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How the US tax code bypasses women entrepreneurs

  • Written by Caroline Bruckner, Executive in Residence, Department of Accounting and Taxation, American University
imageAttendees chat during Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network conference in 2014. Jack Plunkett/AP Images for Dell

As Republicans in Congress put the finishing touches on a tax plan that’s aimed at overhauling the system, there is one other reform they should consider: making the U.S. tax code fairer to women entrepreneurs.

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