Federal Income Taxation

Generations of students -- and instructors -- have praised the book's successful approach: - problems interspersed among notes and questions - student-friendly text is also sufficiently challenging - a tradition of outstanding authorship - unique introduction providing insightful historical background and some economic analysis - theory and policy integrated throughout the text - excellent Teacher's Manual This extensive revision covers the many recent developments in taxation: - health insurance - the special rate for dividends - tax treatment of stock options - the deduction for medical expenses and its effects - new Health Savings Account provisions and their intended effects - new definitions of "dependents," "qualifying relatives," etc. - description of Section 529 "qualified tuition programs" - Revenue Ruling 2004-18 on deduction for costs to clean up land with hazardous waste - new Circular 230 rules for tax shelter opinions - Revised AMT discussion - new cases in the main text and notes, including King v. Commissioner, Banks v. Commissioner, Churchill Downs, Inc. v. Commissioner, INDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner, Colsec Industries v. United States, and United States v. MaginnisKlein, William A. is the author of 'Federal Income Taxation ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780735558878 and ISBN 0735558876.