Federal Tax Course: A Guide for the Tax Practitioner (2012)

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Offers the knowledge and know-how needed to deal effectively with all current developments in federal tax. This easy-to-use guide is written by Susan Flax Posner, one of today's most effective communicators on the tax law. Now available in eBook format - download to your computer instantly.
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  • Author(s): Susan Flax Posner 
  • Media: Book - Softcover
  • ISBN: 9780808028192
  • Binding: Loose-leaf book
  • Pages: 2376
  • Volumes: One (1) volume...
  • Size: 6" x 9"
  • Publish Date: 12/20/2011
  • Offer Number: 0-6422-501
  • Author(s): Susan Flax Posner 
  • Media: Book - eBook
  • ISBN: 9780808028246
  • Publish Date: 12/26/2011
  • Offer Number: 0-7170-501
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Federal Tax Course: A Guide for the Tax Practitioner offers the knowledge and know-how needed to deal effectively with all current developments in federal tax. This easy-to-use guide is written by Susan Flax Posner, one of today's most effective communicators on the tax law. The Guide presents a complete picture of the federal tax law for today's busy practitioners with clear and easy-to-understand explanations. It discusses hundreds of tax strategies and uses real-world examples to illustrate application of tax principles. The Federal Tax Course: A Guide for the Tax Practitioner (2012) is now available in an eBook format which you can download to your computer instantly.

This comprehensive manual provides more than 2,300 pages of completely updated material, which has made it an essential and necessary reference for thousands of tax return preparers, business planners, legal advisors or business owners. The Guide is the tax reference of choice for so many practitioners because it covers taxes in a uniquely approachable and understandable way and it helps readers avoid costly tax traps and keep tax bills at their rock-bottom minimum. Simply written and illustrated, yet comprehensive, the Guide provides:

  • Eight chapters on figuring the individual Tax that clearly explain all the rules and concepts involved
  • Six chapters on deductions and exemptions that painstakingly present the detail in clear language
  • Five chapters on withholding, AMT and Tax accounting that cut through the complexity for better understanding
  • Six chapters on taxation of corporations, S corporations, Partnerships, and estates and trusts that plainly explain the rules
  • Five chapters on returns, payments, foreign Income and estate and Gift that crystallize the issues

The new 2012 Edition reflects the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the Hiring Incentivies to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, as well as recent regulations, rulings and case law that impact the many topics covered.

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Federal Tax Course: A Guide for the Tax Practitioner (2012)

Topics and Content

    Key Tax Return Filing Facts

    Excise Tax Rates

    2011 Federal Tax Calendar

    Figuring the Individual Tax

    • 1. Individuals Filing Status, Personal Exemptions, Standard Deduction and Rates
    • 2. Gross Income Inclusions
    • 3. Retirement Plans
    • 4. Employee Fringe Benefits
    • 5. Gross Income Exclusions
    • 6. Gain or Loss Basis Recognition
    • 7. Gain or Loss, Sale of Residence, Casualty, Theft, Condemnation
    • 8. Capital Gains and Losses of Individuals

    Maximizing Deductions and Credits

    • 9. Personal Deductions
    • 10. Travel and Entertainment Deductions
    • 11. Depreciation
    • 12. Business Deductions
    • 13. Losses and Bad Debts
    • 14. Tax Credits, Estimated Tax for Individuals

    Withholding Payroll Taxes -- Minimum Tax Tax Accounting

    • 15. Income Tax Withholding and Employment Taxes
    • 16. Alternative Minimum Tax
    • 17. Inventory
    • 18. Accounting
    • 19. Installment and Deferred Payment Sales

    Corporate Tax, S Corporations, Partnerships Estates & Trusts

    • 20. Corporations: Tax Rates, Income, Deductions, Gains and Losses
    • 21. S Corporations
    • 22. Corporations: Reorganizations, Stock Redemptions
    • 23. Corporations: Personal Holding Companies, Etc. Exempt Organizations
    • 24. Partnerships
    • 25. Estates and Trusts

    Returns & Payments Foreign Income & Taxpayers -- Estate & Gift Taxes

    • 26. Returns and Payment of Tax
    • 27. Assessment Collection Refunds
    • 28. Foreign Income Foreign Taxpayers
    • 29. Estate & Gift Taxes
    • 30. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships

    Index

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  • Susan Flax Posner received her LL.M. in taxation from The George Washington University National Law Center in 1983. She served as a law clerk to Judge Irene F. Scott, U.S. Tax Court from 1984-1986. Ms. Posner currently writes a monthly newsletter for CCH entitled "The Federal Tax Course Letter." She is also the author the Estate & Gift Tax Handbook and the Taxation of Investments Handbook, both published by CCH. She is a graduate of McGill University (1976) and University of Baltimore Law School (1981). She has practiced law in Washington, DC and in Baltimore, Maryland.

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