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Packed with "Big Picture" tax scenarios and "What-If?" case variations, SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2011: COMPREHENSIVE VOLUME remains the most effective text for helping you master complex tax concepts and the ever-changing tax legislation. Renowned for its accessible, comprehensive, and time-tested presentation, the text provides thorough coverage of individual taxation, C Corporations, Flow-Through Entities, Family Tax Planning, and more, while highlighting materials of critical interest to the tax practitioner. Preparing you for the long term, SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2011: COMPREHENSIVE VOLUME offers many opportunities to sharpen critical-thinking and writing skills. Internet exercises tied directly to chapter research cases give you hands-on experience using online resources to solve tax issues. H&R Block at Home® tax preparation software excel comes with each new copy of this text. The 2011 edition has been fully updated to include the latest tax legislation.

Introduction and Basic Tax Model
An Introduction to Taxation and Understanding the Federal Tax Law
Working with the Tax Law
Tax Determination; Personal and Dependency Exemptions; An Overview of Property Transactions
Gross Income
Gross Income: Concepts and Inclusions
Gross Income: Exclusions
Deductions and Credits
Deductions and Losses: in General
Deductions and Losses: Certain Business Expenses and Losses
Depreciation, Cost Recovery, Amortization, and Depletion
Deductions: Employee and Self-Employed-Related Expenses
Deductions and Losses: Certain Itemized Deductions
Investor Losses
Tax Credits and Payments
Property Transactions
Property Transactions: Determination of Gain or Loss, Basis Considerations, and Nontaxable Exchanges
Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses, Section 1231, and Recapture Provisions
Special Tax Computations and Accounting Periods and Methods
Alternative Minimum Tax
Accounting Periods and Methods
Corporations
Corporations: Introduction and Operating Rules
Corporations: Organization and Capital Structure
Corporations: Distributions Not in Complete Liquidation
Corporations: Distributions in Complete Liquidation and an Overview of Reorganizations
Flow-Through Entities
Partnerships
S Corporations
Advance Tax Practice Considerations
Exempt Entities
Multistate Corporate Taxation
Taxation of International Transactions
Tax Practice and Ethics
Family Tax Planning
The Federal Gift and Estate Taxes
Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates
Tax Rate Schedules and Tables
Tax Forms
Glossary of Tax Terms
Table of Code Sections Cited
Table of Regulations Cited
Table of Revenue Procedures and Revenue Rulings Cited
Comprehensive Tax Return Problems
Index
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South-Western Federal Taxation 2011 Comprehensive, Professional Version (with H&R Block @ Home™ Tax Preparation Software CD-ROM)

South-Western Federal Taxation 2011 Comprehensive, Professional Version (with H&R Block @ Home™ Tax Preparation Software CD-ROM)

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