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Corporate Taxation: Examples and Explanations (The Examples & Explanations Series)

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I highly recommend Cheryl Block's book on Corporate Taxation to any student of Corporate Tax. The book is easy to read and succinctly describes the intricacies of the fundamental corporate tax issues. Ms. Block's explanation of section 304 (Redemptions by related corporations) was a tremendous help and her examples drove home the basics. In addition, I found it very easy to read the explanations along with my case book to supplement my weekly readings. Ms. Block takes each section of the code and reworks it into common, understandable language. Without this book, I would never be able to participate in class discussion. One of the best aspects of this publication is that it is very recent. Overall, a superior study and learning aid.

Corp. tax is one of the more difficult courses in Law School, but is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in transactional practice, or looking to improve their skills in using challenging statutory material. This book makes the subject a great deal easier---one of the better study aids I've used. The explanations are very lucid, and the problems are extremely helpful for exam prep. Keep this within arm's reach of your I.R.C.

This volume reduces into terms capable of being readily absorbed the application of Subchapter C. The examples and explanations are basic while conveying the needed concepts of various treatments of contributed property, boot, distributions, attribution rules, etc.

It's the best corporate tax book out there period.

The book is fantastic. Plain and simple. I have highlighted, written in the margins, on the covers, and in some way marked up almost every page of the book. Not only did I find it immensely useful for her class, but also used it in conjunction with Bittker & Eustice (the corp tax bible, but not for the faint of heart) for a corporate reorganization class. Using the last 1/3 of her book made slogging through the B&E book much less painful. Highly recommended.

While it does not go into as much detail as I will need to know for the exam this book is a great substitute for actually paying attention in class.

This is an excellent book to understand Subchapter C. The order it follows is methodical. It goes to explain all the tax issues that arise from formation of the corporation (incorporation and contributions) to midlife events (dividends, redemptions) to liquidation. It deals with taxable and non-taxable reorganizations and with such interesting issues as Section 304 transactions. It is not and cannot be a complete guide to corporate taxation. it would have to be several volumes, but it accomplishes perfectly what it is meant to do. Cheryl Block did a fantastic job. the example and explanations are very useful.

Professor Block's book is really, really good - very easy to understand. She manages to make what are complex tax laws understandable -- I couldn't imagine taking my corp tax class without this study aid. The writing is unusually good for a law treatise.

During my LLM corp. tax class I found this to be invaluable. I also refer to it in my practice.

I took Corporate Tax and this book was very helpful in applying the concepts found in the book. My book Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation) has various problems but no answers so this book provided a multitude of examples containing thorough answers and gives a better understanding of the material. Highly recommended as a supplemental source for review. The book does not cover all the case law though and depending on professor and type of exam, so material may not be contained, though all the major points are covered.