Federal Tax Compliance Guide A comprehensive resource for accurate preparation of federal tax returns
The Federal Tax Compliance Guide with monthly reports is an all-in-one, quick-reference manual offering practical, line-by-line instructions on the preparation of federal tax returns. It also offers discussions on tax planning and compliance that cover the basic federal tax rules and forms affecting individuals and businesses.
This comprehensive source provides explanations, practical examples, filled-in tax return forms, key tax facts, federal tax tables and other information that will assist you in accurately completing federal tax returns.
The rules applied to everyday business and personal income tax decisions are thoroughly discussed with special emphasis on how these issues should be handled on the return.
For your handy reference, the Federal Tax Compliance Guide also includes a special section containing Annuity, Depreciation and Withholding Tables and the popular CCH Quick Tax Facts card for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts.
Available Formats / Update Frequency:
Print, Updated monthly
The Federal Tax Compliance Guide Covers:
Individuals
Corporations
Passthrough Entities
Income, Deductions and Credits
Tax Accounting Rules
Dividends, Interest, Rents and Royalties
Retirement Plans and Distributions
Depreciation
Sales and Exchanges
Gains and Losses
Decedents, Estates and Trusts
Exempt Organizations
Foreign Income
Estimated Tax and Withholding
Returns, Refunds and Credits
Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes
Tax Planning
The Federal Tax Compliance Guide includes valuable key features:
Illustrative examples – Integrated into the Guide's explanations, along with sample filled-in forms, these examples help to clarify tax return compliance and demonstrate how specific rules apply.
Tax compliance tools – Tax rate tables, return checklists, tax calendars, and a tax glossary help you quickly track down the information you need to complete returns.
Finding aids – Detailed topical index, a case table, and other helpful finding lists point you to the answers to client questions or return complexities.
Special tax planning section – Offers practical tax advice and basic tax-saving techniques for individuals, employees, families, businesses and estates.
Return Talk monthly newsletter – Brings you, along with other monthly reports, the latest news on important changes and new developments in the federal tax law, with special emphasis on how they impact tax return preparation.
Special bonus CPE course supplement, "Top Federal Tax Issues" – Focuses on the most significant and thorniest new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year. This Top Tax Issues Course allows you to earn CPE credit while keeping up-to-date on the most important tax issues (grading fee additional).
