Portrait of Edward Taylor
Boston College teaching record

Edward Taylor

Senior Lecturer, Assistant Chairperson, and Dixon Family Provost's Faculty Fellow for Teaching Excellence

Accounting

Official BC profile

Biography

Edward Taylor has taught a variety of accounting and taxation courses at Boston College since 1986 at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is a Certified Public Accountant and spent five years with the international accounting firm of KPMG. He has taught over 160 courses in topics such as financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, federal taxation, advanced accounting, auditing and assurance and consulting services. During this time, Taylor has been involved in extensive faculty service with the student body. He is the faculty advisor to the Accounting Academy, and is the coordinator for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. In addition, Taylor advises many students and has assisted them in finding internships and fulltime employment.

Official evaluation summary

4.78 / 5

Based on 982 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Courses taught

Ratings are this instructor’s response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations, on a scale of 1 to 5.

  • ACCT1021 Financial Accounting
    Instructor rating 4.82 / 5 · Course rating 4.65 / 5 · 369 responses
    Taught Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
  • ACCT4405 Federal Taxation
    Instructor rating 4.79 / 5 · Course rating 4.66 / 5 · 303 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
  • ACCT6615 Advanced Federal Taxation
    Instructor rating 4.85 / 5 · Course rating 4.65 / 5 · 197 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
  • ACCT3301 Financial Accounting Standards and Theory I
    Instructor rating 4.75 / 5 · Course rating 4.49 / 5 · 80 responses
    Taught Spring 2025, Spring 2024
  • ACCT7701 Accounting
    Instructor rating 3.90 / 5 · Course rating 3.60 / 5 · 33 responses
    Taught Spring 2022, Fall 2021
  • ACCT3399 Directed Readings
    Taught Fall 2026

Data freshness

Profile and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. See Data Sources for provenance and limitations.