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Books
Coleman, C, Hart, G, Bondfield, B, McKerchar, MA, McLaren, Sadiq, K & Ting, A, 2011, Australian Tax Analysis, Thomson Reuters, Sydney
McKerchar, MA, 2010, Design and conduct of research in tax, law and accounting, 1, Thomson Reuters, Sydney
McKerchar, MA & Walpole, M, eds, 2006, Further Global Challenges in Tax Administration, 1st, Fiscal Publications, Birmingham
Coleman, C, Hart, G, Ting, A & McKerchar, MA, 2006, Australian Tax Analysis: Cases, Commentary, Commercial Applications and Questions, 6, ATP, Sydney
McKerchar, MA, 2003, The Impact of Complexity upon Tax Compliance, Australian Tax Research Foundation, Sydney
Chapters
McKerchar, MA, 2012, 'Designing and administering surveys', in Lynne Oats (ed.), Taxation A fieldwork Research handbook, edn. 1, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 34 - 42
McKerchar, MA & Coleman, C, 2012, 'Avoiding Evasion: An Australian Historical Perspective', in John Tiley (ed.), Studies in the History of Tax Law, edn. Volume 5, Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland Oregon, pp. 381 - 392
McKerchar, MA, 2012, 'Using quantitative approaches', in Lynne Oats (ed.), Taxation A fieldwork Research handbook, edn. 1, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 43 - 49
Loo, E & McKerchar, MA, 2012, 'Self-assessment system in Malaysia: performance to date and challenges ahead', in Taxation in Asean and China, edn. 1st, Routledge, Oxford, pp. 97 - 109
McKerchar, MA, 2011, 'Connecting Tax Research and Practice: The Past, Present and Future', in E. Evans, R. Burritt and J. Guthrie (ed.), Bridging the Gap between Academic Accounting Research and Professional Practice, edn. 1, ICAA, Sydney, pp. 51 - 58
Sapari, A, Loo, E & McKerchar, MA, 2010, 'A critical review of ethics and moral dilemmas in tax compliance research', in K H Datt; B Tran-Nam and K Bain (ed.), International Tax Administration: Building Bridges, CCH, Sydney, pp. 117 - 131
Coleman, C & McKerchar, MA, 2010, 'The History of Land Tax in Australia', in John Tiley (ed.), Studies in the History of Tax Law vol 4, Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, pp. 281 - 295
Coleman, C & McKerchar, MA, 2009, 'A History of Progressive Tax in Australia', in John Tiley (ed.), Studies in the History of Tax Law - Volume 3, Hart, Oxford, pp. 35 - 55
Hansford, A & McKerchar, MA, 2008, 'Climate Change Post-Kyoto: A Tax Policy Perspective', in Chalifour et al (ed.), Critical issues in environmental taxation: International comparative perspectives, edn. 5, Oxford Uni Press, USA, pp. 855 - 871
McKerchar, MA & Coleman, C, 2007, 'The Ever-Elusive Definition of Income: A Historical Perspective from Australia', in John Tiley (ed.), Studies in the History of Tax Law Volume 2, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 357 - 373
McKerchar, MA, Karlinsky, S & Meyer, K, 2006, 'Making Progress in Tax Simplification: A Comparison of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom', in Rodney Fisher and Michael Walpole (ed.), Further Global Challenges in Tax Administration, edn. 1st, Fiscal Publications, Birmingham, pp. 359 - 376
Woellner, R, Coleman, C, McKerchar, MA, Walpole, M & Zetler, J, 2005, 'Identifying the Psychological Costs of Tax Compliance', in Rodney Fisher and Michael Walpole (ed.), Further Global Challenges in Tax Administration, edn. 1st, Fiscal Publications, Birmingham, pp. 268 - 287
McKerchar, MA, 2005, 'Taxation', in Tony Smith (ed.), The Bush Law Handbook, edn. 2nd Edition, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, pp. 257 - 276
McKerchar, MA & Coleman, C, 2005, 'The Changing Nature of Work: has the Australian Taxation Office Kept Pace?', in Rodney Fisher and Michael Walpole (ed.), Further Global Challenges in Tax Administration, edn. 1st, Fiscal Publications, Birmingham, pp. 158 - 168
McKerchar, MA & Coleman, C, 2004, 'The Chicken or the Egg? A Historical Review of the Influence of Tax Administration on the Development of Income Tax in Australia', in John Tiley (ed.), Studies in the History of Tax Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 285 - 312
McKerchar, MA, 2003, 'The effect of complexity on unintentional noncompliance for personal taxpayers in Australia', in Michael Walpole and Rodney Fisher (ed.), Tax Administration: Current Issues and Future Developments, edn. 5th, Timebase, Sydney, pp. 94 - 112
Woellner, R, Coleman, C, McKerchar, MA, Walpole, M & Zetler, J, 2001, 'Taxation or vexation - measuring the psychological costs of tax compliance', in Evans, C.; Pope, J.; Hasseldine, J. (ed.), Taxation Compliance Costs: A Festschrift for Cedric Sandford, Prospect Media, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 35 - 49
Woellner, R, Coleman, C, Gaylard, S, McKerchar, MA, Walpole, M & Zetler, J, 1998, 'Once more into the breach ... A study of comparative compliance costs under the 1936 and 1997 Acts: Progress report', in Tax administration: Facing the challenges of the future, Prospect Media, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 195 - 216
Journal Articles
McKerchar, MA & Hansford, A, 2012, 'Achieving innovation and global competitiveness through research and development tax incentives: lessons for Australia from the UK', Australian Tax Forum Journal, pp. 4 - 23
McKerchar, MA & Loo, E, 2012, 'Understanding Tax Compliance in Malaysia: The Significance of Fairness, Enforcement, Risk Personality and Taxpayer Type', Asia Pacific Journal of Taxation, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 90 - 112
Pope, J & McKerchar, MA, 2011, 'Understanding Tax Morale and its Effect on Individual Taxpayer Compliance', British Tax Review Journal, no. 5, pp. 587 - 601
Loo, EC, Evans, CC & McKerchar, MA, 2010, 'Challenges in understanding compliance behaviour of taxpayers in Malaysia', Asian Journal of Business and Accounting, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 145 - 161
Hansford, A & McKerchar, MA, 2010, 'Future global challenges to achieve fairness in environmental taxation: moving beyond the dimensions of horizontal and vertical equity', eJournal of Tax Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 175 - 187
Loo, E, McKerchar, MA & Hansford, A, 2010, 'Findings on the impact of self assessment on the compliance behaviour of individual taxapyers in Malaysia: A case study approach', Journal of Australian Taxation, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1 - 23, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=866378245740885;res=IELBUS
McKerchar, MA, Loo, E & Hansford, A, 2009, 'Understanding the compliance behaviour of Malyasian individual taxpayers using a mixed method approach', Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 181 - 202
McKerchar, MA, Hodgson, HM & Walpole, M, 2009, 'Understanding Australian Small Businesses and the Drivers of Compliance Costs: A Grounded Theory Approach', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 39 - 66
McKerchar, MA, 2009, 'Fostering green innovation: can Australia's research and development tax concession be more effective?', The Tax Specialist, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 131 - 136
McKerchar, MA & Evans, CC, 2009, 'Sustaining Growth in Developing Economies through Improved Taxpayer Compliance: Challenges for Policy Makers and Revenue Authorities', eJournal of Tax Research, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 171 - 201, http://www.atax.unsw.edu.au/ejtr/content/issues/current/paper4.pdf
McKerchar, MA & Drever, M, 2008, 'The Influence of Tax Reform on Entrepreneurship and Management Practices in the Small Business Sector in Australia', Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association, vol. 3, pp. 129 - 140
McKerchar, MA, Hodgson, HM & Datt, KH, 2008, 'Is there a perception of revenue bias on the part of the ATO in private binding rulings on large, complex issues?', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 23, pp. 309 - 332
McKerchar, MA, Leviner, S & Bloomquist, K, 2008, 'Improving the quality of services offered by tax agents: can regulation assist?', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 23, pp. 399 - 425
McKerchar, MA, 2008, 'Book review - Tax Compliance and Tax Morale: a Theoretical and Empirical Analysis', British Accounting Review, vol. 40, pp. 282 - 285
McKerchar, MA, 2008, 'Philosophical Paradigms, Inquiry Strategies and Knowledge Claims: Applying the Principles of Research Design and Conudct to Taxation', E - Journal of Tax Research, vol. 6, pp. 5 - 22
Woellner, R, Coleman, C, McKerchar, MA, Walpole, M & Zetler, J, 2007, 'Can Simplified Legal Drafting Reduce the Psychological Costs of Tax Compliance? An Australian Perspective', British Tax Review Journal, pp. 717 - 733
McKerchar, MA & Hansford, A, 2007, 'Environmental Tax Policies in Australia and the UK: Can it Only be a Carrot or a Stick Approach?', Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, vol. 13, pp. 2 - 11
McKerchar, MA, 2007, 'Is the Simplified Tax System Simple?', The Tax Specialist, vol. 10, pp. 140 - 146
McKerchar, MA, 2005, 'The Impact of Tax Complexity on Practitioners in Australia', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 20, pp. 529 - 554
McKerchar, MA, Karlinsky, S & Ingraham, L, 2005, 'Tax Complexity and Small Business: A Comparison of the Perceptions of Tax Agents in the United States and Australia', Journal of Australian Taxation, vol. 8, pp. 289 - 327
McKerchar, MA, 2005, 'An Appraisal of Research-Led Teaching in the Context of Taxation: Can both Teacher and Student Benefit?', Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association, vol. 1, pp. 491 - 498
McKerchar, MA, Loo, E & Hansford, A, 2005, 'An International Comparative Analysis of Self Assessmnet: What Lessons are there for Tax Administrators?', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 20, pp. 669 - 710
McKerchar, MA & Hansford, A, 2004, 'Developing the UK Self-Assessment Regime: Is Collaboration the Key?', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 19, pp. 77 - 94
McKerchar, MA, 2003, 'Understanding and Predicting Taxpayers - Behavioural Responses to Actions by Tax Administration', OECD Papers, vol. 3, pp. 55 - 75
McKerchar, MA & Coleman, C, 2003, 'The Australian Income Tax System: Has it Helped or Hindered Primary Producers Address the Issue of Environmental Sustainability', Journal of Australian Taxation, vol. 6, pp. 201 - 223
McKerchar, MA, 2002, 'The effects of complexity on unintentional noncompliance for personal taxpayers in Australia', Australian Tax Forum Journal, vol. 17, pp. 3 - 26
Conference Papers
McKerchar, MA, Bloomquist, K & Pope, J, 2012, 'Indicators of Tax Morale: An Empirical Analysis', in , presented at 21st Tax Research Network Conference, University of Roehampton, 5-7 September 2012