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Table of Contents (Condensed)

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 – REGISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 – SUPPLY
CHAPTER 4 – PLACE OF SUPPLY
CHAPTER 5 – VALUE OF CONSIDERATION
CHAPTER 6 – WHEN TAX IS PAYABLE
CHAPTER 7 – IMPORTS AND INTERPROVINCIAL TRANSFERS
CHAPTER 8 – EXEMPT SUPPLIES
CHAPTER 9 – ZERO-RATED SUPPLIES
CHAPTER 10 – INPUT TAX CREDITS AND INPUT TAX REFUNDS
CHAPTER 11 – REBATES
CHAPTER 12 – ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
CHAPTER 13 – FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 14 – INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC ISSUES
CHAPTER 15 – COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE OF TAX
CHAPTER 16 – ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

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Ryan is a leading global tax services firm, with the largest indirect tax practice in North America and the seventh largest corporate tax practice in the United States. Since 1974, the Firm’s Canadian practice, located in Mississauga, Ontario, has performed work for more than 6,500 organizations on a variety of tax matters, both provincially and nationally. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Ryan provides a comprehensive range of state, local, federal, and international tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis, including audit defence, tax recovery, credits and incentives, tax process improvement and automation, tax appeals, tax compliance and strategic planning.

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The University of Chicago Law School held its 64th Annual Federal Tax Conference at the business school’s Gleacher Center on a memorable date: 11/11/11. Published exclusively each year in the special March Issue of Taxes—The Tax Magazine are the papers presented at this prestigious conference.

• The Past and Future of the Foreign Tax Credit (By Philip R. West and Amanda P. Varma)
• PFICs (By Kimberly S. Blanchard) discussing the policy and purpose of the PFIC rules and suggesting ways in which the PFIC rules could be made more workable by IRS guidance.
• Mayo Deference Examined Under the Six-Year Statute of Limitations Cases—A Proposal for a Constitutionally Sound Allocation of Lawmaking Authority (By Irving Salem) discussing the proper role of judicial deference to the agency.
• Updating the Tax-Free Reorganization Rules—Attributes, Overlaps and More (By Michael L. Schler, Eric Solomon, Karen Gilbreath Sowell, Jonathan J. Katz and Gary Scanlon) analyzing tax-free reorganization rules.
• To Err is Human; to Rescind, Divine (By Philip B. Wright) examining the role of rescission and other remedies to retroactively alter the tax consequences of a prior transaction.
• The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Debt in Partnership Transactions (By Phillip Gall and Franny Wang) analyzing the five primary cases of disappearing debt in partnership transactions.
• Employee Benefits Corner (by By Elizabeth Thomas Dold and David N. Levine) covering all types of employee benefits, including qualified plans, IRAs, governmental plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and health and welfare plans.
• The Estate Planner (By Lewis Saret) examining the tax and legal aspects of trusts and estates and significant current developments
• International Tax Watch (By Stewart R. Lipeles, John D. McDonald) looking at the world of tax beyond the U.S.
• Tax Practice (By William D. Elliott) focusing on tax practice and procedure issues.
• Tax Trends (By Mark Luscombe) keeping you up-to-date on the latest trends in the tax world.

Special Feature:

• Unwinding or Rescinding A Transaction: Good Tax Planning or Tax Fraud (by Sheldon I. Banoff). In the seminal 1984 article, Shelly examines when unwinding, rescission or substantial modification will be respected for federal tax purposes.

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The 2015 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them comply with today's complex federal tax laws

MTG comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2014 income tax returns, and a special bonus CPE course supplement entitled "Top Federal Tax Issues for 2015," which focuses in on the most significant new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year.

-    Highlights of New Tax Developments
-    Tax Rates and Tax Tables
-    Individuals
-    Corporations
-    S Corporations
-    Partnerships
-    Trusts and Estates
-    Exempt Organizations
-    Income
-    Exclusions from Income
-    Business Expenses
-    Non-Business Expenses
-    Losses and Bad Debt
-    Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
-    Tax Credits
-    Minimum Tax
-    Tax Accounting
-    Basis for Gain or Loss
-    Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
-    Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
-    Securities Transactions
-    Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
-    Retirement Plans
-    Corporate Acquisitions/Reorganizations
-    Taxation of Foreign Activities/Taxpayers
-    Returns and Payment of Tax
-    Withholding and Estimated Taxes
-    Examination of Returns - Collection of Tax
-    Penalties and Interest
-    Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax

The U.S. Master Tax Guide is conveniently cross-referenced to the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations and certain other important tax law sources.

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The 2014 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them understand, apply and comply with today's complex federal tax laws.

The 2014 U.S. Master Tax Guide's updated explanations cover:

• Highlights of New Tax Developments
• Tax Rates and Tax Tables
• Individuals
• Corporations
• S Corporations
• Partnerships
• Trusts and Estates
• Exempt Organizations
• Income
• Exclusions from Income
• Business Expenses
• Non-Business Expenses
• Losses and Bad Debt
• Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
• Tax Credits
• Minimum Tax
• Tax Accounting
• Basis for Gain or Loss
• Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
• Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
• Securities Transactions
• Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
• Retirement Plans
• Corporate Acquisitions/Reorganizations
• Taxation of Foreign Activities/Taxpayers
• Returns and Payment of Tax
• Withholding and Estimated Taxes
• Examination of Returns – Collection of Tax
• Penalties and Interest
• Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax

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A practical, quick-answer resource to the key issues and concepts that professionals who deal with state and local property taxes need to know. This handy desktop reference contains concise explanations on major property tax areas in a readily accessible, easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format. It provides an overview of the property tax and valuation assessment methods used by the different taxing jurisdictions, and provides readers with the key definitions, concepts and procedures necessary to understand the application of local property taxes.

Supported by multistate charts and discussions of the state and local property tax systems, helpful state-by-state coverage includes:

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Contains concise explanations on major property tax areas in a readily accessible, easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format. It provides an overview of the property tax and valuation assessment methods used by the different taxing jurisdictions, and provides readers with the key definitions, concepts and procedures necessary to understand the application of local property taxes.

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- how property taxes are determined, including the classification, valuation, equalization, assessment and levy of tax
- currently available credits and abatements of property tax
- options available to taxpayers prior to the state court system
- property tax due dates
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CHARTS–designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation.

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS–offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:
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- Apportionment of Income
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- Consolidated Returns
- Nexus
- Net Operating Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks
- Return Filing Requirements
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Authors: Richard H. Gesseck, CPA, and Lawrence Gramling, Ph.D., CPA

Helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided in this insightful volume. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered. First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures. Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding; and, finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

This one comprehensive volume provides you with new insights into, and practical understanding of, the standards that constitute U.S. GAAP. To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), the U.S. Master GAAP Guide is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
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• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
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• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

1. General principles
2. Presentation
3. Assets
4. Liabilities
5. Equity
6. Revenue
7. Expenses
8. Broad transactions
9. Industry

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Authors: Richard H. Gesseck, CPA, Lawrence Gramling, Ph.D., CPA

Helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided in this insightful volume. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered.

• First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures.
• Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding.
• Finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

This one comprehensive volume provides you with new insights into, and practical understanding of, the standards that constitute U.S. GAAP. To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), it is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC. With its summaries, explanations, and applications of generally accepted accounting principles for nongovernmental entities in the United States of America, this book is the most powerful working guide available to accounting practitioners today.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
• Helps prepare CPA Exam candidates for the GAAP pronouncements portion of the Exam.
• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

Chapters:

1. General principles
2. Presentation
3. Assets
4. Liabilities
5. Equity
6. Revenue
7. Expenses
8. Broad transactions
9. Industry

Also contains:

• Conceptual framework
• Accounting Standards Updates
• Exposure Drafts
• How to cross-reference the Codification and pre-Codification standards
• Present value factors

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Helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided in this insightful volume. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered. First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures. Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding; and, finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

This one comprehensive volume provides you with new insights into, and practical understanding of, the standards that constitute U.S. GAAP. To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), the U.S. Master GAAP Guide is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC. With its summaries, explanations, and applications of GAAP for nongovernmental entities in the USA, this book is the most powerful working guide available to accounting practitioners today.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
• Three-level approach to explanation and analysis, including flowcharts, general discussion, and detailed examples, makes the official pronouncements easy to understand.
• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
• Helps prepare CPA Exam candidates for the GAAP pronouncements portion of the Exam.
• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

Chapters:

1. General principles
2. Presentation
3. Assets
4. Liabilities
5. Equity
6. Revenue
7. Expenses
8. Broad transactions
9. Industry

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• Conceptual framework
• Accounting Standards Updates
• Exposure Drafts
• How to cross-reference the Codification and pre-Codification standards
• Present value factors

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This trusted reference provides clear explanations of the laws relating to federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to give readers the solid understanding they need to understand and apply today's complex wealth transfer tax rules.

Provides straightforward guidance for professionals working with estate and gift tax planning, and contains many helpful features, including:

• Concise, up-to-date discussions of recent statutory and regulatory law changes, court decisions, and IRS rulings affecting the estate, gift and GST taxes, including IRS guidance on the Windsor decision and its impact on tax planning for same-sex married couples.
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• Pertinent tax tables, such as the unified credit and exclusion/exemption amounts, GST rates and more for easy reference to key tax figures.
• Sample filled-in forms in the 706 and 709 series, as well as various GST tax forms, that illustrate practical application of the tax law.
• Citations to Internal Revenue Code, regulations, IRS rulings and court decisions to help practitioners further research the estate and gift tax law.

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This trusted reference provides clear explanations of the laws relating to federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to give readers the solid understanding they need to understand and apply today's complex wealth transfer tax rules.

Provides straightforward guidance for professionals working with estate and gift tax planning, and contains many helpful features, including:

• Concise, up-to-date discussions of recent statutory and regulatory law changes, court decisions, and IRS rulings affecting the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
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• Sample filled-in forms in the 706 and 709 series, as well as various generation-skipping transfer tax forms, that illustrate practical compliance application of the tax law.

A special feature of this CCH reference is the Quick Tax Facts card. This handy card is bound into the book for at-a-glance reference to key estate and gift tax rates and credits, figures, and other valuable information. The card is perforated, so it can be removed from the book and posted near the professional's computer or desktop for instant access.

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Offers tax and accounting professionals who work with businesses a one-stop resource for guidance in understanding and applying the complex depreciation rules to their fixed assets. This area is especially challenging, because bits and pieces of applicable information must be gathered from a maze of Revenue Procedures, IRS Tables and IRS Regulations. These sources are frequently old and include some materials which may be non-applicable. CCH's U.S. Master Depreciation Guide pulls the pieces together, so practitioners can make sense of all the corresponding information and put the information into practice.

Published annually, this new edition is completely updated to reflect all depreciation rule changes through press time in December. A special Highlights section provides a quick overview of any new legislation, cases, rulings, and regulations occurring since last year's edition, with cross-references to the explanation paragraph in which they are reflected.

The Guide presents a concise yet comprehensive discussion of the depreciation rules. It includes:

• Discussion of the historical background of depreciation and depreciation fundamentals.
• Coverage of :

1. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and is applicable to most tangible depreciable property in service after 1986;
2. Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) introduced by the Economic Recovery Act of 1981;
3. General rules for pre-1981 property;
4. Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system which dates back to 1971;
5. Code Sec. 179 expensing rules; and
6. Amortization of intangibles, including section 197 intangibles.

• Listed property depreciation rules
• Depreciation of vehicles subject to "luxury" car caps
• Handling vehicle trade-ins, including luxury car caps and carryover basis
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• Like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions
• Rev. Proc. 87-56 class life and depreciation period table reproduced in full text
• All MACRS depreciation tables reproduced in full text including Indian reservation property depreciation tables and tables that incorporate the effect of the first-year 30 percent and 50 percent bonus depreciation allowances
• How to compute MACRS without using tables
• Identifying and depreciating land i

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Offers tax and accounting professionals who work with businesses a one-stop resource for guidance in understanding and applying the complex depreciation rules to their fixed assets. This area is especially challenging, because bits and pieces of applicable information must be gathered from a maze of Revenue Procedures, IRS Tables and IRS Regulations. These sources are frequently old and include some materials which may be non-applicable. This book pulls the pieces together, so practitioners can make sense of all the corresponding information and put the information into practice.

Published annually, this new edition is completely updated to reflect all depreciation rule changes through press time in December. A special Highlights section provides a quick overview of any new legislation, cases, rulings, and regulations occurring since last year's edition, with cross-references to the explanation paragraph in which they are reflected.

• Discussion of the historical background of depreciation and depreciation fundamentals.
• Coverage of :
  1. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and is applicable to most tangible depreciable property in service after 1986;
  2. Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) introduced by the Economic Recovery Act of 1981;
  3. General rules for pre-1981 property;
  4. Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system since 1971;
  5. Code Sec. 179 expensing rules; and
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Author: Ronald W. Blasi, J.D., LL.M.

Formerly titled, the "Bank Tax Guide," the new U.S. Master Bank Tax Guide (2014) by noted bank tax expert, Ronald W. Blasi, J.D., LL.M., is a comprehensive desktop reference that covers all the tax rules for financial institutions and is the only book of its kind that is completely updated each year to reflect the latest changes through press time. This is the authoritative must-have guide for professionals charged with tax compliance for financial institutions. It features special planning sections in each chapter, detailed discussions that are meticulously referenced to authority for additional research, potential IRS audit activities, and numerous practical examples that illustrate the rules and principles. The volume provides informative discussions on points of law where the courts and the IRS may not see eye-to-eye.

• Entities subject to bank tax rules
• Accounting for interest, fee and other income
• Discount, points and premium
• Securities dealers and investors
• Nonperforming loans
• Modified debt
• Foreclosures
• Business expenses
• Interest expense
• Bad-debt deductions
• Acquisitions
• Business tax credits

• IRS Industry Specialization Program Coordinated Issue Papers
• The 13 Federal Judicial Circuits
• The 12 Districts of the Federal Reserve System
• Audit Technique Guide for Commercial Banking

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Author: Ronald W. Blasi, J.D., LL.M.

• Entities subject to bank tax rules
• Accounting for interest, fee and other income
• Discount, points and premium
• Securities dealers and investors
• Nonperforming loans
• Modified debt
• Foreclosures
• Business expenses
• Interest expense
• Bad-debt deductions
• Acquisitions
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Valuable appendices provide:
- IRS Industry Specialization Program Coordinated Issue Papers
- The 13 Federal Judicial Circuits
- The 12 Districts of the Federal Reserve System
- Audit Technique Guide for Commercial Banking
 
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Published: June 2012

This widely-adopted mediation text was the first to combine in-depth textual analysis of the mediation process with video case studies illustrating the stages of the mediation process and the many constituent skills of effective mediators. The Practice of Mediation, Second Edition expands that video content and makes it available to students online or in a seamless e-book format, with a simple click of an icon. The book has quickly become the text of choice in mediation clinics and mediation simulation courses.

Features of the second edition:

• All original text, written in an accessible and conversational style. Used by many first-time mediation instructors as well as by highly experienced teachers and trainers.
• Provides students with a sophisticated conceptual understanding of the negotiation process and the cognitive, psychological and strategic barriers to conflict resolution.
• Teaches about the mediation process “from the inside out,” breaking down the skills of effective mediation into their component parts.
• Closely analyzes the major ethical and role issues that mediators encounter “on the ground.” Includes a video-driven chapter on representation of clients in mediation.
• Recognizes and prepares students for all of the major approaches to mediation.
• Contains seven hours of video, depicting nine professional mediators, with different backgrounds and orientations, mediating three different cases, often with very different results.
• The video extracts are fully integrated with the text, enabling students to “see” what they are reading about as they read it, and enabling instructors to save precious classroom time by assigning video extracts to be viewed and analyzed outside of class.
• The three video case studies are all based on real mediated disputes.
• In these unscripted mediations, the mediators and lawyers perform as they would in an actual case. Professional actors portray the role of the disputants in an extremely realistic and believable fashion. In addition to illustrating a very wide range of mediator techniques, the video includes an extended comparative example of facilitative and evaluative mediation of the same matter.
• The Teacher's Manual includes detailed, flexible chapter-by-chapter teaching notes; a wide variety of simulations and mini-role-plays from which to choose (many with instructor debriefing notes); sample syllabi and suggestions for how the book can be used in a variety ofcourse configurations; transcripts of the video extracts that instructors can assign to students for further “micro-analysis,” plus author commentary; andassorted additional course information material and handouts.

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Published: February 2006

Osler is internationally known as one of Canada's leading corporate/commercial law firms. In this incomparable guide for practitioners, three experienced Osler lawyers - one each in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta - provide an easy-to-use practical overview of the law of domestic and international arbitrations.

With lucid clarification of applicable legislation, both federal and provincial, and analysis of relevant case law, The Osler Guide to Commercial Arbitration in Canada offers great assistance in the preparation, negotiation, process, and conclusion of arbitration agreements in Canada.

Topcs covered:

• Important issues and key cases in all Canadian provinces and territories and under federal legislation
• Practical reasons to use arbitration and what to consider in preparing arbitration agreements
• Drafting arbitration clauses to manage risk
• Protection of confidential information
• Staying court proceedings in favour of arbitration
• Appealing and enforcing awards

Emphasizing the major jurisdictions of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia, it offers immeasurable value to in-house and external corporate counsel, litigation lawyers, international lawyers, and business people, as well as to students of dispute resolution.

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The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence is an authoritative guide with answers to evolving questions in civil and criminal litigation. The five volume series presents the same quality of research, thought, and analysis as the original Wigmore, creating a genuine present-day counterpart to the seminal evidence treatise.

Volume 1: Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility provides a sophisticated framework for lawyers and judges to understand and apply the rules that exclude evidence for policy reasons.

Volume 2: Evidentiary Privileges offers unique analysis of recent evidentiary problems including application of the attorney-client privilege to government agencies and corporate entities, and the difficulty of determining exactly who holds the privilege. In these two volumes, you’ll find also a practical framework for evaluating the existence or scope of new privileges.

Volume 3: Expert Evidence provides in depth coverage of the topics that lawyers and judges must know when dealing with expert testimony about medicine, engineering, psychology, economics, and forensic science, among other areas. It covers the topics common to all such testimony and focuses on scientific and statistical evidence, providing sophisticated and up-to-date explanations and analyses.

Volume 4: Evidence of Other Misconduct and Similar Events is a comprehensive, scholarly analysis of when evidence of crimes, wrongs, or acts other than those at issue in a trial may be admitted into evidence. The author analyzes the history of the prohibition on character evidence in England and the United States and the development of exceptions to the rule, discusses how courts should analyze questions of character evidence, and treats in detail the various exceptions such as motive, opportunity, preparation, plan, modus operandi, and identity.

Volume 5: Impeachment and Rehabilitation is a thorough review of all the rules governing impeachment of witnesses. It deals with impeachment with prior convictions, with prior bad acts, with inconsistent statements, with evidence of bias, and other evidence derogating credibility. Rules about limits on the use of extrinsic evidence to impeach are covered in detail.

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Authors: Robert S. Keebler, Peter J. Melcher, MIchelle J. Ward, and Christopher W. Schuler

This new title analyzes the new 3.8% Medicare Tax on Net Investment Income, which will become effective January 1, 2013 pursuant to the Affordable Care Act of 2010 as recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. This tax will have a wide ranging effect on many taxpayers including individuals, businesses, estates and trusts and this book will help taxpayers and tax advisors understand and prepare for the consequences of this new tax. Effective January 1, 2013 the new 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on the lesser of "net investment income" or the excess (if any) of "modified adjusted gross income" over the "threshold amount."

• How does the surtax work
• What is "investment income"
• What is modified adjustment gross income
• What are the best strategies to reduce MAGI
• What are the best strategies to reduce investment income
• How life insurance will play an expanded role in income tax planning
• Will tax-exempt bonds continue to make sense
• How will tax deferred annuities work under the surtax
• Why Roth conversion will be a powerful strategy and more

Chapter 1. Overview—Unearned Income Medicare Contribution Tax (UIMCT)
Chapter 2. Application of the UIMCT to Individuals
Chapter 3. Application of the UIMCT to Trusts and Estates
Chapter 4. 2012 UIMCT Planning for Individuals and Businesses
Chapter 5. UIMCT Planning for 2013 and Later Years

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Published: October 2013

Since the entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, several arbitral tribunals have rendered awards dealing with claims of breach of Article 1105. Some of these awards have been very controversial and have had a tremendous impact on the development of the concept of fair and equitable treatment (FET) and the evolution of international investment law. Yet, in spite of the fundamental importance of these awards, no comprehensive study had been undertaken to determine the meaning and the content of the FET standard under NAFTA Article 1105.

This book’s systematic analysis of the provision and its case law fills this analytical gap. Because Article 1105 is in many ways different from typical FET clauses contained within most investment treaties, the author examines the particular parameters under which it must be interpreted. He also analyzes how these specific features have influenced NAFTA tribunals’ interpretation of the provision, and how their assessments differ from awards rendered by other tribunals outside NAFTA.

Among the issues treated in the course of the analysis are the following:

• The origin, development, nature and content of the concept of the ‘minimum standard of treatment’ and its interaction with the FET standard
• The specific parameters under which Article 1105 must be interpreted, including contextual elements such as subsequent agreement and practice between the NAFTA Parties on matters of interpretation
• The context in which the Free Trade Commission issued its Note of Interpretation in 2001 and how NAFTA tribunals have applied it
• Whether or not the concepts of legitimate expectations, transparency, arbitrary conduct, discriminatory conduct, good faith, denial of justice, and due process have been considered by NAFTA tribunals as specific elements of protection to be accorded to investors under Article 1105
• The many facets of these elements and the threshold of severity that NAFTA tribunals have required for finding a breach of Article 1105
• The interaction between Article 1105 and other NAFTA provisions on national treatment, Most-Favored-Nation treatment, and expropriation
• How NAFTA tribunals have assessed damages for breach of Article 1105

This comprehensive guide to NAFTA case law on Article 1105 is an important contribution to the on-going controversial debate about the scope and content of the FET standard under international law. It will be of great interest to counsel for investors and States as well as to arbitrators, academics and anyone interested in investor-State arbitration.

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Published: September 2011

Written from a litigator’s perspective,The Deposition Handbook, 5th Edition delivers insights into how to make sure the witness becomes a champion for your side of the case. Find out how to effectively prepare the witness to testify most effectively and what factors to consider in deciding whether to prepare the witness to do more than just answer the question.

Gain valuable insights and skills, including:

• Practical advice covering every stage of a deposition
• Techniques for eliciting information and effective questioning
• Video deposition guidelines
• Proven strategies, procedures, and case studies
• Rules governing conduct
• Sample questions

Specific examples and scenarios cover:

• Whether counsel may interview an adverse party’s current or former employees
• Private conferences between the deponent and counsel during the course of the deposition
• The pros and cons of “the usual stipulations”
• Questioning techniques, including jumping from the specific to the general, and posing the either-answer question

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A comprehensive guide that helps financial advisors initiate and plan for their clients' business succession. Legal, tax, insurance, and financial implications are discussed. Practical andanalytical, this book focuses on the personal and emotional issues involved, potential obstacles, and solutions.

Topics covered:

• New for this edition: Planning for the advisor's own practice – Including FREE Practice Analyst CD
• Getting started
• Family-owned businesses
• Identification of appropriate buyers
• Determination of clients' key motivators
• Insurance
• Small business gains exemption
• Business valuation
• Circumstances of sale, such as retirement, disability, or death

Errors were discovered in a chart in Chapter Two, Selling at Retirement of The Advisor's Guide to Business Succession Planning. Below is the corrected chart for Vendor Financing on page 15. We apologize for any inconvenience that this error may have caused.

Correction to Vendor Financing Cash Flow Chart, Chapter Two – Page 15