"Take full advantage of the tax code and avoid taxes, saving as much as one-third of the profit on the sale of a property." Real estate investment is the best tax-advantaged road to wealth available today. Through depreciation, real estate investments have the potential to provide tax-free income for years, even shielding other income from taxation. And when the time comes to sell off the investments, capital gains taxes can even be legally deferred or eliminated-that is, if investors know the..

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America's Best CPA Review Since 1971. These comprehensive textbooks are the perfect tool to study for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam and are the resources you will refer to over and over again for exam tips, techniques, strategies and, of course, answers.  Our 4-volume textbook series provides comprehensive coverage of all exam topics and includes a free How to Pass the CPA Exam CD-ROM to help prepare you for the actual exam. Available separately or in a 4-volume set, our..

America's Best CPA Review Since 1971. These comprehensive textbooks are the perfect tool to study for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam and are the resources you will refer to over and over again for exam tips, techniques, strategies and, of course, answers.  Our 4-volume textbook series provides comprehensive coverage of all exam topics and includes a free simulations CD-ROM to practice simulation questions in a format that will help prepare you for the actual exam...

The author is an expert in the area of taxation-money laundering and fraud in the real estate and mortgage area. He has spent the past twenty years analyzing, managing, and developing a program for some of the largest mortgage banking firms in the country, including Countrywide Financial Services and Lehman Brothers.

Offering case studies of financial management in numerous American cities over a period of enormous growth and change, Irene Rubin explores the historical context of municipal budgeting in the United States and the political environment that conditions reform and problem solving at the local level.

This highly anticipated addition to the "Great Questions in Politics" series offers a provocative argument about the persistence of bad ideas in shaping American economic policy. The result of a collaboration between political scientist Bryan D. Jones and economist Walter Williams, The Politics of Bad Ideas is indispensable reading for any study of American government, public policy, or economic and budgetary analysis. The Politics of Bad Ideas examines why, over the last quarter century, bad..

Taxation, like politics, is the art of the possible—yet most public finance texts ignore the critical role played by tax administration in restoring macroeconomic balance and promoting equity and efficiency.  This volume fills a gap in the literature by linking tax policy and tax administration reform and exploring ways to improve taxpayer compliance. The papers included in the volume were prepared for a symposium sponsored by the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales of the Ministry of Finance of..

This book is an examination of VAT. It looks at problems and theoretical options and potential impacts, as well as detailing the practical aspects of implementing new tax structures.  The author advances arguments for and against alternative policies and illustrates his study with international examples from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. He suggests that countries can learn from each other’s experiences with VAT.

As the private practice law firm enters an increasingly competitive environment, firms must provide a wide variety of collateral services to clients to retain current business and to attract new clients. Because the law firm frequently has more knowledge than anyone else with respect to a client's financial status, tax assistance is a logical choice in terms of revenue generating services that can be offered to clients at a cost effective rate.  Either an attorney or a paralegal can often..