Personal Taxation - an Accounting Perspective

This course examines the taxation of individuals from an accounting perspective and is structured to enable accounting students to apply the material discussed in the course to an actual problem situation which demonstrates the application of the tax provisions to realistic situations. The primary teaching method is the presentation of sample taxation problems with solutions that demonstrate the application of various methods of approaching actual problems in income taxation. The course starts with liability for income tax, discusses employment, business and property income, and ends with the computation of tax for individuals. PREREQ: ACCT 2001 (minimum C). (lec 3) cr 3. Cross-listed as ADMN 4816. Students cannot retain credit for both COMM 4116 and ACCT 4021.