PAYE-NIC compliance costs: Empirical evidence from the UK SME economy

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 635-656

  Chittenden, Francis ^a   Kauser, Saleema ^a   Poutziouris, Panikkos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cyprus International Institute of Management   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Benefits; Compliance costs; Pay As You Earn; Small and medium sized enterprises; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944438121     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605057656     Document Type: Review

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