Electronic filing, tax preparers and participation in the Earned Income Tax Credit

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1351-1367

  Kopczuk, Wojciech ^a   Pop Eleches, Cristian ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned Income Tax Credit; Take up of social benefits; Tax preparers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249722700     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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