2018 Joint Statistical Research Program Call for Proposals

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Issue Number:    2018 - 19

2018 Joint Statistical Research Program Call for Proposals

Through its Joint Statistical Research Program (JSRP), the Statistics of Income (SOI) seeks to enable the use of tax microdata by qualified researchers outside the Federal government. Such research can provide new insights and advance the understanding of the ways that existing tax policies affect individuals, businesses, and the economy. It can also provide a new understanding of taxpayer behavior that can aid in the administration of the U.S. tax system. Finally, such research can lead to the development of new datasets useful for future tax administration research, as well as new tabulations that can be released to the public. SOI is a division of the IRS’s Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics (RAAS) office.

The following subjects are of particular interest to the IRS and the tax research community:

  • Tax administration in a global economy
  • Taxpayer needs and behavior, particularly the roles of information, complexity, salience, engagement, and compliance costs
  • Filing, payment, and reporting compliance measures, behaviors, and drivers
  • Taxpayer response to policy changes, particularly taxpayer responses to changes in incentives
  • Role of complex business structures in tax planning
  • Application of new research methods for tax administration, particularly data science, behavioral insights, or other interdisciplinary approaches

SOI has a strong preference for research projects that generate new datasets and new tabulations that can be replicated and produced on a regular basis. We will accept research proposals for the 2018 JSRP beginning November 12, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018. A panel will evaluate all proposals; evaluations will be based on a number of factors, including the resources available within SOI to support the proposed work. We will announce our final selections by March 29, 2019.

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