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Thomas Purcell III, Ph.D.

 
Professor of Accounting

Eppley Building BA416

Work Phone: (402) 280-2062

Fax: (402) 280-5565

E-mail Address: tpurcell@creighton.edu

Biography

Teaching experience (institutions and time periods)

  • Number of years at present institution: August 1979 - Present full time; August 1973 - May 1975 part time
  • Number of years at other institutions:
    • One semester Individual Income Tax class at University of Nebraska - Omaha, Fall, 1978.
    • Local Office Training Director for Nebraska Office of Touche Ross & Co., August, 1977 to August, 1979
    • Member of national Touche Ross Committee on Tax Education, August, 1978 to August, 1979

Scholarship

Publications

  • Use of the Cash Method of Accounting by Closely Held Businesses," with Diane Herdon, Business Entities, Vol. 4, Number 5, September/October, 2002, pp. 14-19, 64
  • "New Guidance Given for Cash Method Accounting," The Nebraska CPA, September, 2002, p. 8.
  • "New Independence Standards Will Impact Practice," The Nebraska CPA, April, 2002, p.2.
  • "Strategic Planners Lead the Pack," Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 192, Number 6, December, 2001, pp. 26-30.
  • "Independence Issues Re-Emerge," The Nebraska CPA, December, 2001, p. 4.
  • "Auditor Independence and Tax Practitioners," with David Llfson Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 191, Number 6, June 2001, pp. 71-74.
  • Editor, "DC Currents," a quarterly column in The Tax Advisor, March, May, and August, 2001.

Presentations

  • "Emerging Trends in Auditor Independence," Nebraska Society of CPAs Annual Meeting, November 7, 2001, Council Bluffs, IA.
  • "2001 Transfer Tax Changes - Simplification Spurned," Council Bluffs Estate Planning Council, August 30, 2001, Council Bluffs, IA

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