Master today's tax concepts and current tax law with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2022: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES, 45E and accompanying professional tax software. Updates emphasize the most recent tax changes and 2021 developments impacting individuals with coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and related guidance from the treasury department. A distinctive "Framework 1040" demonstrates how topics relate to one another and to Form 1040. Recent examples, updated summaries and current tax scenarios clarify concepts and help you sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills, while sample questions from Becker C.P.A. Review guide your study. Each new book includes access to Intuit ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters and CengageNOWv2 online homework tools. You can use this resource to prepare for the C.P.A. exam or Enrolled Agent exam or to begin study for a career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.
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Master today's tax concepts and gain a thorough understanding of current tax legislation with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2020: COMPREHENSIVE VOLUME, 43E. This complete, understandable book provides the leading solution for understanding individual taxation, C corporations, taxes on financial statements and flow-through entities. Updated coverage details the latest tax legislation for both individual taxpayers and corporations, as of the time of publication, including tax reforms of 2018 and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Engaging learning features, such as "Big Picture" examples, memorable tax scenarios and "What If?" case variations help clarify concepts. These features also strengthen critical-thinking, writing and online research skills that are key to success as a tax practitioner. Each new book includes online access to Intuit ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint (Student Edition) by Thomson Reuters, Becker CPA review questions, CengageNOWv2 online homework solution and MindTap Reader to help prepare you for career success.
"New South? Not really. A compelling demonstration that the South's regressive taxation wreaks so much havoc that the federal government has no choice but to swoop in at great cost and attempt to band-aid all the poverty and dysfunction. The best argument yet for a new federalism that says enough is enough."—David B. Grusky, Stanford University “Taxing the Poor makes extremely important points that are not now—but must be—part of the American discussion of poverty and social policy. The authors make these points with fascinating details on the history of how we got to this place. Bravo to Newman and O’Brien for thoroughly laying out a politcal economy of taxation.”—Robin Einhorn, author of American Taxation, American Slavery
Gain an understanding of today's tax concepts and ever-changing laws with the concise, reader-friendly SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2021: ESSENTIALS OF TAXATION: INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES, 24E. You master key taxation concepts and applications for success in accounting and taxation. You can also use this resource to prepare for the C.P.A. or Enrolled Agent Exam. This edition examines the most current tax law, from recent tax law changes to complete coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 with related guidance from the Treasury Department. Concise coverage highlights the most important rules and concepts on income, deductions and losses, property transactions, business entities, multi-jurisdictional taxation, as well as taxes on financial statements. Clear examples, summaries and tax scenarios further clarify concepts and sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills. Each new book includes instant access to Intuit® ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint® (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters, CengageNOWv2 online homework solution and MindTap Reader.
Master today's tax concepts and current tax law with SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2022: COMPREHENSIVE, 45E and accompanying professional tax software. Updates emphasize the most recent tax changes impacting individuals, corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts and financial statements. You examine updates and reforms to 2021 tax laws as well as coverage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 with related guidance from the treasury department. Recent examples, updated summaries and current tax scenarios clarify concepts and sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills. Sample exam questions from Becker C.P.A. Review help you prepare for the current exam. Each new book includes access to Intuit ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters, CengageNOWv2 online homework tools and MindTap Reader. Use this complete introduction to federal taxes to prepare for the C.P.A. exam or the Enrolled Agent exam, or to further your career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.
Packed with "Big Picture" tax scenarios and "What-If?" case variations, SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2011: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES remains the most effective text for helping students master detailed tax concepts and the ever-changing tax legislation. Renowned for its accessible, comprehensive, and time-tested presentation, this text provides thorough coverage while highlighting materials of critical interest to the tax practitioner. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES offers readers many opportunities to sharpen critical-thinking and writing skills. A chapter-opening feature, Framework 1040: Tax Formula for Individuals, provides a unique, organizational framework so that students can understand how chapter topics relate to the 1040 form. Internet exercises are tied directly to chapter research cases in the text to give students hands-on experience using online resources to solve tax issues. H&R Block at Home tax preparation software and the student version of Checkpoint from Thomson Reuters come with each new copy of this text to give your students professional experience with leading software! The 2011 edition has been fully updated to include the latest tax legislation for individual taxpayers.
In A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing in public debate. She analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the United States and offers recommendations for its improvement. The book is accessibly written for policy analysts and public officials who are dealing with specific property tax issues and for those concerned with property tax issues in general.
The use of property tax incentives for business by local governments throughout the United States has escalated over the last 50 years. While there is little evidence that these tax incentives are an effective instrument to promote economic development, they cost state and local governments $5 to $10 billion each year in forgone revenue. Three major obstacles can impede the success of property tax incentives as an economic development tool. First, incentives are unlikely to have a significant impact on a firm's profitability since property taxes are a small part of the total costs for most businesses--averaging much less than 1 percent of total costs for the U.S. manufacturing sector. Second, tax breaks are sometimes given to businesses that would have chosen the same location even without the incentives. When this happens, property tax incentives merely deplete the tax base without promoting economic development. Third, widespread use of incentives within a metropolitan area reduces their effectiveness, because when firms can obtain similar tax breaks in most jurisdictions, incentives are less likely to affect business location decisions. This report reviews five types of property tax incentives and examines their characteristics, costs, and effectiveness: property tax abatement programs; tax increment finance; enterprise zones; firm-specific property tax incentives; and property tax exemptions in connection with issuance of industrial development bonds. Alternatives to tax incentives should be considered by policy makers, such as customized job training, labor market intermediaries, and business support services. State and local governments also can pursue a policy of broad-based taxes with low tax rates or adopt split-rate property taxation with lower taxes on buildings than land.State policy makers are in a good position to increase the effectiveness of property tax incentives since they control how local governments use them. For example, states can restrict the use of incentives to certain geographic areas or certain types of facilities; publish information on the use of property tax incentives; conduct studies on their effectiveness; and reduce destructive local tax competition by not reimbursing local governments for revenue they forgo when they award property tax incentives.Local government officials can make wiser use of property tax incentives for business and avoid such incentives when their costs exceed their benefits. Localities should set clear criteria for the types of projects eligible for incentives; limit tax breaks to mobile facilities that export goods or services out of the region; involve tax administrators and other stakeholders in decisions to grant incentives; cooperate on economic development with other jurisdictions in the area; and be clear from the outset that not all businesses that ask for an incentive will receive one.Despite a generally poor record in promoting economic development, property tax incentives continue to be used. The goal is laudable: attracting new businesses to a jurisdiction can increase income or employment, expand the tax base, and revitalize distressed urban areas. In a best case scenario, attracting a large facility can increase worker productivity and draw related firms to the area, creating a positive feedback loop. This report offers recommendations to improve the odds of achieving these economic development goals.
