Product Description

The Pope/Anderson/Kramer series is unsurpassed in blending the technical content of the most recent federal taxation mandates with the highest level of readability and relevancy for readers.

An Introduction to Taxation; Determination of Tax; Gross Income: Inclusions; Gross Income: Exclusions; Property Transaction: Capital Gains and Losses; Deductions and Losses; Itemized Deductions; Losses and Bad Debts; Employee Expenses and Deferred Compensation

MARKET: For accounting professionals who need the latest updates and mandates in federal taxation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13944 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 912 pages

Customer Reviews

Exceptionally Comprehensive
I received this book when I signed up for a graduate CFP (Certified Financial Planner) course, and it is one of the best tax books I have ever used. I have been studying and writing professionally about taxation since 2000, and this is the first time I have purchased Prentice Hall's Federal edition of the book.

I am very pleased. The section on Gross Income and Deductions and Losses is very well written, with excellent example questions. I only have a few complaints. First, the paper is very THIN, so much so that it is a little bit see-through, and tears easily. The book is still very thick and I'm sure the thin paper stock was designed so that it wouldn't be as heavy to carry, but why not just make it a high-quality paperback then? It's a tax book--The material is only good for a year either way.

Also, I felt that the discussion questions in the back of each chapter were not useful-- for someone who is doing online education (like me), it would have been good for the authors to add answers or at least some guidance in the back of the book, or at the end of each chapter. Questions for "classroom discussion" don't benefit me since I'm studying and taking classes online.

The index could be better. For example, there is no index entry for, "Clergy", "Ministers", or "Qualified Dividends". The index was not very well designed.

Overall, though, I felt that these issues were minor and the book, in my opinion, is still very good.

Tax textbook
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