Professionals' Tax Liability Assessments and Ethical Evaluations in an Equitable Relief Innocent Spouse Case

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-44

  Fleischman, Gary ^a   Valentine, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Equitable relief; Innocent spouse; Tax relief

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346374831     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021634900211     Document Type: Article

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