About the AuthorSally Jones received her Ph.D. at the University of Houston. She taught at the University of Texas at Austin for 14 years before going to Virginia in 1992. She is currently the department chair of Accounting at Virginia.
PART ONE: Exploring the Tax Environment1 Taxes and Taxing Jurisdictions 2 Policy Standards for a Good Tax PART TWO: Fundamentals of Tax Planning 3 Taxes as Transaction Costs 4 Maxims of Income Tax Planning 5 Tax Research PART THREE: The Measurement of Taxable Income 6 Taxable Income from Business Operations 7 Property Acquisitions and Cost Recovery DeductionsAppendix 7-A Midquarter Convention Tables 8 Property Dispositions 9 Nontaxable Exchanges PART FOUR: The Taxation of Business Income 10 Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, LLCs, and S Corporations 11 The Corporate TaxpayerAppendix 11-A Schedule M-3 for Reconciling Book and Taxable Income 12 The Choice of Business Entity 13 Jurisdictional Issues in Business Taxation PART FIVE: The Individual Taxpayer 14 The Individual Tax FormulaAppendix 14-A Itemized Deduction WorksheetAppendix 14-B Exemption Amount Worksheet 15 Compensation and Retirement Planning 16 Investment and Personal Financial PlanningAppendix 16-A Comprehensive Schedule D Problem 17 Tax Consequences of Personal ActivitiesAppendix 17-A Social Security Worksheet (Adapted from IRS Publication 915) PART SIX The Tax Compliance Process 18 The Tax Compliance ProcessAPPENDICESA Present Value of $1B Present Value of Annuity of $1C 2015 Income Tax Rates