Mark Cowan , JD
Associate Professor
Accountancy and Graduate Education
MarkCowan@boisestate.edu |   208-426-1565 | 214M | CV

Publications

Accepted, Forthcoming Peer Reviewed Research:

“Nonprofits and the Sales and Use Tax,”  Florida Tax Review (Forthcoming)

“Reevaluating the Intellectual Property Holding Company” (with Warren Newberry), Strategic Finance (Forthcoming)

Law Reviews and Peer Reviewed Published Research:

“Anatomy of a State/Tribal Tax Dispute:  Legal Formalism, Shifting Incidence, Potatoes, and the Idaho Motor Fuel Tax,”  8 ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 1 (2010) [Only the abstract is available for free online] [Also presented at the American Taxation Association's Midyear Meeting in Denver, CO in Feb. 2010 (presentation available here)]

“Internal Controls and Exempt Organization Executive Compensation Arrangements” (with Tom English), The Tax Adviser (April 2009)

“Taxing and Regulating College and University Endowment Income: The Literature’s Perspective,” 34 Journal of College and University Law 507 (2008) [Also presented at the American Taxation Association's Midyear Meeting in Memphis, TN in Feb. 2008 (presentation available here)]

“Tax Planning Versus Business Strategy: The Rise and Fall of Entity Isolation in Sales and Use Taxes” 44 Idaho Law Review 63 (2007)

“The Challenges of Transparency in Corporate Tax Departments” (with Tom English), The CPA Journal (October 2007)

“Tax Issues in Indian Country: A Guide for Practitioners,” Journal of Taxation (May 2007) [Only the absract is available for free online]

“A Tax Primer for CPAs Volunteering at Nonprofits” (with Denise English), The Tax Adviser (March 2007) [Only the abstract is available for free online]

“A Green Mountain Miracle and the Garden State Grab: Lessons from Vermont and New Jersey on State Corporate Tax Reform” (with Clint Kakstys) 60 The Tax Lawyer 351 (2007)

“Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and Mandatory E-Filing” (with Tom English), The CPA Journal (July 2006)

“A Coke, A Smile … and A Tax Bill? A Look at the Tax Treatment of Exclusive Provider Agreements in Higher Education,” 3 ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 49 (2005) [Only the absract is available for free online]

“Double Taxation in Indian Country: Unpacking the Problem and Analyzing the Role of the Federal Government in Protecting Tribal Governmental Revenues,” 2 Pittsburgh Tax Review 93 (2005)

“Leaving Money on the Table(s): An Examination of Federal Income Tax Policy Towards Indian Tribes,” 6 Florida Tax Review 345 (2004); reprinted in Tax Notes Today (Jan. 13, 2005)

Other Publications:

Book Review: “Richard D. Pomp and Oliver Oldman, State and Local Taxation, Fifth Edition,” Journal of the American Taxation Association (Fall 2006)