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Master today's most current tax concepts and tax law with Nellen/Cuccia/Persellin/Young's SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2025: ESSENTIALS OF TAXATION: INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES, 28th Edition. This edition focuses on important recent tax changes impacting individuals, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts and financial statements. Examine updates and reforms to 2024 tax laws as well as emerging developments. Examples, summaries and tax scenarios clarify concepts and help sharpen critical-thinking, writing and research skills. Sample exam questions from Becker C.P.A. Exam Review also help you prepare. Each edition includes access to Intuit® ProConnect tax software, Checkpoint® Edge (Student Edition) from Thomson Reuters and CNOWv2. Use this resource to prepare for the C.P.A. exam, Enrolled Agent exam or further your career in tax accounting, financial reporting or auditing.
Contents
Part I: THE WORLD OF TAXATION.
1. Introduction to Taxation.
2. Working with the Tax Law.
3. Taxes in 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: TAXATION OF INDIVIDUALS.
9. Individuals as Taxpayers.
10. Individuals: Income, Deductions, and Credits.
11. Individuals as Employees and Proprietors.
Part V: BUSINESS ENTITIES.
12. Corporations: Organization, Capital Structure, and Operating Rules.
13. Corporations: Earnings & Profits and Distributions.
14. Partnerships and Limited Liability Entities.
15. S Corporations.
Part VI: CORPORATIONS.
16. Multijurisdictional Taxation.
17. Business Tax Credits and the Alternative Minimum Tax.
18. Comparative Forms of Doing Business.
Appendix A: Tax Formulas, Tax Rate Schedules, and Tables.
Appendix B: Tax Forms.
Appendix C: Glossary.
Appendix D: Table of Code Sections Cited.
Appendix E: Present Value and Future Value Tables.
Index.
