McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities, 2013 edition

by Spilker, Brian; Ayers, Benjamin; Robinson, John; Outslay, Edmund; Worsham, Ronald; Barrick, John; Weaver, Connie

• ISBN13: 9780078025464
• ISBN10: 007802546X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

McGraw-Hill's Taxation Seriescontinues to provide a unique, innovative, and engaging learning experience for students studying taxation. The breadth of the topical coverage, thestoryline approach to presenting the material, the emphasis on the tax and nontax consequences of multiple parties involved in transactions, and the integration of financial and tax accounting topics make this book ideal for the modern tax curriculum. With over 275 schools adopting the 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities resonates with instructors who were in need of a bold and innovative approach to teaching tax. 280 professors have contributed 250 book reviews, in addition to 17 focus groups and symposia. These instructors were impressed on the book's organization, pedagogy, and unique features that are a testament to the grassroots nature of this book's development.

Table of Contents

Part I: Intro to Taxation

1. An Introduction to Tax

2. Tax Compliance, the IRS, and Tax Authorities

3. Tax Planning Strategies and Related Limitations

Part II: Basic Individual Taxation

4. Individual Tax Overview

5. Gross Income and Exclusions

6. Individual Deductions

7. Individual Income Tax Computation and Tax Credits

Part III: Business and Investment–Related Transactions

8. Business Income, Deductions, and Accounting Methods

9. Property Acquisition and Cost Recovery

10. Property Dispositions

11. Investments

Part IV: Specialized Topics

12. Compensation

13. Retirement Savings and Deferred Compensation

14. Tax Consequences of Home Ownership

Part V: Entity Overview and Taxation of C Corporations

15. Entities Overview

16. Corporate Operations

17. FASB ASC Topic 740: Income Taxes

18. Corporate Taxation: Nonliquidating Distributions

19. Corporate Taxation: Formation, Reorganization, and Liquidation

Part VI: Taxation of Flow-Through Entities

20. Forming and Operating Partnerships

21. Dispositions of Partnership Interests and Partnership Distributions

22. S Corporations

Part VII: Multijurisdictional Taxation and Transfer Taxes

23. State and Local Taxes

24. The U.S. Taxation of Multinational Transactions

25. Transfer Taxes and Wealth Planning