Income tax allocation: The continuing controversy in historical perspective

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-111

  Schultz, Sally M ^a   Johnson, Roxanne T ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

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EID: 85009391345     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.25.2.81     Document Type: Article

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