EITC Noncompliance: The Determinants of the Misreporting of Children

National Tax Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1135-1164

  McCubbin, Janet ^a  

^a Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

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EID: 0348137171     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2000.4s1.05     Document Type: Article

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