Federal Income Taxation

Concepts and Insights

by Marvin A. Chirelstein

Highly acclaimed as both a supplemental text and a law student self-help aid, Federal Income Taxation focuses on the conceptual aspects of federal income tax to improve student understanding of this complex subject. Designed to help students quickly pull together the entire subject area for end-of-semester review, the textbook provides a sense of perspective about where a topic fits within the federal income tax scheme. While the present income tax is the main object of interest in this book, Federal Income Taxation also includes an explanation of the often-discussed consumption tax concept and contrasts the two in a note at the end of the volume.

Genres: Law, Finance, Nonfiction

464 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1985

Reviews

[Meredith Holley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chirelstein’s contracts book is rad. This one was not as wonderful, though, imao. I mean, it was interesting, but it was all tax theory, and I was hoping it would, instead, be a way to get out of actually reading the statutes and figuring out what they meant. No dice. It was not super helpful for my Tax final. It does explain what taxable income is and blabla. I don’t know, I might have spaced out a little bit at certain points. Not that it was not interesting, and I still like Chirelstein. It is just more of a tax policy book. So, if you are interested in tax theory, HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION (that is now how we express that there is an off chance you might want to read something on these here internets, yes?). If you are not, you might pass on it. I do not think I will read it again. Or go back to those middle parts I may or may not have missed.

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

BORING! But okay, if you must do tax, you might as well let Chirelstein in on the fun. I mean, man, tax regulations are anything but hot and heavy. And if you're like me and you really don't like anything that is not lustilicious....

[Purple Wimple]

a gripping page turner!

(well, not exactly...)

[Ariel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I mean, it's about as interesting/clear as a book about Federal Income Taxation can be.

[Adhitya Srinivasan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

Great book! The concepts are generally fairly easy to understand. I would recommend this book to any law student doing the basic course on US federal income tax.

[Jessica]

Ugh, studying for my tax final.