Income Tax Accounting
Professors Brandon Carlton, Alison Jones, Andrew Keyso, Mikol Neilson, Scott Rabinowitz, and Stafford Smiley
LL.M Course 854 | 2 credit hours

    Covers accounting methods and accounting periods. The course examines a broad range of subjects concerning the timing of income and deductions under Subchapter E of the Internal Revenue Code. Topics include requests to change methods, inventories (including costing, valuation, and the requirements for maintaining inventories), principles of income recognition, prepaid income, cash equivalency and constructive receipt, special methods involving long-term contracts, depreciation, estimated expenses, prepaid expenses, and expensing versus capitalizing costs. These topics are analyzed from both a technical viewpoint and a tax policy perspective.

Course No. Cr. Faculty Days/Times  
Summer 2009 Schedule
LAWG-854-10
2 Neilson M / Rabinowitz S
 H2000    TR  5:45 -7:25
07/27C
LAWJ-854-10
2 Neilson M / Rabinowitz S
 H2000    TR  5:45 -7:25
07/27C
Fall 2009 Schedule
LAWG-854-10
(CRN #: 16895)
2 Smiley S
 203    T  10:00 -12:00
TK
LAWG-854-11
Updated 7/20/2009
(CRN #: 13641)
2 Keyso A
 202    M  7:55 -9:55
12/16C
Spring 2010 Schedule
LAWG-854-11
(CRN #: 10163)
2 Carlton B / Jones A
   W  5:45 -7:45
5/8D
LAWG-854-12
(CRN #: 10164)
2 Keyso A
   M  7:55 -9:55
5/6C
 
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Prerequisite Courses:
Prerequisite: Taxation I, but a knowledge of financial accounting is not necessary for this course.

Notes:
     This class, Income Tax Accounting, is required for U.S. trained students pursuing an LL.M.(Taxation). This class is not required for students trained outside the U.S. This class, Income Tax Accounting, is required for U.S. trained students pursuing an LL.M.(Taxation). This class is not required for students trained outside the U.S.

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