James Lawson

Education

• PhD, Business Administration (Accounting), University of Alabama, 2021.
• MSA, Accounting, Wake Forest University, 2015.
• BA, English, Accounting, Economics, Wingate University, 2014.

Recent and Representative Publications

Gillette, D., Lawson, J., Polk, R., (2024) A Critical Analysis of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax. The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research. 22(1), 34-50. https://doi.org/10.2308/JLTR-2023-006

Gillette, D., Lawson, J., Stinson, S., (2024) Fill in the Blank? A Discussion of Prefilled Tax Returns in the U.S.. The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research. 22(1), 14-33. https://doi.org/10.2308/JLTR-2022-005

Wood, A. D., Achhpilia, P. M., Adams, T. M., Aghazadeh, S., Akinyele, K., Akpan, M., Allee, D. K., Allen, M. A., Almer, D. E., Ames, D., and 316 other authors (2023) The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?. Issues in Accounting Education. 38(4), 81-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/issues-2023-013

Street, D., Lawson, J., Hermanson, D., (2022) Detecting and Resolving 'Dirty' Data: 10 Steps to Better Business Insights. The CPA Journal. 96(7/8), 36-41. https://www.cpajournal.com/2022/10/03/detecting-and-resolving-dirty-dat…

Lawson, J., Doxey, M., Lopez, T., Swanquist, Q., (2021) Do Investors Care Who Did the Audit? Early Evidence on the Informativeness of Form AP. Journal of Accounting Research. 59(5), 1741-1782. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12392

Lawson, J., Doxey, M., Stinson, S., (2021) The Effects of Prefilled Tax Returns on Taxpayer Compliance. Journal of the American Taxation Association. 43(2), 63-85. http://doi.org/10.2308/JATA-18-055

Street, D., Lawson, J., (2021) Detecting Dirty Data Using SQL: Rigorous House Insurance Case. Journal of Accounting Education. 55, 100714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100714

Recent Courses Taught

• ACFM 325, Corporate, Partnership, Gift & Estate Taxes.
• ACFM 104, Foundations of Accounting I.
• ACFM 324, Individual Federal Income Taxes.
• ACFM 311, Teaching Assistant in Accounting & Financial Management.

Awards and Honors

• JATA Best Paper Award, American Taxation Association, 2021
• Best Paper by Emerging Scholar Award, Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Conference, 2018