Rate My Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar

Ann Kayis-Kumar's research examines tax as a mechanism for social justice across the taxpaying spectrum, encompassing the tax-poverty interface, multinational taxation, cross-border intercompany deductions, financial vulnerability, economic abuse, and pro bono tax clinics. Notable publications include her book Taxing Multinationals: Preventing tax base erosion through the reform of cross-border intercompany deductions (Oxford University Press, 2019); co-authored Australian CGT Handbook editions (2017–2019); 'Squeezing blood from stones? A comparative analysis of tax relief for victim-survivors in Australia and the United States' (Australian Tax Forum, 2024); 'Redefining ATO Powers at the Intersection of Debt and Financial Vulnerability' (Australian Tax Review, 2025); and 'Serious Hardship Relief: In Need of a Serious Rethink?' (Sydney Law Review, 2021). She has garnered awards such as the Societal Impact Award (UNSW Business School Staff Excellence Awards, 2024), finalist in the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards (2022, 2023), AACSB International's Innovations That Inspire Award (2021), and Cedric Sandford Medal for Best Paper (2021). Active in committees including the ATO's Small Business and National Tax Clinic Stewardship Groups, Law Council of Australia's Taxation Committee, and Economic Abuse Reference Group's Business and Tax Working Group, she frequently contributes to media on ABC's The Business and Radio National.