CCH s U.S. Master Tax Guide (MTG) provides helpful and practical guidance on today s federal tax law. This 88th Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2004 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax. The 2005 MTG contains timely and precise explanation of federal income taxes for individuals?partnerships?corporations?estates and trusts?as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The book s explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally-sound guidance to help them understand?apply and comply with today s complex federal tax laws. CCH s MTG is built for speed with numerous time-saving features?including a tax calendar?taxpayer-specific return flowcharts?lists of average itemized deductions?selected depreciation tables?rate tables?checklists of income?deduction and medical expense items?and a resource/directory of key government addresses and phone numbers. These features help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated and answer client questions. MTG comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2004 income tax returns?and a special bonus CPE course supplement entitled "Top Tax Issues for 2005? which focuses in on the most significant and thorniest new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year. This Top Tax Issues Course allows professionals to earn CPE credit while keeping up-to-date on the most important tax issues (grading fee additional). The 2005 U.S. Master Tax Guide s updated explanations cover: - Highlights of New Tax Developments - Tax Rates and Tax Tables - Individuals - Corporations - S Corporations - Partnerships - Trusts and Estates - Exempt Organizations - Income - Exclusions from Income - Business Expenses - Non-Business Expenses - Losses and Bad Debt - Depreciation?Amortization and Depletion - Tax Credits - Minimum Tax - Tax Accounting - Basis for Gain or Loss - Sales?Exchanges and Capital Gains - Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales - Securities Transactions - Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses - Retirement Plans - Corporate Acquisitions/Reorganizations - Taxation of Foreign Activities/Taxpayers - Returns and Payment of Tax - Withholding and Estimated Taxes - Examination of Returns -- Collection of Tax - Penalties and Interest - Estate?Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax MTG is conveniently cross-referenced to the Internal Revenue Code?Income Tax Regulations?certain other important tax law sources?and CCH s Standard Federal Tax Reports for further research. This reliable reference is a must for anyone involved with taxes and tax preparation.
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对于一个普通的家庭报税者而言,这本书的份量和复杂程度简直是过剩到荒谬的地步。我只是想弄清楚2004年教育退税(Education Credits)的最新细则,以及自雇人士医保扣除的上限是多少,结果却被卷入了一场关于联邦政府预算和国会立法的宏大叙事中。这本书似乎是为税务律师而非普通纳税人编写的,它花费了大量的篇幅去解释税法的立法背景和历史沿革,而不是简单地告诉读者“你该填哪里”或者“你可以扣除多少”。对于我这种每年只有W-2收入和一些标准抵扣项的个体来说,这本书的厚度完全不匹配其提供的实际帮助。我最终还是在国税局(IRS)网站上找到了更简洁明了的说明。如果这本书的定位是成为一个全面的税务参考,那么它在用户友好性上取得了彻底的失败。它缺乏那种即时反馈和直观指导,使得本应简单的税务查询变成了一项需要专业知识才能破解的密码工程。
评分我不得不承认,这本书在收录范围的广度上确实下了一番功夫,它几乎涵盖了所有能想到的税种——从联邦所得税到某些地方性的杂税。然而,这种“大而全”的策略带来的直接后果就是“深而不精”。当我尝试深入研究特定行业,比如软件开发公司的研发费用抵扣(R&D Tax Credit)在新规下的具体操作细节时,发现它仅用了一页纸的篇幅做了敷衍了事的介绍,甚至没有提及近期的税务法院裁决对这一领域的具体影响。对于依赖税收优惠来优化运营成本的商业实体来说,这种信息层面的缺失是无法容忍的。它更像是一个税务知识的百科全书的“目录页”,而不是一个能提供深入策略分析的“指南”。如果一个专业人士需要依赖这本书来制定税务策略,他们很可能因为信息不足而错失重要的合规机会或陷入潜在的税务风险之中。
评分这本书,坦率地说,完全没能满足我对一本“权威指南”的期待。我拿到它的时候,正值我手头一个复杂的州际税务问题需要解决,我当时寄希望于它能提供一些关于跨州收入申报的深度解析,或者至少是对于2004年底颁布的新条例有一个清晰的、操作层面的解读。然而,当我翻开目录时,那种预期的专业深度感迅速消退了。它更像是一本为初级会计师准备的、极其概括性的教科书,很多章节都停留在对税法的表面陈述上,缺乏那种能让你在实际操作中立即应用的细节和案例分析。比如,在涉及到小企业合伙人结构(Partnership K-1s)的特定税务处理时,它只是简单地罗列了表格编号和截止日期,但对于某些特殊类型的收入——比如那些涉及REITs(房地产投资信托)的分配,处理起来相当棘手——这本书提供的见解少得可怜。我不得不转而求助于更专业的数据库和法律期刊,才能找到真正能指导我下一步行动的资料。总体而言,如果你的税务知识已经达到了中级水平,并且正在处理一些具有挑战性的专业问题,这本书的价值非常有限,它更像是一个非常基础的框架介绍,而不是一个解决疑难杂症的“大师”指南。
评分这本书的语言风格异常的学术化和疏离,读起来完全没有一种亲切感,更像是大学教科书的节选本,而非一本面向实务工作者的“速查”工具。尤其是在讨论涉及养老金计划(Qualified Retirement Plans)的复杂贡献限制和合格测试时,作者似乎完全忽略了读者可能需要快速识别限制性条款的需求。我寻找的是一个清晰的比较表格,标明了不同收入水平下的最大允许供款额,以及特定年份是否有临时的政策倾斜。这本书却用了一整章的篇幅,以晦涩难懂的从句结构,描述了这些规则是如何在国会和财政部的不同意见中逐步演变的。对于希望在一天内完成几位客户的年度税务计划调整的会计师来说,这种叙事方式无疑是效率的巨大杀手。这本书更像是历史学家留下的记录,而不是工具箱里的扳手。
评分我花了一个下午的时间试图从这本书中梳理出关于高净值人士遗产规划方面的最新动向,特别是针对信托税务处理的变化。说实话,阅读过程简直是一种煎熬。作者的叙事风格极其晦涩和冗长,仿佛所有的信息都被包裹在厚厚的法律术语和冗余的背景介绍中,真正有价值的“干货”需要用极大的耐心去挖掘。举个例子,关于如何有效利用隔代信托(Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax exemption)来优化家族资产的连续性,我期待的是一份清晰的风险评估和操作步骤,这本书给出的却是一段关于税法历史渊源的长篇大论,最后才轻描淡写地提了一下关键的豁免额度,而且对于2004年税法变动带来的具体影响,阐述得模棱两可。对于需要精确计算和时间敏感性决策的财务顾问来说,这种不确定性是致命的。我更倾向于那些用图表和流程图清晰展示复杂税务路径的参考书。这本书的排版和结构也显得老旧,查找特定信息效率低下,让人感觉仿佛在阅读一本过时的官方文件汇编,而不是一本为现代税务专业人士设计的实用工具书。
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