A supplement to the U.S. Master Tax Guide providing additional coverage of the federal tax rules applicable to individuals who file Schedule C or C-EZ of Form 1040 such as small business owners who are sole proprietors, independent contractors, and statutory employees.  The publication provides helpful and practical guidance on today’s federal tax laws that affect 2012 returns including business income, deductible business expenses, and tax credits.  Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. In addition, “Examples” are provided that illustrate the application of the tax laws.

Business Income
-    Gross Receipts
-    Rental and Royalty Income
-    Interest and Dividends
-    Other Income
—    Cancelled Debts
—    Barter Income
-    Items Excluded from Income

Business Expenses
-    Trade or Business Expenses
-    Costs of Goods Sold (COGs)
-    Compensation and Benefits
-    Taxes and Interest
-    Rental Expenses
-    Code Sec. 179 Expensing and Depreciation
-    Car and Truck Expenses
-    Travel, Meals, and Entertainment
-    Home Office Expenses
-    Domestic Production Activities
-    Net Operating Losses (NOLs)
-    Other Business Expenses
-    Business Bad Debts
-    Casualty Losses
-    Research Expenses
-    Insurance
-    Charitable Contributions
-    Advertising
-    Legal and Professional Fees

Gains and Losses
-    Sale or Exchange of Business Property
-    Capital Gains and Losses
-    Like-Kind Exchanges
-    Involuntary Conversions
-    Installment Sales
-    Other Sales or Exchanges
-    Passive Activity Losses and At-Risk Rules
-    Hobby Losses

Business Tax Credits
-    General Business Credit
-    Investment Credit
-    Hiring and Retention Credits
-    Research Credit
-    Employer Credits
-    Energy and Fuel-Related Credits
-    Other Tax Credits

Tax Accounting
-    Acc

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Published: August 2009

Private Dispute Resolution in International Business: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration 2nd Revised Edition consists of two books and an interactive DVD.

Volume I follows the progress of a dispute between two companies, in step-by-step detail, through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration in turn. Volume II provides precise, informed solutions to the problems raised in the first volume’s case study.

The DVD contains not only all contracts and other written documentation produced during the dispute — including all procedural orders and awards rendered by the arbitral tribunal during the arbitration, the text of legal materials such as arbitration laws and rules and international conventions, and further learning and teaching aids — but also almost 100 videos dramatising the negotiation, mediation, and arbitration proceedings described in the books, conducted by highly experienced practitioners active in the field of international dispute resolution. Subtitles in the videos refer the viewer to paragraphs in the books where each relevant legal problem is analysed.

With its concrete and highly practical approach, this innovative teaching and training tool for international dispute resolution will be of immeasurable value to students and teachers of dispute resolution, corporate counsel, international lawyers, and business people.

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The CCH Principles of Business Taxation course approaches the study of taxation from the perspective of the student who will become a business person faced with decisions that are inevitably affected by tax considerations. This perspective leads to a very different coverage in this textbook - coverage that is useful for accounting, finance and general business majors. The new edition focuses on the central concepts that build our tax framework and avoids small exceptions.
Many items that pertain specifically to businesses (for example, inventory valuation issues) usually not discussed in a traditional undergraduate tax textbook are covered in this book. Although so many of the exclusions, deductions, and credits apply equally to individual and corporate taxpayers, this book focuses on the business perspective.
 
?    PART I: OVERVIEW OF TAXES AND THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX SYSTEM
?    PART II: FEDERAL TAXATION OF BUSINESS INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS
?    PART III: TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING BUSINESS PROPERTY
?    PART IV: CALCULATING TAX LIABILITY AND TAXES OWED
?    PART V: SPECIFIC BUSINESS ENTITY ISSUES
?    PART VI: Taxation of International Transactions

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Available: March 2012

Approaches the study of taxation from the perspective of the student who will become a business person faced with business decisions that are inevitably affected by tax considerations. This perspective leads to a very different coverage in this textbook. The new edition focuses on the central concepts that build our tax framework and avoids small exceptions and details to ensure that the student can confidently master the critical underpinnings of federal taxation. It abandons minutia that not only affects a very small number of taxpayers, but also tends to change often.

Many items that pertain specifically to businesses (for example, inventory valuation issues) usually not discussed in a traditional undergraduate tax textbook are covered in this book. Although so many of the exclusions, deductions, and credits apply equally to individual and corporate taxpayers, this book focuses on the business perspective. An advantage to this approach is that most of the students who take only one course in taxation will learn how businesses are taxed and, in turn, will have a better appreciation for how taxes affect business decisions.

While the focus is on concepts and how taxes affect business decisions, individual income taxation is not abandoned. After all, many core tax concepts apply to individuals as well as businesses, and this book is not shy in pointing out such application. It also includes a special chapter on individuals (sole proprietorships) and one on pass-through entities that tie together the underlying threads concerned with these taxpayers throughout the text.

1. OVERVIEW OF TAXES AND THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX SYSTEM
2. FEDERAL TAXATION OF BUSINESS INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS
3. TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING BUSINESS PROPERTY
4. CALCULATING TAX LIABILITY AND TAXES OWED
5. SPECIFIC BUSINESS ENTITY ISSUES

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Published: October 2008

This is a nuts and bolts guide for doing international business, and the handbook to read before and during negotiation in order to get the deal done. Power Tools for Negotiating International Business Deals shows how international business works, where to stake high ground, what concessions to make and what mistakes to avoid. Filled with checklists and case examples, this book explains the key issues in an international business deal, be it a product sale, agency/brokerage, consulting agreement, distributorship, license, joint venture or consortium.

James M Klotz is one of Canada’s leading international business lawyers. In addition to co-chairing the International Business Transactions group of one of Canada’s largest law firms, he has written several books and treatises on international business law and negotiation. James lives in Toronto and has taught courses in international business law at Osgoode Hall Law School and in international risk assessment at the University of Toronto.

Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: The basics of International Business Deals
• Chapter 2: Negotiating International Sales of Goods and Services
• Chapter 3: Negotiating International Agency and Consulting Deals
• Chapter 4: Negotiating International Distribution Deals
• Chapter 5: Negotiating International License Deals
• Chapter 6: International Joint Venture and Consortium Deal
• Index

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Family and succession law are tightly bound together. Succession law is usually based on kindred relationships as established by family law. The trends established in the marital property laws and succession laws are often a result of developments in family law.

Equality of spouses and of all children, regardless of their descent, is not without consequences for marital property laws and succession law. Therefore, this comprehensive comparative looseleaf set covers family law together with marital property law and succession law. In addition to the national monographs this subset of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws currently includes a monograph for the European Union.

This set is primarily intended for judges, notaries, lawyers and registrars of civil status who find themselves having to apply foreign laws as a result of applicable international private law. However, it is also of great value to academics and researchers, for whom it stimulates comparative studies by providing the necessary basic materials of family and succession law.

For detailed information on all volumes of the Encyclopaedia, please visit: www.ielaws.com.

 

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Follows form-based approach and provides a second tax course for students attending Community or Two-Year Colleges.

Features an easy-to-read, straightforward forms approach without complex legal language. It introduces basic business tax concepts and then fully illustrates them with clear examples matched with filled-in forms.

-    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 actual 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.  

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Author: Linda M. Johnson, Ph.D., CPA

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.

• 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 actual 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.

To speed course preparation and to help teachers make the transition from other textbooks, a comprehensive Instructor's Guide is available to adopting teachers. The CCH Classroom Essentials CD includes:

1. An electronic file of the entire Instructor's Guide, so teachers can access all the great information contained in the print Instructor's Guide at their office/home PC or on their laptop.
2. Respondus-ready and Microsoft® Word files of the Testbank questions created by the textbook authors for all chapters in the book. These files allow instructors to customize their own tests.
3. CCH's Computer Slide Presentations for each chapter that help enhance and facilitate class lectures and discussion.

9780808038009   8-1/2" x 11"    848 pages


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Author: Linda M. Johnson, Ph.D., CPA

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. This book builds foundation on which to build students' knowledge and understanding of the tax issues which will affect them throughout their careers.

• 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.

1. Overview of the Tax Structure
2. Tax Determination, Payments and Reporting Procedures
3. Gross Income Inclusions
4. Gross Income Exclusions and Deductions for AGI
5. Personal Itemized Deductions
6. Other Itemized Deductions
7. Self-Employment
8. Depreciation and Amortization
9. Rental Activities
10. Property: Basis and Nontaxable Exchanges
11. Property: Capital Gains and Losses, and Depreciation Recapture
12. NOLs, AMT, and Business Tax Credits
13. Withholding, Payroll, and Estimated Taxes
14. C Corporations
15. Partnerships and S Corporations

      Tax Tables
      Earned Income Credit Tables

848 pages


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Updated with the latest legal and court developments, Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations takes you step by step through all aspects of establishing and operating organizations incorporated in Delaware. Comprehensive in scope, and authoritative in content, its timely coverage presents:

• Full discussions of legal precedents as interpreted by the Delaware courts - from decisions defining the roles of directors in mergers and acquisitions to emerging doctrines applicable to unsolicited takeovers, new valuation standards and more
• The complete statutory framework underlying Delaware corporate law and business organizations, including the newest 2011 amendments to the General Corporation Law
• Practical strategies to resolve legal issues and accomplish corporation transactions
• More than 100 model forms to help resolve any problem or complete any purpose related to the establishment or operation of a Delaware business entity
• Discussion of developments in corporate governance and director and officer liability issues

Also included is the Statutory Deskbook 2012 Edition, which contains the complete text with all the 2011 amendments of the principal Delaware business organizations statutes, including:

• The Delaware General Corporation Law
• Limited Liability Company Act
• Statutory Trust Statute
• Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act
• Related provisions of the State of Delaware Constitution, Franchise Tax Law, and Code

The included CD-ROM is an electronic version of the Statutory Deskbook which will help cut hours off your research time.

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Easily gather and import SR&ED data with CCH R&D Express

CCH R&D Express is an innovative Web-based solution that is used to gather the SR&ED project information needed for the T661 Part 2 form in Corporate Taxprep. The data can then be imported into Corporate Taxprep, saving you from having to retype it or copy and paste each item. (CCH R&D Express is sold as a separate product from Corporate Taxprep and an annual license is required.)

CCH R&D Express includes the following features:

• Multiple project support. CCH R&D Express allows you to enter information with regard to an unlimited number of SR&ED projects.
• Security and role-based access. Using a secure socket layer (SSL) CCH R&D Express and data is hosted in Canada at a secure, robust and trusted facility. CCH R&D Express also allows for role-based access to data or projects.
• Easily revised. Project information can easily be revised and re-imported into Corporate Taxprep. You can also import data from a previous year’s Corporate Taxprep file or other “.csv” files, saving time and reducing data errors.
• Consistent presentation. CCH R&D Express resembles the CRA’s T661 Part 2 form and corresponds with the form presented in Corporate Taxprep for quick and easy data comparison.
• Intelligent data entry and validation. Yes/No boxes, check boxes, date fields, and a drop-down list of valid field of science/technology codes all help make data entry as easy as possible and help reduce errors. There is also a basic text editor to help complete the open-ended questions and ensure that data complies with word count limits imposed by CRA.

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Dorinda D. DeScherer, J.D.

An accessible, practical, plain-language and comprehensive reference source for tax information for accountants, attorneys, business owners, and other business advisors.

In addition to the more than 800 answers to the key questions regarding business income and payroll tax liabilities, this book provides time-saving tools to help the businesses implement the tax strategies and compliance guidelines discussed in the book. These include numerous practice pointers, real-world examples and a comprehensive tax calendar.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Sole Proprietorships and Home-Based Businesses
• Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
• C Corporations
• S Corporations
• Tax Accounting
• Business Income and Deductions
• Depreciation
• Travel and Entertainment Expenses
• Employee Health and Accident Benefits
• Employee Fringe Benefits
• Retirement Plans
• Owner-Corporation Transactions
• Sales and Other Dispositions of Business Assets
• Payroll Taxes
• Troubleshooting

7" x 10"    760 pages

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  Authors: Terence M. Myers, J.D.,  Dorinda D. DeScherer, J.D.

In addition to the more than 800 answers to the key questions regarding business income and payroll tax liabilities, the Business Tax Answer Book provides time-saving tools to help the businesses implement the tax strategies and compliance guidelines discussed in the book. These include numerous practice pointers, real-world examples and a comprehensive tax calendar.

• Sole Proprietorships and Home-Based Businesses
• Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
• C Corporations
• S Corporations
• Tax Accounting
• Business Income and Deductions
• Depreciation
• Travel and Entertainment Expenses
• Employee Health and Accident Benefits
• Employee Fringe Benefits
• Retirement Plans
• Owner-Corporation Transactions
• Sales and Other Dispositions of Business Assets
• Payroll Taxes
• Troubleshooting

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Author: Ann Burns

Explores the issues that arise when the current owners of a family business wish to retire or otherwise transfer ownership of the business. These issues include ensuring that the owners have enough money to retire on, providing for what will happen to the business – whether there will there be a transfer of ownership or whether the business will dissolve, providing for who will take over the management of the business and how ownership will be transferred. Discussing and resolving these issues within the family can also be complicated and contentious, depending on the family dynamics. Essentially, business succession can be broken down into three main categories:  management, ownership and taxes. This publication discusses the distinction between management and ownership, exploring the possibility of transferring the responsibility for managing the business to one child while transferring equal shares of business ownership to all children. Business succession planning also looks at the minimization of taxes upon death. This may involve asset transfer tax strategies, for example freezing the value of the business while transferring the ownership. This publication explains how to accomplish these goals.

Chapter 1         Introduction to Business Succession Planning
Chapter 2         The Advisor's Role in Business Succession Planning
Chapter 3         Non-Tax Aspects of Family Business Succession
Chapter 4         Common Goals of Business Owners
Chapter 5         Key Features of Buy-Sell Agreements for the Business Owner
Chapter 6         Key Features of an Estate Plan for the Business Owner
Chapter 7         Redemptions, Recapitalizations, and Restructuring
Chapter 8         Transfers to Outsiders: Selling the Business
Chapter 9         Transfers to Insiders: Employees, Management, Other Shareholders
Chapter 10       Transfers to Family
Chapter 11       Charitable Strategies and Business Succession Planning
Chapter 12       Valuation in Business Succession Planning

9780808039129   7" x 10"      300 pages


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Explores the issues that arise when the current owners of a family business wish to retire or otherwise transfer ownership of the business. These issues include ensuring that the owners have enough money to retire on, providing for what will happen to the business – whether there will there be a transfer of ownership or whether the business will dissolve, providing for who will take over the management of the business and how ownership will be transferred. Discussing and resolving these issues within the family can also be complicated and contentious, depending on the family dynamics. Essentially, business succession can be broken down into three main categories:  management, ownership and taxes. This publication discusses the distinction between management and ownership, exploring the possibility of transferring the responsibility for managing the business to one child while transferring equal shares of business ownership to all children. Business succession planning also looks at the minimization of taxes upon death. This may involve asset transfer tax strategies, for example freezing the value of the business while transferring the ownership.

Chapter 1     Introduction to Business Succession Planning
Chapter 2     The Advisor's Role in Business Succession Planning
Chapter 3     Non-Tax Aspects of Family Business Succession
Chapter 4     Common Goals of Business Owners
Chapter 5     Key Features of Buy-Sell Agreements for the Business     Owner
Chapter 6     Key Features of an Estate Plan for the Business Owner
Chapter 7     Redemptions, Recapitalizations, and Restructuring
Chapter 8     Transfers to Outsiders: Selling the Business
Chapter 9     Transfers to Insiders: Employees, Management, Other     Shareholders
Chapter 10     Transfers to Family
Chapter 11     Charitable Strategies and Business Succession Planning
Chapter 12     Valuation in Business Succession Planning

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Full Article

In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Signature Financial v. State Street Bank held that business methods may be patented. Recently, the US Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos left the door open for the availability of patents for business methods. These holdings, together with the explosive growth of electronic commerce and technology, make the business method patent an important growth area of intellectual property.

Now in a revised Looseleaf format, this completely updated second edition is your guide to the unique opportunities and risks in this emerging area of intellectual property law.

Business Method Patents, Second Edition is your authoritative source for expert guidance on:

• The landmark Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos
• USPTO view on business method patents, including an overview of BPAI rulings
• Mechanics of the patent application
• Prior art searches
• Drafting claims for business method or model and e-commerce inventions
• Drafting the complete specification
• Drawings required for business method patents
• Building a strategic patent portfolio
• Litigating business method patents
• International protection for business methods

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In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Signature Financial v State Street Bank 1998 held that business methods may be patented. This holding together with the explosive growth of the internet has turned the business method patent into the "hot" new growth area of intellectual property. Business Method Patents is your guide to the unique opportunities and risks in this emerging area of IP law.

This is the authoritative source for court-tested guidance on mechanics of the patent application; prior art researching; drafting claims; drafting the complete specification; drawings required for business method patents; illustrating the business system through drawings; building a patent portfolio for attracting capital; and enforcing and licensing business method patents.

Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Business Method Patents - The Controversy
Chapter 2 State Street Bank v Signature Financial - Judge Rich's Legacy
Chapter 3 A Philosophy for Business Model Patents
Chapter 4 The Origins of Commerce
Chapter 5 The Nature of Commerce Today - Electronic Commerce
Chapter 6 Judicial Decisions - Before State Street Bank
Chapter 7 E-Commerce Technology
Chapter 8 Pure Business Model Patents
Chapter 9 Prior Art
Chapter 10 Claiming Business Model and E-Commerce Inventions
Chapter 11 Drawings for E-Commerce and Business Model Patents
Chapter 12 The Patent Specification
Chapter 13 Exploiting the Business Model and E-Commerce Patent Portfolio
Appendix A UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce 1996
Appendix B Proposed Bill - Business Method Patent Improvement Act of 2000

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Since the early days of franchise law over 20 years ago, the Business Franchise Guide has been the only single source of federal and state franchise and distribution laws, regulations, uniform disclosure formats and full-text case reporting.

It contains hundreds of pages of FTC and UFOC guidelines that aid franchisers in developing a uniform format for use under various state laws that require disclosure and registration prior to the sale of franchises. Our experienced editorial staff at CCH has included more than 900 pages of explanations analyzing nearly 150 franchise law topics, with annotations dating back to 1980.

Features:

• Obtain FTC and UFOC guidelines necessary for creating disclosure/ registration documents
• Gain access to over nearly 5,000 court and administrative decisions that litigators can use in their cases
• Guide yourself with the help of more than 900 pages of CCH explanations and analysis that present franchise law in easy-to-understand terms
• Unlock international franchise laws with the English translations of laws and regulations in 18 jurisdictions that keep franchisors with businesses outside the U.S. up-to-date and in compliance
• Stay current with monthly updates along with a newsletter that highlights the latest franchise law changes and developments
• Anticipate new legal requirements with a monthly list of pending state and federal legislation

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Formerly Business Quick Answers

Your business income tax "how to" reference. Thoughtfully and logically organized, this book covers C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, LLCs and tax-exempt organizations. It will be the first resource you reach for when you need quick answers to your compliance questions.

• Detailed information on how to report income, deductions and other tax items
• Coverage of the basic requirements for payroll tax compliance - filing requirements, forms to use, deposit requirements and more
• Concise and accurate explanations of key business tax law points, with special chapters on:
• Depreciation and amortization
• Employee benefit plans
• Tax credits and business deductions
• Tax accounting
• Partnerships and corporate acquisitions, dispositions and liquidations

Charts and tables of tax information, including:

• IRS corporate tax rate schedules
• Entity filing information
• Principal activity codes
• Depreciation tables
• Lease inclusion tables
• Asset class lives
• Special coverage of tax law changes that occurred in the past year
• Worksheets designed to help you calculate specific tax items and then organize the information for input on a return

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Published: April 2006

To supply the background law students need to succeed in business-related courses - such as accounting, economics, real estate, tax, business organizations, and finance - try the text known for its effectiveness, edition after edition. Business Basics for Law Students, Fourth Edition explains the mechanics, concepts, and legal context of business topics in exceptionally clear and accessible language.

The book demystifies business principles through:

• The combined skills of distinguished authors who draw on their teaching and writing experience to build student confidence
• Straightforward explanations of daunting topics (accounting, financial statements, taxes, mortgages, etc.) tailored to students without a business background
• Generous use of examples to convey ideas and applications
• A helpful list of new terms in the appendix, conveniently keyed to the pages where they are used and explained
• Frequent use of visual aids, such as tax forms, financial quotes as they appear in the newspaper, tables, and graphs
• An accessible design featuring lists of topics keyed to headings at the beginning of each chapter, key terms and concepts bolded for easy identification, and frequent use of lists to clearly enumerate points and examples

Thoroughly updated to respond to recent developments, the fourth edition features:

• New material on recent scandals and reforms in the chapters on accounting, forms of organization, trading, and mutual funds
• The latest information on executive compensation
• Extensive revisions to the chapters on tax and retirement planning, in light of recent and proposed reforms, especially in connection with Social Security
• An expanded chapter on insurance that now includes health insurance, auto insurance, and more
• New material on spinoffs and other divisive reorganization in the chapter on mergers, as well as discussion of taxable and tax-free transactions
• New coverage of securities regulation, antitrust, intellectual property law, and international business transactions integrated throughout the text

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 Authors: Lois Ruffner Plank, Donald Morris, Bryan R. Plank and Christie Plank Ciraulo

Provides a detailed explanation of the tax-related provisions contained in over 40 pieces of legislation enacted in the 112th Congress during 2011 and 2012.

The Blue Book provides the legislative history for each Act, a provision-by-provision description of the prior law and new law, the reasons for the law change if the provision was reported out of committee before enactment, and the effective date of each law change. Descriptions prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation were included in the absence of other committee reports or when the Joint Committee issued a contemporaneous technical explanation of the bill. An Appendix shows the estimated budget effects of the tax legislation enacted in the 112th Congress for fiscal years 2010 – 2012.

The Blue Book's explanations serve as a useful guide in understanding the intent and meaning of the new tax laws and, along with committee and conference reports, is considered substantial authority for the tax treatment of an item for purposes of avoiding the Code Sec. 6662 accuracy-related penalty on substantial understatements of income tax (Reg. §1.6662-4(d)(3)(iii)).

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A lawyer’s duty to avoid conflicts of interest is an important aspect of the duty of loyalty that lawyers owe to their clients. For Canadian in-house counsel, the duty to avoid conflicts of interest presents special challenges due to the nature of the relationship of in-house counsel to their employer. This webinar will enable in-house counsel to effectively navigate the conflict rules in the Canadian legal system, and provide participants with the knowledge to successfully implement best practices to avoid conflicts of interest.

This webinar will provide participants with an introduction to key cases including the recent Supreme Court of Canada case of Canadian Railway Co. v McKercher LLP, 2013 SCC 39, and provincial law society rules on conflicts of interest. It will also address when representation might attract a bright line rule, and when a contextual test will be applied; the circumstances in which a lawyer might be disqualified from representation of a client; and why a waiver might be insufficient. It will provide an opportunity to learn about the unique duties of in-house counsel in relation to conflicts of interest. Finally, it will provide discussion on some best practices for creating effective policies and procedures to avoid the creation of circumstances in which a conflict of interest would arise.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the provincial Law Society rules on conflicts of interest in Canada;
• Learn the key Canadian cases on conflict of interests, the rules that have emerged from the jurisprudence, and the policy concerns of the Canadian courts in relation to a lawyer’s duty to avoid conflicts;
• Understand and reflect on your professional duties to your employer, and to your professional regulator, in circumstances in which a conflict of interest may arise; and
• Learn about best practices and policies to avoid conflicts of interest.

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Trusts have become extremely valuable tools when planning for the continuance of a person's estate, and are often used in business succession planning as well. For example, discretionary trusts are one of the most flexible tax planning tools available. However, there are many types of trusts, and each can be used to tailor specific planning needs.



Just as trusts are a valuable tool, there are also many tax and legal traps that one needs to be cognizant of when using them in client situations. For example, the very creation of the trust can be particularly troublesome if it is not set up with the correct attributes or if assets are not transferred to it correctly.

This 2 hour webinar will provide a practical and complete overview of the legal definitions and considerations of various trust types, as well as reviewing important tax considerations when planning with trusts. Examples of suggested tax planning structures and related tips will also be provided.



More specifically, topics covered will include:

• What elements are required for a properly created trust
• Tax issues to review when creating a trust and in particular the tax attribution rules
• Review of types of trusts used in estate and business planning - including insurance trusts, spendthrift trusts, asset protection trusts, private foundation trusts and trusts created for probate and estate tax minimization and income splitting
• Change of trustees - change of control from a tax perspective
• What are the tax and other limitations of amending a trust once created
• What ongoing obligations do trustees have to beneficiaries, including reporting and trust accounting

 

 

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Philip Wilson

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.

It comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
• Mining
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Information
• Finance and insurance
• Real estate and rental leasing
• Professional, scientific and technical services
• Management of companies (holding companies)
• Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
• Health care and social assistance
• Arts, entertainment and recreation
• Accommodation and food services
• Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

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Author: Dr. Leo Troy

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size. You'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.

Comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
• Mining
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Information
• Finance and insurance
• Real estate and rental leasing
• Professional, scientific and technical services
• Management of companies (holding companies)
• Administrative and support and waste management and remediation
  services
• Health care and social assistance
• Arts, entertainment and recreation
• Accommodation and food services
• Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

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Author: Dr. Leo Troy

The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries. 

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.
The Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
• Mining
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Information
• Finance and insurance
• Real estate and rental leasing
• Professional, scientific and technical services
• Management of companies (holding companies)
• Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
• Health care and social assistance
• Arts, entertainment and recreation
• Accommodation and food services
• Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant-making, civic, and professional organizations)

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Published: January 2011

Whether the ‘A’ stands for ‘appropriate’, ‘amicable’, or ‘alternative’, all out of court dispute resolution modes, collected under the banner term ‘ADR’ , aim to assist the business world in overcoming relational differences in a truly manageable way.

The first edition of this book (2006) contributed to a global awareness that ADR is important in its own right, and not simply as a substitute for litigation or arbitration. Now, drawing on a wealth of new sources and developments, including the flourishing of hybrid forms of ADR, the subject matter has been largely augmented and expanded on two fronts: in-depth analysis (both descriptive and comparative) of methodology, expectations and outcomes and extended geographical coverage across all continents.

ADR in Business: Practice and Issues Across Countries and Cultures, Volume II covers twenty-nine ‘intertwined but variegated’ essays (to use the editor’s characterization) that provide substantial insight in such specific topics as:

• ADR’s flexible procedures as controlled by the parties
• ADR’s facilitation of the continuation of relations between the parties
• Privilege and confidentiality
• Involvement of non-legal professionals
• The identity and the role of the ‘neutral’ as well as the role of the arbitrator
• The implementation of ICC and other international ADR rules
• The workings of Dispute Boards and
• The role of ADR in securing investment and other specific objectives

In its compound thesis – growing in relevance every day – that numerous dispute resolution methods exist whose goals and developments are varied but fundamentally complementary, the multifaceted approach presented here is of immeasurable value to any business party, particularly at the international level.

Practitioners faced with drafting a dispute resolution clause in a contract, or dealing with a dispute that has arisen, will find expert guidance here, and academics will expand their awareness of the issues raised by ADR, in particular as it relates to arbitration. A broad cross section of interested professionals will discover ample material for comparative study of how disputes are approached and resolved in numerous countries and cultures.

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Updated annually, 1120S Express Answers is a spiral-bound resource that helps practitioners prepare Form 1120S tax returns quickly, easily and accurately – with practical, plain-English guidance that clearly explains the rules and procedures that the preparer needs to know to correctly complete the required tax forms. It is designed specifically for busy tax practitioners who need a ready answer to questions that arise while actually preparing the return.

- Form 1120S - General Information
- Schedules A and B
- Schedules K and K-1
- Schedles M-1, M-2 and M-3
- Schedule D
- Corp. Level Taxes and Estimated Tax Payments
- Special Rules
- Distributions to Shareholders
- Taxation of Shareholders
- Formation of an S corporation
- Funding the S Corporation
- Administrative Matters
- Stock Transfers and Terminations
- Election Statements and Checklists
- State Tax Information
- Index

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Updated annually, 1065 Express Answers is a spiral-bound resource that helps practitioners prepare Form 1065 tax returns quickly, easily and accurately - with practical, plain-English guidance that clearly explains the rules and procedures that the preparer needs to know to correctly complete the required tax forms. It is designed specifically for busy tax practitioners who need a ready answer to questions that arise while actually preparing the return.

- Form 1065 - General Information
- Income and Deductions
- Schedules A and B
- Schedule K
- Schedules L, M-1, M-2 and M-3
- Schedule D
- Partner’s Schedule K-1
- Allocation Rules
- Partnership Formation
- Depreciation
- Transfers of Interest
- Death or Retirement of a Partner
- Terminations, Mergers and Divisions
- Real Estate Partnerships
- LLCs, LLPs and LLLPs
- State Tax Information
- Election Statements
- Form 1065 Checklist
- Index

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Updated annually, 1041 Express Answers is a spiral-bound resource that helps tax practitioners who prepare fiduciary income tax returns.

1. Compliance oriented, line-by-line approach,
2. Plain-English guidance, making the complex rules (and exceptions to the rules) easy to understand and apply.
3. New rules and form changes highlighted.

Tab 1: Filing Issues
Tab 2: Form 1041
Tab 3: Income In Respect of a Decedent
Tab 4: Business Income (or Loss)
Tab 5: Farm Income (or Loss)
Tab 6: Rents, Royalties, Partnerships
Tab 7: Schedules A - Charitable Deduction and B - Income Distribution Deduction
Tab 8: Schedule G - Tax Computation and Other Information
Tab 9: Schedule I - AMT
Tab 10: Schedule D - Capital Gains and Losses
Tab 11: Schedule J - Accumulation Distribution
Tab 12: Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization
Tab 13: Schedule K-1
Tab 14: Modification and Termination
Tab 15: State Tax Information
Tab 16: Index

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1040 Express Answers is a spiral bound quick-reference guide that will help you and your staff prepare 1040 tax returns quickly, easily and accurately - with practical, plain-English guidance that makes complex rules and exceptions easy to understand.

• Form-oriented organization presented the way you work - line-by-line, right down the return.
• Plain English guidance, making the complex rules (and exceptions to the rules) easier to understand and apply.
• New rules and form changes highlighted, so you can ensure your clients take advantage of new law changes to maximize tax-saving opportunities and avoid pitfalls.

Tab 1        Form 1040
Tab 2        Schedules A and B
Tab 3        Schedules C, F and SE
Tab 4        Schedule D and Form 4797
Tab 5        Schedule E: PALs and At-Risk Rules
Tab 6        Form 2106
Tab 7        Form 4562: Depreciation
Tab 8        Cars and Listed Property
Tab 9        Social Security and Retirement Planning
Tab 10      Tax Credits and AMT
Tab 11       Estimated Payments/Penalties/Amended Returns
Tab 12      Tax Representation Issues and Filings
Tab 13      Family and Education
Tab 14      Estate Planning
Tab 15      State Tax Information
Tab 16      2013 Developments and Planning Tools
Tab 17      Tax Tables
Tab 18      Index

500 pages

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1040 Express Answers is a spiral bound quick-reference guide that will help you and your staff prepare 1040 tax returns quickly, easily and accurately - with practical, plain-English guidance that makes complex rules and exceptions easy to understand.

- Form-oriented organization presented the way you work - lineby-line, right down the return.
- Plain English guidance, making the complex rules (and exceptions to the rules) easier to understand and apply.
- New rules and form changes highlighted, so you can ensure your clients take advantage of new law changes to maximize taxsaving opportunities and avoid pitfalls.

Tab 1 Form 1040
Tab 2 Schedules A and B
Tab 3 Schedules C, F and SE
Tab 4 Schedule D and Form 4797
Tab 5 Schedule E: PALs and At-Risk Rules
Tab 6 Form 2106
Tab 7 Form 4562: Depreciation
Tab 8 Cars and Listed Property
Tab 9 Social Security and Retirement Planning
Tab 10 Tax Credits and AMT
Tab 11 Estimated Payments/Penalties/Amended Returns
Tab 12 Tax Representation Issues and Filings
Tab 13 Family and Education
Tab 14 Estate Planning
Tab 15 State Tax Information
Tab 16 Developments and Planning Tools
Tab 17 Tax Tables
Tab 18 Index

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Available: December 2011

This spiral bound quick-reference guide will help you and your staff prepare 1040 tax returns quickly, easily and accurately - with practical, plain-English guidance that makes complex rules and exceptions easy to understand.

You'll benefit from...

• Compliance oriented, line-by-line approach,
• Plain-English guidance, making the complex rules (and exceptions to the rules) easy to understand and apply.
• New rules and form changes highlighted.  
• Charts and tables summarizing important concepts, facts and figures
• Quick-reference icons which identify Cautions, Examples, Planning Pointers, and Gray Areas to alert you to must-know information.
• References to U.S. Master Tax Guide paragraphs.

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