FIN 48 and tax compliance

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1721-1742

  Mills, Lillian F ^a   Robinson, Leslie A ^b   Sansing, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting for income taxes; ASC 740 10 25; Disclosure; FIN 48; Tax compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958458685     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.5.1721     Document Type: Review

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