Tax law improvement in Australia and the UK: The need for a strategy for simplification

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-460

  James, Simon ^a,b   Wallschutzky, Ian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Australian Tax Law Improvement Proj   (Australia)

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EID: 0346473725     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1997.tb00273.x     Document Type: Article

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