The Legal Beagle’s favorite book and that of dog lovers everywhere is Every Dog’s Legal Guide: A Must Have Book for Your Owner by Mary Randolph (KF390.5 .D6 R36 2005). His favorite movie is about the crime fighting pooch, Underdog! His current hero is Uno, the beagle who won Best in Show at the...
One of the leading online tools for tax research is the BNA Tax and Accounting Center, available through the Law Library. The researcher can access the text of the tax code and court cases, text of IRS proposed and finalized regulations, Treasury Decisions, and other IRS materials. To make clear what can be confusing, expert commentary is provided. The BNA Tax and Accounting Center is frequently updated with news about the latest developments in federal and state taxation.
A signature feature of the BNA Tax and Accounting Center is the U.S. Income Portfolios and the Estates, Gifts and Trusts Portfolios. These portfolios cover a broad range of federal and state taxation issues from the simple (what is allowable income or a deduction) to the complex (everything else!). Generally, contents of the portfolio include legislative history of the pertinent IRS code section(s), discussion of the topic, bibliography of primary and secondary authorities (e.g. law review articles), and working papers consisting of government reports and worksheets.
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