African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

The impact of taxation on the value of companies

Fedaa Abd Almajid SABBAR
  • Fedaa Abd Almajid SABBAR
  • Department of Control and Internal Audit, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Presidency University, Baghdad, Iraq.
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Thamer Mahdi Muhamed SABRI
  • Thamer Mahdi Muhamed SABRI
  • Ministry of Higher Education, Baghdad, Iraq.
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  •  Received: 15 December 2020
  •  Accepted: 11 February 2021
  •  Published: 31 March 2021

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