RICHARD
L. OTT
Associate professor and head of accounting department
Tax
season can cause pains in the neck as well as in the wallet, but
Richard Ott, professor of accounting at Kansas State University,
has been offering advice for years on how to lessen the stress
and pains involved in filing returns.
Ott recommends saving and investing at least a portion of refunds, utilizing direct deposit and filing returns over the Internet to receive refunds faster. He has been an advocate for tax reform.
Ott's work and advice have earned him recognition in the accounting industry. He was awarded the first ever PricewaterhouseCoopers faculty fellowship award in July 2000. In 1999, Ott received the Dean's Choice Award from the College of Business Administration. He is currently the Grant Thornton Faculty Fellow.
Ott earned his doctoral degree in business administration from Texas Tech University in 1986, the same year he came to K-State. Ott teaches courses in taxation and accounting research. He conducts research in the areas of taxes, behavioral accounting and accounting education and has been published in several journals.
In his time at K-State, Ott has chaired the College of Business Administration's course and curriculum committee and the assessment committee, which monitors the effectiveness of the college's programs.
Ott can be reached at 785-532-6184, or via e-mail at rlo@k-state.edu.