Bridging the Reporting Gap: A Proposal for More Informative Reconciling of Book and Tax Income

National Tax Journal

Volumn , Issue 4, 2003, Pages 865-893

  Mills, Lillian F ^a   Plesko, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 1542604462     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2003.4.08     Document Type: Review

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