Concepts in Federal Taxation 2022 (with Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2021 and RIA Checkpoint® 1 term Printed Access Card)

A professor emeritus at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Kevin E. Murphy earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his B.S. and M.S. in accounting at Utah State University. He has published articles in the Journal of the American Taxation Association and The Journal of Accounting Education. Dr. Murphy is a member of the American Accounting Association and the American Taxation Association. Randy Skalberg, J.D., C.P.A., L.L.M. is an associate professor of accounting and chair of the department of accounting and finance at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He earned his L.L.M. in taxation from Case Western Reserve University and his J.D. and B.S.B. in accounting from the University of Minnesota. He has published articles in Transportation Part A, The Transportation Journal, Today’s CPA and The Tennessee CPA Journal. Dr. Mark Higgins is a professor of accounting and the former Edward Jones Dean of the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee and his B.S. and M.S. in accounting at the University of South Carolina. He has articles published in Accounting Historians Journal, Journal of Accounting Education, Taxation for Accountants, Critical Perspectives in Accounting, Journal of Legal Tax Research, The CPA Journal and The Tax Adviser. He is also a certified public accountant (inactive).

Part I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE TAX LAW.
1. Federal Income Taxation-An Overview.
2. Income Tax Concepts.
Part II: GROSS INCOME.
3. Income Sources.
4. Income Exclusions.
Part III: DEDUCTIONS.
5. Introduction to Business Expenses.
6. Business Expenses.
7. Losses-Deductions and Limitations.
8. Taxation of Individuals.
Part IV: PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.
9. Acquisitions of Property.
10. Cost Recovery on Property: Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization.
11. Property Dispositions.
12. Non-recognition Transactions.
Part V: INCOME TAX ENTITIES.
13. Choice of Business Entity-General Tax and Nontax Factors/Formation.
14. Choice of Business Entity-Operations and Distributions.
15. Choice of Business Entity-Other Considerations.
Part VI: TAX RESEARCH.
16. Tax Research.
Appendix A: Tax Return Problem.
Appendix B: Tax Rate Schedules and Tax Tables.
Appendix C: Statements on Standards for Tax Service (available online).
Appendix D: How to Decode the Code.
Glossary.
Index.