Tax treatment of employer commuting support: An international review

Transport Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-237

  Potter, Stephen ^a   Enoch, Marcus ^b   Rye, Tom ^c   Black, Colin ^d   Ubbels, Barry ^e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d JMP Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e VU University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 31344458987     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640500184385     Document Type: Review

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