U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide (2006)
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  • US MASTER ESTATE AND GIFT GUIDE
U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide (2006)
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CCH's U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide is a practical guide for both tax advisors and estate representatives involved in federal estate and gift tax planning, return preparation and tax payment. The 2006 Edition of this reference provides clear explanations of the laws relating to federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to give readers the solid understanding they need to understand and apply today's complex rules. The U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide provides practical guidance for professionals working with estate and gift tax planning. This resource contains many helpful features, including: - Concise, up-to-date discussions of recent statutory and regulatory law changes, court decisions, and IRS rulings affecting the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. - Pertinent tax tables, such as the unified rate and credit, state death tax credit and pre-1977 gift tax rates for easy reference to key tax figures. - Sample filled-in forms in the 706 and 709 series, as well as various generation-skipping transfer tax forms, that illustrate practical compliance application of the tax law. - Citations to Internal Revenue Code, regulations, IRS rulings and court decisions to help practitioners further research the estate and gift tax law. - Code Finding List for quick reference to the IRC sections cited. - Forms Finding List referencing where key IRS forms and worksheets are reproduced and discussed. - A detailed Topical Index to assist in quickly locating specific points discussed in the volume. A special feature of this CCH reference is the Quick Tax Facts card. This handy card is bound into the book for at-a-glance reference to key estate and gift tax rates and credits, figures, filing deadlines and other valuable information. The card is perforated, so it can be removed from the book and posted near the professional's computer or desktop for instant access.

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5 out of 5 stars US MASTER ESTATE AND GIFT GUIDE.......2007-05-30

A MUST HAVE FOR ANY CPA OR ATTORNEY DOING ESTATE PLANNING
Price on Contemporary Estate Planning
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    John R. Price , and Samuel A. Donaldson
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    Release Date: 2006-12-01

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    This completely new edition is a mine of information and expertise packed with valuable practice tips; this is the most current and comprehensive single-volume estate planning resource available. Providing theoretical grounding and a practice-oriented approach, Price shows how to handle the full range of estate planning problems and techniques, including: -Client counseling -Durable powers of attorney -Living wills -Private annuities -Charitable remainder trusts -Life insurance -Lifetime noncharitable gifts -Closely held business interests -Community and marital property -Retirement plans and IRAs -Post-mortem planning -Professional responsibility, and more! Helpful practice tools include numerous real-life examples illustrating application of principles, ready-to-adapt forms, and checklists.
    Federal Estate & Gift Taxes: Code & Regulations (Including Related Income Tax Provisions), As of March 2007
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      CCH's Federal Estate & Gift Taxes: Code and Regulations is an indispensable single-source compilation of the estate and gift tax law. It provides the following: - Full official text of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the corresponding Final, Temporary, and Proposed Regulations. Also included are selected income tax Code sections and Regulations that closely relate to estate and gift taxes, as well as selected procedural Code sections and corresponding Regulations. - Unified transfer tax rates and the income tax rates applicable to estates and trusts, presented in tabular form for quick reference. This helpful reference features a reader-friendly format, with an expanded 7-1/2" x 10" oversized page and larger type fonts for enhanced readability. To help facilitate users' research: - All Final, Temporary and Proposed Regulations are presented in Code section order rather than categorized by type (estate, gift, etc.). - The Code, Regulations, and Index sections are identified by special bleeder cuts so that users can quickly and easily identify these sections. Parallel arrangement by Code section ensures efficient research and a Table of Contents provides easy location of the contents by subject. This reference's portable one-volume presentation with expanded page size and larger type fonts for enhanced readability makes it a handy alternative to the unabridged multi-volume IRC and Regs. Reflects statutory and regulatory developments through March 2007.
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            5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2006-11-07

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                  Erica Sakurazawa: Angel
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                  5 out of 5 stars Angel tales.......2004-08-13

                  I was really surprised by the negative comments about the art in this manga - different strokes for different folks I guess. Personally, I absolutely adore the art. It is very simple, with a minimal number of lines being used to draw a person or set a scene, and at the same time it is very elegant, and Erica Sakurazawa has an incredible sense of composition - not one line is out of place, like a visual poem. I guess if you like cluttered, overdetailed art you wouldn't like it, and those that like traditional shoujo or shonen styles won't like this because this looks like neither, but if you like elegant, etherial illustration, this is right up your alley.
                  Anyway, enough about the art - how is the story you say? Well, to tell you the truth I generally don't like Erica Sakurazawa's manga - I find her characters shallow, full of themselves, too pretty for their own good, and more interested in screwing than in trying to build an actual relationship. This manga is an exception though - maybe because she is not writing about love per-se, I really like her writing here. Angel is a collection of several short stories with a common theme - an angel appears in the lives of a series of unhappy people. She looks like a young girl in a nightgown with wings, and cannot be seen by anyone except those in whose lives she is involved. She does not talk, does not eat, but does drink Blue Bombay Gin :) Rather than being an active instigator of change in the lives of the people she interacts with, she is rather a quiet, comforting presence who offers support through her very being to the people who need her. When her job is over, she leaves, only to appear to another person.
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                  4 out of 5 stars Great Story.......2003-11-01

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