Phyllis Alexander

Dr Phyllis Alexander

  • u_palexander at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Associate Professor in Accounting and Tax
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Biography

Dr Phyllis Alexander is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Taxation within BU's Business School. She joined the Accounting, Finance and Economics Department in 2007 following a successful twenty-year career as a US Certified Public Accountant.

Phyllis received her doctorate from Bournemouth University in 2013 and has since built a research profile that comprises tax and financial literacy, tax morale, environmental reporting and taxation, financial management and innovative pedagogy in accounting, tax and sustainability. Her doctoral students are researching in financial distress, corporate governance, audit, non-financial disclosure and financial performance.

Phyllis' teaching style is active, problem-based, and collaborative and her assessment strategies encourage the development of professional competencies and the application of technical knowledge, thus enhancing the student learning experience and facilitating early-career readiness. Phyllis actively engages students in extra-curricula opportunities, including annual transnational intensive study programmes...

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Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Alexander, P., 2016. Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: A Vertical Equity Evaluation of the UK and US Tax Systems. In Salter and Oats ed Contemporary Issues in Tax Research. In: Oats, L. and Salter, N., eds. Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 2). Birmingham: Fiscal Publications.

Conferences

  • Alexander, P., Balavac, M. and Mukherjee, S., 2022. Understanding of Tax Awareness, Tax Literacy and Tax Morale in Young People. In: 29th Annual Tax Research Network Conference 4-5 September 2018 Birmingham.
  • Alexander, P. and Balavac-Orlic, M., 2022. Tax morale: Framing and fairness. Economic Systems, 46 (1).
  • Alexander, P., 2018. Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: An Equity Evaluation of the UK and US Tax Systems. In: Society for Legal Scholars Conference 3-5 September 2007 Durham.
  • Mccarthy, D., 2017. Caring companies and their caring employees: an examination of the relationship between PSM and CSR. In: International Research Society For Public Management (IRSPM) Conference 1-3 April 2014 Birmingham.
  • Alexander, P., 2016. Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: Challenging Conventional Wisdoms. In: Society for Legal Scholars Conference 2-4 September 2013 Edinburgh.
  • Alexander, P., 2016. Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: an Extension of a Classical Structural Measure of Vertical Equity. In: Tax Research Network Conference 4-6 September 2013 Exeter.
  • Hansford, A. and Alexander, P., 2010. Building Bridges based on equity: an international study of the taxation of housing. In: 9th International Tax Administration Conference: Building Bridges 7-9 April 2010 Sydney, Australia.

Reports

Theses

PhD Students

  • Joseph Chenchehene, 2018. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL DISTRESS PREDICTION IN THE UK
  • Dennis Seaman, 2020. Audit committees and corporate governance
  • Jorg Hering, 2021. The Information Content of Narrative Disclosures in Financial Statements

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Accounting and Financial Management, 2014 through 2017
  • International Accounting and Analysis, 2009 through 2017
  • Advanced Accounting and Financial Analysis, 2017 to 2019
  • International Taxation, 2017 to present

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Law of Personal Tax II (Level 7), 2013 - 2021
  • Business Tax Planning (Level 5), 2007 through 2013
  • International Taxation (Level 7), 2017 to present
  • Introduction to Accounting (Level 4), 2009 through 2013

Grants

  • STAMP-ONLINE (Erasmus+, 01 Oct 2021). In Progress
  • Designing Innovative Pedagogy for Complex Accountancy Topics (Erasmus+, 01 Sep 2018). Completed
  • Tax Literacy: Improving Tax Compliance (Chartered Institute of Taxation, 01 Jul 2016). Completed
  • International Learning Platform in Accountancy (ERASMUS+, 01 Jul 2016). Completed

Internal Responsibilities

Conference Presentations

  • Tax Research Network Annual Conference, Showcasing Project DIPCAT - Designing Innovative Pedagogy for Complex Accounting Topics, 10 Sep 2021, Aston University, Birmingham
  • XVII CiCA Conference: Accounting in the Digital Era, International Taxation in the Digital Era, 07 Nov 2019, Instituto Politecnico du Porto in Portugal
  • Tax Research Network: Education Day, Further Improving the Tax Awareness, Tax literacy and Tax Morale in Young People, 11 Sep 2019, University of Central Lancaster, Preston
  • Tax Research Network Annual Conference (2019), Tax Morale: Fairness and Framing, 09 Sep 2019, University of Central Lancaster, Preston
  • International Research Society For Public Management (IRSPM), Caring companies and their caring employees: an examination of the relationship between PSM and CSR, 01 Apr 2016, Birmingham
  • Tax Administration Conference, Building Bridges Based on Equity: An International Study of the Taxation on Housing, 01 Apr 2014, Sydney
  • Tax Research Network Conference, Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: an Extension of a Classical Structural Measure of Vertical Equity, 04 Sep 2013, Exeter
  • Society for Legal Scholars Conference, Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: Challenging Conventional Wisdoms, 02 Sep 2013, Edinburgh
  • Society for Legal Scholars Conference, Owner Occupied Housing Taxation: An Equity Evaluation of the UK and US Tax Systems, 03 Sep 2007, Durham

Qualifications

  • PhD in Taxation (Bournemouth University, 2013)
  • MA in Taxation (Bournemouth University, 2007)
  • BA (Hons) in Accounting and Business Administration (Susquehanna University, 1987)

Memberships

  • Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellow (2016-),
  • Chartered Management Institute, Fellow (2015-),
  • Tax Research Network, LTD, Member (2021-), http://taxresearch.network/
  • Association des Formations Européennes a la Comptabilité et a l’Audit (AFECA, Member (2015-),
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member,
  • New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, Member,