Reviews (4)

good outline
This is just about as good as the other emanuel outlines, but income tax is a diificult subject to outline.

This book is bad.
I usually like the Emanuel outlines and have found them invaluable now for eight other courses I've taken.The Taxation outline is an exception.I forced myself through the first five chapters in this book and then gave up on it, realizing that it was not adding to my general understanding of the course material or any of the little details either, for that matter.It was too hard to read and follow to be of help.

mediocre
It's a mediocre tax law outline--simply put. Buy it used, if at all. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Income tax    2. Law    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Outlines, syllabi, etc    6. Tax returns    7. Taxation    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. General    6. Taxation    7. Taxation - General    8. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Subjects:  1. Government - Federal    2. Law    3. Taxation   

Reviews (1)

It's boring, but then, so is air and water
It's hardly the most sexy book I've reviewed, but it may be among the most useful if you are involved with a US nonprofit organization, or know someone who is.990 Handbook is a line-by-line approach to the annual IRS Form 990.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Law and legislation    6. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    7. Nonprofit organizations    8. Reference - General    9. Tax exemption    10. Tax returns    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. Budgeting & financial management    14. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    15. Non-profitmaking organizations    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Taxation   

Reviews (2)

Taxes For Dummies
GREAT BOOK.Go out of my way to purchase every year.

Great for starters...
This is the first time in my life that I am doing tax stuff, It's a great book for me as the first time filer specially someone that is totaly new to the society. I didn't need to read the whole book as my filing is pretty simple this year, but I'll keep the book for coming years. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Consumer Finance    3. Income tax    4. Law and legislation    5. Personal Finance    6. Personal Finance - Taxation    7. Popular works    8. Tax planning    9. Tax returns    10. Taxation    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Taxation    13. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business Enterprise    3. Business enterprises    4. Business/Economics    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. New Business Enterprises    8. Tax Law    9. Taxation    10. United States    11. Valuation    12. Budgeting & financial management    13. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Taxation    6. Taxation - General    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

Subjects:  1. Estate planning    2. Estates & Trusts    3. Inheritance and transfer tax    4. Insurance - Life    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Tax planning    8. Taxation - General    9. United States   

Reviews (5)

A review for the Nevada Corporation Handbook
This is a great book!It not only teaches you the benefits of incorporating in NV, it also provides detailed info on different kinds of companies and tax saving strategies.
why pick Nevada
How I wish, I found this book first!I could have saved myself a lot of time and money. Completely professional
A book on a subject like this is a situation where you'd really rather look over the various books in a bookstore rather than buy online. But after looking over all the books I could find online, I decided to buy thisone. I am very pleased with it, with one quibble: the price. The content isgood, the book is nicely printed and bound, but even so ... ouch! $65.95?!At any rate, the reasons I bit the bullet and bought it are: (1) I got thefeeling that a lot of books on this subject are shill come-ons for Nevada"incorporation advisors"--I did searches on the net for some ofthe titles, and they came up on pages of such outfits, obviously written bythe people behind the businesses, who tend not to have any formal legaltraining; the Rowley book is not a shill job at all. (2) Rowley has put agood chunk of his book online where you can read it for free; I'd put theURL here, but Amazon would delete it; nevertheless, if you search for itand read the content, it gives you a good preview of the book (although thejuicy stuff, like the sample articles of incorporation are not online). (3)About a third of the book consists of reference material like the NevadaRevised Statutes, which are available online at the Secretary of State'ssite (where you can search for words in your browser), but it's nice tohave a printed copy. With this book and a resident agent (look online atthe Secretary of State's site for a complete list), you can do theincorporation yourself. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship    3. Business & Economics / New Business Enterprises    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Corporations    6. Entrepreneurship    7. Executions (Law)    8. Nevada    9. New Business Enterprises    10. Personal Finance - Taxation    11. Tax planning   

Reviews (3)

Wow - this book has saved me thousands!
Great book, nice level of detail. Mix this with QuickBooks and you have most of your small business financials covered.

Very Helpful Book
I found the information in this book to be very helpful.She really covers all the bases.great resource and highly recommended

Very concise - but it did not help me..
This book gave me a good introduction to the issues, but also made it clear that I would not manage without solid advice from a tax consultant - maybe even a tax lawywer - on some of the issues that I had in my business. Maybe there is no simple way to do your taxes today? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Personal Finance - Taxation    5. Small Business - General    6. Taxation    7. Taxation - General    8. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Taxation   

Reviews (4)

Taking Income Tax?Buy this book!
I strongly, strongly recommend this book for any law student taking an income tax course who has no experience in accounting.I read this book in the beginning of the class- it's relatively short and incredibly readable- and it made the actual class a breeze.Like most law school subjects, it's easy to lose the forest for the trees, and starting off with this book will let you understand how things fit together before you start slogging through- and get lost in- the Code.
Much more engaging than you'd expect from a tax guru
If you get a kick out of the legal writers who make no attempt to hide their arrogance (Scalia comes to mind), then you will enjoy reading Professor Marv.You get the feeling that he often wonders to himself what it's like to be stupid. As advertised
This book comes as advertised. It's a clear, succinct, helpful, and occasionally witty introduction to the law of federal income taxation. Chirelstein has a rare talent for making the sometime inscrutable rules of tax law accessible to even the most tax-phobic law student. Particularly useful are his examples (even his charts and numbers are easy and helpful!) and "Loose ends," in which he ties up a particular chapter or subchapter with some point of clarification that makes so much sense you're just sure your professor is going to have something about it on the exam. Which also bears a point of warning: law professors read it too! Beware of using it as your principal text, as, thorough as it is, the book does not cover all the cases and doctrines of tax law. I know firsthand that clever professors can and do write Chirelstein-proof exams. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Government - Federal    2. Income tax    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Taxation    6. United States   

Reviews (7)

A good book with no index
I found the material important and well explained but the diagrams are completely irrelevant and useless. Its focus on California was especially useful for selfish reasons. I also recommend Nolo's "Form Your Own Limited Liability Company" as a general guide that is very well written. Crouch's book is useful if you are in California, however.
Profits, Taxes, & LLCs
The book is very detailed about the financial.Hard to understand and I have several degrees.I have taken graduate course in accounting and was a tax preparer and still found it difficult to understand what he's taking about.Overall it a reference book, but leaves some questions unanswered and might not help in doing the bookkeeping for a new LLC you just formed.

The philosophy of LLC taxation
I liked the approach.It's not a recipe for starting an LLC (there are plenty of those out there).It is more like background reading about the philosophy driving how LLCs are taxed, and what that means for how the LLC income is distributed and reported.Lots on maintaining capital accounts.There was a fair amount I ignored -- California and real estate specific information --but the rest was very helpful.Chapter 5 on tax forms and Chapter 7 on partnership rules were especially useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Investments & Securities - General    5. Limited partnership    6. Popular works    7. Private companies    8. Taxation    9. Taxation - Corporate    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / Taxation / Corporate    12. Finance & Accounting    13. Business    14. Career   

Reviews (16)

Terrifying Justice Department Double Think
Mr Yoo moves on from his earlier arguments that torture falls at a point slightly short of physical death, organ failure or loss of limb. Mr Yoo makes some interesting if devastating points with his new theories. The President's war powers, he argues, allow him to do, basically, whatever he wants. The President may, if he chooses, crush the genitals of children, maim, torture or kill civilians. In this respect one might remember that Bush ordered an air strike on the house occupied by the infant grandchildren of Saddam Hussein AFTER the end of the Iraq war and even though the house was surrounded by US troops. The President is limited, according to Mr Yoo, only by how he CHOOSES to interpret International Treaties and as he has the power to repudiate such treaties or ignore them entirely (as in the International Human Rights for the Child Treaty, the Geneva Convention or the Treaty of Vienna,) then, this means that presidential power is absolute EVEN if despotic criminal or tyrannical. Mr Yoo appears now to say that the President and his henchmen, cronies and agencies MAY indeed use indiscriminant torture. Mr Yoo however does not adequately explain how the President can thus overturn congressional treaty ratification. As what constitutes a 'time of war' is also up to the President and does not rely on any 'legal' declaration of war (which is a matter of international law to which the US is thus not subject,) then the US may have, effectively, a Despot Emperor for President. Does the 'War on Drugs' thus give the President the same wartime powers as he asserts for his 'War on Terror' - an undeclared war on no particular nation state? Is the US thus always in a state of war? This is interesting, not just semantically, as the District and Supreme Courts appear to agree with Mr Yoo's interpretation, blocking cases connected with this on grounds of national security whilst Congress does not appear to care. Perhaps Clinton should have used Mr Yoo's arguments in the Monical Lewinsky scandal and impeachment hearings. War powers might have thus allowed him to do whatever he wanted with his cigar and to lie about it in the national interest. The problem with Mr Yoo's argument is that Checks and Balances thus no longer appear to exist. Interestingly if one applies Mr Yoo's arguments to their logical end he becomes an eloquent advocate for terrorism or for the Holocaust where the ends justify the use of any means, however horrible. Of course, either this is pretty much nonsense and makes toilet paper of the Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta, democracy and human rights OR the truth is more terrifying and the US is now a Stalinist or Nazi state. I suspect Mr Yoo could be subject to arrest as a war criminal should he ever leave the United States and visit a civilised country???

Yoo has no clue!
The 2 biggest mistakes made by government in my lifetime are Congress giving away war powers in 1965 and 2002.The constitution holds that declaring war is the responsibility of the Congress.If the Executive has grounds for war let him/her present them and Ccongress vote.Twice I have seen Congress abdicate this important power with disasterous results.This is just one of many examples why Yoo has no clue.

This book's point about constitutional checks and balances were once taught in 8th grade civics class.
The outrage this book caused on publication is a sign of the incredible ignorance so prevalent these days about was once common knowledge--that the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches exist in parallel under the elegant system of checks and balances of the Constitution, each with their separate skill set and functions.This book is a necessary defense of the traditional constitutional idea that the executive branch has primacy in matters of war, national security, and foreign policy.It is sad that otherwise sensible people like Neal Katyal and Stuart Taylor should tout outre ideas about the Constitution as a big sandbag over the head of the President most especially in war, national security and foreign policy, as if this idea, which is strictly the invention of the left, were Con Law 101.It is so Nixon era.But there you go.The "me generation" took over the academy, threw out all the Rembrandts, and filled it up with their Hello Kitty and Marilyn tchotchkes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Foreign relations    3. Government - U.S. Government    4. International Relations - Treaties    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal History    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Political Freedom & Security - General    9. Political Science    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. War and emergency powers    14. Constitutional & administrative law    15. Diplomacy    16. Political Science / Treaties    17. USA    18. Warfare & Defence   

Reviews (9)

Umm, did I read the same book?
I'm having a hard time believing the reviews I see here. Gucci Gulch is by far one of the most boring books I've read this year. Perhaps, it's because it was required literature for Intro to Poli Sci, but that's beside the point. This book is too detailed. I agree with the comment where it should have been condensed, but I want to stress that this information cannot be found elsewhere without intense research. I commend the author for his diligent work, but this book just wasn't for me. It's 291 pages on the Tax Reform of 1986. If that's your cup of joe, I would highly suggest it. Avoid it if you are a casual reader.

a good book
Definitely an enjoyable book that gives insight into the behind-the-scenes details of congressional politics. "Showdown" is a great book if you are interested in the nitty-gritty details of lobbying or Congress and Birnbaum and Murray provide a knack for detail (and humour) rarely found in today's books. Written in '86ish, and still a classic. A great supplement to "The Power Game" by Hedrick Smith.

awesome
the best book I was ever required to read for a class ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Government - U.S. Government    2. Income tax    3. Law and legislation    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Sociology    6. Taxation    7. United States    8. Political Science / Congress   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. International - Economics    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Military    6. International Law    7. International economics   

Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. Taxation   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. China    4. General    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics and government    7. Tax incidence    8. Taxation    9. Taxation - General    10. ASIA    11. Asian studies    12. Development studies    13. Political Science / General    14. Political economy   

Reviews (3)

Full of Useful Information But Needs an Editor
This book is full of useful information and strategies for active traders and investors. However, it is poorly written. The author repeats himself often, while omitting important information that I guess he assumes the reader knows (for example that the mark to market election can only be changed once chosen with the specific consent of the IRS). Sections and subheadings are poorly organized. Often the author writes something like: "we recommend X for the following reasons" and no reasons follow. The book desperately needs editing. If you are prepared to put up with this and have a good understanding of the basics of the tax code as they apply to investing already then this book is very worthwhile reading. I am just starting Ted Tesser's book on taxes for traders. It is a MUCH better read. I have yet to see if it is as useful.

Everything you wanted (and need) to know...
If you are an active trader, this book MUST find its way into your hands. It covers every issue necessary to help you in filing your taxes with trader status. If you can file as a trader, a whole new world of business expense deductions will be open to you. I found that this book answered every question I had, along with some I hadn't even thought of yet.
Read it before visiting your CPA
The book discusses issues that should be considered before filing as a trader.It also discusses factors that traders should consider before electing mark-to-market accounting.The guidance here is consistent with what I've read and heard from other credible sources.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Consumer Finance    4. Floor traders (Finance)    5. Investments & Securities - General    6. Law and legislation    7. Personal Finance - Taxation    8. Securities    9. Tax planning    10. Taxation    11. Taxation - General    12. United States    13. Business & Economics / Taxation / General   

Reviews (3)

Very handy.Buy your accountant a copy!
This has been helpful for my husband and me in planning our business, and we purchased a copy for our accountant, since very few really understand the nuances of the horse business.

Official Guide for tax cheats
This book is a love it or hate it guide to auditing horse activities. That's why I had to go middle of the road on the review. I believe it is mistakently marketed to legitimate horse stables, breeding farms, training barns and businesses who want to assure themselves that they won't fail an audit. However, if you ARE indeed a legitimate business, this guide probably won't tell you anything you don't already know. This guide's merit is mostly for backyard or recreational horse owners who are attempting to pass their hobbies off as a "business," or those who list their personal horses as a business expense to attempt some extra tax savings. That being said, you know what category you fall into. If your primary business is horses, whether it be breeding, teaching, training, transporting, etc., don't waste your time or money on this one. If however, you are a retiree who would like to try to pass off your 3 backyard nags that you occasionally breed as a "business" read away. And let me know what jail is like in a couple of years =-)

UGH! HARDLY WORTH THE TIME
Hardly worth the time and not at all worth the money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Handbooks & Manuals    5. Small Business - General    6. Taxation - General