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Biography
Amy Yurko is an Associate Professor and KPMG Faculty Fellow of Accounting at the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business. Professor Yurko teaches Data Analytics for Decision Making, Corporate & Partnership Tax Accounting and Financial Accounting to graduate and undergraduate students at Duquesne University. She has also taught Individual Tax Accounting & Planning at the University of Pittsburgh.
Professor Yurko's research interests include tax accounting, executive compensation design, corporate governance, executive power, and examining how taxes influence taxpayer decisions, including compensation design and marriage decisions. She serves on the editorial board of the ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research and the Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting. Her research interests extend to teaching, specifically examining new teaching methods to improve the classroom environment, incorporate data analytics, and develop students' comprehension and communication skills.
Professor Yurko supervises student's participation in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. She serves as a volunteer tax preparer and recruits students to participate in experiential learning program that provides a valuable service to our community.
Professor Yurko is an attorney, whose legal career began at Coopers & Lybrand, a predecessor to Price Waterhouse Coopers. She practiced as an attorney for more than twenty years, specializing in business planning, estates, and taxes.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business, 2014
- J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1986
- B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, 1983
Profile Information
- 2023 Outstanding Paper Award for ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research
- 2023 ATA Public Interest Best Paper Award
- 2022 Eugene P. Beard Outstanding Service Award
- 2021-2024 KPMG Faculty Fellow of Accounting
- 2021 Duquesne University Palumbo-Donahue School of Business Summer Research Grant
- 2020 ATA Teaching Innovation Award
- 2020 The Tax Adviser Best Paper Award for 2019
- 2019 Wojeski Summer Research Grant
- 2019 ATA/Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award
- 2019 Deloitte/Trueblood Seminar for Professors
- 2017 Duquesne University Palumbo-Donahue School of Business Summer Research Grant
- 2015 Wojeski Summer Research Grant
- 2015 EY/AAA New Faculty Consortium Fellow
Articles in Journals
Balsam, S. and A. J. N. Yurko (2023) “Executive Compensation and Changes to Sec. 162(m)” The Tax Adviser, Dec: 20-26 https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2023/dec/executive-compensation-and-changes-to-sec-162m.html
Camp, J., J. Masseli and A. J. N. Yurko (2023) "Religion versus Politics: An Age-old Question with Continued Importance to the U.S.
Nonprofit Classification System” ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 21(1): 1-21
https://doi.org/10.2308/JLTR-2022-001
Winner of the 2023 ATA Outstanding Paper Award for the ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research
Cheng, C., Shaw, J. R., Yurko, A. J. N. (2021) "Lessons learned: Incorporating data analytics in tax curricula" The Tax Adviser May 1
https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2021/may/data-analytics-tax-curricula.html
Cheng, C., Crumbley, D. L., Enis, C., Yurko, A. J. N., Yurko, J. P. (2021) "Does the marriage tax differential influence same-sex couples' marriage decisions?" Journal of Marriage and Family 83 (February): 152-172 https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12735
Cheng, C., Sapkota, P., Yurko, A. J. N. (2021) "A Case Study of Effective Tax Rates Using Data Analytics" Issues in Accounting Education, 36 (1): 65-89 https://doi.org/10.2308/ISSUES-19-060
Yurko, A. J. N., Cheng, C., Morris, M. (2020) "A New Examination of an Old Question: Is it Constitutional to Tax Marriage?" The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 18 (1): 19-41, https://doi.org/10.2308/JLTR-19-006
Balsam, S., Evans, J. H., Yurko, A. J. N. (2019) "The impact of regulation on executive compensation: I.R.C. section 162(m) and the unexpected exclusion of CFOs" Journal of the American Taxation Association 41(2): 59-81, https://doi.org/10.2308/atax-52248.
Yurko, A. J. N., Cheng, C., Metrejean, C. (2019) "The Marriage Tax Penalty Post-TCJA" The Tax Adviser 50 (6): 438-451.
https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2019/jun/marriage-tax-penalty-post-tcja.html
Winner of The Tax Adviser 2019 Best Paper Award
Crumbley, D. L., Cheng, C., Yurko, A. J. N. (2019) "The Caterpillar Case: Effective Tax Planning or Scam?" Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, 11 (1): 138-153.
Balsam, S., Evans, J.H., Yurko, A. J. N. (2018) "How the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed I.R.C. §162(m): What this means for corporations and compensation practices" The Tax Adviser 49(6): 362-369.
https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2018/jun/how-2017-tax-overhaul-changed-sec-162m.html
Yurko, A. J. N., Cheng, C. (2018) "The Preferential Tax Rate on Dividend Income: Economic Stimulus or Window Dressing" Journal of Accounting and Finance 18(7): 148-162.
Yurko, A. J. N. (2018) "An Empirical Examination of the Compensation-Dividend Relation to Compare Conflict Resolution Strategies at Public versus Private Firms" Accounting and Finance Research 7(2): 248-260. https://doi.org/10.5430/afr.v7n2p248
Yurko, A. J. N., Cheng, C. (2017) "House and Senate Find Common Ground: The Marriage Tax Penalty" taxnotes 157(10): 1441-1447.
Cheng, C., Yurko, A. J. N. (2017) "Trump's First-100-Day Opportunity for Women: Tax Code Reform to Reduce Wage Gap" Forbes Online Magazine available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/01/19/trumps-first-100-day-opportunity-for-women-tax-code-reform-to-reduce-wage-gap/#7f578b2f50dc
Cheng, C., Yurko, A. J. N. (2017) "Federal Tax Code May Contribute to Married Women Wage Gap" Forbes Online Magazine, available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/08/16/federal-tax-code-may-contribute-to-married-women-wage-gap/#7c1eaaae577f
Balsam, S., Evans, J. H., Yurko, A. J. N., (2016) "Learning from the Past: CFO Compensation Design and Motivating Accuracy" WorldatWork 25(4): 20-28.
Yurko, A., Williams, V., Nagle, B., Rau, S., Kollar, R., Kannan, Y., Menk, B., Morris, B. (2015). "How one accounting department is preparing students for the updated CPA exam?" Extra Credit, The Newsletter for Accounting Educators.
https://www.aicpa.org/interestareas/accountingeducation/newsandpublications/pages/duquesne-accounting-program-cpa-exam.aspx
Textbooks: Contributing Author
Pratt and Kulsrud (2021-2022) Federal Taxation 2022 and 2023 editions, Van Griner Learning, Cincinnati, OH; Yurko, A. J. N.
Pratt and Kulsrud (2021-2022) Individual Taxation 2022 and 2023 editions, Van Griner Learning, Cincinnati, OH; Yurko, A. J. N.