A survey of tax compliance costs of flemish SMEs: Magnitude and determinants

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-621

  Schoonjans, Bilitis ^a   van Cauwenberge, Philippe ^a   Reekmans, Catherine ^a   Simoens, Gudrun ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; ENTREPRENEUR; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TAX SYSTEM;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 79961242398     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c10177b     Document Type: Article

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