A pleasant stroll through the thickets of the basic law school income tax course. Newman addresses all of the usual suspects, including income, deductions, capital gains, and timing. There are photos of narrow Amsterdam canal houses, an English building with bricked up windows, and a short-tailed dog, to show how tax laws can change just about everything. Also, there are photos of some outrageous ABBA costumes, presumably tax-deductible because they couldn't possibly wear them at home. Finally, there is a series of applications of basic tax principles to some of your favorite fairy tales. The...
A pleasant stroll through the thickets of the basic law school income tax course. Newman addresses all of the usual suspects, including income, deduct...
Joel Newman's casebook has helped law students learn about income taxation since 1998. Dorothy Brown joined him for the sixth edition and now Bridget Crawford joins for the seventh edition. The casebook authors introduce students to many of the materials used by working tax lawyers, including cases, rulings, committee reports, and a congressional colloquy. New materials include increased standard deduction, elimination of personal exemptions, limitations on itemized deductions, expansion of the child tax credit, increase in limitation on charitable contribution deductions, the new Form 1040,...
Joel Newman's casebook has helped law students learn about income taxation since 1998. Dorothy Brown joined him for the sixth edition and now Bridget ...
Joel S. Newman, Dorothy A. Brown, Bridget Crawford
Introduces students to many of the materials used by working tax lawyers, including cases, rulings, committee reports, and a congressional colloquy. New materials include increased standard deduction, elimination of personal exemptions, limitations on itemized deductions, and expansion of the child tax credit.
Introduces students to many of the materials used by working tax lawyers, including cases, rulings, committee reports, and a congressional colloquy. N...