Legal Research Guides by Course - Basic Federal Income Tax

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the policies and theories underlying the law of federal income taxation and an introduction to the fundamental concepts of individual income taxation. Primary emphasis is given to the definition of gross income and to the tax consequences associated with the acquisition and disposition of property. (3 credits)

Faculty Who Teach This Course

• William Brown (adjunct professor)
• Martha W. Jordan (Professor of Law)
• Raymond F. Sekula (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law)
• Mark D. Yochum (Professor of Law)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF6351-KF6499 Income Tax

Legal Research Databases

• Bloomberg BNA Online - Tax and Accounting Center - http://0-taxandaccounting.bna.com.library.law.duq.edu/btac/
• Bloomberg Law
• CCH Library - Intelliconnect - Tax News, Journals & Newsletters; Federal Tax
• Hein Online - Tax Executive, Tax Lawyer, Taxes: the Tax Magazine, Akron Tax Journal, Florida Tax Review, Pittsburgh Tax Review, Virginia Tax Review, Annual Tax Conference, Tax Law Review, American Journal of Tax Policy, Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, Boston University Journal of Tax Law
• Lexis Advance
• ProQuest Congressional
• RIA Checkpoint
• Tax Analysts
• Westlaw Next
• CALI - Tax - Basic Federal Income Tax - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/tax-law/tax-basic-federal-income-taxation
• Income Tax (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/income_tax
• Tax Law - Guide to Taxation Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/tax.html
• Tax Law (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/35tax/index.html
• Taxation (Lawyers.com) - http://taxation.lawyers.com/
• Tax Law (Justia Virtual Chase) - http://virtualchase.justia.com/wiki/tax-law
• Taxes (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/taxes
• Tax Research - Federal (Georgetown Law Library) (note: this references their collection but has very good general research information on Federal Tax Law and you can check SOLCat to see if we own the material cited) - http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/federal_tax.cfm
• IRS (for Tax Professionals) - http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/index.html
• Taxpayer Advocate Service (IRS) - http://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/
• Federal Tax Law (TAXSites.com) - http://www.taxsites.com/federal.html
• Tax (Laws.com) - http://tax.laws.com/

Blogs

• Tax Prof Blog - http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/
• Federal Taxation Developments Blog - http://fedtaxdevelopments.foxrothschild.com/
• Tax Tips Blog - http://taxtipsblog.com/
• Tax Blog (Wall Street Journal) - http://blogs.wsj.com/tax/
• Tax Policy Blog (Tax Foundation) - http://taxfoundation.org/blog

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: U.S. Case Law, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Administrative Law
• Legal Research Guides: Tax Law

Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations

• Business Law
• Family Law
• Real Property and Estate Planning

Created by Patricia Horvath
2/6/2013