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Assistant Professor of Accounting
Joined UConn in 1999
Education/Professional Certification
B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin
M.P.A., University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., University of Iowa
CPA
Other Professional Experience
Arthur Andersen LLP, Tax Manager
Teaching Interests
Tax
Research Interests
Taxation of corporations and individuals
Professor Phillips’ dissertation addresses the relation betweeen compensation-based incentives and corporate effective tax rates. His research has been published in both The Accounting Review and The Journal of the American Taxation Association. Professor Phillips' publications address factors associated with corporate tax outsourcing, the use of deferred tax expense to detect earnings management, the relationship between contingent fees and taxpayer compliance, and whether tax incentives motivate individuals to give to charity. Professor Phillips has received a departmental teaching award at the University of Connecticut, university-wide and departmental teaching awards at the University of Iowa and received a 1996 Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellowship Award.
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