The compliance costs of collecting direct tax in the UK:: An analysis of PAYE and National Insurance

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-44

  Hudson, John ^a   Godwin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance costs; H21; H24; Income tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042785843     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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