The European Commission's report on company income taxation: What the EU can learn from the experience of the US states

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-220

  Hellerstein, Walter ^a   McLure Jr , Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Company income tax; Formulary apportionment; Home state taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543000541     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ITAX.0000011400.45314.57     Document Type: Article

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