This is the year in which a seismic change to the voluntary reporting system for corporate taxpayers is implemented.

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All but three position players have arrived at camp, though official voluntary reporting date for them isn't until Saturday.

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One program, called Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases, brought me to Mike Taylor's lovely front porch in Mount Rainier, Md.

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But experts say this voluntary reporting system is useless for my quest.

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With voluntary reporting, the early reporters are typically the better performers.

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The FAA said the voluntary reporting system for controllers has provided nearly 10 times the data during the past three years compared to the traditional reporting system.

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Signaling may also be one force behind the spread of voluntary CSR reporting.

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Many years ago, the Chicago economist George Stigler argued that if the information is valuable, unraveling such as described here will lead to compliance even if reporting is voluntary.

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But reporting through EITI is voluntary.

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However, if the medication is not deemed critically important, or they are not the sole producer of the medication, reporting of discontinuation is only voluntary as the statute currently stands.

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At present, corporate social responsibility reporting by firms in the US and elsewhere is largely a voluntary action.

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