With a new President comes new tax policies. With the credit crisis, sluggishness in the stock market, and the fall in home prices, individuals around the country are looking for ways to utilize the new tax relief strategies. Fortunately, help is available in these rocky times - if you know where to seek it. "JK Lasser's New Tax Laws Simplified" will show readers how to handle nearly every aspect of their lives given the current market: - home - employment - retirement planning - education costs - small business expenses - medical issues - and more. Yes, it is confusing out there. But, with JK Lasser, life looks a little better. - 9.00

Understand the underlying principles that apply to all specific tax rules and regulations with CONCEPTS IN FEDERAL TAXATION and its accompanying Turbo Tax Deluxe and Turbo Tax Business CD. Thorough coverage of recent changes (including the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003) and a balance between tax concepts and the Internal Revenue Code help you prepare for a future in a business environment. The textbook's simulation cases can be solved using only the Code and Regulations; Tax Form Preparation Problems give you practice in real-world tax preparation. - 178.99

Tax cuts are such a pervasive feature of the American political landscape that the political establishment rarely questions them. Since 2001, Congress has abolished the tax on inherited wealth and passed a major income tax cut every year, including two of the three largest income tax cuts in American history despite a long drawn-out war and massive budget deficits. The Permanent Tax Revolt traces the origins of this anti-tax campaign to the 1970s, in particular, to the influence of grassroots tax rebellions as homeowners across the United States rallied to protest their local property taxes. Isaac William Martin advances the provocative new argument that the property tax revolt was not a conservative backlash against big government, but instead a defensive movement for government protection from the market. The tax privilege that the tax rebels were defending was in fact one of the largest government social programs in the postwar era. While the movement to defend homeowners' tax breaks drew much of its inspiration-and many of its early leaders-from the progressive movement for welfare rights, politicians on both sides of the aisle quickly learned that supporting big tax cuts was good politics. In time, American political institutions and the strategic choices made by the protesters ultimately channeled the movement toward the kind of tax relief favored by the political right, with dramatic consequences for American politics today. - 54.45

Produced in association with the National Council for Research on Women, this accessibly written report exposes how tax 'relief' programs actually harm, rather than help, women. Professors Abramovitz (Hunter College) and Morgen (U. of Oregon) explain how the current U. S. tax system disadvantages women and children and suggest how readers can advocate for real reform. The volume (which is not indexed) concludes with a guide to relevant organizations. Annotation )2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) - 14.20

Using the proven technique of the Examples & Explanations series, this comprehensive guide combines textual material with well-written examples, explanations, and questions to test student comprehension of the materials and provide them with practice in applying information to fact patterns. Thorough in its coverage, Examples & Explanations: Federal Income Tax, Fifth Edition , makes use of case, statutory, and regulatory analysis to provide students with a complete understanding of Federal Income Tax Law. Special attributes of this highly regarded paperback include: Compatibility with numerous casebooks – students can use this guide to supplement any tax casebook Clarity – clear and straightforward writing and logical organization style help to demystify a difficult and intimidating subject Lucid introductions that prepare students for the concepts that follow Numerous policy questions are interspersed throughout text Sample final examinations – The Exam Appendix includes eight actual law school exams with suggested answers With updated examples and explanations and added visual aids, the Fifth Edition offers: New material on IRC amendments made by recent statutes, including the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. New material on recent income tax cases , including Murphy, Lattera, and O’Donnabhain Expanded coverage of various topics, including the alternative minimum tax, cancellation of indebtedness income, and the tax consequences of gambling and on-line games New material on policy topics , including the federal budget outlook Give your students the extra explanations they need: Examples & Explanations: Federal Income Tax, Fifth Edition , provides an excellent supplement for any casebook and will help students understand and apply difficult concepts. - 44.95

Produced in association with the National Council for Research on Women, this accessibly written report exposes how tax 'relief' programs actually harm, rather than help, women. Professors Abramovitz (Hunter College) and Morgen (U. of Oregon) explain how the current U. S. tax system disadvantages women and children and suggest how readers can advocate for real reform. The volume (which is not indexed) concludes with a guide to relevant organizations. Annotation )2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) - 12.65

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The 2005 S Corporation Taxation Guide gives you a complete roadmap to all of the money saving strategies available involving S Corporations, now the most popular entity for closely held business. While changes in the law over the last few years have helped to make this entity an even better tax-savings structure, these tax relief measures are complex and confusing. The 2005 S Corporation Taxation Guide uses extensive examples to illustrate both simple and complex situations. In areas where authorities do not provide clear guidance, the author constructs plausible courses of action, with appropriate analysis. The 2005 S Corporation Taxation Guide focuses on the rules of Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code and integrates these rules with other portions of the tax law, which can have important effects on S corporations and their shareholders. At the end of each chapter are pertinent checklists, worksheets and sample election letters. - 39.56

The '70s have always been known for bad hair, forgettable music, and their function as a bridge between the tumultuous1960s and the Reagan-era '80s. But Bruce J. Schulman's insightful study reveals the decade as, among other things, the era in which the politics and attitudes of the South finally came of age and started to influence the rest of America. Significantly, the Country Music Association held its annual conference in Manhattan for the first time in 1973, while new-found fundamentalist religious values started to take root across the country. THE SEVENTIES is an in-depth examination of issues like busing, spiritual exploration, the country's post-Jimmy Carter rightward turn, social consciousness in the movies and rock & roll, and the women's rights movement. In a readable, enlightening, and informative narrative, Schulman gives equal time to mid-'70s punk rock and the California-led clamor for tax relief later in the decade; the emergence of the doctrine of 'diversity' as an answer to the discrediting of integration as a political and social force; and the growth of the personal awareness movement, as embodied by various New Age philosophies. Schulman's '70s are years of fiscal uncertainty and socio-political tumult. Beginning in 1972 with Richard Nixon's invocation of the 'silent majority,' and ending with Ronald Reagan and the triumphal 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, they set the scene for the 21st century, conservatism, and the war on terror. - 12.09

In this voter guide to the 2004 presidential election, George Lakoff, a highly respected political theorist, explains what makes voters vote, and issues a wakeup call to progressives to heed his warnings and learn to play the high-stakes game of politics. A linguist and cognitive scientist, Lakoff has had tremendous impact far beyond those disciplines. His previous work, MORAL POLITICS, introduced the idea that conservatives and liberals have different worldviews, and that voters think in terms of metaphors: they do not vote on issues or personalities, they vote because of language. Lakoff says that conservatives understand this, and that the right wing succeeds by controlling the debate, using an appeal to values and by framing things in terms of the metaphor of the family. In DON'T THINK OF AN ELEPHANT, Lakoff, in a more overt manner, applies his thesis specifically to George W. Bush, whom he sees as a worst-nightmare-come-true example of what he theorized about in the 1990s. Lakoff shows how, using Orwellian language tricks (tax cuts are called tax relief), Bush& Co. have virtually hijacked whole areas of debate, such as terrorism and 9/11, and made them their own. It is futile, Lakoff claims, to argue on their terms. Instead, he exhorts the left to learn what the conservatives already know, and to frame the debate on their own terms, pointing out that the authoritarian metaphor offered by the right appeals to many but by no means all voters: progressives should play to their strengths, and offer a counter frame--that of the nurturing family--which embodies truly progressive values. Lakoff believes his strategy will attract a large segment of voters and keep the Democratic party on its course. - 7.92