100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting

I am honored to be included on the list of Accounting Today's 100 Most Influential People for the fifth year in a row. The magazine contains one-sentence explanations of why each of the folks made the list; here is mine:

Probably the most prolific blogger in the tax field, Caron has made his blog into a must-read, chock-full of the latest developments in the worlds of tax, law and academia.

I am flattered to be on the list with such high-powered people in the tax and accounting worlds, including:

• Max Baucus (Chair, Senate Finance Committee)
• Barney Frank (Chair, House Financial Services Committee)
• Timothy Geithner (Secretary of the Treasury)
• Chuck Grassley (Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee)
• Sander Levin (Chair, House Ways & Means Committee)
• President Barack Obama
• Nina Olson (National Taxpayer Advocate, IRS)
• Mary Schapiro (Chair, SEC)
• Douglas Shulman (Commissioner, IRS)