Shawn Novak, PhD
Associate Professor
Accountancy
novakes@boisestate.edu |   208-426-1238 | 214C | CV
Office Hours: Fall 2011 (Mon & Weds 2:00 to 4:00 & Weds 5:15 to 6:00)
Education
  • PhD, Accounting, University of Houston
  • MPA, University of Texas at Austin
  • BS, Accounting, Virginia Tech
Select Publications
  • Novak, Shawn and Persellin, Mark. "The Disallowance Provision of §162(k)." Journal of Corporate Taxation. 35 No 1 (January/February 2008), pp. 3-16
  • Price, Donald and Novak, Shawn. “The Tax Incidence of Three Texas Lottery Games: Regressivity, Race and Education.” National Tax Journal. 52 No. 4 (December 1999), pp. 741-751
  • Price, Donald and Novak, Shawn. “The Income Redistribution Effects of Texas State Lottery Games.” Public Finance Review. 28 No.1 (January 2000), pp. 82-92
  • Persellin, Mark and Novak, Shawn. "Start-Up Costs
  • Planning Opportunities and Compliance Issues." Journal of Corporate Taxation. (Summer 1995), pp. 141 - 152
  • Novak, Shawn and Persellin, Mark. "Amortizing Bond Premiums Can Provide Tax Savings for Investors." Journal of Taxation of Investments. (Winter 1993), pp.98-109.
Areas of Interest
  • Corporate Taxation, Tax Research, Introductory Level Financial Accounting, Introductory Level Federal Taxation
Current Courses - Spring 2012

ACCT502-001
Advanced Tax Topics
M 7:00PM - 10:00PM
ACCT520-001
Research in Federal Taxation
MW 2:40PM - 3:55PM