Taxes Books

I read this book in 1974 for one of my last college undergraduate examinations: I was stunned. Wilson's story is that, after living in Europe for almost ten years, he returned to the United States in the late 50's, filed his taxes, and wound up in a heap of unanticipated trouble. His iconoclastic analysis of the relationship between the Cold War, the 1948 changes to U.S. income tax laws, and the consequent creeping abridgment of American civil liberties shattered my callow idealism. In spite of the publicity attending the political turmoil of the 60's and early 70's, before I read Wilson's book, I didn't realize the individual freedoms that had already been lost in America to the military-industrial complex even before the civil rights movement and subsequent counterculture revolt began to receive significant media attention. There has been so much more violence done to individual constitutional rights since 9/11 that Edmund Wilson's cri de coeur (and wallet!) might sound quaint, or even naive, today; but as a reference point for the post-WWII impact of the expansion of the powers of the federal government (on behalf of corporate America) over its ever more hapless citizenry, I have to believe that this book is, at the least, an invaluable historical resource from a terrific writer. I'm flabbergasted that it is currently out of print.

Chester has become a staple in our classroom. The students love to read his adventures and he helps to make a sometimes confusing topic more understandable.

This book is certainly the best to cover the most important aspects of Liechtenstein law. The current edition is the 9th (and is certainly available).

The insight into the Japanese tax system, Japan's view of deferral, and where planning opportunities lie is phenomenal! For anyone investing in Japan, I would highly recommend that you spend some time with this book and see if it doesn't spark some creative thoughts for your clients.

This is an essential resource book for all attorneys who practice estate and trusts. It contains an excellent synopsis and summary on the operation of law. The sections on statutes are extremely valuable in research.

Beginning back in the mid-1970s, Adam Starchild practically invented the tax haven field. His books are the basis of an industry, and of everyone else's books on the subject.

this book is the greatist! thanks for the book Amazon

I never used Turbotax before this year, but between this book and the software itself I was able to do my taxes in one day. I was guided effortlessly through child care expenses, ROTH conversions, capital gains and of course itemized deductions. What a life-saver!!

This book should be required reading of any professional tax adviser. It is very thorough, a bit dry at times, but way better than reading the tax code directly! Mr. Crouch explains exactly what you need to do and why. In addition he provides examples.

Witnesses: Jonathan Talisman, Acting Assist. Sec. for Tax Policy, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury; Lindy Paull, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress; Paul J. Sax, Amer. Bar Assoc., & Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; David A. Lifson, Amer. Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Charles W. Shewbridge, III, BellSouth Corp., & Tax Executives Institute, Inc.; Rep. Lloyd Doggett; David P. Hariton, Sullivan & Cromwell; Danny R. Carpenter, Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.; Harold R. Handler, N.Y. State Bar Assoc.; Kenneth J. Kies, PricewaterhouseCoopers; & Martin A. Sullivan, Tax Analysts.