South-Western Federal Taxation 2021

David M. Maloney, Ph.D., CPA, is the Carman G. Blough Professor of Accounting Emeritus at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Richmond and his graduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Upon joining the Virginia faculty in January 1984, Dr. Maloney taught Federal taxation in the graduate and undergraduate programs and was a recipient of major research grants from the Ernst & Young and KPMG Foundations. Dr. Maloney has published work in numerous professional journals, including Journal of Taxation, The Tax Adviser, Tax Notes, Corporate Taxation, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Taxation of Investments and Journal of Accountancy. James C. Young is the PwC Professor of Accountancy Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. A graduate of Ferris State University (BS) and Michigan State University (MBA and Ph.D.), Jim’s research focuses on taxpayer responses to the income tax using archival data. His dissertation received the PricewaterhouseCoopers/American Taxation Association Dissertation Award, and his subsequent research has received funding from a number of organizations, including the Ernst & Young Foundation Tax Research Grant Program. His work has been published in a variety of academic and professional journals, including the National Tax Journal, The Journal of the American Taxation Association and Tax Notes. Jim is a Northern Illinois University Distinguished Professor, received the Illinois CPA Society Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in 2012 and has received university teaching awards from Northern Illinois University, George Mason University and Michigan State University. Annette Nellen, J.D., CPA, CGMA, directs San José State University’s graduate tax program (MST) and teaches courses in tax research, tax fundamentals, accounting methods, property transactions, employment tax, ethics, leadership and tax policy. Professor Nellen is a graduate of CSU Northridge, Pepperdine (MBA) and Loyola Law School. Prior to joining SJSU in 1990, she was with a Big 4 firm and the IRS. At SJSU, Professor Nellen is a recipient of the Outstanding Professor and Distinguished Service Awards. Professor Nellen is an active member of the tax sections of the AICPA and American Bar Association, including chairing the AICPA Virtual Currency Task Force. In 2013, she received the AICPA Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest award given by the accounting profession in the area of taxation. Professor Nellen is the author of Bloomberg BNA Tax Portfolio, Amortization of Intangibles. She has published numerous articles in the AICPA Tax Insider, Tax Adviser, Tax Notes State and The Journal of Accountancy. She is a research fellow with the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies. Professor Nellen has testified before the House Ways and Means, Senate Finance Committees and other committees on Federal and state tax reform. Professor Nellen maintains the 21st Century Taxation Website and blog (21stcenturytaxation.com) as well as websites on tax policy and reform, virtual currency and state tax issues (sjsu.edu/people/annette.nellen/). Mark B. Persellin, Ph.D., CPA, CFP, is the Ray and Dorothy Berend Professor of Accounting at St. Mary’s University. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona (BS), the University of Texas at Austin (MPA in Taxation) and the University of Houston (Ph.D.). He teaches personal income tax, business income tax and research in federal taxation. Prior to joining St. Mary’s University in 1991, Professor Persellin taught at Florida Atlantic University and Southwest Texas University (Texas State University) and worked on the tax staff of a Big 4 firm. His research has been published in numerous academic and professional journals, including The Journal of the American Taxation Association, The Accounting Educators’ Journal, The Tax Adviser, The CPA Journal, Journal of Taxation, Corporate Taxation, The Tax Executive, TAXES—The Tax Magazine, Journal of International Taxation and Practical Tax Strategies. In 2003, Professor Persellin established the St. Mary’s University Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site and he continues to serve as a trainer and reviewer at the site.

• Part I: INTRODUCTION AND BASIC TAX MODEL. 1. An Introduction to Taxation and Understanding the Federal Tax Law. 2. Working with the Tax Law. 3. Computing the Tax. Part II: GROSS INCOME. 4. Gross Income: Concepts and Inclusions. 5. Gross Income: Exclusions. Part III: DEDUCTIONS AND CREDITS. 6. Deductions and Losses: In General. 7. Deductions and Losses: Certain Business Expenses and Losses. 8. Depreciation, Cost Recovery, Amortization, and Depletion. 9. Deductions: Employee and Self-Employed-Related Expenses. 10. Deductions and Losses: Certain Itemized Deductions. 11. Investor Losses. 12. Tax Credits and Payments. Part IV: PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. 13. Property Transactions: Determination of Gain or Loss, Basis Considerations, and Nontaxable Exchanges. 14. Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses, Section 1231, and Recapture Provisions. Part V: SPECIAL TAX COMPUTATIONS AND ACCOUNTING PERIODS AND METHODS. 15.The Deduction for Qualified Business Income for Noncorporate Taxpayers. 16. Accounting Periods and Methods. Part VI: CORPORATIONS. 17. Corporations: Introduction and Operating Rules. 18. Corporations: Organization and Capital Structure. 19. Corporations: Distributions Not in Complete Liquidation. 20. Corporations: Distributions in Complete Liquidation and an Overview of Reorganizations. Part VII: FLOW-THROUGH ENTITIES. 21. Partnerships. 22. S Corporations. Part VIII: ADVANCE TAX PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS. 23. Exempt Entities. 24. Multistate Corporate Taxation. 25. Taxation of International Transactions. 26. Tax Practice and Ethics. Part IX: FAMILY TAX PLANNING. 27. The Federal Gift and Estate Taxes. 28. Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates. Appendix A: Tax Rate Schedules and Tables. Appendix B: Tax Forms. Appendix C: Glossary of Tax Terms. Appendix D: Table of Code Sections Cited, Table of Regulations Cited, Table of Revenue Procedures and Revenue Rulings Cited. Appendix E: Comprehensive Tax Return Problems. Appendix F: Tax Formulas. Appendix G: Present Value and Future Values Tables. Index.