Loose Leaf for McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 2019 Edition
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781260189728
Author: Brian C. Spilker Professor, Benjamin C. Ayers, John Robinson Professor, Edmund Outslay Professor, Ronald G. Worsham Associate Professor, John A. Barrick Assistant Professor, Connie Weaver
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 33DQ
Armando identifies a tax research question as being a question of fact. What types of authorities should he attempt to locate in his research?
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Loose Leaf for McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 2019 Edition
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