Preetika Joshi, McGill University

Research

Blockchain Tax Fraud Tax Avoidance Tax Enforcement Emerging Technologies Tax Policy Tax Evasion Deterrence

Latest funding

AI Transformation of Professional Services in Canada: Insights from the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Tax Professionals and the Tax Service Industry
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$256,384
Cryptocurrency and tax avoidance
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$34,561
The Intended & Unintended Consequences of Blockchain Applications on Tax Behaviour
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$74,886

All 4 grants and awards

AI Transformation of Professional Services in Canada: Insights from the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Tax Professionals and the Tax Service Industry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mescall, Devan

$256,384

Cryptocurrency and tax avoidance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wu, Kaishu

Keywords: cryptocurrency; tax avoidance

$34,561

The Intended & Unintended Consequences of Blockchain Applications on Tax Behaviour

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Joshi, Preetika

Keywords: Blockchain; Tax Fraud; Tax Avoidance; Tax Enforcement; Emerging Technologies; Tax Policy; Tax Evasion; Deterrence

$74,886

The Deterrence Effect of Tax Whistleblowing Programs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Berger, Leslie

Keywords: Tax Whistleblowing; Deterrence Effect; Professonal Training; Tax Fraud; Multimethod research; Experimental research; Archival research; Taxpayers' reporting decisions

$61,547

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Blockchain Dear Professor Joshi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on blockchain connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Intended & Unintended Consequences of Blockchain Applications on Tax Behaviour" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]