The U.S. Master Tax Guide, 2013 Legislative Update provides tax professionals with explanations of the key components of late-breaking legislation including the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The provisions, whether impacting individuals, families or business, are succinctly explained and generously complemented with cautions, examples and comments. Moreover, the effective dates of these wide-ranging provisions are clearly set out. All explanations will be keyed to the corresponding discussions in the 2013 U.S. Master Tax Guide.

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This Special Report contains the full text of the 2013 Canadian Federal Budget Plan with in-depth Budget analysis prepared by experts from Dentons and by Joseph Frankovic LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D., CFA. The commentary written for this report describes each income tax proposal contained in the Budget as well as proposals relating to GST/HST.

 

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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.
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5. Equity
6. Revenue
7. Expenses
8. Broad transactions
9. Industry

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• Present value factors

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Comprehensively analyzes all the tax laws applicable to individual retirement accounts.

The first part of the book discusses the 15 different types of IRAs, including the four most recent types authorized by the tax laws: the Roth IRA, the education IRA, the SIMPLE IRA, and the deemed IRA.

The second part discusses the various areas of tax law relating to the operation and administration of an IRA. There is a separate chapter on each area of the tax law.

The third part of the book deals with taxation of distributions from an IRA, including premature distributions, minimum distributions during lifetime and after death, withholding taxes, and estate taxes. It also deals with the tax rules applicable to the different types of the beneficiaries receiving distributions from an IRA, including foreign beneficiaries, charitable beneficiaries, trust beneficiaries, estate beneficiaries, spouse and nonspouse beneficiaries, and individual and non-individual beneficiaries.

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The first part discusses traditional compensation and benefits law, including fringe benefits, accident and health plans, VEBAs, cafeteria plans split-dollar life insurance, group-term life insurance, golden parachute agreements, bonuses, vacation pay, loans to employees, employee achievement awards, entertainment expenses, automobile expense deductions, and withholding taxes.

The second part discusses stock compensation arrangements, including incentive stock option plans, nonqualified stock option plans, Section 423 employee stock purchase plans, restricted stock, phantom stock plans, employee stock ownership plans, and stock appreciation rights.

The third part of the book discusses retirement plans, such as ERISA plans (including pension and profit-sharing plans), nonqualified deferred compensations plans, individual retirement accounts, tax deferred annuities, and section 457 plans. Social Security and Medicare benefits are also discussed.

- Employee Compensation
- Fringe Benefits
- Accident and Health Plans
- Automobile Expense
- Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association
- Cafeteria Plans
- Family and Dependent Care Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Golden Parachute Payments
- International Aspects of Compensation
- Personal Service and Loan-Out Corporations
- Stock Option Plans
- Section 423 Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- Restricted Stock
- Other Stock Plans
- Social Security and Medicare
- Individual Retirement Accounts
- Qualified employer Retirement Plans
- Deferred Compensation
- Tax-deferred Annuities
- Section 457 Plans

Completely revised and updated to reflect the numerous new tax planning options, strategies and considerations in light of new tax legislation and other developments in the tax law.

• Importance of Tax Planning
• Income Subject to Tax
• Making Deductions Count
• Investment Decisions
• Retirement Planning Considerations
• Minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes
• Family Tax Planning Strategies
• Estimated Tax
• Business Planning

The guide provides “Examples” that illustrate the application of the tax laws. It also includes "Planning Alerts" and "Tax Tips" which highlight important tax planning advice and information.

Chapter 1: Importance of Tax Planning
Chapter 2: Income Subject to Tax
Chapter 3: Making Your Deductions Count
Chapter 4: Investment Decisions
Chapter 5: Retirement Savings
Chapter 6: Early Retirement and Post-Retirement Strategies
Chapter 7: Estate Planning – Minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes
Chapter 8: Family Strategies
Chapter 9: Education Incentives
Chapter 10: Estimated Tax
Chapter 11: Business Planning
Chapter 12: Tax Strategies for the Self-Employed
Appendices

• Tax Planning Checklist
• Tax Calendar
• Income Tax Rates
• Deduction Checklist

196 pages

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This new edition of the popular Tax Planning Strategies book has been completely revised and updated to reflect the numerous new tax planning options, strategies and considerations in light of new tax legislation and other developments in the tax law.

• Importance of Tax Planning
• Income Subject to Tax
• Making Deductions Count
• Investment Decisions
• Retirement Planning Considerations
• Minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes
• Family Tax Planning Strategies
• Estimated Tax
• Business Planning

The guide provides “Examples” that illustrate the application of the tax laws. It also includes "Planning Alerts" and "Tax Tips" which highlight important tax planning advice and information. 

Other helpful appendices include:

• Tax Calendar
• Income Tax Rates
• Deductions Checklist

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Provides a detailed analysis of the federal tax laws affecting tax-exempt organizations and the tax treatment of donors to such organizations. It offers expert guidance to tax-exempt organizations and their tax advisors on the tax compliance issues they confront on a daily basis and the preparation of the various tax forms they must file with the IRS. It offers unique insight into four key areas: tax law and the rules that govern compliance; reporting requirements; compliance steps, choices and mechanisms; and accounting.

CONTENTS:
1.    Introduction to Tax-Exempt Organizations
2.    Distinctions Between Private Foundations and Public Charities
3.    Organizational and Operational Considerations
4.    Private Inurement, Private Benefit, and Intermediate Sanctions
5.    Engaging in a Trade or Business and Income from an Unrelated Trade or Business
6.    Political and Legislative Activities of Public Charities
7.    Private Foundation Excise Taxes
8.    Exemption Application Procedures
9.    Annual Returns and Disclosure Requirements
10.    Charitable Contribution Deduction Requirements and Information for Donors

Appendix A: Sample Form 1023 and Accompanying Documents
Appendix B: Sample Form 1024 and Accompanying Documents
Appendix C: Sample Forms 990, 990-PF, and 990-T
Appendix D: Publication 557
Appendix E: Publication 3833

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

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

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

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

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

Tax Accounting
-    Acc

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Available: March 2012

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

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

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

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

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Author: David F. Windish

Describes the federal tax consequences of real estate ownership, operations and activities. This updated 6th Edition is the most accessible and affordable reference available for all tax, real estate and investment professionals who need to know the tax ramifications and underpinnings of real estate investment.

The book begins by analyzing the tax basis of real estate and then offers a comprehensive discussion of the forms of ownership with comparative benefits and pitfalls of the differing types. Mortgages, at-risk rules, interest and other financial issues are thoroughly covered. Activities involved once ownership is established are then discussed, including

• rental/leasing arrangements,
• tenant's rent deduction,
• landlord's income,
• lease acquisition and cancellation,
• leasehold improvements, and
• investment credit considerations.

The book thoroughly examines the actual operation of real estate,
including:

• coverage of operating expenses and taxes,
• mixed-use residences,
• startup expenses and
• real estate taxes,

plus guidance on:

• additions and improvements,
• depreciation,
• development and
• related issues.

An in-depth focus on passive activity loss rules is included, as well as a separate section analyzing homeowner issues.

Finally, the disposition of real estate is covered, along with a special discussion dealing with securitized real estate investments.

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Reproduces full text of the New York State laws concerning personal income taxes - Article 9A, Articles 22, 30, 30-A, 30-B, 40, and 41, as well as pertinent regulations promulgated by the NY Department of Taxation and Finance.  This new edition reflects the law as amended through January 1, 2013.

Key legislative changes from the previous year affecting NY State personal income taxes are described in a special Highlights section for at-a-glance review and are also incorporated in the law text.  

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Reproduces the full text of the New York State laws concerning corporation taxes - Chapter 60: Articles 9, 9-A, 13, 27, 32 and 33, as well as pertinent regulations promulgated by the NY Department of Taxation and Finance.  This new edition reflects the law as amended through January 1, 2013.

Key legislative changes from the previous year affecting New York State business taxes are described in a special Highlights section for at-a-glance review and are also incorporated in the law text.  

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All facets of sales and use tax are addressed, from the developing issues of what creates constitutional “nexus” and how the tax applies to e-commerce, to the more technical questions of what exemptions and credits are provided for; what obligations are imposed on vendors for registering, reporting, collecting and remitting tax, and how tax may determined and assessed on audit. This book goes beyond summarizing the relevant statutory and regulatory language, by providing extensive “Planning Points,” offering practical insight on the application and interpretation of sales and use tax rules.

Chapter 1. Overview and Definitions
Chapter 2. Taxable Transactions
Chapter 3. Exemptions
Chapter 4. Exempt Organizations
Chapter 5. Use Tax
Chapter 6. Collection of Tax
Chapter 7. Vendor Obligations
Chapter 8. Refunds & Credits
Chapter 9. Assessment & Review
Chapter 10 Sales Tax Audits
Chapter 11 Penalties & Interest
Chapter 12 Bulk Sales
Chapter 13 Nexus & E-Commerce
Chapter 14 Contractors
Chapter 15 Industrial Development Agencies
Chapter 16 New York City Sales Tax

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An authoritative practice-tested reference tool for accountants, attorneys, corporate tax departments, and other practitioners who need accurate, timely information concerning the operation of multistate or single-state S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships in all 50 states. Easy-to-access charts list the specifics of each state's taxing scheme. The authors present current and reliable information for all four entities on:

• Resident and non-resident taxation
• Apportionment of income
• Compliance requirements
• Conversion
• Incorporation
• Employment taxes and income shifting
• Dismantling affiliated groups
• Filing requirements

The guide also contains timely coverage of eligibility requirements and election formalities, corporate-level taxes and composite or consolidated tax returns.

There will no longer be a print version available of the Multistate Corporate Tax Course for CPE. A free link to the online version (PDF) of the Multistate Corporate Tax Course 2013 will be included.

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Gives the estate planning professional instant access to the estate planning laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In one comprehensive source, the Guide provides state-by-state guidance on how to minimize state taxes to preserve the multistate estate, achieve the desired disposition of property regardless of jurisdiction, resolve commonly encountered state law problems in estate practice, and assure asset protection. The easy-to-use format enables the estate planning professional to readily locate information concerning one state’s treatment of a particular issue (or compare the treatment required by several states) all on the same table. Each table is broken into detailed, separate analyses, which consist of a series of detailed questions. The tables are designed for state-by-state comparisons. All information in the new and updated charts generally reflects state laws in effect on May 31, 2012.

In addition, the book contains a back-of-the book CD with the Advance Directives of all 50 states.

• 1. Formal Will Requirements
• 2. Proving Foreign Wills
• 3. Nonresident Qualification as a Fiduciary
• 4. Small Estates Procedure
• 5. Will Substitutes
• 6. The Rights of a Spouse
• 7. Intestate Succession
• 8. Asset Protection
• 9. Rule Against Perpetuities
• 10. Living Will
• 11. Status of Children Conceived by Assisted Reproduction Techniques
• 12. Contracts Resulting in State Taxation of an Estate's Income
• 13. Income Tax Rates for Trusts & Estates
• 14. State Inheritance, Estate, Generation Skipping Transfer, and Gift Taxes

 

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Authors: John C. Healy and Michael S. Schadewald

Focuses on new and emerging issues in state and local taxation (SALT).

This Edition is divided into five parts.

• Part I contains a primer on multistate corporate income tax and new charts on Apportionment Formulas, Specialized Industry Apportionment Formulas (eleven, including …), Sourcing Sales of Services, and Taxation of Non-resident Employees.
• Part II contains the following new charts: Moving and Relocation Services (Parts 1 and 2), Special Event Sales Tax Exemptions, Repossessions, and Demand for Payment in Bankruptcy.
• Part III is a new chart on Requirements for Displaying Tax on Invoice.
• Part IV includes a copy of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, amended through May 24, 2012.
• Part V contains the MTC Model Statutes.
• Appendix
  State Internet Address Directory
  State Business Taxation Questionnaire (Abridged)

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A supplement to the U.S. Master Tax Guide providing additional coverage of the federal tax rules applicable to taxpayers with working or operating interests in mineral properties such as oil and gas, taxpayers who receive royalty or production payments from those interests, and small producers. 

The publication provides helpful and practical guidance on today’s federal tax laws that affect 2012 returns such as acquisition of interests in mineral properties, the deduction for the depletion of the property, and income from interests. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. In addition, “Examples” are provided that illustrate the application of the tax laws.

Operation of Oil and Gas Properties
-    Royalty and Production Payments from Mineral Property
-    Mineral Production Payments
-    Oil and Gas Geological and Geophysical Expenses
-    Intangible Drilling and Development Costs (IDC)
-    Deduction for Tertiary Injectants
-    Mine Exploration Expenses
-    Mine Development Expenses
-    Deduction for Domestic Production Activities
-    At-Risk Rules
-    Passive Activity Losses

Depletion, Depreciation, and Amortization
-    Depletion Deductions—Economic Interest of Property
-    Definition of Property Subject to Depletion
-    Cost Depletion
-    Percentage Depletion
-    Depreciation of Improvements to Depletable Property

Sale, Exchange, or Disposition
-    Basis in Mineral Property
-    Gain or Loss on Disposition of Mineral Property
—    Dealer Dispositions
-    Gain or Loss on Disposition of Coal and Iron Ore
-    Abandonment or Worthlessness of Mineral Property
-    Unitization Agreements

Alternative Minimum Tax
-    AMT Adjustment for Exploration and Development Costs
-    Intangible Drilling Costs—AMT Tax Preference Item
-    Percentage Depletion—Tax Preference Item
-    AMT Credit Carryforward

Tax Credits
-    Nonconventional Source Fuel Credit
-    Foreign Tax Credit
-    Carbon Dioxide Capture Credit

Timber Income and Deduction
-    Gain or Loss on the Cutting of Timber
-    Timber Casualty Loss

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Author: Glenn E. Dance, Partner at Ernst & Young, LLP

This is the premier publication on the taxation of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and their partners. It discusses the significant tax advantages by virtue of the MLP's status as a pass-through entity. MLPs are highly complex entities with significant administrative burdens which are discussed in detail. Moreover, MLP investors face tax complexities by virtue of the pass-through nature of the entity, This publication also explores the fact that MLPs are not subject to corporate tax or fluctuations in the investors' basis as a result of cash distributions.

This treatise provides a detailed discussion of the tax issues associated with the entire life cycle of an MLP, from its formation to its operation and ultimate liquidation. It simplifies these complex rules and provides the reader with a practical understanding thereof. It includes real-life examples illustrating the application of the relevant tax rules to commonly-encountered MLP fact patterns.

1. An Introduction to Master Limited Partnerships
2. Comparison of MLPs to Other Types of Business Organizations
3. Application of MLP Qualified Income Test
4. Tax Issues Associated with the Marketability of MLP Interests
5. Tax Issues Associated with the Formation of an MLP
6. Classes of MLP Interests and the Allocation of Taxable Income
7. Tax Allocation Issues Related to Built-In Gain or Loss Property
8. Basis Adjustments Resulting from Transfer of MLP Interest
9. Tax Treatment of Disposition of MLP Units
10. Tax Reporting Issues for MLPs

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(Formerly known as Compilations and Reviews)

Provides practitioners with a fundamental, real-world approach for conducting the highest quality compilations and reviews. It reduces the technical language of official pronouncements to easy-to-read, easy-to-understand advice and procedures and is designed to help the CPA enhance the quality of his or her practice.

The book includes an overview and identification of the professional responsibilities that arise when a CPA accepts a compilation or review engagement, discusses and illustrates the procedures that need to be performed, describes the preparation of the CPA's engagement report, discusses management-use-only compilations, and addresses special engagements such as OCBOA-based financial statements and partnership financial statements. This comprehensive resource also deals with topics ranging from attestation standards for review engagements that do not involve financial statements to financial forecasts and projections.

Compilations and Reviews contains an appendix that assists CPAs in determining what procedures should be performed and what approach should be used in order to perform an efficient compilation or review engagement. Throughout, the guide features numerous checklists, questionnaires, workpapers, sample correspondence, and sample reports that take the auditor through an engagement from the initial evaluation of a client to the issuance of the auditor's report.

A free companion CD-ROM that contains all these knowledge-based tools, which can be modified by practitioners to suit their needs.
 
PART 1: Compiled and Reviewed Financial Statements 

• Overview of Compiled and Reviewed Financial Statements
• Professional Standards of the CPA and the Firm
• Accepting the Engagement
• Performing the Compilation Engagement
• Performing the Review Engagement
• Completing the Engagement
• The Accountant's Report

PART II: Specialized Engagements

• Management-Use-Only Compilation Engagements
• OCBOA Financial Statements
• Personal Financial Statements
• Sole Proprietorship Financial Statements
• Partnership Financial Statements
• S Corporation Financial Statements
• Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships, Not-for-Profit Organizations, and Governmental Entities: Compilation and Review Engagements

PART III: Other Engagements

• Prescribed Forms: Compilation Engagements
• Specified Elements, Accounts, or Items of a Financial Statement
• Pro-Forma Financial Information
• Attestation Standards

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Author: Rosalee Hacker, CPA

This book shows practitioners the most effective approach for conducting the highest quality audits, compilations and reviews of common interest realty associations. It includes the practice aids—checklists, questionnaires, workpapers, sample correspondence, and sample audit, compilation, and review reports—to take the practitioner through an engagement, from the initial evaluation of a client to the issuance of the audit, compilation, or review report.

This edition provides guidance by the FASB and AICPA on the audit, compilation, and review of financial statements of common interest realty associations, based on the guidance and auditing pronouncements available through February 2012 and current through Statements on Standards Accounting and Review Services No. 20 (SSARS-20), "Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services."

• Part I is applicable to all audit, compilation, and review engagements of common interest realty associations;
• Part II is applicable to audit engagements; and
• Part III is applicable to compilation and review engagements.

This book consists of 33 chapters and covers all major audit, compilation, and review topics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I:  Common Interest Realty Associations

Chapter 1:  Industry and Regulatory Overview
Chapter 2:  Overview of Accounting Principles and Practices
Chapter 3:  Financial Accounting and Reporting Considerations

Part II:  Audit Engagements

Chapter 4:   Auditing Standards, the Code of Professional Conduct, Quality Control Standards, and the KBA Methodology
Chapter 5:   Financial Statement Assertions, Audit Evidence, and Audit Documentation
Chapter 6:   Pre-Engagement Procedures and Audit Planning
Chapter 7:   Risk Assessment Procedures: Obtaining an Understanding of the CIRA and Its Environment
Chapter 8:   Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement
Chapter 9:   Performing Audit Procedures in Response to Assessed Risks
Chapter 10:  Extent of Audit Procedures and Sampling
Chapter 11:  Analytical Procedures
Chapter 12:  Cash
Chapter 13:  Investments in Securities, Derivative Instruments, and Hedging Activities
Chapter 14:  Receivables and Revenues
Chapter 15:  Property and Equipment
Chapter 16:  Prepaid Expenses, Deferred Charges, Intangibles, and Other Assets
Chapter 17:  Accounts Payable
Chapter 18:  Payroll and Other Liabilities
Chapter 19:  Income Taxes
Chapter 20:  Debt Obligations
Chapter 21:  Equity
Chapter 22:  Revenue, Operating Expenses, and Expenditures for Major Repairs and Replacements
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Author: Jay L. Shein

This Guide focuses on advising clients as to the available investment options at various stages of life and income level. It covers investment tools, devising a portfolio strategy, asset allocation methodology, and measurement of return and risk allocation. Whether seeking to make adjustments to a portfolio or developing an all-new financial plan, it will provide you with practical information to assist clients in achieving their financial goals.

1. Investment Planning Essentials
2. Investment Tools and Vehicles
3. Introduction to Portfolio Theory and Asset Allocation
4. Portfolio Strategy and Design
5. Asset Allocation Methodology
6. Risk Adjusted Measures of Return
7. Portfolio Opportunity Distributions
8. Tax Efficient Strategies
9. Alternative Investment Strategies
10. Mutual Funds
11. Behavioral Finance
12. Monte Carlo Simulation
13. Value at Risk (VAR)
14. Total Return Trust
15. Software, Technology, and Materials for Investing
16. Software, Technology, and Materials for Investment Research
17. Investment Manager, Mutual Fund, and Hedge Fund Search Selection and Due Diligence
18. Absolute Return Versus Relative Return
19. Portfolio Monitoring, Rebalancing and Changing
20. Investment Statistical Concepts and Evaluation Methods

504 pages

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Authors: Robert J. Peroni, Richard C. Pugh, Charles H. Gustafson

The authors 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.

Reflects all legislation and regulations enacted or adopted on or before June 1, 2013.

Includes CD of entire contents of book.

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Authors: Robert J. Peroni, Richard C. Pugh, Charles H. Gustafson

In this comprehensive and easy-to-use volume, authors have selected provisions of the IRC 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 2012-2013 edition of INTERNATIONAL INCOME TAXATION: Code and Regulations - Selected Sections reflects all legislation and regulations enacted or adopted on or before June 1, 2012.
 
The book includes a CD of entire contents of book.

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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.

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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This comprehensive and authoritative resource provides full, unabridged text of the complete Internal Revenue Code in two volumes. CCH offers this tax information in a timely and reliable manner that business and tax professionals have come to expect and appreciate. This Summer Edition of Internal Revenue Code reflects all new statutory tax changes through May 1, 2013

Reproduced is the complete Internal Revenue Code dealing with income, estate, gift, employment, and excise taxes, along with all the procedural and administrative provisions. Current text of the statutes is presented, and a history of each tax code section, or subsection if appropriate, is provided in the amendment notes. The amendment notes identify the changes made by prior Acts and serve as a means of reconstructing the former text of a Code section if reference to prior law is required.  Rate tables are also helpfully included.  

This comprehensive and authoritative resource provides full, unabridged text of the complete Internal Revenue Code in two volumes. This Winter Edition of Internal Revenue Code reflects all new statutory tax changes enacted as of December 31, 2012. Reproduced is the complete Internal Revenue Code dealing with income, estate, gift, employment, and excise taxes, along with all the procedural and administrative provisions. Current text of the statutes is presented, and a history of each tax code section, or subsection if appropriate, is provided in the amendment notes. The amendment notes specifically identify the changes made by prior Acts and serve as a means of reconstructing the former text of a
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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

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9.    Trusts: Formation to Termination

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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

16.    Estates: Formation to Termination

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18.    Income Tax Aspects of Generation-Skipping Transfers

19.    State Taxation of Fiduciaries and Beneficiaries

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21.    IRS Ruling Policy and Audits; Responsibility for Filing and Payment of Tax

22.    Foreign Trusts and Estates

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Reproduces the mammoth Treasury regulations that explain the IRS's position, prescribe operational rules, and provide the mechanics for compliance with the Internal Revenue Code.

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Includes all income tax regulations issued through May 1, 2013.

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Full text reproduction of the official text of the federal income tax regulations, including unemployment insurance regulations and all estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer tax, and special valuation regulations.

All Proposed, Temporary and Final Income Tax Regulations, and Preambles to Proposed Regs.

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A grantor trust is a trust in which the settlor retains control over the trust property or its income to such an extent that the settlor is taxed on the trust's income. The use of grantor trust arrangements has become an important estate planning tool. Owners of grantor trusts may be shareholders of S corporations. A number of desirable and sophisticated estate planning arrangements involve grantor trust status as the starting point. These include grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), grantor retained unitrusts (GRUTs), personal residence trusts (PRTs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs) and intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs). The Grantor Trust Answer Book will address the following:

• The grantor trust rules can be found in Code Sections 671through 678. Each of these Sections describes a particular set of rules and circumstances that will cause a trust to be treated as a grantor trust. Each of these Code Sections is discussed in a separate Chapter addressing its rules and requirements.
• Some of the interests retained by a grantor that make a trust a grantor trust also cause inclusion of the trust property in the grantor’s estate. Other interests do not. These distinctions are discussed throughout the publication.
• Separate chapters address the estate planning uses of all types of grantor trusts (GRATs and GRUTs, PRTs and QPRTs, IDGTs).
• Grantor trust issues are involved in the design of certain charitable trusts, notably charitable lead trusts and these are discussed in detail.
• Coverage of foreign grantor trusts which are increasingly a topic of planning interest and government concern is included as well.
• The fact that grantor trusts are subject to special income tax filing and reporting rules is discussed.
• The role grantor trusts may have in planning for life insurance ownership, like kind exchanges and involuntary conversions is also among the issues addressed.

 

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Demonstrates in a detailed manner how a governmental entity can implement the complex standards established by GASB-34 and beyond through a worksheet approach. (A companion publication, Governmental GAAP Guide, discusses financial accounting and reporting standards necessary to prepare the basic external financial statements of a governmental entity.) The emphasis of Governmental GAAP Practice Manual is on the process of preparing financial statements.

Chapter 1 provides a detailed analysis of the interrelationship between the modified accrual basis of accounting and the accrual basis of accounting. Included is a comprehensive checklist of transactions and events that typically require a worksheet entry. Starting in Chapter 2 is a comprehensive illustration that continues through the remaining chapters of the book. For governmental funds, a variety of transactions are illustrated and journalized in Chapters 2 through 6, which result in a year-end trial balance for each individual fund based on the modified accrual basis of accounting. In Chapter 14, these trial balances are used as the basis for developing the information needed to prepare the fund financial statements. Chapter 16 illustrates the worksheet methodology for converting the information to the accrual basis.

A similar approach is used for proprietary funds and fiduciary funds.

Chapter 17 uses the information developed in previous chapters to present management's discussion and analysis, notes, and other required supplementary information mandated by the GASB standards.

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Analyzes all of the accounting principles for financial reporting by state and local governments. GASB Statements, GASB Interpretations, GASB Technical Bulletins, NCGA Statements, and NCGA Interpretations as well as pertinent AICPA Statements of Position and Auditing and Accounting Guides are restated in plain English and supported by timesaving examples and illustrations. In one comprehensive volume, this guide explains completely the financial accounting and reporting standards that are necessary in preparing the basic external financial statements of a governmental entity.

A companion publication, Governmental GAAP Practice Manual, illustrates how governmental financial statements are prepared based on the standards established by GASB-34 and beyond.

I. Basic Governmental Accounting Concepts and Standards

1. Foundation and Overview of Governmental Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
2. Budgetary Accounting and Reporting
3. Basis of Accounting and Measurement Focus
4. Governmental Reporting Entity
5. Terminology and Classification

II. Fund Accounting

      6.     Governmental Funds
      7.     Proprietary Funds
      8.     Fiduciary Funds

III. Specific Accounting and Reporting Issues

      9.     Deposits, Investments, and Derivative Instruments
    10.    Capital Assets
    11.    Other Assets
    12.    Long-Term Debt
    13.    Pension, Postemployment, and Other Employee Benefit Liabilities
    14.    Leases and Service Concession Arrangements
    15.    Risk Management, Claims, and Judgments
    16.    Other Liabilities
    17.    Revenues: Nonexchange and Exchange Transactions
    18.    Expenses/Expenditures: Nonexchange and Exchange Transactions
    19.    Special Assessments

IV. Financial Reporting by General-Purpose Governments
    
    20.    Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

V. Stand-Alone Financial Reporting by Special-Purpose Governments

    21.    Public Colleges and Universities
    22.    Pension and Other Postemployment Benefit Plans
    23.    Public Entity Risk Pools

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The GAAS Guide describes today's engagement standards, practices, and procedures in use today, including Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs) and their relationship to the PCAOB's standards. The latest interpretations of all the standards are also included. Most importantly, it has been updated to reflect changes in auditing standards and the related Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards resulting from the Auditing Standards Board’s Clarity and Convergence Project. This edition includes coverage of SAS-122 (essentially all AU sections) (Clarification and Recodification), issued in October 2011, SAS-123 (AU 200, AU 230, AU 260, AU 705, AU 720, AU 915, and AU 935) (Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards — 2011), issued in October 2011, SAS-124 (AU 910) (Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with a Financial Reporting Framework Generally Accepted in Another Country), issued in October 2011, and SAS-125 (AU 905) (Alert that Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication), issued in December 2011.

SAS-122 is particularly noteworthy as it represents the culmination of the ASB’s efforts to clarify the auditing standards and to largely converge its standards with the standards of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. As such, SAS-122 supersedes most of the existing auditing standards and recodifies the clarified and converged standards in one place (essentially similar to the design of SAS-1 many years ago). In addition, as part of its efforts, the ASB has issued these new standards using a new codification numbering sequence. We adopt this new numbering sequence in this year’s Guide.

The 2013 Edition includes coverage of the following:

• SAS-125 (AU 905) (Alert that Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication)
• SSAE-17 (AT 301) (Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner’s Independence is Impaired)
• SSARS-20 (Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services)

The book is organized to follow the arrangement of the AICPA's Professional Standards. Each section begins with a list of authoritative pronouncements and an Overview. A Promulgated Procedures Checklist identifies the essential professional responsibilities that must be satisfied in each phase of an engagement followed by an Analysis and Application of Reporting Standards, which explains how each specific promulgated procedure should be applied. Practitioner's Aids provide additional guidance on how to apply the promulgated standards to specific engagements.

Throughout the book Risk Assessment Points, Engagement Strategies, Planning Aid Reminders, and Observations provide helpful, practical tips. Fraud Pointers alert practitioners to issues affect

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This practical reference contains all of the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP with references to ASC codification, and the corresponding references to the original literature, including APB Opinions, Accounting Research Bulletins, FASB Statements, Staff Positions, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Concepts, as well as AICPA Statements of Position as an aid. Securities and Exchange Financial Reporting Releases and EITF Issues are also covered when appropriate.

This volume contains accounting principles, financial reporting presentation requirements, required and recommended disclosures, and specialized accounting topics. The book includes examples, tables, exhibits, and practice aids that demonstrate how to apply GAAP in practice. In some cases, flowcharts are presented to explain, in clearer terms, the practitioner's decision process in applying a pronouncement. Current footnotes from annual reports provide clear examples of reporting.

The book also comes with a free companion CD-ROM that contains an electronic version of the book.

The 2013 GAAP Handbook covers the following topics:

PART I:       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PART II:      MAJOR ACCOUNTING AREAS AND REPORTING
PART III:     FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
PART IV:     GAAP IN SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIES

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CCH's 2013 GAAP Guide, Volumes I and II provide the most comprehensive resource for understanding and applying authoritative GAAP literature in clear language. Each FASB Accounting Standards Codification pronouncement/topic is discussed in a comprehensive format that makes it easy to understand and implement in day-to-day practice. Practical illustrations and examples demonstrate and clarify specific accounting principles.

This two-volume set's detailed cross-reference table, index, and useful references to the original GAAP literature help you quickly locate the information you need in the way you are most comfortable with. Major standards, and interpretations of major standards, are covered in Volume I, and guidance for more narrow transactions is provided in Volume II.

Chapter 1 ASC 105—Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Chapter 2 ASC 205—Presentation of Financial Statements
Chapter 3 ASC 210—Balance Sheet
Chapter 4 ASC 215—Statement of Shareholder Equity
Chapter 5 ASC 220—Comprehensive Income
Chapter 6 ASC 225—Income Statement
Chapter 7 ASC 230—Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 8 ASC 235—Accounting Policies and Standards
Chapter 9 ASC 250—Accounting Changes and Error Corrections
Chapter 10 ASC 255—Changing Prices
Chapter 11 ASC 260—Earnings Per Share
Chapter 12 ASC 270—Interim Reporting
Chapter 13 ASC 272—Limited Liability Entities
Chapter 14 ASC 274—Personal Financial Statements
Chapter 15 ASC 275—Risks and Uncertainties
Chapter 16 ASC 280—Segment Reporting
Chapter 17 ASC 305—Cash and Cash Equivalents
Chapter 18 ASC 310—Receivables
Chapter 19 ASC 320—Investments—Debt and Equity Securities
Chapter 20 ASC 323—Investments—Equity Method & Joint Ventures
Chapter 21 ASC 325—Investments—Other
Chapter 22 ASC 330—Inventory
Chapter 23 ASC 340—Deferred Costs and Other Assets
Chapter 24 ASC 350—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other
Chapter 25 ASC 360—Property, Plant, and Equipment
Chapter 26 ASC 405—Liabilities
Chapter 27 ASC 410—Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations
Chapter 28 ASC 420—Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations
Chapter 29 ASC 430—Deferred Revenue
Chapter 30 ASC 440—Commitments
Chapter 31 ASC 450—Contingencies
Chapter 32 ASC 460—Guarantees
Chapter 33 ASC 470—Debt
Chapter 34 ASC 480—Distinguishing Liabilities From Equity
Chapter 35 ASC 505—Equity
Chapter 36 ASC 605—Revenue Recognition
Chapter 37 ASC 705—Cost of Sales and Services
Chapter 38 ASC 710—Compensation—General
Chapter 39 ASC 712—Compensation—Noretirement Postemployment Benefits
Chapter 40 ASC 715—Compensation—Retirement Benefits
Chapter 41 ASC 718—Compensation—Stock Compensation
Chapter 42 ASC 720—Other Expenses
Chapter 43 ASC 730—Research and Development
Chapter 4

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