
E
Earned Income Credit, §6.2
Economic Considerations of the U.S.
Tax System, §1.1
Educational Expenses
deduction, §4.6
maintaining or improving existing
skills, §4.6
travel and transportation, §4.6
Educational Savings Accounts, §5.8
Electronic Filing, §1.10
Employee Expenses, see specific item
Employee Fringe Benefits, §2.14
Employer-Provided Spending Accounts,
§2.14
Energy Credits, §6.7
Entertainment Expenses
business meals, §4.5
entertainment facilities, §4.5
itemized deductions, §4.5
Estimated Payments, §9.2, §11.5
Estimated Tax
corporations, §11.5
individual taxpayers, §9.2
Exchange, see Like-Kind Exchanges
Exclusions from Gross Income, §2.1,
Table 2.2
accident and health insurance, §2.9
annuities, §2.5
child support, §2.3
employee fringe benefits, §2.14
gifts and inheritances, §2.7
life insurance, §2.6
meals and lodging, §2.10
prizes and awards, §2.4
scholarships, §2.8
Exemptions, see Personal and Dependency
Exemptions
F
FICA Tax, §9.3
Filing Requirements
corporations, §11.5
individual taxpayers, §1.4
self-employed taxpayers, §9.2 and §9.6
Filing Status
head of household, §1.5
married, filing jointly, §1.5
married, filing separately, §1.5
qualifying widow(er), §1.5
single, §1.5
surviving spouse, §1.5
First In, First Out, see Inventory Methods
Fiscal Year, §7.1
Fixing-up Expenses, see Sale of a
Personal Residence
Foreign Tax Credit, §6.5
Formation of Corporations, §11.7
Forms and Schedules, §1.2
Fringe Benefits, §2.14
FUTA Tax, §9.7
G
Gifts and Inheritances, §2.7
Gross Income
exclusions, §2.1, Table 2.2
inclusions, §2.1, Table 2.1
H
Health Insurance, see Accident and
Health Insurance
Health Savings Accounts, §5.1
Higher Education Expenses, §5.10
History of U.S. Tax System, §1.1
Hobby Losses, §4.12
Holding Period
capital gains and losses, §8.2
Homebuyer, First time, Credit §6
Overview
HOPE Tax Credit, §6.4
Household Employer, §9.8
H.R. 10 Plan, see Keogh Plan
I
Income Tax Expense, §5.2
Individual Alternative Minimum Tax, §6.8
Individual Retirement Accounts, §3.6
Inheritances, see Gifts and Inheritances
Installment Sales, §8.9
Insurance
accident insurance, §2.9
group term life, §2.14
health insurance, §2.9
life insurance, §2.6
medical insurance, §5.1
Intangibles, §7.8
Interest, IRS, §12.3
Interest Exclusion
municipal bond interest, §2.11
Interest Expense, §5.3
prepaid interest, §5.3 and §7.2
Internal Revenue Service, §12.1
Internet, §1.10
Inventory Methods
determination of inventory cost, §3.4
FIFO, §3.4
LIFO, §3.4
Investment Expenses
interest expense, §5.3
miscellaneous expenses, §5.6
Investment Interest Expense, §5.3
Involuntary Conversions, §8.11
IRS Site, §1.9
Itemized Deductions, §1.3, Chapter 5
casualty and theft losses, §5.5
charitable contributions, §5.4
hobby losses, §5.9
interest, §5.3
medical expenses, §5.1
miscellaneous deductions, §5.6
overall limitation, §5.7
taxes, §5.2
J
Job-Hunting Expenses, §5.6
K
Keogh Plan, §3.7
‘‘Kiddie Tax,’’ §6.9
L
Last In, First Out, see Inventory Methods
Life Insurance, §2.6
Lifetime Learning Credit, §6.4
Like-Kind Exchanges
basis of property received, §8.10
boot, §8.10
definition of like-kind property, §8.10
exchange, §8.10
holding period, §8.10
mandatory, §8.10
Limited Liability Company, §10.8
Listed Property, §7.6
luxury automobiles, §7.7
Lodging, see Meals and Lodging
Luxury Automobiles, §7.7
M
MACRS, §7.4
Making Work Pay Credit, §1.5
Married
filing jointly, §1.5
same sex, §1.5
Meals and Lodging, §2.10
Medical Expenses
capital expenditures, §5.1
insurance premiums, §5.1
medicine/drugs, §5.1
transportation, §5.1
Medicine and Drugs, see Medical Expenses
Miscellaneous Deductions, §4.1, §5.6
investment expenses, §5.6
job-hunting expenses, §5.6
tax return preparation fees, §5.6
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery
System, §7.4
Moving Expenses
allowed expenses, §4.11
distance test, §4.11
Municipal Bond Interest, §2.11
N
Nanny Tax, §9.8
Net Operating Losses, §3.5
Nonbusiness Bad Debts, see Bad Debts
O
Office in the Home, §4.4
Organizational Expenditures, §11.3
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