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Class times for Fall, 2008 have not been released yet.259A sec. 1 - Income Tax I (Fall 2008)
Instructor: Eric P. Rakowski (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 4
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Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49643
Income Tax I is an introductory class which virtually every law student should take. The federal tax rules affect almost every practice area, from family law and real estate transactions to all manner of businesses. The introductory course provides an overview of the federal income taxation of individuals. (More advanced courses focus on corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates, international flows, and tax policy.) The course examines the sometimes conflicting policies that shape the individual income tax and considers alternatives to current rules. Its chief focus, though, is on understanding what the law actually requires of individual taxpayers: what constitutes taxable income, which deductions and exclusions are available and for which reasons, who must pay tax (within family units, following divorce, and so forth), when tax is owed if receipts span several years or precede contractual performance, how capital gains receive preferential treatment. The course requires no familiarity with economics or accounting; no math skills are needed beyond basic arithmetic. There will be a final in-class, open-book exam.
Exam Notes: F
Course Category: Tax, Estates, and Trusts
Course Subcategories:
Business Law
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