Mendoza School of Business


Kenneth Milani

Professor
Accountancy
 574-631-5296
  342 Mendoza College of Business
  • Biography
  • Background
  • Publications
  • Presentations
  • Awards

Accountancy Professor Ken Milani’s most recent research and writing have focused on foreign partners and the operating activities of partnerships. Recent articles co-authored by Milani have explored the income tax implications of U.S. real property interests owned by non-resident alien partners, alternative ways of placing property into a partnership, and the advantages of altering a partner’s adjusted basis as an income tax planning tool.



Milani teaches required and elective federal income tax courses in the Accountancy undergraduate and Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) programs. Other teaching responsibilities include classes for the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program. Milani, a graduate of Bradley University (B.S. and M.B.A.) and the University of Iowa (Ph.D.) serves as Technical Coordinator of the Tax Assistance Program—a community service effort that provides free income tax preparation service to Michiana residents. He is also a co-contributor to a weekly South Bend Tribune column, Tax Talk, which appears in the newspaper from mid-January to mid-April.

Education
BS, Bradley University
MBA, Bradley University
Ph D, University of Iowa

Areas of Expertise
Federal Income Taxes
Partnership Taxation
Economics of an Aging Population
Organizational Budgeting

Editorial Boards
Editor & Editorial Board
Practical Tax Strategies
August 31, 2020

"Strategies For Global Operations", (With Ken Milani, Juan Rivera), Strategic Finance, 102, 2021

"Budgeting for International Operations", (With Ken Milani), Strategic Finance, 102, 2020

"Managing International Operations in Uncertain Times", (With Juan Rivera, Ken Milani), 102, 2020

"The Low-Profit Limited Liability Company: A Lifeline to Struggling Industries", (With Kelsey Feldmeier, Cindy Lee), Practical Tax Strategies, 104, 2020

"Seeking Shelter: Pondering the Potential and Problems", (With Richard Rodriguez), TAXES--The Tax Magazine, 97, 2019

"Tax Tips for the 2019 Graduate", (With John Connors, ), TAXES--The Tax Magazine, 97, 2019

"Sales of U.S. Real Property Interests and Nonresident Alien Partners", Real Estate Taxation, 1st Quarter 2019 , 2019

"Partnership Recourse and Nonrecourse Liabilities: An Income Tax Perspective", (With Patricia Bartlett, John` Collins, ), Practical Tax Strategies, 100, 2018

"Tax Tips for the 2017 Graduate", (With John Connors), Taxes--The Tax Magazine, 95, 2017

"Income Tax Issues in the Music Industry", (With Kenny Moulton), Practical Tax Strategies, 98, 2017


"Charting the Interactions of the Charitable Contribution Deduction for Individuals", (With Ken Milani , James Wittenbach, Josh Riegel), Taxation of Exempts, 28, 2016

"Income Tax Provisions and Planning for Individuals With Disabilities", (With Ken Milani, Josh Riegel), Practical Tax Strategies , 96, 2016

"Seeking Shelter: The Rewards and the Risks", (With Richard Rodriguez), TAXES--The Tax Magazine, 2015 - Accepted (awaiting publication)

"How Passive/Nonpassive Activity Classification can Reduce Tax Liabilities", (With Keith Early), Practical Tax Strategies, 93, 2014

"TAX TIPS FOR THE 2014 GRADUATE", (With John Connors), Cengage, 2014

"The Master Limited Partnership: A Hybrid Structure for Natural Resource Firms", (With Jennifer Henzler), TAXES--The Tax Magazine, 92, 2014

"Managing Meal Costs: A View of Variance Generation, Analysis and Interpretation in a Restaurant", (With Aaron Perri), Management Accounting Quarterly , 2013 - Accepted (awaiting publication)

"TAX TIPS FOR THE 2013 GRADUATE", (With John Connors), Cengage, 2013

"Partnership and Partner Penalties", (With William Pfeifer), Practical Tax Strategies , 90, 2013

"Carried Interest: Characteristics, Controversy, Congressional Concerns and Consequences", TAXES--The Tax Magazine, 90, 2012

"Sustainability: An Income Tax Perspective", Practical Tax Strategies, 88, 2012

"Tax Features of a Family Farm Partnership", TAXES--The Tax Magazine, 89, 2011

"The L3C Low-Profit Limited Liability Company: Investment Option for Societal Impacts", Practical Tax Strategies, 86, 2011

"Consider the Tax Consequences of Partnership Liquidating Distributions", (With Justin Rigney), Practical Tax Strategies, 82, 2009

"Analyzing Alternative Methods of Placing Property Into a Partnership", (With Bryan Stewart), TAXES-The Tax Magazine, 85, 2007

"TAX TIPS FOR THE 2007 GRADUATE", (With John Connors), South-Western College Publishing, 2007

"Tax Tips for the 2006 Graduate", (With John Connors), South-Western College Publishing, 2006

"The Rigorous Business of Budgeting for International Operations", (With Ken Milani, Juan Rivera), Management Accounting Quarterly, Winter 2004, Vol. 5, No., 2004

"Diversity Discourse Conference Proceedings", 1999

"Athletics and Accounting--A Managerial Marriage", IMA Meeting, 2018

"Sustainability and Accounting--an update", IMA--Michiana Chapter, 2017

"Athletics and Accounting: A Multi-Faceted Managerial Marriage", Institute of Management Accountants , 2016

"Activty Based Costing in a Service Organization", Institute of Management Accountants, 2015

"Managerial Accounting: A Critical Component of Strategic Planning", Institute of Management Accountants, 2014

"A LAST look at LIFO . . . ???"

"Management Accounting as a Vocation--Revisited", Institute of Management Accountants, 2012

"Sustainability: An Accounting Perspective", Professional Meeting, 2011

"Faith: Its role in the life of a business and in the business of life", Institute of Management Accountants(IMA), 2010

"Balanced Scorecard and the Triple Bottom Line--A Meaningful Managerial Merger", Meeting, 2008

"Budgeting--Participation and Power Perspectives"

"Activty Based Costing in a Service Organization", Institute of Management Accountants, 2006

"Management Accounting as a Vocation", Institute of Management Accountants, 2004

"Athletics and Accounting: A Multi-Faceted Managerial Marriage", Institute of Management Accountants, 2003

"Peering at the Budget Using Managerial, Motivational and Media Perspectives", Institute of Management Accountants, 2001

"Ethics and the Elderly: Peering at America's Aging Population from a Business and Economic Perspective", Institute of Management Accountants, 2000

Award
"Internal Revenue Service--VITA volunteer longevity", Internal Revenue Service, 2019

"Certificate of Merit", Institute of Management Accountants, 2012

"Business Professional (Academic) of the Year", Beta Alpha Psi, national honorary accounting fraternity, 2011

"Edmund Joyce Exemplar Teaching Award", University of Notre Dame, 2011

"Presidential Team Irish Award", University of Notre Dame, 2008

"Rev. William A. Toohey, CSC Award for Social Justice", University of Notre Dame, 2006

"Internal Revenue Service Award", Internal Revenue Service, 2005

"Certificate of Merit", Institute of Management Accountants, 2002