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Authors/Editors:
Professor Herbert C. Sieg, CPA and Linda M. Johnson, Ph.D., CPA

ISBN: 978-0-8080-1785-1
Date Published: 12/07

Suggested List Price: $74.40
Net Bookstore Price: $59.52

Essentials of Federal Income Taxation for Individuals and Business, by Linda M. Johnson and Herbert C. Sieg, features an easy-reading, straightforward forms approach that is both simple and direct without complex legal language. It introduces basic tax concepts and then fully illustrates them with clear examples and helpful filled-in forms. Organized to save time, Essentials of Federal Income Taxation builds a firm foundation on which to build students' knowledge and understanding of the tax issues which will affect them throughout their careers

Features Include:

  • Concise presentation that covers all the basic material required for an introductory tax course.
  • Organization that clearly focuses student attention on key concepts and important learning objectives for better overall comprehension.
  • Use of IRS forms, schedules and worksheets that develop real-world tax preparation skills and illustrate specific reporting requirements.
  • Filled-in forms that support the explanatory material, so students see real-world tax compliance, in practice.
  • Tax Tips throughout the text that offer tax-planning guidance, so students see how to minimize tax liability and avoid costly taxpayer mistakes.
  • End of Chapter Questions and Problems that reinforce the salient points presented, as well as key skills required in tax prep.
  • Special Comprehensive Problems that integrate the major concepts from several chapters to help students "put the pieces together" and prepare for examination.

Overview of the Tax Structure

Tax Determination, Payments, and Reporting Procedures

Gross Income Inclusions

Gross Income Exclusions and Adjustments to Income

Cumulative Problem (Chapters 1-4)

Personal Itemized Deductions

Other Itemized Deductions

Cumulative Problem (Chapters 1-6)

Self-Employment

Depreciation and Amortization

Rental Activities

Property: Basis and Nontaxable Exchanges

Property: Capital Gains and Losses, and Depreciation Recapture

NOL, AMT, and Business Tax Credits

Cumulative Problem (Chapters 1-12)

Withholding, Payroll, and Estimated Taxes

Business Entitles

Tax Tables

EIC Tables

Appendix A

Index


Available To Adopting Teachers:

  • A comprehensive Instructor's Guide is available to adopting teachers:
    • Includes solutions to all questions and problems in the text
    • Comes complete with a Test Bank which provides Fill-in-the-Form Questions to help you format tests and quizzes quickly and easily
  • Adopting teachers also receive CCH's Classroom Essentials CD ROM:
    • Provides Microsoft Power Point® presentations for each chapter of the text to enhance and augment your classroom presentation.
    • Contains an electronic file of the Test Bank and a Test Maker allowing you to create tests and quizzes electronically, using prepared questions or others you create
    • Includes an electronic version, PDF Files, of the Instructor's Guide
  • ProSystem fx compliance software-used by 70 of the top 100 accounting firms CCH's compliance software can be used to prepare returns for individuals, businesses, estates and gifts, and tax exempt organizations. It also provides state tax return packages for all 50 states. Adopting colleges receive a free 50-seat license for one year, on request.

  • In addition, as a CCH exclusive, a one-year subscription to CCH Federal Tax Guide Internet Library is available free to teachers who adopt 10 or more copies of the CCH 's Essentials textbook. This exceptional resource provides access to CCH's Flagship Federal Tax Guide Reports plus full text of Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures, IRS Publications, U.S. Tax Cases, Circular 230, and much more. You are free to share your Internet subscription with students in the classroom, or in your accounting lab/library.

  • StudyMATE-is an Internet tutorial composed of 28 one-hour modules covering tax fundamentals. Each module contains a 15 question quizzer. Students receive graded completion certificates which can be e-mailed back to their instructors. StudyMATE is bound into each student's textbook. Special Instructor ID's provide solutions to the quizzes, allow instructor's to monitor student use, and are available, on request.

CCH provides complimentary examination copies of its textbooks for consideration toward classroom adoption in accredited programs of study. Course information such as course name, term, estimated enrollment, decision date, etc… is requested so we may better serve you

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Title: Essentials of Federal Income Taxation for Individuals and Business
Authors: Professor Herbert C. Sieg, CPA and Linda M. Johnson, Ph.D., CPA
Prices: $74.40 List/$59.52 Net (Reflects 20% Bookstore Discount)
Availability: 12/07
Item Number: 0-5365-400
ISBN: 978-0-8080-1785-1
Publisher: CCH Tax and Accounting
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