Unfinished business of the 1986 tax reform act: An effective tax rate analysis of current issues in the taxation of capital income

National Tax Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 293-337

  Mackie III, James B ^a  

^a Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

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EID: 0040329766     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2002.2.06     Document Type: Article

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