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Pradeep Sapkota

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Accounting

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Louisiana State University, 2019
    Major: Accounting
    Dissertation: "The Interplay Among Tax Specialists, Corporate Tax Behavior, and Tax Accrual Quality"
  • Certificate, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2010
    Major: Taxation
    Specialization: Graduate Certificate in Taxation
  • MAcc, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2010
    Major: Accounting
  • BBA, Southern Arkansas University, 2008
    Major: Accounting and Finance

Current Scheduled Teaching

ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationSpring 2025
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationSpring 2025
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationFall 2024 Syllabus
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationFall 2024 Syllabus
ACCT 5320.001Taxation of Flow Through EntitiesFall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ACCT 6010.707Seminar on Advanced Topics in Accounting ResearchSummer 5W2 2024
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.003Federal Income TaxationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 6010.707Seminar on Advanced Topics in Accounting ResearchSummer 5W2 2023
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationSummer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.001Federal Income TaxationFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 6010.707Seminar on Advanced Topics in Accounting ResearchSummer 5W2 2021
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.003Federal Income TaxationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4951.701Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2021
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.003Federal Income TaxationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationSpring 2020 Syllabus
ACCT 4300.003Federal Income TaxationSpring 2020 Syllabus
ACCT 4300.002Federal Income TaxationFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ACCT 4300.003Federal Income TaxationFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Rapley, E., Sapkota, P., Stekelberg, J. (2024). Do Investments in Tax Planning Attract Monitoring by Tax Authorities?. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
  • Cheng, C., Hennes, K., Perez, D., Sapkota, P. (2024). Examining Tax-Related Restatements in the Oil and Gas Industry. Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting.
  • Johnston, J.A., Reichelt, K.J., Sapkota, P. (2023). Measuring Financial Statement Disaggregation Using XBRL. Journal of Information Systems.
  • Kipp, P., Mathew, J., Sapkota, K., Sapkota, P. (2023). Reporting Cash Tips Income for Income Tax Purposes. Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting.
  • Abbott, L., Barber, R., Buslepp, B., Sapkota, P. (2023). Do Investors Use Audit Partner Identification? Evidence From the KPMG ‘Steal the Exam’ Scandal. Auditing: A Journal Of Practice And Theory.
  • Cheng, C., Hennes, K., Sapkota, P. (2022). The Nonlinear Relation between Effective Tax Rates and Tax-Related Restatements. Accounting Horizons.
  • Cheng, C., Sapkota, P., Yurko, A.J. (2020). A Case Study of Effective Tax Rates Using Data Analytics. Issues in Accounting Education.
  • Kumar, G., Paul, P., Sapkota, P. (2012). The Largest Corporate Fraud in India: Satyam Computer Services Limited. Other. 4 (2)
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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out of 7		 %
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students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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