Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2018 Employee Versus Independent Contractor - the IRS and Department of Labor's Focus on Worker Classification.  CPA Journal.  2018
2016 Tax Implications (and Rewards) of Grandparents Taking Care of Grandchildren.  CPA Journal.  2016
2016 Your Financial (Life) Game Plan.  The Sport Journal.  2016
2015 An Update on IRS Circular 230 Changes.  CPA Journal.  2015
2014 Handling contingent attorney fee expenses - what preparers need to know.  CPA Journal.  2014
2012 A Tax Quality Control Template for Avoiding Risk.  CPA Journal.  2012
2010 Escheat - Unclaimed property.  Cooperative Accountant.  LXIII:56-58. 2010
2010 Tax-Free Medical Student Loan Repayments Revisited - What has Changed Over the Last Decade?.  CPA Journal.  2010
2007 Design a Policy for Representing Clients Undergoing Divorce.  Practical Tax Strategies.  105-110. 2007
2007 Practice What You Teach.  CPA Journal.  2007
2005 The Only True Choice - Accounting.  New Accountant.  5. 2005
2004 How to Use Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques to Audit for Fraud.  Bank Fraud and IT Security.  12:3-4. 2004
2003 Do Pro-Ethics Activities Reduce Instances of Fraud: An Empirical Study.  Journal of Corporate Reporting and Finance.  85-94. 2003
2003 Waving the Red Flag.  Rural Cooperatives.  13-14. 2003
2002 Fighting Fraud and Fostering Ethical Behavior: Strategic Initiatives for Cooperatives.  Cooperative Accountant.  3-7. 2002
2002 Fraud in Rural Electric Utilities.  Oil, Gas And Energy Quarterly.  607-616. 2002
2002 New Generation Cooperatives: An Excellent Opportunity for Business Expansion.  Business Xpansion Journal.  2002
2002 Strategically Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Software.  Cooperative Accountant.  3-7. 2002
2000 Big Tax Break for Sellers of Stock in Agricultural Refiners and Processors to Farm Cooperatives.  Cooperative Accountant.  32-37. 2000
2000 Entity Choice Comparisons.  CPA Journal.  2000
2000 Recent Changes Offer Increased Savings Opportunities for Prior Casualty and Theft Loss Deductions.  Tax Adviser.  182-187. 2000
2000 Technology as Pandora's.  Oil, Gas And Energy Quarterly.  125-132. 2000
1999 How much acreage can be included under the new sale of principal residence rules?.  Journal of Taxation.  90:294-301. 1999
1999 Acreage Qualification Opportunities Explored Under the New Sale of Principal Residence Rules.  Journal of Taxation.  294-302. 1999
1999 Avoiding Tax Headaches with Medical Student Loan Payoffs.  CPA Journal.  34-36. 1999
1999 Healthcare Fraud Reporting Opportunities.  New Perspectives on Healthcare Auditing.  1999
1999 Just What is 'Escheat?.  Cooperative Accountant.  17-19. 1999
1999 Keeping Employees Honest: Using Ethical Policies to Deter Fraud 1999
1999 The auditor's going-concern disclosure as a self-fulfilling prophecy: A discrete-time survival analysis.  Decision Sciences.  30:805-824. 1999
1998 Do You Need to Fear Whistle-blowers?.  NonProfit World.  6. 1998
1998 The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: REITs, Depreciation and Environmental Costs.  Journal of Property Management.  74-78. 1998
1998 Value Creation in Bundling Utility Mergers: A Corporate Focus Anomaly.  Journal of Energy, Finance and Development.  3:185-192. 1998
1997 A Cooperative Presence on the Web.  Cooperative Accountant.  67-73. 1997
1997 Common Sense Approaches to Fraud Awareness, Prevention, and Detection.  NonProfit World.  36-38. 1997
1997 Fraud Prevention and the Management Accountant: Back to Basics.  Management Accounting.  34-37. 1997
1997 Like-Kind Exchanges for Real Property Investors.  Journal of Property Management.  74-77. 1997
1996 Accounting Majors Should Consider Taking Information Systems Courses in Meeting the 150-Hour Accounting Education Requirement.  New Accountant.  22-24. 1996
1996 Debt Covenant Violations of Private Lending Agreements of Agricultural Cooperatives 1996
1996 IRS has now Begun to Open the Door of Opportunity for Resolving Disputes in a More Effective Way....  CPA Journal.  52-53. 1996
1996 Prediction Models for Debt Covenant Violations of Agricultural Cooperatives.  American Cooperation.  111-115. 1996

Teaching Activities

  • AC620 - Tax Research (Fall Term 2020) 2020
  • AC620 - Tax Research (Fall Term 2020) 2020
  • AC620 - Tax Research (Spring Term 2020) 2020
  • AC620 - Tax Research (Fall Term 2019) 2019
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • AC590 - Advanced Topics in Accounting (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • AC590 - Advanced Topics in Accounting (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • AC620 - Tax Research (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2017) 2017
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • AC502 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2016) 2016
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2016) 2016
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2015) 2015
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2015) 2015
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2015) 2015
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2014) 2014
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2014) 2014
  • AC590 - Advanced Topics in Accounting (Spring Term 2014) 2014
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2013) 2013
  • AC590 - Advanced Topics in Accounting (Summer Term 2013) 2013
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2013) 2013
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2012) 2012
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2011) 2011
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2011) 2011
  • AC620 - Tax Entities (Fall Term 2010) 2010
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Fall Term 2009) 2009
  • AC499 - Directed Readings (Summer Term 2009) 2009
  • AC495 - Accounting Capstone (Summer Term 2009) 2009
  • IB495 - Business Study Abroad (Summer Term 2009) 2009
  • AC304 - Accounting Information Systems (Spring Term 2009) 2009
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Fall Term 2008) 2008
  • AC452 - Income Taxation II (Summer Term 2008) 2008
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Summer Term 2008) 2008
  • AC402 - Income Taxation I (Spring Term 2008) 2008
  • AC499 - Directed Readings (Spring Term 2008) 2008
  • AC499 - Directed Readings (Spring Term 2008) 2008
  • AC452 - Income Taxation II (Fall Term 2007) 2007

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Business Administration in Accounting, Mississippi State University 1993
  • Master of Accounting, Mississippi State University 1990
  • Bachelor of Science or Mathematics in Accounting and Computer Science, University of West Alabama 1986

    • Awards And Honors

  • Silver Bowl Award, 2019
  • Award, 2009
  • Award, 2007
  • Award, 2002
  • Award, 2002
  • Award, 2000
  • Award, 2000
  • Award, 2000
  • Award, 1999
  • Award, 1999
  • Award, 1998
  • Award, 1997
  • Award, 1997
  • Award, 1996
  • Award, 1996
  • Award, 1996

    • Full Name

  • Frank Messina