Authors: J. K. Lasser Institute.
Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2008-11-03
Edition: Revised

Reviews :

    J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2009--the nation's all-time top-selling tax guide--is a proven, accessible resource with important strategies, useful recommendations and of course, all the latest tax law changes. With over 39 million copies sold, Your Income Tax 2009 is the #1 choice for taxpayers around the country. ...

Authors: Arthur B. Laffer. Stephen Moore. Peter Tanous.
Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Publication Date: 2008-10-14


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    Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and investment advisor Peter J. Tanous to send Americans an urgent message: We risk losing the exceptional standard of living that has made us the envy of the rest of the world if the pro-growth policies of the last twenty-five years are reversed by a new president.

Since the early 1980s, the United States has experienced a wave of prosperity almost unprecedented in history in terms of wealth creation, new jobs, and improved living standards for all. Under the leadership of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, Americans changed the incentive structure on taxes, inflation, and regulation, and as a result the economy roared back to life after the anti-growth, high-inflation 1970s.

Now the rest of the world is following the American economic growth model of lower tax rates, more economic freedom, and sound money. Paradoxically, one country is moving away from these growth policies and putting its prosperity at risk -- America.

On the eve of a critical presidential election, Laffer, Moore, and Tanous provide the factual information every American needs in order to understand exactly how we achieved the prosperity many people have come to take for granted, and explain how the policies of Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi can cause America to lose its status as the world's growth and job creation machine.

The End of Prosperity is essential reading for all Americans who value our nation's free enterprise system and high standard of living, and want to know how to protect their own investments in the coming storm....

Authors: William H. Hoffman. James E. Smith. Eugene Willis.
Hardcover, pages
Publisher: South-Western College/West
Publication Date: 2008-04-08
Edition: 32

Reviews :

    Preparing you for the long term, SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES offers many opportunities to sharpen critical-thinking and writing skills. Internet exercises tie directly to chapter research cases to give you hands-on experience using online resources to solve tax issues. H&R Block's TaxCut® software comes with each new copy of this text to provide you with an additional tax preparation tool!...

Authors: William H. Hoffman. William A. Raabe. James E. Smith. David M. Maloney.
Hardcover, pages
Publisher: South-Western College/West
Publication Date: 2008-04-14
Edition: 32

Reviews :

    Packed with real-world examples, the 2009 EDITION of SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION: CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, ESTATES & TRUSTS remains the most effective text for helping you master the complex and ever-changing tax legislation. Preparing you for the long term, SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION offers many opportunities to sharpen critical-thinking and writing skills. Internet exercises tied directly to chapter research cases give you hands-on experience using online resources to solve tax issues. H&R Block's TaxCut® software comes with each new copy of this text to provide you with an additional tax preparation tool!...

Authors:
Paperback, 864 pages
Publisher: CCH, Inc.
Publication Date: 2008-11-24
Edition: 2009 (92nd)

Reviews :

    CCH's U.S. Master Tax Guide (MTG) provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 92nd Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2008 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax. The 2009 MTG contains timely and precise explanation 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 handbook'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. This handbook is built for speed with numerous time-saving features, including a tax calendar, taxpayer-specific return flowcharts, lists of average itemized deductions, selected depreciation tables, rate tables, checklists of income, deduction and medical expense items, and more. These features help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated and answer client questions. The 2009 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. The U.S. Master Tax Guide is conveniently cross-referenced to the Internal Revenue Code, Income Tax Regulations, certain other important tax law sources, and CCH's Standard Federal Tax Reports for further research. This reliable reference is a must for anyone involved with federal taxation....

Authors: Eugene Willis. William H. Hoffman. David M. Maloney. William A. Raabe.
Hardcover, pages
Publisher: South-Western College/West
Publication Date: 2008-04-18
Edition: 32

Reviews :

    Delivering the most thorough coverage available on individual and corporate taxation, the 2009 EDITION of SOUTH-WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION: COMPREHENSIVE VOLUME is unquestionably the most effective text for helping you master the complex and ever-changing Tax Code. Preparing you for the long term, South-Western Federal Taxation offers many opportunities to sharpen critical-thinking and writing skills. Internet exercises tied directly to chapter research cases give you hands-on experience using online resources to solve tax issues. H&R Block's TaxCut® software comes with each new copy of this text to provide you with an additional tax preparation tool! Thomson/RIA's Checkpoint®, Student Edition is available as a bundle option!...

Authors: Neal Boortz. John Linder.
Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Publication Date: 2008-02-01


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In 2005, firebrand radio talk show host Neal Boortz and Georgia congressman John Linder created The FairTax Book, presenting the American public with a bold new plan designed to eliminate federal taxes and the IRS, jump-start the U.S. economy, bring back lost industries and jobs, and recapture billions of untaxed dollars hoarded by criminal and offshore businesses. Their book became an immediate #1 New York Times bestseller, propelling a powerful grassroots tax reform movement that's spreading like wildfire across our nation.

Now, three years later, the authors are back to answer the outspoken and misinformed critics of their innovative proposal. Offering eye-opening new insights not covered in the original book, FairTax: The Truth debunks the negative myths and gross misrepresentations of this groundbreaking idea. The FairTax plan is simple, brilliant, and it will work—enabling you to keep all the money in your paycheck; eliminating the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system; and revolutionizing the way America pays for itself.

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Authors: Barbara Weltman.
Paperback, 562 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2008-11-24
Edition: Revised

Reviews :

    While many small business owners seek to improve their bottom line, few realize all the ways that tax laws can help them do so. J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2009 gives you a complete overview of small business tax planning in an accessible manner. Focusing on strategies that help you use deductions and tax credits effectively, shield business income, and maximize other aspects of small business taxes, this valuable guide will show you how your actions in business today can affect your bottom line from a tax perspective tomorrow....

Authors: Stephen Fishman.
Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: NOLO
Publication Date: 2008-12-08
Edition: 5

Reviews :

    For all your tax deductions, from start-up to success, you need to Deduct It!

Completely updated for 2008 returns

Make more money for your small business by paying the IRS less. Let Deduct It! show you how to maximize the business deductions you're entitled to -- quickly, easily and legally.

This comprehensive, yet easy to read book is organized into practical categories featuring common deductions, including:

start-up expenses

operating expenses

health deductions

vehicles

travel

entertainment

meals

inventory

equipment

and many more

The 5th edition is completely updated with all the latest tax information, eligibility requirements and tax rates for 2008 returns. Whether your business is just starting or well-established, Deduct It! is indispensable to your venture....

Authors: Neal Boortz. John Linder.
Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Publication Date: 2006-05-01


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Wouldn't you love to abolish the IRS ...
Keep all the money in your paycheck ...
Pay taxes on what you spend, not what you earn ...
And eliminate all the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system?

Then the FairTax is for you. In the face of the outlandish American tax burden, talk-radio firebrand Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder are leading the charge to phase out our current, unfair system and enact the FairTax Plan, replacing the federal income tax and withholding system with a simple 23 percent retail sales tax on new goods and services. This dramatic revision of the current system, which would eliminate the reviled IRS, has already caught fire in the American heartland, with more than six hundred thousand taxpayers signing on in support of the plan.

As Boortz and Linder reveal in this first book on the FairTax, this radical but eminently sensible plan would end the annual national nightmare of filing income tax returns, while at the same time enlarging the federal tax base by collecting sales tax from every retail consumer in the country. The FairTax, they argue, would transform the fearsome bureaucracy of the IRS into a more transparent, accountable, and equitable tax collection system. Among other benefits, it will:

• Make America's tax code truly voluntary, without reducing revenue
• Replace today's indecipherable tax code with one simple sales tax
• Protect lower-income Americans by covering the tax on basic necessities
• Eliminate billions of dollars in embedded taxes we don't even know we're paying
• Bring offshore corporate dollars back into the U.S. economy

Endorsed by scores of leading economists and supported by a huge and growing grassroots movement, the FairTax Plan could revolutionize the way America pays for itself. In this straight-talking book, Neal Boortz and John Linder show you how it would work—and how you can help make it happen.

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