{"id":10179,"date":"2024-08-06T16:51:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/petro-lisowsky\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:50:14","slug":"petro-lisowsky","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/petro-lisowsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Petro Lisowsky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Petro Lisowsky\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/LisowskyPetro.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-2661      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:lisowsky@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          lisowsky@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/AC_Lisowsky_Petro_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profile\/petro-lisowsky\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          518H        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Petro Lisowsky<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor, Accounting\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Petro (Pete) Lisowsky is a Professor of Accounting at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University and an external research affiliate with the Norwegian Center for Taxation at the Norwegian School of Economics. He was formerly an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, twice a Visiting Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and most recently a Visiting Professor at Dartmouth&#8217;s Tuck School of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Lisowsky has research interests in U.S. and international corporate tax policy; tax reporting, disclosure, and organizational form; and financial reporting choices of private companies. His research has been published in several leading accounting journals. Lisowsky has taught various tax and financial accounting courses at the undergraduate, graduate, executive education, and doctoral student levels. He was an academic consultant to the Internal Revenue Service during 2005 &#8211; 2021, and worked at the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Defense Department, and Deloitte Tax LLP. He served as President of the American Taxation Association in 2022 &#8211; 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Lisowsky holds a BBA and Master of Accounting degrees, both from the University of Michigan, and a PhD from Boston University. He is a licensed CPA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Boston University Questrom School of Business, 2008<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MAcc, University of Michigan, 2002<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BBA, University of Michigan, 2001<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-presentations\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tSelected Research Presentations\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. The Transmission of Tax Cuts through Banks, University of Arizona Accounting Research Conference, 2026<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. , Fischer, D. , Beardsley, E. , Donohoe, M. Tax Surprises, Journal of the American Taxation Association Conference, 2026<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. , Albuquerque, A. , Bennett, B. , Wang, Z. The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Payout Policies, Luso-Brazilian Finance (Lubrafin) Network Conference, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. , Albuquerque, A. , Bennett, B. , Wang, Z. The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Payout Policies, European Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. , Chiu, T. , Fischer, D. , Traini, S. Customer Tax Uncertainty and Supplier Investment, University of Tennessee, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. , Chiu, T. , Fischer, D. , Traini, S. Customer Tax Uncertainty and Supplier Investment, The Ohio State University, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. , Chiu, T. , Fischer, D. , Traini, S. Customer Tax Uncertainty and Supplier Investment, National University of Singapore, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Albuquerque, a. , Bennett, B. , Lisowsky, P. , Wang, Z. The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Payout Policies, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Donohoe, M. , Jang, H. , Lisowsky, P. Transmission of Tax Cuts through Banks, Bocconi University, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Cobabe, M. , Huang, J. , Lisowsky, P. , Wu, K. The Impact of In-Person Communication in Resolving Tax Uncertainty with the IRS, American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Chiu, T. , Fischer, D. , Lisowsky, P. , Traini, S. Customer Tax Uncertainty and Supplier Investment, American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P. Discussion of &#8220;How Effective are Emission Taxes in Reducing Air Pollution?&#8221;, London Business School-Stanford University Global Tax Conference, London, UK, 2023<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ciconte, W., Donohoe, M., Lisowsky, P., Mayberry, M. (2024). &#8220;The predictive ability of tax contingencies for future income tax cash outflows&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>41<\/i> (1),  355-390<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P., Ciconte, W., Donohoe, M., Mayberry, M. (2023). &#8220;The Predictive Ability of Tax Contingencies for Future Income Tax Cash Outflows&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Donohoe, M., Jang, H., Lisowsky, P. (2022). &#8220;Competitive Externalities of Tax Cuts&#8221;, <i>Journal of Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>60<\/i> (1),  201-259<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Demer\u00e9, P., Donohoe, M., Lisowsky, P. (2020). &#8220;The economic effects of special purpose entities on corporate tax avoidance&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P., Minnis, M. (2020). &#8220;The Silent Majority: Private U.S. Firms and Financial Reporting Choices&#8221;, <i>Journal of Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> (3),  547-588<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P., Donohoe, M., Mayberry, M. (2019). &#8220;The Effects of Competition from S Corporations on the Organizational Form Choice of Rival C Corporations&#8221;&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i> 1784-1823<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hopland, A., Lisowsky, P., Mardan, M., Schindler, D. (2018). &#8220;Flexibility in Income Shifting under Losses&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>93<\/i> (3),  163-183<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lisowsky, P., Minnis, M., Sutherland, A. (2017). &#8220;Economic Growth and Financial Statement Verification&#8221;, <i>Journal of Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>55<\/i> (4),  745-794<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Klassen, K., Lisowsky, P., Mescall, D. (2017). &#8220;Transfer Pricing: Strategies, Practices, and Tax Minimization&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (1),  455-493<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Klassen, K., Lisowsky, P., Mescall, D. (2016). &#8220;The Role of Auditors, Non-Auditors, and Internal Tax Departments in Corporate Tax Aggressiveness&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>91<\/i> (1),  179-205<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Donohoe, M., Lisowsky, P., Mayberry, M. (2015). &#8220;WHO BENEFITS FROM THE TAX ADVANTAGES OF ORGANIZATIONAL FORM CHOICE?&#8221;, <i>National Tax Journal<\/i>, <i>68<\/i> (4),  975-997<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Beck, P., Lisowsky, P. (2014). &#8220;Tax Uncertainty and Voluntary Real-Time Tax Audits&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>89<\/i> (3),  867-901<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lennox, C., Lisowsky, P., Pittman, J. 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