This first edition of Federal Taxation of Corporations and Corporate Transactions provides a comprehensive examination of tax principles with a unique practice-oriented approach to help students become practice ready with skills that they have developed in a setting that reflects practice in the real world. The casebook introduces students not only to transactional tax practice and the federal tax penalty regime, but also to the rules of professional ethics and the specific rules that govern professionals who practice tax law. It features an array of Deal Downloads that breathe life into complex material, presenting high-profile transactions involving Amazon, Apple, Ford and others. This first edition will have a separately sold Client File supplement, which provides memoranda that require students to analyze the Deal Download transactions and to employ them as precedents to structure acquisitions, investments, and distributions for a hypothetical client. Key Benefits: Client files that are designed to help students learn the law in a practice-like setting. Extensive commentary about tax principles and cites to statutes, cases, regulations, and rulings that the students must study to fully learn the material. Chapter 9, where students will learn about the transaction that heralded the return of Steve Jobs to Apple in the 1990s and paved the way for the company’s subsequent dominant run. An examination of issues posed by classic cases, by focusing on the language of the underlying deal documents, and by learning how to solve clients’ problems before they are set in stone.

Announcing the long-awaited revision of noted tax expert Bill Andrews; corporate tax casebook! New co-author Alan Feld joins Professor Andrews in meticulously updating FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS to reflect the latest statutory changes through 1993, As well as new cases and developments in corporate tax. The Third Edition features: more international cases, such as Gulf Oil Corp. v. Commissioner, affording more opportunities to explore complex transactions numerous new cases selected for currency and pedagogy discussion of leveraged buyouts and related trends of the 1980s-put into perspective thorough treatment of the important new rate advantage for long term capital gains, especially with regard to discussion of redemption transactions This new edition maintains the overall organization of previous editions. The authors begin with a general introduction that deals with early stock dividend cases And The repeal of the General Utilities doctrine. They then consider reorganization and related non-recognized provisions-before examining distributions to shareholders and corporate taxable income. This very effective approach immerses students early in the interplay of complex transactions, statutes, and unpredictable interpretations; introduces court-made doctrines in their original setting; and gives students a realistic context for studying corporate tax concepts. For skillful analysis of corporate tax policy, adopt FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS, Third Edition. Its insightful Teacher's Manual completes a truly outstanding teaching package.

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