Taxation Law Books

I love amazon and their quick shipping! The book itself it not good, but I was required to get it for a college course. Its hard to understand, over priced, no free online help besides flashcards.

I have used Turbo Tax since 2002. It is 2006 and I would have thought they would pay more attention to navigation problems. Now I am compelled to say something. Inevitably, each year it is a different problem. They need a QA team. So I tell it to import my info from Fidelity, it seems to run fine. I am pleased. I could not get it to import from another firm, HarrisDirect. So I hit Done so I can enter things manually. Then I get a password for another firm so I try to go back to the import screen but it isn't there. So I hit import from the file menu. Then it puts me in HarrisDirect and will not let me out. When I hit Done, it appears to have lost my Fidelity info.

This is rediculus. I try calling but there is a 10 min wait. I try online chat but I get cut off.

This book is required for most college-level courses in individual income taxes, but it is the sloppiest, most poorly written textbook I've ever used. Where are the copy editors? The publisher could save at least 100 pages just by tightening up the verbose writing style. The book contains good information, but you want to pull your hair out with all the useless references to topics covered in later chapters, passive sentence structure, and needless extra words. Here is an example: "The cost of listed property that does not pass the more-than-50 percent business usage test in the year the property is placed in service must be recovered using the straight-line method." Even the IRS publications are better written than this book.

Poor Nelson Warwick's spelling errors are forgivable if not telling.

His misrepresentation of the facts (aka lies) are not.

I would welcome a well thought out, reasoned challenge to the factual merits of the FairTax plan. This however is not such a book.

I am an advocate of the Fair Tax. I am also willing to look at both sides of an issue before I decide for myself. I have read both of Boortz's books, plus the book by Al Ose on the Fair Tax. That is why I bought this book. I don't know who Mr. Warwick is but I suspect they shouldn't let him have anything sharper than a dull Crayon. This book is full of errors of all kinds, grammatical, mathematical, commonsensical, etc. I suspect he is an IRS agent in sheeps clothing. Do not buy this book! It is a pure waste of money

Using this guy's own spelling and grammar rules, I'd like to summarize him with one word: moreon!

I, a high school student, can't believe how many gramatical mistakes there are in this book. For instance in the last line of the second paragraph in chapter 1, he states "Blow to our economy, lost opportunities!!" I believe he forgot a question mark there. Latter on, he writes "well" instead of "will". He apparently wasn't a very good english student.

The book has a glossy finish and a cute cover.

Even back cover questions aren't gramatically correct. That foretold what was between the covers.

I wanted to see if there were any cogent arguments in the book. So, I took the example on page 25, and added a column for the treasury (be it IRS of a new treasury department). As I walked through it, I discovered the off the cuff numbers used and with no clear rationale.

The basic assumption that Mr. Warwick makes is that he is somehow able to judge what will happen, with no corroboration, when the tax code is changed. He may have some points in his head. They never make it to the reader, as they (if they exist) are masked by his cavalier comments and off hand remarks, loose math, and disregard for consistent logic.

If he has read H.R.25, it is not evident.

I found this book a disappointing waste of time and money.

WARNING: THIS BOOK IS NOT WRITTEN BY WILLIAM D. WARREN, RENOUNDED HUMORIST AND AUTHOR OF HOW TO DIE: OR THE GOOD GATSBY.
I saw this book for sale, and even though it was $100.00 I thought, 1000 pages by William D. Warren, who also goes by Wm. Douglas Warren, I will buy that for $100.00. No, no. It was a tragic mistake. While I was hoping for outrageous comedy and a laugh a minute narratives, all I got was a book about case studies and stuff legal issues. I guess I should have been tipped off by the name, but Warren is known for his subtleties, (as well as his not so subtleties), so I thought maybe it was just some joke I didn't get. NOPE! If you want a book about law and stuff, buy this one, but if you want a good book, buy How to Die: or The Good Gatsby.

The revised UCC has not been adopted by most states, and the Revised 9 is only adopted by less than 10 states to date. So depending on where you are from, this book may be either helpful or a bit frustrating. The previous buyer's review is missing this crucial bit of info.

I assume you're buying this book becasue you are taking Secured Transactions. I'm sorry. This book is bad. All of the cases deal with old 9 not revised 9 which is usually the current law. You'll read a case- understand it and then they'll say it all changed when they passed revised 9. Prepare to be confused. If you are a professor please be kind, don't force your students to use this book. Any other book has to be better.

This book was ok, however, I was hoping more detail and less basic information. It provides good info for a new real estate player, but seasoned players who want more information on what and how can do better by contacting their CPA. I was hoping to get more and in the end I found -0- ideas that I was not aware off. Rename the book-real estate tax relief for newbies! Seasoned players do not BUY!

There is nothing special about this book that makes it worth so much more than other similar books that cost a lot less. Most of it is dumb common sense and is freely available online from the IRS website. Your first money saving tip, find another book. It really is a rip off for what you get. This book is very shallow and very vague. Where's the beef? The quality is not much better than a glued magazine. Go to the library.

This is a publication by the American Bar Association that is little more than a compilation of articles on various subject, most of which seem outdated. Since you can find the articles for free online (and usually updated versions of the articles) this means that you are just wasting your money with this one.

If your looking for an extensive reprinting of 1995 tax forms and instructions, or a handy glossary of definitions such as "Internal Revenue Service", "Deed", "Will" and even the always confusing multi-syllabic "Representative", you'll find it here in spades. Of the 284 pages in the book, the first 111 is full of boilerplate advice that you might get free from the IRS, the remaining 173 pages is reprints of IRS forms, their instructions, and the glossary.

This book is the first edition. In August 2007 the second edition was published. I do not know why Amazon does not have the second edition.

This is the book you buy because you have to. The organization is generally poor, the explanations lacking, and the book embodies the outdated teaching concept of the Socratic method: We'll ask you a lot of questions, but never actually tell you how it works out in "real life".

I have no doubt that the authors are sincerely trying to convey the information. Unfortunately, they seem more accustomed to writing for committees than students.

Functionally, you would be probably be better off (and save money) by simply reading the current iteration of the UCC that applies in your state along with the Official Comments, checking current cases, and failing that, take a run through the Gilbert's outline.