Lessons by Subject Outline - Tax Law
- 1. Basic Federal Income Taxation
- 1.1. Gross Income
- The Concept of Gross Income (TAX02)
- 1.1.01. Realization Concepts
- 1.1.02. The Taxability of Employment Connected Payments: Fringe Benefits, Meals and Lodging, Unemployment Compensation, and Social Security Benefits
- 1.1.03. Annuities and Life Insurance Proceeds
- 1.1.04. Alimony and Alimony Recapture
- 1.1.05. Damages and Related Receipts
- 1.1.06. Claim of Right Doctrine
- 1.1.07. Gifts, Bequests, Prizes, and Donative Cancellations of Indebtedness
- 1.1.08. Scholarships
- 1.1.09. Indirect Transfers for Services
- 1.1.10. Exclusion of Interest on Certain United States Savings Bonds
- 1.1.11. Receipt of Property as Compensation
- 1.2. Deductions
- 1.2.01. Trade or Business Deductions
- 1.2.02. Deductions for Taxes
- 1.2.03. Reasonable Compensation, Miscellaneous Business Deductions, and Business Losses
- 1.2.04. Interest Deductions
- 1.2.05. Traveling Expenses
- 1.2.06. Below Market Loans
- 1.2.07. Education Expenses
- 1.2.08. Personal Casualty Loss Deduction: Computation, Limitations
- 1.2.09. Basic Depreciation, ACRS, and MACRS Concepts
- 1.2.10. Moving Expenses
- 1.2.11. Deductions for Income-Producing Activities
- 1.2.12. Medical Expense Deductions
- 1.2.13. Charitable Contribution Deductions: Basic Concepts and Computations
- 1.2.14. General Applicability of Deduction Limitations
- 1.3. Taxable Income and Tax Computation
- 1.3.01. Personal and Dependency Exemptions
- 1.3.02. Claim of Right Mitigation Doctrine
- 1.3.03. Filing Status
- 1.3.04. Taxation of Minor Children's Income
- 1.3.05. Dependent Care Credit
- 1.4. Property Transactions
- 1.4.01. Computation of Gain and Loss Realized
- 1.4.02. Capital Loss Mechanics
- 1.4.03. Exclusion of Gain on the Sale of a Principal Residence
- 1.4.04. Identification of Section 1231 Property
- 1.4.05. Capital Asset Identification
- 1.4.06. Section 1231 Mechanics
- 1.4.07. Capital Gain Mechanics
- 1.5. Timing
- 1.5.01. Cash and Accrual Methods of Accounting
- 1.5.02. Fundamentals of Installment Sales
- 1.5.03. Installment Sales: Second Dispositions by Related Parties and Contingent Payments
- 1.6. Assignment of Income
- 1.1. Gross Income
- 2. Corporate Taxation
- 2.1. Formation of C Corporations
- 2.1.01. Basic Issues
- 2.1.02. The Effect of Liabilities
- 2.1.03. Advanced Issues
- 2.2. Distributions
- 2.2.01. Distributions of Cash by C Corporations
- 2.2.02. Defining Section 306 Stock
- 2.2.03. Distributions of Property by C Corporations
- 2.2.04. Section 306 Exceptions
- 2.2.05. Distributions of Interests by C Corporations
- 2.2.06. Consequences on the Disposition of Section 306 Stock
- 2.2.07. Calculation of C Corporation Earnings and Profits
- 2.3. Redemptions
- 2.3.01. Consequences of Redemptions Under Section 302
- 2.3.02. Redemptions in Partial Liquidations: Section 302(b)(4)
- 2.3.03. Redemptions Not Equivalent to Dividends: Section 302(b)(1)
- 2.3.04. Redemption Through the Use of Related Corporations: Section 304
- 2.3.05. Substantially Disproportionate Redemptions: Section 302(b)(2)
- 2.3.06. Constructive Ownership of Stock
- 2.3.07. Redemptions Terminating Shareholder's Interests: Section 302(b)(3)
- 2.4. Liquidations
- 2.4.01. Corporate Liquidations: Effects on Shareholders: Sections 331 & 334(a)
- 2.4.02. Distributions of Property in Complete Liquidations: Section 336
- 2.4.03. Subsidiary Liquidations: Section 332
- 2.5. Reorganizations
- 2.5.01. A Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.5.02. Tax Consequences of Acquisitive D Reorganizations
- 2.5.03. Tax Consequences of A Reorganizations
- 2.5.04. Tax Consequences of Divisive D Reorganizations
- 2.5.05. B Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.5.06. E Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.5.07. Tax Consequences of B Reorganizations
- 2.5.08. F Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.5.09. C Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.5.10. G Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.5.11. Tax Consequences of C Reorganizations
- 2.5.12. D Reorganizations: Definition
- 2.1. Formation of C Corporations
- 3. Taxation of Business Entities
- 3.1. Definition and Formation
- 3.1.01. Formation of C Corporations: Basic Issues
- 3.1.02. S Corporation Formation: Elections
- 3.1.03. Partnership Formation: Liabilities
- 3.1.04. Formation of C Corporations: The Effect of Liabilities
- 3.1.05. Partnership Definition
- 3.1.06. Partnership Liabilities: In General
- 3.1.07. Formation of C Corporations: Advanced Issues
- 3.1.08. Partnership Classification
- 3.1.09. S Corporation Formation: Eligibility
- 3.1.10. Partnership Formation: Basic Issues
- 3.2. Operations
- 3.2.01. S Corporation Shareholder Taxation: Entity Level Determinations
- 3.2.02. Partnership: Entity Level Determinations
- 3.2.03. S Corporation Shareholder Taxation: Separately Stated Items
- 3.2.04. Partnership: Separately Stated Items
- 3.3. Operating Distributions and Allocations
- 3.3.01. C Corporation Cash Distributions
- 3.3.02. Calculation of C Corporation Earnings and Profits
- 3.3.03. Partnership Allocations When Partners' Interests Vary
- 3.3.04. C Corporation Property Distributions
- 3.3.05. S Corporation Cash Distributions
- 3.3.06. Partnership: Section 704(e) Allocation Rules
- 3.3.07. C Corporation Distributions of Interests
- 3.3.08. Partnership Operating Distributions
- 3.3.09. Partnership: Section 704(d) Loss Limitation
- 3.3.10. C Corporations: Defining Section 306 Stock
- 3.3.11. Partnership Special Allocations: Basic Issues
- 3.3.12. Partnership: At Risk and Passive Loss Limitations
- 3.3.13. C Corporations: Section 306 Exceptions
- 3.3.14. Partnership Special Allocations: Nonrecourse Deductions
- 3.3.15. C Corporations: Section 306 Stock Dispositions
- 3.3.16. Partnership Contributed Property Allocations
- 3.4. Sales of Interests
- 3.4.01. Sales of Partnership Interests
- 3.4.02. Partnerships: Identifying Section 751 Assets
- 3.5. Redemptions and Partial Liquidations
- 3.5.01. C Corporations: Redemption Consequences
- 3.5.02. C Corporations: Constructive Ownership Determinations
- 3.5.03. Partnerships: Identifying Section 736 Payments
- 3.5.04. C Corporations: Section 302(b)(1) Redemptions
- 3.5.05. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Proportionate Distributions
- 3.5.06. Partnerships: Treatment of Section 736 Payments
- 3.5.07. C Corporations: Section 302(b)(2) Redemptions
- 3.5.08. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions I
- 3.5.09. Partnerships: Identifying Section 751 Assets
- 3.5.10. C Corporations: Section 302(b)(3) Redemptions
- 3.5.11. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions II
- 3.5.12. C Corporations: Section 302(b)(4) Redemptions
- 3.5.13. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions III
- 3.6. Liquidations and S Election Termination
- 3.6.01. C Corporation Liquidations: Effects on Shareholders
- 3.6.02. S Corporations: Termination of S Election by Revocation
- 3.6.03. Partnerships: Termination Consequences
- 3.6.04. C Corporations: Distributions of Property in Complete Liquidations
- 3.6.05. S Corporations: Termination of S Election: Causes
- 3.6.06. C Corporations: Effects of Complete Liquidations
- 3.6.07. S Corporations: Termination Consequences
- 3.1. Definition and Formation
- 4. Partnership Taxation
- 4.1. Partnership Definition
- 4.1.01. Partnership Definition: In General
- 4.1.02. Partnership Definition: Investment Trusts
- 4.1.03. Partnership Classification: In General
- 4.2. Partnership Operation
- 4.2.01. Partnership Taxable Year
- 4.2.02. Partnership Separately Stated Items
- 4.2.03. Sales and Exchanges With Controlled Partnerships
- 4.2.04. Partnership Entity Level Determinations
- 4.2.05. Transactions Between Partners and Partnerships
- 4.3. Partnership Distributions
- 4.3.01. Operating Distributions by Partnerships
- 4.3.02. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions III
- 4.3.03. Basis Adjustments Arising from Distributions
- 4.3.04. Identifying Section 751 Assets
- 4.3.05. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Proportionate Distributions
- 4.3.06. Identifying Section 736 Payments
- 4.3.07. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions I
- 4.3.08. Treatment of Section 736 Payments
- 4.3.09. Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions II
- 4.4. Partnership Terminations
- 4.4.01. Partnership Terminations: Causes
- 4.4.02. Partnership Terminations: Consequences
- 4.5. Partnership Formation and Liabilities
- 4.5.01. Partnership Formation: Basic Issues
- 4.5.02. Partnership Formation: Contribution of Services
- 4.5.03. Partnership Liabilities: In General
- 4.5.04. Partnership Formation: Liabilities
- 4.6. Partnership Allocations
- 4.6.01. Special Allocations: Basic Issues
- 4.6.02. Allocations When Partners' Interests Vary
- 4.6.03. Special Allocations: Nonrecourse Deductions
- 4.6.04. The Section 704(e) Allocation Rules
- 4.6.05. Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: General Principles
- 4.6.06. The Section 704(d) Loss Limitation
- 4.6.07. Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Gain, Loss, and Characterization
- 4.6.08. At-Risk Limitations in the Partnership Context
- 4.6.09. Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Depreciation of Inherent Gain Property
- 4.6.10. Passive Loss Limitations in the Partnership Context
- 4.6.11. Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Depreciation of Inherent Loss Property
- 4.7. Sales of Partnership Interests
- 4.7.01. Sales of Partnership Interests
- 4.7.02. Basis Adjustments With Respect to Transferee Partners
- 4.7.03. Identifying Section 751 Assets
- 4.1. Partnership Definition
- 5. S Corporation Taxation
- 5.1. Formation and Qualification
- 5.1.01. Eligibility as Small Business Corporation
- 5.1.02. S Corporation Elections
- 5.2. Taxation of the Shareholder
- 5.2.01. S Corporation Entity Level Determinations
- 5.2.02. S Corporation Separately Stated Items
- 5.3. Taxation of the S Corporation
- 5.3.01. S Corporation LIFO Recapture Rules
- 5.3.02. S Corporation Built-In Gains: General
- 5.3.03. S Corporation Tax on Passive Investment Income
- 5.3.04. S Corporation Built-In Gains: Computation of the Tax
- 5.4. Distributions
- 5.4.01. Distributions of Cash by an S Corporation
- 5.5. Termination of the S Election
- 5.5.01. The Termination of S Election by Revocation
- 5.5.02. The Termination of S Election: Causes
- 5.5.03. The Termination of S Election: Consequences
- 5.5.04. The Post-Termination Transition Period of an S Corporation
- 5.1. Formation and Qualification



