Do auditor-provided tax services improve the estimate of tax reserves?

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1484-1509

  Gleason, Cristi A ^a   Mills, Lillian F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 83155181703     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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