Pearson's Federal Taxation 2016 Comprehensive

by Pope, Thomas R.; Rupert, Timothy J.; Anderson, Kenneth E.

• ISBN13: 9780134111780
• ISBN10: 0134111788
• Edition: 29th
• Copyright: 2015-04-14
• Publisher: Pearson

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Author Biography

Timothy J. Rupert

Timothy J. Rupert is a Professor and the Golemme Administrative Chair at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. He received his B.S. in Accounting and his Master of Taxation from the University of Akron. He also earned his Ph.D. from Penn State University. Professor Rupert’s research has been published in such journals as The Accounting Review, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Advances in Taxation, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Advances in Accounting Education, and Journal of Accounting Education.

 

He currently is the co-editor of Advances in Accounting Education. In 2010, he received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Massachusetts Society of CPAs. He also has received the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the D’Amore-McKim School’s Best Teacher of the Year award multiple times. He is active in the American Accounting Association and the American Taxation Association (ATA) and has served as president, vice president, and secretary of the ATA.

 

Thomas R. Pope

Thomas R. Pope is the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at the University of Kentucky. He received a B.S. from the University of Louisville and an M.S. and D.B.A. in business administration from the University of Kentucky. He teaches international taxation, partnership and S corporation taxation, tax research and policy, and introductory taxation and has won outstanding teaching awards at the University, College, and School of Accountancy levels. He has published articles in The Accounting Review, the Tax Adviser, Taxes, Tax Notes, and a number of other journals. Professor Pope’s extensive professional experience includes eight years with Big Four accounting firms. Five of those years were with Ernst & Whinney (now part of Ernst & Young), including two years with their National Tax Department in Washington, D.C. He subsequently held the position of Senior Manager in charge of the Tax Department in Lexington, Kentucky. Professor Pope also has been a leader and speaker at professional tax conferences all over the United States and is active as a tax consultant.

 

Kenneth E. Anderson

Kenneth E. Anderson is the Pugh CPAs Professor of Accounting at the University of

Tennessee. He earned a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee and subsequently attained the level of tax manager with Arthur Young (now part of Ernst & Young). He then earned a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He teaches corporate taxation, partnership taxation, and tax strategy. Professor Anderson also is the Director of the Master of Accountancy Program. He has published articles in The Accounting Review, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Advances in Taxation, the Journal of Accountancy, the Journal of Financial Service Professionals, and a number of other journals.

 

Table of Contents

Individuals

1. An Introduction to Taxation

2. Determination of Tax

3. Gross Income: Inclusions

4. Gross Income: Exclusions

5. Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses

6. Deductions and Losses

7. Itemized Deductions

8. Losses and Bad Debts

9. Employee Expenses and Deferred Compensation

10. Depreciation, Cost Recovery, Amortization, and Depletion

11. Accounting Periods and Methods

12. Property Transactions: Nontaxable Exchanges

13. Property Transactions: Section 1231 and Recapture

14. Special Tax Computation Methods, Tax Credits, and Payment of Tax

 

Corporations

1. Tax Research

2. Corporate Formations and Capital Structure

3. The Corporate Income Tax

4. Corporate Nonliquidating Distributions

5. Other Corporate Tax Levies

6. Corporate Liquidating Distributions

7. Corporate Acquisitions and Reorganizations

8. Consolidated Tax Returns

9. Partnership Formation and Operation

10. Special Partnership Issues

11. S Corporations

12. The Gift Tax

13. The Estate Tax

14. Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates

15. Administrative Procedures

 

TABLES

2014 Tax Tables and Rate Schedules

 

APPENDICES

A. Tax Research Working Paper File

B. Tax Forms

C. MACRS Tables

D. Glossary

E. AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services No. 1-7

F. Comparison of Tax Attributes for C Corporations, Partnerships, and S Corporations

G. Reserved

H. Actuarial Tables

I. Index of Code Sections

J. Index of Treasury Regulations

K. Index of Government Promulgations

L. Index of Court Cases

M. Subject Index