Optimal Design of Earned Income Tax Credits: Evidence from a British Natural Experiment
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To the Editor of The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir ?May I remind those of your readers who receive income from the United Kingdom and have already made a claim to the Inland Revenue for repayment of the Income Tax deducted therefrom for last year, that a further claim can now be made in respect of the current financial year. , , . To those of your readers who possess such income and have not yet ...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.547302