Federal Tax Practitioners Guide (2015)

Federal Tax Practitioner's Guide (formerly Federal Tax Course: A Guide for the Tax Practitioner) offers the knowledge and knowhow needed to deal effectively with all current developments in federal tax. This easytouse guide is written by Susan Flax Posner, one of today's most effective communicators on the tax law. The Guide presents a complete picture of the federal tax law for today's busy practitioners with clear and easytounderstand explanations fully supported by the most recent primary source citations including IRS rulings and guidance. It discusses hundreds of tax strategies and uses authentic examples to illustrate application of tax principles. This comprehensive manual provides more than 2,300 pages of completely updated material, which makes it an essential and necessary reference for thousands of tax return preparers, business planners, legal advisors or business owners. The Guide is the tax reference of choice for so many practitioners because it covers taxes in a uniquely approachable and understandable way and it helps readers avoid costly tax traps and keep tax bills at their rockbottom minimum. Simply written and illustrated, yet comprehensive, the Guide provides: Eight chapters on figuring the individual tax that clearly explain all the rules and concepts involved Six chapters on deductions and exemptions that present the details in clear language Five chapters on withholding, AMT and tax accounting that cut through the complexity for better understanding Six chapters on taxation of corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and estates and trusts that plainly explain the rules Five chapters on returns, payments, foreign income and estate and gift that crystallize the issues The new 2015 Edition reflects all recent legislation up to the print date of November, 2014, as well as recent regulations, rulings and case law that impact the many topics covered.