Defining “profits” for British income tax purposes: A contextual study of the depreciation cases, 1875-1897

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-172

  Lamb, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009373504     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.29.1.105     Document Type: Article

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