (discussant), American Taxation Association Doctoral Consortium: International Tax Research, International Tax Policy Forum, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flager Business School Conference on Responding to Income Shifting by Multinational Corporations
Editorial Service
Senior Editor-Elect: Journal of the American Taxation Association
Editorial Board Member: The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Ad hoc Reviewer
Contemporary Accounting Research, Economic Journal, European Accounting Review, Foundations and Trends, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Finance, Journal of Public Economics, Management Science, National Tax Journal, Review of Accounting Studies, Review of Financial Studies