Self-assessment and the tax audit lottery: the Australian experience

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-15

  Marshall, Rex ^a   Smith, Malcolm ^a   Armstrong, Robert W ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clients; Ethics; Income tax; Internal audit; Self assessment; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079168     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909710155957     Document Type: Article

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