Taxation Law Books

If I had to suggest the purchase of this book I would recommend it. There is almost everything in the book about US antitrust. But some warnings are necessary. It's not for students. It's not for lawyers. Maybe scholars and judges can be interested. The author highlights what is not coherent in the body of untistrust legislation. He provides some solution but that solution turns out to be simple: stay put. On that we can debate, but for sure it's a useful check in the bugs of the system. Given the approach I would have given 5 stars if the author had provided some hints or quantitative analysis to the reader on the effects of some of the Supreme Court decisions on lower Courts and on the current management of antitrust law.

Any review of the changing nature of building codes requires an understanding of the underlying priciples of building codes. And it is better to have more than one opinion, when dealing with principles. I recomend this book, and Barry Yatt's "Cracking the Codes", and James Patterson's "Simplified Design for Building Fire Safety" to get a well-rounded understanding. If you're in a hurry try Frank Ching's "Building Codes Illustrated" which has lots o illustrations, but is not as deep on the history and concepts as the above books.

The recent history associated with the name "Arthur Andersen" might cause one to steer clear of this resource, but that would be a big mistake.

The Internal Revenue Service has made significant changes to regulations affecting nonprofits, shifting responsibility for compliance from the organization itself to the directors, staffs, and major donors as individuals. Most nonprofit board members and executives are only dimly aware of these changes, and fewer still are prepared with the documentation necessary to address issues of conflict of interest, private inurement, and disqualified persons.

One sentence from the book's introduction sums up the need for action: "The most important aspect of this legislation is that it empowers the IRS to impose punishment on individuals who violate the tax code by levying significant excise taxes initially and then more than quadrupling the penalty amount if remedy is not made to the [nonprofit] organization."

The solution, and the purpose of the book, is also summed up in one sentence in the introduction: "The key to protecting these organizations' officers and other interested parties from excise taxes is proper documentation."

The book is 3-ring bound and well-tabbed for easy reference and for copying of template forms and sheets that are included. In addition, the book ships with a companion PC diskette with forms in Microsoft Word 6.0/Word 95 format that should be usable by most current word processing programs.

This book is a valuable resource for nonprofit executives, consultants, attorneys, and others providing organizational development and counseling to nonprofits and charities.

The book does include examples and references to the health care field, but its content is equally applicable to all nonprofits.

The book's Table of Contents is as follows:

1. Overview of the Intermediate Sanctions Law 2. Establishing an Intermediate Sanctions Review Process 3. Disqualified Persons Determination 4. Diagnostic Review for Disqualified Persons 5. Diagnostic Review for Organization Manager Liability 6. Examining Revenue-Sharing Transactions 7. Rebuttable Presumption of Reasonableness

Appendices

-- Intermediate Sanctions Law -- Excerpt from House Ways and Means Committee Report on Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 -- Intermediate Sanctions Proposed Regulations -- IRS Model Conflicts of Interest Policy

In current high technology, there has arisen the open source movement. One of its motivating chants is that "information wants to be free". But what about copyright, not just of source code, but of writings in general? The distributed nature of the Internet and the ease of exact digital copying has led to an undergoing reexamination of what copyright might mean in our time.

This book helps by giving a historical perspective as to how copyright gained its current meaning. Rose traces copyright to the early 1700s. Which, in the history of civilisation, is relatively recent. Copyright revolves around the concept of author and authorial rights, which emerged then. Surprisingly to some, Shakespeare himself could never have claimed copyright of his writings, even if the concept had occurred to him. Most of his stories were not his original plots, but a brilliant rephrasing of plots handed down from the Middle Ages.

Rose traces the development of copyright to the rise of a mass market for printed books. Because without a printing press, copyright is irrelevant, for there is little of material substance to levy royalties. book.

This book can serve as an introduction to taxes as related to real-estate transactions. It is a quick and easy read, and seems to be targeted at the least sophisticated possible investor. It does a good job of explaining the major points of the new tax laws, and is filled with short examples. (In my opinion, at least half the examples are so simple that they should be eliminated, for they illustrate nothing beyond what can be said in a single simple sentence). However, any slightly sophisticated investor will need more than this book can offer. The strategies offered are seldom beyond the obvious and unattractive ones (e.g. move into your intended for-sale property 2 years before selling, then do that over and over). In short, an easy read as an introduction, but leaves you wanting more.

This book was a helpful guide for figuring out some of the many nuances of the tax laws associated with working abroad.

The book shows how the early Coast Guard, as collector of the nation's revenue, combined the spirit of enterprise with acknowledgement of individual freedoms to establish respect for the new Constitution and the rule of law

The book was a great value, delivered on time, and in the condition that was exepcted.

The world of investing is so complicated. Especially trying to figure out total return and whta makes sense on an after tax basis. This book does it all. It also gave me new idea's that I had not been aware of, such as Tax Credit investments.

The Complete Tax Guide for Real Estate Investors breaks down a complicated and often intimidating subject into an easy guide for people looking to cut down the amount of taxes on their real estate investments.

This book explains everything from a dealer versus an investor to the different classifications of real estate to ways to cut taxes and increase earnings. The language is simple and easy to understand, and the book runs through the entire process from explaining what real estate is up through the time of the investment and after.

Even for someone that has never quite understood taxes in real estate, this book will give you the knowledge that you need to make wise investments that will pay you back for as long as you have them.

There are four types of real estate for tax purposes: For sale, For personal, For investment and For business. Find out how you can make money in real estate and reduce or eliminate the income tax from the sale. And it's all legal.

You'll find Chapter 19: 24 Steps to Successful Tax Free Investment to be helpful; it covers the benefits of using 401K, OPI, or IRA to avoid giving your real estate investment profit away.

The complete Tax Guide for Real Estate Investors provides a Step-by-Step guide to investing in real estate. Whether you are just starting out or are a long-term investor, this guide provides tips and secrets to help you make a profit.