General Course Descriptions for Terms: taxation


742 - Taxation I

This course serves as an introduction to the current federal income tax system as it applies to domestic (i.e. US) individuals and entities. It is not an accounting course and does not focus on tax calculations. Rather, it covers the federal income tax issues that lawyers of all specialties use in (a) advising clients as to planning and implementing common types of transactions with financial implications , (b) assisting clients in structuring and resolving disputes with other parties where those disputes will or might have financial consequences for the client and (c) working with clients with regard to handling disagreements the clients are having with the Internal Revenue Service



840 - Taxation II



868 - State & Local Taxation



940 - Research & Administrative Issues in Taxation