Ethical Reasoning in an Equitable Relief Innocent Spouse Context

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-339

  Valentine, Sean ^a   Fleischman, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Equitable relief; Innocent spouse rules; Tax fraud

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931669     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024111814533     Document Type: Article

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