This paper documents the findings from an extensive postal survey conducted in 1997‐98, which looks at the tax affairs of small firms, both incorporated and unincorporated. Tax planning practices of small firms in the UK, and the implications of these practices on working capital and...

Although earlier capital structure theories, grounded within the finance paradigm (agency theory, transaction cost theory etc), have contributed to a deeper understanding of the capital structure puzzle, recent efforts suggest that research for the missing pieces of the puzzle should continue....