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West's Federal Tax Research

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I found the material to be well-organized, clear, and thorough. The graphics and exercises further served to reinforce the material. The textbook though should have embedded additional examples that pertained to calculations (e.g. penalty calculations). Overall, the textbook is a strong choice to educate the readers in the methodologies and legal underpinnings of federal tax research and the workings of the Internal Revenue Service. Instructors can gear the material for students of varying aptitudes.

I RECEIVED THIS BOOK SHORTLY AFTER ORDERING IT. IT IS AN EXCELLENT RESEARCH BOOK THAT ALSO

GIVES MANY GOOD INSIGHTS TO TAXATION. I RECOMMEND TO ALL THAT AIM TO TRULY LEARN TAXATION.

SIXTO LOPEZ

Federal Tax Research 6th Ed is an excellent textbook. The 7th Ed is coming out and I would recommend if possible getting it since there clearly are some updates to the federal law that are in order. The text was one of the better books that I have used in graduate school. Indeed it is written FOR graduate students. The text was clear and the exercises were excellent. One caveat: it is imperative to have access to RIA, BNA, Westlaw, CCH, LexisNexis, and others list in the text in order to gain the maximum benefit from the research materials. Otherwise some of the studies in the middle chapters will not be as beneficial. The related online quizzes and PowerPoints were very helpful. My class did not provide answers to the text questions. A major limitation in my studies.

This is a great tool. It is succinct, accurate, and has useful examples. This is so much better than having to buy the old CCH library.

This book helped form my foundational knowledge in Grad School, but now, as a practicing tax accountant, I keep this book on my shelf because it is fundamentally useful, particularly to remind me of the basic rules on penalties, as well as the need to considerately plan how to effectively communicate information to various clients.

It seems this book still wants to teach people how to research tax issues the old fashioned way; by searching through thousands of loose leaf pages. It doesn't seem the authors completely understand everyone uses computers these days and we all know how to use search engines (one of the questions at the end of the chapter actually asks you to write down the synonyms for "car"). But if you need someone to help walk you through step-by-step on how to make a search in RIA or CCH's online tax research services then this is the book for you. I find it, however, to be mediocre and very slow paced.

It was a great deal on the textbook but I had to change the shipping options 3 times to get the book on time. Initial deliery was 6 weeks later and I had to move it up to 2nd day to get it within 2 weeks.

The book is in very good condition. The shipping and handling was unbelievable fast. Way to go!

The company cancelled the shipment of this product to me, so I went somewhere else to buy it. I was not happy with the service.