CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.
The Tenth Edition of Freeland, Lind & Stephens' Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation incorporates changes made by 1996 & 1997 legislation including: * A new Chapter 11A dealing with the inclusion of gains on principal residences under Section 121 * A new Chapter 11C dealing with Exclusions & Other Tax Benefits Related to the Costs of Higher Education. These include the Sections 25A Hope & Lifetime Learning Credits, the Section 135 Savings Bond Exclusion Provision, the Section 529 Qualified State Tuition Programs & the Section 530 Educational IRAs * An addition to Chapter 20C to cover Roth IRAs & SIMPLE retirement plans * Changes in Chapter 21 dealing with Capital Gains & Losses to reflect the amendments to Section 1(h) & other legislative changes to the taxation of capital gains & losses * Consideration in Chapter 27B of the Qualified Adoption Expense Credit & the Child Credit
This study aid provides detailed explanation of the cases in Freeland's income tax casebook. The discussion of each case provides the facts, issues, holdings, and court's reasoning. This title includes cases that pertain to identification of taxable income, identification of proper taxpayer, deductions in computing deductible income, the year of inclusion or deduction, capital gains and losses, characterization of income and deductions, deferral and nonrecognition of income and deductions, converting taxable income into tax liability, and federal tax procedure.
As a part of our CasebookPlus offering, you'll receive the print book along with lifetime digital access to the eBook. Additionally you'll receive 12-month online access to the Learning Library which includes quizzes tied specifically to your book, an outline starter and digital access to leading study aids in that subject and the Gilbert® Law Dictionary. The study aids included are Acing Federal Income Tax, Federal Income Taxation of Individuals in a Nutshell and Exam Pro on Federal Income Tax. The redemption code will be shipped to you with the book. Adopted at over 100 schools, this casebook provides detailed information on federal income taxation, with specific assignments to the Internal Revenue Code, selected cases, and administrative rulings from the Internal Revenue Service. The revised and updated Eighteenth Edition retains the book's long standing format and much of its prior materials, but it is updated to reflect recent events including all legislative developments, especially the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-113). The new edition contains coverage of updated tax rates, the permanent extension of various tax provisions, final regulations on capitalization, the Ninth Circuit's opinion in Voss v. Commissioner, and IRS guidance on the tax rules for same-sex married couples. The Eighteenth Edition also features revised and reorganized coverage of: (1) the cost recovery system (including §§ 179 and 168(k)), (2) the cash and accrual methods of tax accounting, and (3) the tax treatment of original issue discount and the time value of money provisions.
This widely-adopted casebook provides detailed information on federal income taxation, with specific assignments to the Internal Revenue Code, selected cases, and regulations and rulings from the Internal Revenue Service. The revised and updated Twentieth Edition marks the 50th anniversary of the casebook's first publication, and in this edition Professor Heather M. Field (University of California, Hastings) joins the casebook as an author. This new edition retains the book's long standing format and much of its prior materials, but it is updated to reflect recent events including legislative, judicial, and regulatory developments. The new edition contains expanded materials on tax policy, including discussions of (1) the fundamentals of tax policy, (2) a comparison of the definition of income under the Internal Revenue Code and under Haig-Simons, (3) the realization requirement for gains and losses, (4) the argument for and against the stepped-up basis in Section 1014, (5) a critique of tax expenditures, and (6) the preferential treatment of capital gains. Other significant changes in the casebook include new or revised coverage, sometimes with problems, of: (1) judicial review of Treasury regulations, (2) taxation of virtual currencies, (3) the exclusion for discharge of student loans, (4) the Section 274 limitation on the deductibility of entertainment and meal expenditures, (5) the Section 280A limitation on the deductibility of expenses in connection with the business use of a home, (6) the Section 280E limitation on the deductibility of expenditures in connection with sales of illegal drugs, (7) the concepts of adjusted gross income and miscellaneous itemized deductions, (8) the tax benefit doctrine, (9) net operating losses, (10) Special Opportunity Zones, and (11) the definition of "real property" under Section 1031.
