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Complete with hundreds of examples, this updated text emphasizes federal tax concepts and issues--not the details of ever-changing tax rules--to equip readers with a solid understanding of the tax code and hands-on applications to put it into practice. The CD-ROM contains H&R Block's TaxCut software.

James E. Smith is the John S. Quinn Professor of Accounting at the College of William and Mary. He has been a member of the accounting faculty for over 30 years. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Professor Smith has served as a discussion leader for Continuing Professional Education programs for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Federal Tax Workshops, and various state CPA societies. He has conducted programs in more than 40 states for about 25,000 CPAs. He has been the recipient of the AICPA's Outstanding Discussion Leader Award and the American Taxation Association/Arthur Andersen Teaching Innovation Award. Among his other awards are the Virginia Society of CPAs' Outstanding Accounting Educator Award and the James Madison University's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. He was the president of the Administrators of Accounting Programs Group (AAPG) in 1991 & 1992. He was the faculty adviser for the William and Mary teams that received first place in the Andersen Tax Challenge in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2001, and in the Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition in 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006.William A. Raabe teaches tax courses in the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University. A graduate of Carroll College (WI) and the University of Illinois, Dr. Raabe's teaching and research interests include international and multistate taxation, technology in tax education, personal financial planning, and the economic impact of sports teams and fine arts groups. Professor Raabe also writes Federal Tax Research and the PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Case Studies. He has written extensively about book-tax differences in financial reporting, including a book about the corporate Schedule M-3, and articles and cases addressing FIN 48 issues. Dr. Raabe has been a visiting tax faculty member for a number of public accounting firms, bar associations, and CPA societies. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Accounting Educator of the Year award from the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs.David M. Maloney, Ph.D., CPA, is the Carman G. Blough Professor of Accounting at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Richmond and his graduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since joining the Virginia faculty in January 1984, Professor Maloney has taught Federal taxation in the graduate and undergraduate programs, and has received major research grants from the ErnstandYoung and KPMG Foundations. In addition, his work has been published in numerous professional journals, including JOURNAL OF TAXATION, THE TAX ADVISER, TAX NOTES, CORPORATE TAXATION, ACCOUNTING HORIZONS, JOURNAL OF TAXATION OF INVESTMENTS, and JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Accounting Association and the American Taxation Association.

Part I: THE WORLD OF TAXATION. 1. Introduction to Taxation. 2. Working with the Tax Law. 3. Taxes on the Financial Statements. Part II: STRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. 4. Gross Income. 5. Business Deductions. 6. Losses and Loss Limitations. Part III: PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. 7. Property Transactions: Basis, Gain and Loss, and Nontaxable Exchanges. 8. Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses, Section 1231, and Recapture Provisions. Part IV: BUSINESS ENTITIES. 9. Corporations: Organization, Capital Structure, and Operating Rules. 10. Corporations: EarningsandProfits and Distributions. 11. Partnerships and Limited Liability Entities. 12. S Corporations. Part V: SPECIAL BUSINESS TOPICS. 13. Multijurisdictional Taxation. 14. Business Tax Credits and Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax. 15. Comparative Forms of Doing Business. Part VI: TAXATION OF INDIVIDUALS. 16. Introduction to the Taxation of Individuals. 17. Individuals as Employees and Proprietors. Appendix A: Tax Rate Schedules and Tables. Appendix B: Tax Forms. Appendix C: Glossary of Tax Terms. Appendix D: Table of Code Sections Cited, Table of Regulations Cited, Table of Revenue Procedures and Revenue Rulings Cited. Appendix E: Table of Cases Cited. Appendix F: Present Value and Future Value Tables. Index.