Includes index.

Contents: Exploring the tax environment -- Types of taxes and jurisdictions that use them -- Tax policy issues: Standards for good tax -- Fundamentals of tax planning -- Taxes as transaction costs -- Maxims of income tax planning -- Tax research -- The Measurement of taxable income -- Taxable income from business operations -- Property acquisitions and cost recovery deductions -- Property disposition -- Nontaxable exchanges -- The Taxation of business income: Sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations -- The Corporate taxpayer -- The Choice of business entity -- Jurisdictional issues in business taxation -- The Individual taxpayer -- The Individual tax formula -- Compensation and retirment planning -- Investment and personal financial planning -- Tax consequences of personal activities -- The Tax compliance process -- Appendix A: Present value of $1 -- Appendix B: Present value of annuity of $1 -- Glossary.