Michelle Hutchens

• Ph.D., Accounting, Indiana University, 2016
• M.B.A., Indiana University, 2003
• B.S., Business Administration, Indiana University, 2002

• Assistant Professor Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017 to present
• Lecturer of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016-2017
• Tax Senior Manager, Crowe Horwath LLP, 2009-2011
• Tax Manager, Deloitte Tax LLP, 2002-2009

• Edwards, A., & Hutchens, M. Forthcoming. Corporate Taxes and Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. National Tax Journal, (forthcoming).
• Hutchens, M., Lynch, D., & Stomberg, B. Forthcoming. Sharing the Wealth: The Effects of TCJA Bonuses on Employee Pay Satisfaction. The Journal of the American Taxation Association.
• Edwards, A., Hutchens, M., & Persson, A. Forthcoming. Third-Party Reporting and Cross-Border Tax Planning. Contemporary Accounting Research.
• Hutchens, M., Rego, S., & Williams, B. (2024). Tax Avoidance and Firm Risk: New Insights from a Latent Class Mixture Model. The Accounting Review, 99 (1), 285-313.
• Hutchens, M., Rego, S., & Williams, B. (2023). The Impact of Standard Setting on Individual Investors: Evidence from FAS 109. Review of Accounting Studies.

Corporate taxation including tax avoidance behavior, financial statement disclosure of income taxes, and tax policy

• Principles of Taxation (ACCY 312) Introduction to the United States federal income tax system with an emphasis on income tax determination and the taxation of property transactions. Topics include the tax environment, tax provisions relevant to businesses, employees and business owners. Projects facilitate self-discovery of knowledge and development of a variety of professional skills and attitudes.