Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 210

Full Length Research Paper

Robot taxation: The scrapping of automated checkout machines

Bret Bogenschneider
  • Bret Bogenschneider
  • Department of Accounting and Economics, Western Illinois University, United States.
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  •  Received: 10 January 2024
  •  Accepted: 08 April 2024
  •  Published: 31 May 2024

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