Available: Late June 2012

Provides step-by-step guidance on the taxation of fiduciary income. This comprehensive guide for practitioners advising fiduciaries and beneficiaries in federal income tax matters covers the broad range of complex issues from charitable remainder trusts to nexus rules and their effect. Providing expert practical advice, this book helps the practitioner obtain the most advantageous outcomes for his/her fiduciary and beneficiary clients. Key feature: 35 case studies with filled-in forms 1041 and accompanying documents.

Volume 1:

1. Overview of the Fiduciary Entity
2. The Fiduciary (Trust) Accounting Concept; Total Return Investment Philosophy
3. Principles of Federal Income Tax for Fiduciaries
4. Itemized Deductions
5. Distributions
6. Capital Gains and Alternative Minimum Taxes, Accounting Periods and Special Rules
7. Estimated Taxes
8. Passive Activity Loss Limitations
9. Trusts: Formation to Termination
10. Charitable Remainder Trusts
11. Charitable Lead Trusts
12. Alternative Use of Grantor Trusts in Transactional Planning
13. Ownership of S Corporation Stock by Trusts--Emphasizing Qualified Subchapter S Trusts and the New More Flexible Electing Small Business Trust
14. Grantor Trust Rules
15. Foreign Trusts Treated as Grantor Trusts

Volume 2:

1.  Estates: Formation to Termination
2. Income Tax Aspects of Fiduciary Ownership and Administration of Family Limited Partnership (FLP) Interests
3. Income Tax Aspects of Generation-Skipping Transfers
4. State Taxation of Fiduciaries and Beneficiaries
5. Special Commercial Trusts
6. IRS Ruling Policy and Audits; Responsibility for Filing and Payment of Tax
7. Foreign Trusts and Estates

Related books:

• U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide (2013) 
• Family Foundation Handbook (2013) – U.S.
• Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Ed. U.S.

 

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Available: August 2011

Authors: Michael S. Schadewald, Ph.D., CPA and Robert J.Misey, Jr., J.D., MBA and LL.M.

Provides readers with a practical command of the tax issues raised by international transactions and how those issues are resolved by U.S. tax laws. The book emphasizes those areas generally accepted to be essential to tax practice.

The book is written primarily as a desk reference for tax practitioners and is organized into four parts.

Part I provides an overview of the U.S. system for taxing international transactions, and also discusses the U.S. jurisdictional rules and source-of-income rules.

Part II explains how the United States taxes the foreign activities of U.S. persons, and includes chapters on the foreign tax credit, deemed paid foreign tax credit, anti-deferral provisions, foreign currency translation and transactions, export tax benefits, planning for foreign operations, and state taxation of foreign operations.

Part III describes how the United States taxes the U.S. activities of foreign persons, including the taxation of U.S.-source investment-type income and U.S. trade or business activities, as well as planning for foreign-owned U.S. operations.

Finally, Part IV covers issues common to both outbound and inbound activities, including intercompany transfer pricing, tax treaties, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and international tax practice and procedure.

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Available: January 2012

CCH's Guidebooks to State Taxes are the classic handbooks on specific State taxation. Widely used by practitioners and all those involved in State taxes, these time-saving guides are accepted as the premier source for quick reference to all taxes levied by the state, including personal and corporate income, inheritance and gift, sales and use, and property taxes (when applicable). The 2012 Guidebooks are reflecting significant new legislation, regulations and court decisions through press time.

Related Books:

• State Tax Handbook (2012)
• Guidebook to California Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Connecticut Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Florida Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Maryland Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Massachusetts Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Michigan Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to New Jersey Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to New York Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to North Carolina Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Pennsylvania Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Virginia Taxes (2012)
• Guidebook to Texas Taxes (2012)  

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Non-Residents, Cross-Border Transactions, and the GST is an invaluable resource for anyone involved with GST/HST issues concerning non-residents. This book provides practical guidance for non-residents of Canada that deal with Canadian customers or products, or carry on business in Canada, and need to know how the GST/HST applies to them. Non-Residents, Cross-Border Transactions, and the GST is a useful addition to the library of anyone who deals with non-residents including commodity tax practitioners, controllers, and business owners.

Key topics discussed in the book include:

• Drop-shipments
• Non-resident override rule
• Place of supply rules
• Cross-border transactions
• Imports and exports
• De facto importer rules
• Permanent establishments and carrying on business in Canada
• Recovery of tax by non-residents

The book contains clear explanations of fundamental topics, with numerous examples, especially on the application of the tricky drop-shipment rules. Also contains a detailed topical index.

Steven K. D'Arcy is a lawyer and a partner in Bennett Jones LLP, one of Canada's leading business law firms. His practice involves all areas of commodity tax with particular emphasis on the goods and services tax, Canadian customs laws, provincial retail sales tax, and anti-dumping duties.

In his GST practice, Steven advises on all facets of the GST legislation with emphasis on corporate transactions, particularly cross-border transactions. He has represented clients on numerous occasions with respect to GST assessments and proposed assessments. Steven served as counsel to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance with respect to its review of alternatives to the GST and has frequently provided advice to the Department of Finance with respect to proposed GST amendments.

Steven was recently recognized as a leading Canadian tax practitioner in indirect taxes in the International Tax Review's World Tax 2005. He is annually recognized in LEXPERT®/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, is also recognized in LEXPERT's Canadian Legal Directory as one of Canada's most frequently recommended commodity tax/customs practitioners, and is consistently recommended as an international trade regulation practitioner. Steven co-developed the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants annual "In-Residence GST Course", and currently teaches Part II of the course. He is an editor of the CCH GOODS AND SERVICES TAX REPORTER and the monthly GST Monitor.

He lives in Oakville, Ontario with his wife Susanna and their three children, Charlotte, Polly, and Duncan.

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Available: October 2010

Author: Glenn R. Carrington

Tax Accounting in Mergers and Acquisitions gives in-depth, practical coverage of today's key issues in corporate acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and restructurings from a transactional perspective. It will help your client:

1. Decide if the transaction should be taxable or nontaxable.
2. Structure the deal for the best results-stock or asset acquisition.
3. Achieve desired business objectives.

This book considers the tax accounting implications of structuring and restructuring transactions including those described in Code 351 (Transfer to Corporation Controlled by Transferor), 338 (Certain Stock Purchases Treated as Asset Acquisitions), 381 (Carryovers in Certain Corporate Acquisitions), 721 (Nonrecognition of Gain or Loss on Contributions to a Partnership), and 1001 (Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property). It discusses the rules relative to a taxpayer’s ability to carry over methods of accounting, to obtain audit protection through filing accounting method changes, to preserve favorable methods of accounting, to determine the effect of the transaction on any unamortized Code 481(a) adjustments (Adjustments Required by Changes in Accounting Methods), and to use the chosen structure as a means of achieving appropriate tax accounting objectives. In addition, it describes some of the most common types of accounting method exposure items that arise during the course of due diligence and some of the alternatives for mitigating exposure to the buyer. Furthermore, it describes the most significant anti-abuse rules that prevent taxpayers from unreasonably taking advantage of these provisions. Finally, it addresses some of the pitfalls that taxpayers should take into account in structuring transactions. In addition to updates of all rulings, cases and legislation, the 2010 edition contains a new chapter on Bankruptcy.

Chapter 1       Taxable and Tax-Free Acquisitions
Chapter 2       Basic Concepts in Deductibility and Capitalization
Chapter 3       Accounting for Restructuring Transactions under Code §351, 338, 381, 721, and 1001
Chapter 4       Treatment of Contingent Liabilities
Chapter 5       Treatment of Transaction Costs Prior to the Final Capitalization Regulations
Chapter 6       Final Capitalization Regulations
Chapter 7       Debt Modifications in Connection with Mergers and Acquisitions
Chapter 8       Original Issue Discount (OID) in Mergers and Acquisitions
Chapter 9       Amortization of Intangibles under Code §197
Chapter 10     Limitation on Loss Carrybacks — Corporate Equity Reduction Transactions
Chapter 11     Consolidated Return Tax Accounting Issues
Chapter 12     Tax Accounting Issues in Bankruptcies and Work-outs

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Available: August 2010

Authors: Marc M. Levey J.D., Steven C. Wrappe J.D., CPA

Transfer Pricing: Rules, Compliance and Controversy offers extensive yet clear guidance through the complex maze of U.S. transfer pricing rules. The book is authored by leading experts in the transfer pricing scene. Throughout the book, the authors cover all aspects of transfer pricing relevant to the practitioner, starting with general legal principles and apportionment methods, then moving on to more specific subjects such as transfers of tangible vs. intangible goods and the impact of e-commerce and U.S. customs on transfer pricing, and finally exploring highly practical matters like procedural strategies and post-examination procedures.  

The book's practical coverage and approach include:

• Comprehensive analysis of the U.S. rules, case law and guidance on  transfer pricing for tangible   goods, intangibles, and services
• Complex cost-sharing planning principles, including buy-in
• Cutting edge e-commerce transfer pricing issues
• U.S. penalty and documentation rules
• Documentation with checklists, questionnaires and model report
• U.S. penalty rules compared to those of other important countries
• Overlap between transfer pricing and Customs valuation issues
• Customs ruling based on an APA
• In-depth, step-by-step analysis of the favored approach to transfer pricing controversy, including:
  • Developing a substantive/procedural strategy (with detailed flow-chart)
  • Preparing for examination
  • Identifying post-examination opportunities to resolve the dispute

Special appendices provide a variety of "practice tools" designed to facilitate the understanding of the IRS' provisions and their translation into action, e.g., IRS forms, tables and charts of relevant cases, and comparisons of international transfer pricing rules within particular contexts.  

Table of Contents 

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - General Principles of Code Sec. 482

• Arm's length standard
• Best method rule
• Comparability
• Arm's length range
• Determination of true taxable income
• Collateral Adjustments
• Transfer pricing and non-recognition provisions
• Blocked income

Chapter 3 - Methods for Transfers of Tangible Property

• Comparable uncontrolled price method (with cases applying this method)
• Resale price method
• Cost plus method
• Cost-plus method
• Comparable profit method
• Profit split method
• Unspecified methods

Chapter 4 - Methods

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Available: December 2011

Revenue Recognition Guide is a comprehensive reference manual covering the key concepts and issues that arise in determining when and how to recognize revenue. It covers the litany of existing authoritative literature related to revenue recognition and clarifies those revenue recognition concepts that are vague.

For issues not addressed in the accounting literature, this Guide provides suggested accounting treatments that are consistent with general revenue recognition concepts and principles.

The Guide also provides examples of key points, includes excerpts from the financial statements of public companies, illustrating key concepts and judgments, and discusses revenue recognition projects on the agendas of the various accounting standard-setters.

Revenue Recognition Guide is organized into 13 chapters. Within these chapters, a number of Observations and Practice Pointers highlight key consequences of the accounting guidance and identifies issues to watch for when dealing with certain revenue transactions. SEC Registrant Alerts highlights issues that the SEC is particularly focused on, as well as additional guidance provided by the SEC beyond the guidance typically followed by non-public companies.

To facilitate research, the text includes references to pertinent paragraphs of the authoritative literature addressing key points.

Revenue Recognition Guide covers the following topics:

• Revenue-Related Literature
• General Principles
• Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements
• Product Deliverables
• Service Deliverables
• Intellectual Property Deliverables
• Miscellaneous Issues
• Contract Accounting
• Software: A Complete Model
• Presentation
• Disclosures
• Future Expectations

Related Books:

• U.S. Master Tax Guide®,2012
• ProSystem fx Tax: for U.S. Tax Returns
• INTERNAL REVENUE CODE: Income, Estate, Gift, Employment and Excise Taxes, Winter 2012 Edition
• U.S. INCOME TAX REGULATIONS, Winter 2012 Edition  

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Available: November 2011

This book organizes accounting pronouncements into two parts: general standards and industry-specific standards. The Practice Pointers featured throughout this edition point out, in plain English, how to apply the standards just discussed.

The 2012 International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide includes the following topics:

Part I: Overview (a recap of the International Accounting Standards Board and the formation of IFRAC)

Part II: General Standards

• Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates, and Errors
• Borrowing Costs
• Business Combinations
• Cash Flow Statement
• Changing Prices and Hyperinflationary Economies
• Consolidated Financial Statements
• Construction Contracts
• Earnings Per Share
• Employee Benefits
• The Equity Method
• Events After the Balance Sheet Date
• Financial Instruments
• Foreign Currency Translation
• Government Grants and Government Assistance
• Impairment of Assets
• Income Taxes
• Intangible Assets
• Interim Financial Reporting
• Inventories
• Investment Property
• Leases
• Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
• Property, Plant, and Equipment
• Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets
• Related-Party Disclosures
• Revenue
• Segment Reporting
• Share-Based Payment

Part III: Industry-Specific Standards

• Agriculture
• Insurance Contracts
• Mineral Resources: Exploration and Evaluation  

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FP Solutions is the most powerful financial planning software on the market to give your clients the means to achieve more.

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Available: September 2011

Authors: Jerry J. McCoy, J.D.; and Kathryn W. Miree; J.D.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the legal, tax, and business aspects of forming and operating a family foundation. From grantmaking to investment management, accounting procedures to tax filings, and funding the foundation to protecting it from liability, this handbook provides coverage of all the issues a family foundation faces. This valuable resource provides forms, checklists, questionnaires, training forms, and other items to help provide the professional assistance every foundation needs.

                          1.  Introduction

2.  Family Foundation Basics

3.  How To Create A Family Foundation

4.  Using Charitable Trusts To Fund The Family Foundation

5.  Designing The Family Foundation

6.  Operating Restrictions

7.  Grantmaking

8.  Foundation Administration

                           9.  Special Issues

Related Books:

• U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide (2012)
• Estate Planning (2012 Edition) (U.S.)

   

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Available: October 2010

Authors: Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree, J.D.

The Family Foundation Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the legal, tax, and business aspects of forming and operating a family foundation. From grant making to investment management, accounting procedures to tax filings, and funding the foundation to protecting it from liability, this handbook provides coverage of all the issues a family foundation faces. This valuable resource provides forms, checklists, questionnaires, training forms, and other items to help provide the professional assistance every foundation needs.

2011 Highlights:

• A new section on L3Cs and B Corporations and the role those new entities play in grantmaking.
• New regulations, revenue rulings, and private letter rulings impacting family foundations.
• The most recent statistics of related to family foundation trends and profiles from The Foundation Center, the Council on Foundations, the IRS, and the Association of Small Foundations.
• The most recent data on family foundation investment returns, asset allocations, and administrative expenses with a special emphasis on salary data.
• Updated statutory references for state volunteer protection laws.
• Updated statutory references for states that have adopted the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (which is quickly replacing Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Acts across the country) and the impact that will have on foundation management.
• The most current list of resources for family foundations including resources, publications grants and administrative software, online research sites, charitable trade groups, and socially responsible investment funds and firms.
• The new statutory rules under the Pension Protection Act affecting Type III supporting organizations, and the Proposed Treasury Regulations associated with those rules.
• Expanded discussion of the uncertain status of the federal estate tax and the tax on generation-skipping transfers as this edition went to press.
• An additional alternative for the person considering a family foundation – the medical research organization.
• Expanded discussion of the privacy and disclosure aspects of a family foundation with some potential strategies for the person who regards this as a major concern.

Content:

• Introduction.
• Family Foundation Basics
• How To Create A Family Foundation
• Using Charitable Trusts To Fund The Family Foundation
• Designing The Family Foundation
• Operating Restrictions
• Grantmaking
• Foundation Administration
• Special Issues
• Bibliography
• Table of Cases
• Table of Statute

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Understanding the Taxation of Partnerships is now available online. Use your online subscription to: 

• Search research content instantly
• Access your applicable CCH subscriptions; all integrated
• Save research to your electronic client files
• Enjoy access virtually anywhere

Understanding the Taxation of Partnerships is the only publication in Canada that provides a comprehensive analysis of tax issues affecting one of the most common forms of business organization. This publication provides in-depth analysis of the tax issues that must be considered when a partnership is used as a business or investment vehicle.

The sixth edition of this indispensable reference is a complete guide to understanding Canadian income tax rules including important developments in case law and administrative practice affecting partnerships. This edition has been updated to include:

• changes to the Canada–US treaty that have affected the use of partnerships in cross-border planning;
• the SIFT partnership rules;
• recent cases that have implications for partnerships; and
• additional material on partnerships in the foreign affiliate context.

Other topics covered include:

• how partnerships differ from joint ventures and other entities;
• computation of partnership income;
• the "at-risk" rules;
• transfers of property to and from partnerships, and other reorganizations involving partnerships;
• professional partnerships; and
• partnerships in the international context.

The 6th Edition is current to September 30, 2010.

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Available: November 2010

Author: Scott Taub CPA

Revenue is the top line in the income statement and one of the most important figures to both preparers and users of financial statements. It is also one of the most difficult numbers in the financial statements to get right. Revenue Recognition Guide is a comprehensive reference manual covering the key concepts and issues that arise in determining when and how to recognize revenue. It covers the litany of existing authoritative literature related to revenue recognition and clarifies those revenue recognition concepts that are vague. 

For issues not addressed in the accounting literature, this Guide provides suggested accounting treatments that are consistent with general revenue recognition concepts and principles.

This edition has been updated to reflect the new FASB Accounting Standards Codification^TM    and includes both pre- and post-Codification references for quick access to the information you need in the way that you prefer accessing it. 

The Guide also provides examples of key points, includes excerpts from the financial statements of public companies, illustrating key concepts and judgments, and discusses revenue recognition projects on the agendas of the various accounting standard-setters.

Revenue Recognition Guide is organized into 13 chapters. Within these chapters, a number of Observations and Practice Pointers highlight key consequences of the accounting guidance and identifies issues to watch for when dealing with certain revenue transactions. SEC Registrant Alerts highlights issues that the SEC is particularly focused on, as well as additional guidance provided by the SEC beyond the guidance typically followed by non-public companies.
To facilitate research, the text includes references to pertinent paragraphs of the authoritative literature addressing key points.

Material can be located several ways: the Cross-Reference lists pre- and post-Codification references and shows the chapter in which a particular pronouncement is discussed; the Index provides a quick page reference based on topic.

Revenue Recognition Guide covers the following topics:

• Revenue-Related Literature
• General Principles
• Multiple-Element Arrangements
• Product Deliverables
• Service Deliverables
• Intellectual Property Deliverables
• Miscellaneous Issues
• Contract Accounting
• Software: A Complete Model
• Presentation
• Disclosures
• Future Expectations and Projects

Related Books:

• U.S. Master Tax Guide®, 2011
• Full Article

The Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentives Handbook shows you how to take full advantage of one of the most generous R&D tax incentive programs in the world.

Every year, the Canadian government awards up to $4 billion in cash refunds and tax credits for Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED). The Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentives Handbook provides accountants, tax experts, lawyers, scientists and technologists with practical tools that assist in the management of SR&ED programs in order to realize the greatest tax advantage. Author Lucie Bélanger, of the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, provides comprehensive commentary on all matters, including:

• Eligibility of activities and expenditures for the SR&ED program
• How to identify SR&ED activities in commercial projects
• Management and documentation of SR&ED projects
• The review of SR&ED contracts by tax authorities
• New CRA administrative policies
• Recent changes to the Income Tax Act

The Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentives Handbook includes practical examples, summaries of recent court decisions, keys to identifying SR&ED activities, and case studies by sector. Although comprehensive in its coverage and references, it offers practical strategies and tactics covering the most common SR&ED issues. Written by practitioners for practitioners, this essential guide provides the answers you need to ensure SR&ED planning is accurate, complete, efficient and by the rules.

Topics include:

• Eligible SR&ED activities as defined in the law
• Excluded activities
• Common practice
• Tribunals and the concept of SR&ED
• The CRA’s interpretation of the concept of experimental development
• Issues with respect to the eligibility of the activities
• SR&ED projects and business projects
• Fundamental and applied research
• Industrial research
• Experimental development projects within business projects
• Research and development of products and processes
• Strategic development of products and processes
• Innovation and business strategy
• Introduction of new technologies and development of products and processes
• Purchases of technology, know-how or SR&ED results
• Purchase, development and improvement of production equipment
• Projects involving industrial control and automation
• Moulds and tools
• Eligible experimentation activities and trial runs
• Software development
• Documentation

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Preparing Your Trust Tax Returns is updated annually and provides the most current, detailed information available. The commentary provided is practical in nature and addresses substantive income tax issues relating to trusts and beneficiaries and that are relevant to the reporting requirements.

Features & Coverage:

• Context-sensitive links from Taxprep and Cantax software to the commentary in the online formats
• Saves you time by putting search at your finger tips
• More topics in detail than any other guides available
• Easy-to-understand format lets you find what you need
• References to CRA documents, legislation and cases

Recognized as the industry standard by tax professionals across Canada, the Preparing Your Tax Returns series provides total coverage and thorough examination of all rules and interpretations for income tax. Loaded with "how-to" advice, tax planning tips, and fast answers to all of your challenging questions, it’s indispensable during your T3 season.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Introduction

What is a Trust?

• Basic Types of Trusts
• Determining Whether a Trust Exists
• Parties to a Trust
• Purpose Trusts and Charitable Purpose Trusts

Chapter 2 - Filing a Trust Income Tax Return and Related Matters

• Filing Requirements
• Payment of Tax
• Penalties
• Assessments, Objections and Appeals
• Taxpayer Relief Provisions
• Other Considerations

Chapter 3 - Identification: Types of Trusts

• Testamentary Trusts
• Inter Vivos Trusts

Chapter 4 - Total Trust Income

• Total Trust Income (“Step 2" on T3 return)
• Capital Gains and Losses
• Pension Income
• Dividends from Taxable Canadian Corporations
• Foreign Investment Income
• Other Investment Income
• Business, Farming, Fishing, and Rental Income
• NISA Fund No.2 <

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Introduction to Federal Income Taxation in Canada, 32nd Edition gives you a smart learning advantage – here’s how:

• Each chapter includes examples, problems, multiple choice questions, and exercises designed to reinforce the material and text comprehension – with solutions provided for the student
• Review questions throughout the textbook include discussion notes at the end of the book
• Assignment problems and advisory cases have solutions provided in the Instructor’s Solutions Manual
• Student DVD includes extra problems and solutions for self-study
• CCH research software and CANTAX software also included on DVD

New this year – Student Study Guide:  This guide contains the solutions to the Review Question, Multiple Choice Questions, and Exercises, as well as additional study material and a glossary.

Income Tax Act compliant

Students dedicated to taxation and students interested in developing a solid general understanding of federal tax law will benefit from this resource. The contents are arranged in a sequence that follows the organization of the Income Tax Act for easy cross-referencing.

Reality checked

We know accuracy is critical and we pride ourselves on providing the most accurate and current content.

• Updated annually to reflect Budget and other legislative changes to income tax provisions
• All assignment materials have been carefully prepared and tested

Robert E. Beam, F.C.A., is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo. He was associated with Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants, Toronto.

From 1972 to 1998, he was Coordinator of the Tax Section of the School of Accountancy, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. In September 2002, Mr. Beam became the first recipient of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Award for Excellence in Tax Practice and Education. His articles have appeared in the Canadian Tax Journal.

Stanley N. Laiken, Ph.D., is the Deloitte Professor in the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo. He has taught taxation to students in professional programs, both at the university and post-university levels, since 1972.

He is a recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award at the University of Waterloo and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association’s L.S. Rosen Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to Canadian accounting education. His articles have appeared in the Canadian Tax Journal. He is also the Director of the Deloitte Centre for Tax Education and Research at the University of Waterloo.

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Federal Tax Course: A Guide for the Tax Practitioner offers the knowledge and know-how needed to deal effectively with all current developments in federal tax. This easy-to-use 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 easy-to-understand explanations.  It discusses hundreds of tax strategies and uses real-world examples to illustrate application of tax principles. 

This comprehensive manual provides more than 2,300 pages of completely updated material, which has made 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 rock-bottom 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 painstakingly present the detail 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 2011 Edition reflects the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, as well as recent regulations, rulings and case law that impact the many topics covered.

CONTENTS:

Key Tax Return Filing Facts       
Excise Tax Rates         
2011 Federal Tax Calendar

Figuring the Individual Tax

1.    Individuals Filing Status, Personal Exemptions, Standard Deduction and Rates 
2.    Gross Income Inclusions          
3.    Retirement Plans 
4.    Employee Fringe Benefits 
5.    Gross Income Exclusions
6.    Gain or Loss Basis Recognition
7.    Gain or Loss, Sale of Residence, Casualty, Theft, Condemnation
8.    Capital Gains and Losses of Individuals

Maximizing Deductions and Credits

9.    Personal Deductions
10.  Travel and Entertainment Deductions
11.  Depreciation
12.  Business Deductions
13.  Losses and Bad Debts <

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Canadian Transfer Pricing describes and clarifies Canada's current transfer pricing rules. It sets out the methods used by the CRA and described in the OECD Guidelines for determination of an arm's length price for goods and services.



Due to the large dollar amounts involved in transfer pricing disputes, the importance of transfer pricing to the Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") continues to evolve into a prominent component of tax collection and enforcement in Canada. Tax practitioners and company executives need to be aware of the procedures and documentation requirements in order to remain compliant with the transfer pricing rules and to be better prepared in the face of an audit by the CRA. This is also true for companies intending to establish an APA or resolve disputes with the revenue authorities in Canada and overseas with respect to transfer pricing transactions.

Authored by Jules Lewy, BCL, LLB and members of the tax group of one of Canada’s largest and most respected law firms, Dentons, Canadian Transfer Pricing provides a comprehensive overview of the Canadian transfer pricing regime.  This essential edition includes discussion on the OECD’s involvement in the area of transfer pricing tax policy as well as a brief overview of the U.S. transfer pricing legislation.



Chapters Include:

• What is Transfer Pricing?
• Transfer Pricing Rules Prior to 1999
• Canada’s Current Transfer Pricing Rules
• Transfer Pricing and Intra Group Services
• Transfer Pricing and Restructuring
• Contemporaneous Documentation and Transfer Pricing Penalties
• Advance Pricing Agreements
• Transfer Pricing Audit Process
• Transfer Pricing Dispute Resolution
• Competent Authority
• Jurisprudence
• Transfer Pricing and Customs, GST and HST.

 

 

 

 

 

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Available: September 2011

Author: Dr. Leo Troy

Determine a company's true measure of performance and value. 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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Available: September 2010

Author: Leo Troy Ph. D.

CCH's Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios is the first step in helping to determine a company's true measure of performance and value.  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 reli

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Compiled by a team of distinguished law professors, the 2010-2011 edition of INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations--Selected Sections serves both students and practitioners in accessing the laws and regulations for  U.S. international tax. For students, the INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations--Selected Sections is a popular companion to an international tax coursebook for use in undergraduate or graduate courses in law and business schools. For practitioners, the book is an exclusive convenient desk reference.  Unlike the full multi-volume Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations, this single-volume reference travels well between home and office -- and between classroom and dorm. The book features a reader-friendly large 7-1/4" x 10" format with new larger type fonts for enhanced readability.

Includes CD of entire contents of book.

In this comprehensive and easy-to-use volume, Professors Richard C. Pugh, Charles H. Gustafson, and Robert J. Peroni have selected provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations directly related to the U.S. taxation of foreign entities and the U.S. taxation of domestic entities that have income from sources outside the country.  Code and Regulations sections included are those deemed to be essential to International Tax teachers, students and practitioners.

The 2010-2011 edition of INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations--Selected Sections reflects all legislation and regulations enacted or adopted on or before June 1, 2010.

You may also be interested in:
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE: Income, Estate, Gift, Employment and Excise Taxes, (Summer 2010 Edition)

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Available: November 2011

This book is an invaluable single-source handbook for accounting, tax and legal practitioners concerned with financial issues related to oil and gas industry tax law.

Updated and revised by noted oil and gas taxation authority and educator, Patrick A. Hennessee, Ph.D., CPA , this detailed reference is divided into six main sections: 

• Introduction to Oil and Gas Taxation
• Acquisition of Interests
• The Exploration Period
• The Production Period
• Dispositions
• Other Areas

The text begins with a discussion of the nature of oil and gas reserves in order to gain a better understanding of the industry. The material following is organized in a logical sequence of events which traces the normal industry pattern for developing oil and gas reserves.

• Special features include: A special "Highlights of New Developments" section provides a convenient, at-a-glance summary of recent tax legislation, case law, rulings, position papers, etc., as they relate to the oil and gas industry.
• Reflects all the recent developments in place, including new legislation, regulations and case law changes impacting this area since the previous edition published.
• Enables understanding of the myriad technical aspects of oil and gas taxation by thoroughly discussing the critical issues of:

1. Introduction to Oil and Gas Taxation
2. Economic Interest
3. Lease and Purchase Arrangements
4. Royalty and Overriding Royalty
5. Minimum Royalties
6. Working Interest (or for Operating Mineral Interest)
7. Production Payments
8. Net Profits Arrangements
9. Geophysical Expenses
10. Intangible Drilling and Development Costs
11. Sharing Arrangements and Carried Interests
12. Depletion Deduction – General
13. Allowance or Disallowance of Depletion
14. Property for Depletion Purposes
15. Cost Depletion
16. Gross Income from the Property
17. Taxable Income from the Property for Depletion Purposes
18. Limitations on Percentage Depletion
19. Unitizations
20. Disposition of Interests – Lease (or Sublease) and Sale
21. Nontaxable Exchanges
22. Losses and Abandonments
23. Associations Taxable as Corporations
24. Partnerships
25. Selected Corporate Issues
26. Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
27. Special Provisions Affecting the Determination of Tax
28. Tax Credits
29. Depreciation
30. Application of Accounting Methods
31. Oil and Gas International Provisions
Case Table
Finding Lists   

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CCH, in partnership with Advocis, provides this study text for use in the CFP® Education Program. The contents within the text, the module tests, and the comprehensive financial plan are designed to prepare course registrants to write the Financial Planning Examination 2 (FPE2) administered by Financial Planners Standards Council (FPSC).

CCH/Advocis FPSC-approved Capstone Course also comes bundled with the FPSC’s Financial Planning Case Studies, Series 1.

Student-friendly

The CCH/Advocis FPSC-approved Capstone Course gives students all the materials required to summarize and integrate the core curriculum learning and prepare for the FPE2 exam.

• Current, concise and accurate materials
• All assignment materials have been carefully prepared and tested
• Program delivery format is designed to complement individual learning styles
• Cases provide excellent examples of real-life financial planning situations, similar to the FPSC cases
• The program is designed to give students a framework for excellence and to provide a strategic advantage in the marketplace
• A relationship with CCH allows you to tap into the authoritative research tools and leading edge solutions that professionals use everyday in their practices

This course begins with a profile of the Canadian financial planning industry, reviews the FPSC Code of Ethics, Practice Standards, the CFP® Professional Competency Profile, and the FPE2 Examination Blueprint. Six modules provide an excellent summary of the Competency Profile technical knowledge covered in the core curriculum courses. Module 27 offers examination writing techniques and practice questions. The final module of the course provides the student with several integrative case studies and practice in applying the concepts in the text.

M20 – The Financial Planning Industry
M21 – Taxation Planning
M22 – Risk Management and Insurance
M23 – Asset Management
M24 – Retirement Planning
M25 – Estate Planning
M26 – Financial Management
M27 – Path to the CFP Certification and CFP Examination
M28 – FPSC Financial Plan and Case Studies

Successful completion of the Capstone course qualifies the student for the FPSC Financial Planning Examination 2 (FPE2).

About CCH’s financial planning educational software

Each text includes two CDs. Disc 1 holds oneSource, CCH’s reference library for advisors. The educational version of this extensive electronic research library gives you a wealth of planning information, including the bas

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CCH no longer publishes the 1040 Preparation and Planning Guide (or the Canadian companion book).

Instead, you are invited to consider the following books:

• 1040 Express Answers (2011) 
• 1041 Express Answers (2011) 
• 1065 Express Answers (2011) 
• 1120S Express Answers (2011) 
• Federal Tax Course (U.S.): A Guide for the Tax Practitioner (2011) 

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Why we created Financial Planning Education for Accountants : A Fast Track to the CFP^® Examination

Your clients require help in managing their personal finances. They need complete financial planning services and who is better positioned to provide that service than you? As their accountant, you've earned your client's trust and respect. Helping them to manage their retirement and wealth is a natural step forward. By offering complete personal financial services, you'll serve their needs better, while enhancing your business practice. The modular curriculum of our accredited CFP Education Program enables you to focus on topics that are least familiar or where you may require an update. This saves you time. Accountants with three years of related industry experience may qualify to challenge FPSC’s CFP Examination. If so, you can use this educational product to fully prepare to earn your CFP designation. You can also use it simply to add to and update your financial planning knowledge for everyday use.

Content: There are a total of 19 modules provided in the CCH/Advocis CFP qualifying program. Ten modules are strongly recommended for accountants. They include areas of personal financial services that you may not have studied recently, or at all, or encountered in prior work experience. These topics were selected by accounting experts and survey respondents. They stated that having this knowledge would help them add significant value for their clients. There are also nine optional modules which present the remaining topics covered in the FPSC CFP Examination Blueprint.

Self-study and Online Self-Testing: In addition to receiving four bound volumes of printed educational content, you obtain online access to the testing portion of the qualifying program. With two opportunities to test yourself over a period of one year, you’ll know what to review further and when you are ready to sit for the CFP Examination.

Significant savings: Four complete texts and one year of self-testing for $795. If you qualify to challenge the CFP Examination, you can obtain this learning at half of the price of the full registration fees of the complete qualifying program..

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