Rick Simpson, Ph.D., CPA
Department Head
Office: Garr 61A
Email: rsimpson@selu.edu
Phone: (985) 549-2052
Associate Professor of Accounting
Joined SLU Faculty, 1996
Ph.D., Accounting, University of Houston, 1996
M.Tax., Taxation, Baylor University, 1983
B.A., Religion, Baylor University, 1975
Research and Teaching Interests:
Financial Accounting
Taxation
Selected Publications:
"Operation of personal residence exclusion rules clarified in new proposed regulations,"
Journal of Taxation," March 2001, pp. 165-173, with Joseph L. Morris.
"A call for congress to reconsider the current federal income tax treatment of software-
related expenditures," Taxes: The Tax Magazine, September 2000, pp. 24-32, with John Crain.
"A historical overview of the tax treatment of publicly-traded partnerships," Oil, Gas, &
Energy Quarterly, September 2000, pp. 161-172, with John Crain and Kris Jones.
"The taxing tradeoffs of day and online trading," The CPA Journal, August 2000, pp.25-29,
with Dean DiGregorio and John Crain.
Professional Affiliations and Honors:
American Accounting Association
American Taxation Association
Society of Louisiana CPAs
Beta Alpha Psi (Alumnus)
Beta Gamma Sigma