This well-regarded textbook continues its fundamental approach of clear explanations, pervasive examples, and comprehensive problem sets throughout. Utilizing a problems-based approach, Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships, Sixth Edition by Howard E. Abrams and Don Leatherman covers taxation of the three major categories of business entities: Corporations, S Corporations, and Partnerships. New to the Sixth Edition: The text has been updated to reflect the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The chapter on taxable acquisitions has been modified to be more complete yet easier to understand. The chapter on tax-free acquisitive reorganizations has been modified to include more problems as well as a section on the substance-over-form doctrine. The Partnership Taxation presentation has been updated to include integration with new bonus depreciation rules, modernization of section 751(b), elimination of technical terminations, and expansion of substantial built-in loss. Professors and students will benefit from: Clarification of the intricacies of the taxation of business enterprises Problems and examples in addition to cases and notes to cover all aspects of the subject Illustrations of typical commercial transactions An emphasis on major themes of policy and practice A book that is flexible enough to be used in two-, three-, or four-credit courses Stand-alone coverage of C corporations, S corporations, and partnerships

The 2009 Supplement updates the casebook, which provides detailed information on federal income taxation of partnerships and S corporations. The primary casebook's Fourth Edition explores in depth in a single volume both the technical and policy issues associated with taxation of partnerships, C corporations, and S corporations. It is specifically designed for a course focusing on comparison of partnerships, C corporations, and S corporations, while presenting selected in-depth coverage of advanced issues. Adaptable for use in a wide variety of courses or sequence of courses dealing with taxation of business organizations at either the J.D. or LL.M level, it can be used to teach partnership taxation, basic corporate taxation, or corporate reorganizations. Arrangement of both the subdivisions within the chapters and the detailed illustrative material following the principal cases facilitates assignment of selected portions of the material on any particular topic to suit the individual instructor's choice of method and scope of coverage. Within each section, the book moves from the straight-forward to the more complex rules associated with the topic. Materials on acquisitions and reorganizations are organized to facilitate selective coverage in survey courses.

Provides introductory explanation of the purposes and uses of the federal income tax law relating to S corporations. Topics include acquiring and maintaining the S status, tax issues and consequences, effects of the S election to shareholders, and tax-free reorganizations and divisions of S corporations, as well as comparisons to C corporations and partnerships.